Author
Thomas Mann
June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955 · German Reich
Novelist, Essayist, Autobiographer, Short story writer, Social critic, Diarist, Screenwriter, University teacher, Writer
Titles on list
9
Total weeks
63
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
2
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Biography
- Born
- June 6, 1875 · Lübeck
- Died
- August 12, 1955 · Zurich
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- German
- Education
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Technical University of Munich, Katharineum
Awards & Honours
- 1929Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1932Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt
- 1949Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt
- 1952Feltrinelli Prize
- 1955honorary citizen of Lübeck
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- honorary doctorate from Princeton University
- honorary doctor of Harvard University
- honorary doctorate from Columbia University
- Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
- honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- honorary doctor of ETH Zürich
- honorary doctorate of Lund University
- honorary doctor of the University of Bonn
- honorary doctor of Yale University
- honorary doctor of the University of Jena
- Goethe Medal for Art and Science
- honorary doctor of Rutgers University
- Pour le Mérite
- Order of Orange-Nassau
- Taylorian Lecture
On the Bestseller Lists
9 titles
CONFESSIONS OF FELIX KRULL
Thomas Mann
CONFESSIONS OF FELIX KRULL
#8 · 8 wks
THE HOLY SINNER
Thomas Mann
THE HOLY SINNER
#6 · 12 wks
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
Thomas Mann
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
#9 · 12 wks
THE BELOVED RETURNS
Thomas Mann
THE BELOVED RETURNS
#1 · 7 wks
THIS PEACE
Thomas Mann
THIS PEACE
#8 · 1 wk
THE COMING VICTORY OF DEMOCRACY
Thomas Mann
THE COMING VICTORY OF DEMOCRACY
#2 · 8 wks
JOSEPH IN EGYPT
Thomas Mann
JOSEPH IN EGYPT
#2 · 6 wks
STORIES OF THREE DECADES
Thomas Mann
STORIES OF THREE DECADES
#4 · 6 wks
JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS
Thomas Mann
JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS
#4 · 3 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).