Author

Bill Bryson

15 books · 1 series · 8 readers

Bill Bryson is an American journalist and author of nonfiction on travel, the English language and science, and he was naturalized as a British citizen in 2014 after living in Britain for most of his adult life. He is best known for Notes from a Small Island, his 1995 exploration of Britain, and A Short History of Nearly Everything, from 2003, a survey of science from the Big Bang onward. Bryson has sold over 16 million books worldwide, and he retired from writing books in October 2020. He also served as chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.

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  1. A Short History of Nearly EverythingA Short History of Nearly Everything20044.55 readers
  2. A Walk in the WoodsA Walk in the Woods19974.02 readers
  3. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years AwayI'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away19991 reader

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15 books

1991

  1. Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

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1994

  1. Made in America

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1995

  1. Notes from a Small Island

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1997

  1. A Walk in the Woods

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    4.0(1)

2001

  1. In a Sunburned Country

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2004

  1. A Short History of Nearly Everything

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    4.5(2)

2006

  1. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

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2007

  1. Shakespeare: The World as Stage

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2011

  1. At Home: A Short History of Private Life

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2013

  1. One Summer: America, 1927

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2016

  1. The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

    Notes from a Small Island · Book 2

2019

  1. The Body: A Guide for Occupants

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