Jack London





Jack London


Born
in San Francisco, California, The United States
January 12, 1876

Died
November 22, 1916

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Jack London was an American novelist, journalist, social-activist and short-story writer whose works deal romantically with elemental struggles for survival. At his peak, he was the highest paid and the most popular of all living writers. Because of early financial difficulties, he was largely self educated past grammar school.

London drew heavily on his life experiences in his writing. He spent time in the Klondike during the Gold Rush and at various times was an oyster pirate, a seaman, a sealer, and a hobo. His first work was published in 1898. From there he went on to write such American classics as Call of the Wild, Sea Wolf, and White Fang.


Average rating: 3.92 · 548,252 ratings · 16,634 reviews · 1,646 distinct works · Similar authors
The Call of the Wild

3.83 avg rating — 246,792 ratings — published 1903 — 7 editions
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White Fang

3.94 avg rating — 113,624 ratings — published 1906 — 1068 editions
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The Call of the Wild/White ...

4.08 avg rating — 63,090 ratings — published 1906 — 148 editions
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The Sea Wolf

4.01 avg rating — 19,281 ratings — published 1904 — 208 editions
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The Call of the Wild, White...

3.97 avg rating — 17,203 ratings — published 1906 — 21 editions
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Martin Eden

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4.38 avg rating — 14,620 ratings — published 1909 — 394 editions
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To Build a Fire

3.92 avg rating — 12,556 ratings — published 1903 — 77 editions
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The Iron Heel

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3.74 avg rating — 5,444 ratings — published 1908 — 367 editions
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To Build a Fire and Other S...

4.03 avg rating — 3,560 ratings — published 1993 — 29 editions
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The Star Rover

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More books by Jack London…
“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
Jack London

“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”
Jack London

“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman

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May 2016 New School Group Read

1972, Watership Down by Richard Adams, 478 pages
 
  31 votes, 13.8%

 
  28 votes, 12.5%

1903, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, 172 pages
 
  26 votes, 11.6%

 
  22 votes, 9.8%

 
  21 votes, 9.4%

 
  19 votes, 8.5%

1913, Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, 134 pages
 
  15 votes, 6.7%

1957, On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 296 pages
 
  13 votes, 5.8%

1993, Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh, 448 pages
 
  12 votes, 5.4%

 
  10 votes, 4.5%

1922, Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, 356 pages
 
  9 votes, 4.0%

1936, Mephisto by Klaus Mann, 272 pages
 
  6 votes, 2.7%

1924, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 225 pages
 
  5 votes, 2.2%

1933, Lost Horizon by James Hilton, 241 pages
 
  4 votes, 1.8%

1989, The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, 544 pages
 
  3 votes, 1.3%

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