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10 series · 56 booksBill Bryson History Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Icons of England | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | At Home: A Short History of Private Life | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | One Summer: America, 1927 | 2013 | Buy from Amazon |
Bill Bryson Language Books
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| 1 | Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Mother Tongue | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Made in America | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors | 2008 | Buy from Amazon |
Bill Bryson Non-Fiction Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Best American Travel Writing 2000 | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Shakespeare | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Secret History of Christmas | 2022 | Buy from Amazon |
Bill Bryson Science Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | A Short History of Nearly Everything | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | A Really Short History of Nearly Everything | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Seeing Further | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Body | 2019 | Buy from Amazon |
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Palace Under the Alps | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Lost Continent | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Neither Here nor There | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Notes from a Small Island | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | A Walk in the Woods | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | I'm a Stranger Here Myself / Notes from a Big Country | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity ( With: Marina Warner, Christopher Lloyd, Jennifer Jenkins, David Bellamy, Robin Hanbury-Tenbison, Anna Parord) | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | In a Sunburned Country / Down Under | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Bill Bryson's African Diary | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Road to Little Dribbling | 2015 | Buy from Amazon |
Bill Bryson Short Story Collections
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| 1 | The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection | 2023 | Buy from Amazon |
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| 1 | Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time ( By: Karen Armstrong) | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero ( By: Michael Korda) | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | George Balanchine ( By: Robert Gottlieb) | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Beethoven ( By: Edmund Morris) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Thomas Jefferson ( By: Christopher Hitchens) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Caravaggio ( By: Francine Prose) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Alexander the Great ( By: Norman F. Cantor) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Freud ( By: Peter D. Kramer) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Francis Crick ( By: Matt Ridley) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Alexis de Tocqueville ( By: Joseph Epstein) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Shakespeare | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Machiavelli ( By: Ross King) | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | George Washington ( By: Paul Johnson) | 2009 | Buy from Amazon |
Marina Warner Travel Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity ( With: Marina Warner, Christopher Lloyd, Jennifer Jenkins, David Bellamy, Robin Hanbury-Tenbison, Anna Parord) | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Myth and Landscape (Short Story) ( By: Marina Warner, Ibrahim al-Koni, David Parker) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon |
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| 1 | The Best American Travel Writing 2000 | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Best American Travel Writing 2011 ( By: Sloane Crosley) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Best American Travel Writing 2012 ( By: Jason Wilson) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Best American Travel Writing 2013 ( By: Jason Wilson) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Best American Travel Writing 2014 ( By: Jason Wilson) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Best American Travel Writing 2015 ( By: Jason Wilson) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | The Best American Travel Writing 2016 | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Best American Travel Writing 2017 ( By: Jason Wilson, Lauren Collins) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | The Best American Travel Writing 2018 ( By: Cheryl Strayed) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Best American Travel Writing 2019 ( By: Jason Wilson) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Best American Travel Writing 2020 ( By: Jason Wilson) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Best American Travel Writing 2021 ( By: Padma Lakshmi) | 2021 | Buy from Amazon |
Bill Bryson Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Great Baseball Stories | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Astronomy Book | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Dear NHS | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
About the Author
Bill Bryson, born in 1951, is an American-British author, travel writer, and commentator. Known for his witty and informative travelogues, Bryson began his literary career as a travel writer for the British newspaper The Independent. Bryson's most notable works include: - "A Walk in the Woods" (1998) - "Neither Here nor There" (1991) - "Notes from a Small Island" (1995) - "In a Sunburned Country" (2000) - "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (2003) His books have received critical acclaim, winning numerous awards such as the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Primetime Emmy Award, and the James Joyce Award. Bryson's writing is praised for its engaging prose, humor, and insightful observations. He has been hailed as a master of the travelogue and popular science genres.