James Hilton

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in Leigh, The United Kingdom

September 09, 1900

died

December 20, 1954

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Literature & Fiction

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James Hilton (1900–1954) was a bestselling English novelist and Academy Award–winning screenwriter. After attending Cambridge University, Hilton worked as a journalist until the success of his novels Lost Horizon (1933) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934) launched his career as a celebrated author. Hilton’s writing is known for its depiction of English life between the two world wars, its celebration of English character, and its honest portrayal of life in the early twentieth century.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 10,344 ratings · 976 reviews · 36 distinct works · Similar authors

	Lost Horizon 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 6,302 ratings — published 1933 — 75 editions	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
	Good-Bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, H.M. Brock (Illustrator), Edward Weeks (Foreword by) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 3,308 ratings — published 1934 — 56 editions	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
	Random Harvest 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 519 ratings — published 1941 — 19 editions	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
	Nothing So Strange 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1947 — 3 editions	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
	Time and Time Again 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1953	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
	So Well Remembered 3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1945 — 4 editions	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
	Was It Murder? 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	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
	We Are Not Alone (Vintage Pocket Books, #118) 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1941 — 6 editions	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
	Without Armor 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1933 — 2 editions	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
	And Now Goodbye 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1941 — 2 editions	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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Quotes by James Hilton

“The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.”
― James Hilton, Nothing So Strange

tags: caring, love

43 people liked it

“Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you're certain it's the wrong road and you tell them, but they won't listen, so you just have to plod along in what you know is the wrong direction till somebody more important gets the same idea?”
― James Hilton, Random Harvest

tags: choices, life

32 people liked it

“if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without”
― James Hilton, Lost Horizon

tags: inspirational

15 people liked it

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Vote for our April group read (1900-1940)

Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw (1923)

9 votes, 33.3%

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900)

7 votes, 25.9%

The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey (1929)

3 votes, 11.1%

The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene (1940)

3 votes, 11.1%

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (1911)

2 votes, 7.4%

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (1923)

2 votes, 7.4%

Heart of Darkness and Other Tales by Joseph Conrad (1902)

1 vote, 3.7%

Lost Horizon: A Novel by James Hilton (1933)

0 votes, 0.0%

27 total votes

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