Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson

10 Series

Bill Bryson is an American author known for his humorous books on travel, science, and language. Since 1973, he has lived in both the United States and England, writing extensively about these countries as well as Australia, Europe, and Africa. Bryson's work has earned him widespread acclaim and a dedicated readership.

Bill Bryson's "I'm a Stranger Here Myself," known as "Notes from a Big Country" in the UK, humorously explores his return to America after living in Britain. In "In a Sunburned Country," released as "Down Under" in the UK, Bryson travels across Australia, sharing insightful and entertaining observations about the country's culture and landscapes. Both books offer a witty outsider's perspective on the respective countries, highlighting Bryson's unique ability to blend travelogue with cultural commentary.

History

Icons of England

(2008)

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

(2010)

One Summer: America, 1927

(2013)

Language

Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words

(1984)

The Mother Tongue

(1990)

Made in America

(1994)

Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors

(2008)

Non-Fiction

The Best American Travel Writing 2000

(2000)

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

(2006)

Shakespeare

(2007)

The Secret History of Christmas

(2022)

Science

A Short History of Nearly Everything

(2003)

A Really Short History of Nearly Everything

(2004)

Seeing Further

(2010)

The Body

(2019)

Travel (with Marina Warner, Christopher Lloyd, Jennifer Jenkins, David Bellamy, Robin Hanbury-Tenbison, Anna Parord)

The Palace Under the Alps

(1985)

The Lost Continent

(1989)

Neither Here nor There

(1992)

Notes from a Small Island

(1995)

A Walk in the Woods

(1997)

I'm a Stranger Here Myself / Notes from a Big Country

(1998)

The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity

(2000)(With: Marina Warner,Christopher Lloyd,Jennifer Jenkins,David Bellamy,Robin Hanbury-Tenbison,Anna Parord)

In a Sunburned Country / Down Under

(2000)

Bill Bryson's African Diary

(2002)

The Road to Little Dribbling

(2015)

Short Story Collections

The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection

(2023)

Eminent Lives

Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time

(1991)(By: Karen Armstrong)

Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero

(2004)(By: Michael Korda)

George Balanchine

(2004)(By: Robert Gottlieb)

Beethoven

(2005)(By: Edmund Morris)

Thomas Jefferson

(2005)(By: Christopher Hitchens)

Caravaggio

(2005)(By: Francine Prose)

Alexander the Great

(2005)(By: Norman F. Cantor)

Freud

(2006)(By: Peter D. Kramer)

Francis Crick

(2006)(By: Matt Ridley)

Alexis de Tocqueville

(2006)(By: Joseph Epstein)

Shakespeare

(2007)

Machiavelli

(2007)(By: Ross King)

George Washington

(2009)(By: Paul Johnson)

Marina Warner Travel

The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity

(2000)(With: Marina Warner,Christopher Lloyd,Jennifer Jenkins,David Bellamy,Robin Hanbury-Tenbison,Anna Parord)

Myth and Landscape

(2015)(By: Marina Warner,Ibrahim al-Koni,DavidParker)

The Best American: Travel Writing

The Best American Travel Writing 2000

(2000)

The Best American Travel Writing 2011

(2011)(By: Sloane Crosley)

The Best American Travel Writing 2012

(2012)(By: Jason Wilson)

The Best American Travel Writing 2013

(2013)(By: Jason Wilson)

The Best American Travel Writing 2014

(2014)(By: Jason Wilson)

The Best American Travel Writing 2015

(2015)(By: Jason Wilson)

The Best American Travel Writing 2016

(2016)

The Best American Travel Writing 2017

(2017)(By: Jason Wilson,Lauren Collins)

The Best American Travel Writing 2018

(2018)(By: Cheryl Strayed)

The Best American Travel Writing 2019

(2019)(By: Jason Wilson)

The Best American Travel Writing 2020

(2020)(By: Jason Wilson)

The Best American Travel Writing 2021

(2021)(By: Padma Lakshmi)

Anthologies

Great Baseball Stories

(1990)

The Astronomy Book

(2012)

Dear NHS

(2020)

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