Author
John Kenneth Galbraith
October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006 · Canada
Economist, Diplomat, Politician, University teacher, Non-fiction writer, Writer, Ambassador, Novelist, Scientist
Titles on list
8
Total weeks
99
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
8
FictionNonfictionHit #1Dot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- October 15, 1908 · Iona Station
- Died
- April 29, 2006 · Cambridge
- Nationality
- Canada
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- University of Toronto, University of California, Berkeley, Ontario Agricultural College
Awards & Honours
- 1946Medal of Freedom
- 1955Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1959The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
- 1972honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- 1974honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II
- 1985Humanist of the Year
- 1993Lomonosov Gold Medal
- 1994Lysenko Prize
- 2000Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 2000Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want
- honorary citizenship
- Padma Vibhushan in literature & education
- Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
- Padma Bhushan
On the Bestseller Lists
8 titles
THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY
John Kenneth Galbraith
THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY
#8 · 4 wks
MONEY
John Kenneth Galbraith
MONEY
#5 · 8 wks
AMBASSADOR'S JOURNAL
John Kenneth Galbraith
AMBASSADOR'S JOURNAL
#4 · 13 wks
THE TRIUMPH
John Kenneth Galbraith
THE TRIUMPH
#7 · 5 wks
THE NEW INDUSTRIAL STATE
John Kenneth Galbraith
THE NEW INDUSTRIAL STATE
#1 · 24 wks
THE LIBERAL HOUR
John Kenneth Galbraith
THE LIBERAL HOUR
#6 · 15 wks
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
John Kenneth Galbraith
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
#2 · 29 wks
THE GREAT CRASH 1929
John Kenneth Galbraith
THE GREAT CRASH 1929
#15 · 1 wk
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).