Author
Tom Wolfe
March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018 · United States
Journalist, Novelist, Reporter, Essayist, Non-fiction writer, Screenwriter, Writer, Prose writer
Titles on list
10
Total weeks
143
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
18
FictionNonfictionHit #1Dot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- March 2, 1930 · Richmond
- Died
- May 14, 2018 · New York City
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Yale University, Washington and Lee University, St. Christopher's School
Awards & Honours
- 1980National Book Award for Nonfiction
- 1984Dos Passos Prize
- 1990St. Louis Literary Award
- 1990Wilbur Cross Medal
- 1992Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award
- 2001National Humanities Medal
- 2006Jefferson Lecture
- 2008Carl Sandburg Literary Award
- 2010National Book Award
On the Bestseller Lists
10 titles
THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH
Tom Wolfe
THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH
#14 · 1 wk
BACK TO BLOOD
Tom Wolfe
BACK TO BLOOD
#4 · 3 wks
I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS
Tom Wolfe
I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS
#3 · 15 wks
HOOKING UP
Tom Wolfe
HOOKING UP
#15 · 1 wk
A MAN IN FULL
Tom Wolfe
A MAN IN FULL
#1 · 19 wks
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
Tom Wolfe
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
#1 · 56 wks
FROM BAUHAUS TO OUR HOUSE
Tom Wolfe
FROM BAUHAUS TO OUR HOUSE
#3 · 14 wks
THE RIGHT STUFF
Tom Wolfe
THE RIGHT STUFF
#4 · 25 wks
THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST
Tom Wolfe
THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST
#5 · 7 wks
THE KANDY-KOLORED TANGERINE-FLAKE STREAMLINE BABY
Tom Wolfe
THE KANDY-KOLORED TANGERINE-FLAKE STREAMLINE BABY
#10 · 2 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).