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James Baldwin

Born

in Harlem, New York, The United States

August 02, 1924

Died

November 30, 1987

Genre

Fiction, Politics, Poetry

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Works of American writer James Arthur Baldwin, outspoken critic of racism, include Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), a novel, and Notes of a Native Son (1955), a collection of essays.

James Arthur Baldwin authored plays and poems in society.

He came as the eldest of nine children; his stepfather served as a minister. At 14 years of age in 1938, Baldwin preached at the small fireside Pentecostal church in Harlem. From religion in the early 1940s, he transferred his faith to literature with the still evident impassioned cadences of black churches. From 1948, Baldwin made his home primarily in the south of France ...more

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Average rating: 4.34 · 671,738 ratings · 77,427 reviews · 387 distinct works • Similar authors

	Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 251,384 ratings — published 1956 — 231 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 120,873 ratings — published 1963 — 162 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 81,643 ratings — published 1974 — 136 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 81,579 ratings — published 1953 — 185 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Country 4.30 avg rating — 34,323 ratings — published 1962 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notes of a Native Son 4.36 avg rating — 24,237 ratings — published 1955 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sonny's Blues 4.33 avg rating — 9,022 ratings — published 1957	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going to Meet the Man 4.38 avg rating — 8,484 ratings — published 1965 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin, Raoul Peck (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 7,577 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone 4.30 avg rating — 5,178 ratings — published 1968 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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1958, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, 209 pages

10 votes, 18.5%

1973, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, 302 pages

9 votes, 16.7%

1957, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, 304 pages

7 votes, 13.0%

1934, Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, 322 pages

6 votes, 11.1%

1997, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, 321 pages

5 votes, 9.3%

1956, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, 159 pages

5 votes, 9.3%

1905, The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, 351 pages

4 votes, 7.4%

1921, The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer, 274 pages

2 votes, 3.7%

1981, The Wave by Morton Rhue, 138 pages

2 votes, 3.7%

1985, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy, 337 pages

2 votes, 3.7%

1927, Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham, 326 pages

1 vote, 1.9%

1969, Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene, 254 pages

1 vote, 1.9%

1955, Requiem for a Wren by Nevil Shute, 285 pages

0 votes, 0.0%

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