Author
Philip Roth
March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018 · United States
Novelist, Screenwriter, Essayist, Science fiction writer, University teacher, Writer, Poet
Titles on list
13
Total weeks
116
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
14
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Biography
- Born
- March 19, 1933 · Newark
- Died
- May 22, 2018 · Manhattan
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English, American English
- Education
- Rutgers University, Weequahic High School, University of Chicago, Bucknell University, University of Chicago
Awards & Honours
- 1960National Book Award for Fiction
- 1987National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
- 1991National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
- 1994PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
- 1995National Book Award for Fiction
- 1998Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- 2001Franz Kafka Prize
- 2001PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
- 2001Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
- 2001honorary doctorate from Brown University
- 2002Prix Médicis étranger
- 2002National Book Award
- 2004Sidewise Award for Alternate History
- 2005Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction
- 2006PEN/Nabokov Award
- 2007PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
- 2010National Humanities Medal
- 2010New Jersey Hall of Fame
- 2011International Booker Prize
- 2012Princess of Asturias Literary Prize
- 2012Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
- 2013Emerson-Thoreau Medal
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- National Medal of Arts
- Prix Médicis étranger
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
On the Bestseller Lists
13 titles
INDIGNATION
Philip Roth
INDIGNATION
#10 · 2 wks
EXIT GHOST
Philip Roth
EXIT GHOST
#12 · 1 wk
EVERYMAN
Philip Roth
EVERYMAN
#8 · 5 wks
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA
Philip Roth
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA
#2 · 16 wks
PATRIMONY
Philip Roth
PATRIMONY
#5 · 10 wks
DECEPTION
Philip Roth
DECEPTION
#13 · 3 wks
THE COUNTERLIFE
Philip Roth
THE COUNTERLIFE
#12 · 5 wks
ZUCKERMAN UNBOUND
Philip Roth
ZUCKERMAN UNBOUND
#15 · 1 wk
THE GHOST WRITER
Philip Roth
THE GHOST WRITER
#11 · 3 wks
OUR GANG
Philip Roth
OUR GANG
#6 · 15 wks
PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT
Philip Roth
PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT
#1 · 40 wks
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD
Philip Roth
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD
#8 · 4 wks
LETTING GO
Philip Roth
LETTING GO
#9 · 11 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).