Aldous Huxley

Author profile

born

July 26, 1894 in Godalming, Surrey, England, The United Kingdom

died

November 22, 1963

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction

About this author

edit data

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death in 1963. Best known for his novels and wide-ranging output of essays, he also published short stories, poetry, travel writing, and film stories and scripts. Through his novels and essays Huxley functioned as an examiner and sometimes critic of social mores, norms and ideals. Huxley was a humanist but was also interested towards the end of his life in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism. By the end of his life Huxley was considered, in some academic circles, a leader of modern thought and an in...more

combine editions
Books by Aldous Huxley

Average rating: 3.87 · 412,992 ratings · 9,103 reviews · 167 distinct works

	Brave New World 3.87 avg rating — 376,065 ratings — published 1932 — 35 editions	My rating:
	Brave New World/Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley, Christopher Hitchens (Foreword) 4.00 avg rating — 9,876 ratings — published 1958 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell 3.89 avg rating — 7,620 ratings — published 1956 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Island 3.78 avg rating — 4,708 ratings — published 1962 — 43 editions	My rating:
	Brave New World Revisited 3.80 avg rating — 3,597 ratings — published 1958 — 31 editions	My rating:
	Point Counter Point 3.80 avg rating — 2,145 ratings — published 1928 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Ape and Essence 3.67 avg rating — 1,149 ratings — published 1948 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Crome Yellow 3.38 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 1921 — 78 editions	My rating:
	The Perennial Philosophy 4.22 avg rating — 802 ratings — published 1944 — 19 editions	My rating:
	After Many a Summer Dies the Swan 3.70 avg rating — 742 ratings — published 1939 — 22 editions	My rating:

More books by Aldous Huxley…

Quotes by Aldous Huxley

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays 2, 1926-29

tags: fact , ignorance , truth

4,225 people liked it

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
― Aldous Huxley, Music At Night: And Other Essays

tags: music

1,896 people liked it

“Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.”
― Aldous Huxley

tags: hell , life

869 people liked it

See all Aldous Huxley's quotes »

Polls

What fiction book would you like to read for June?

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

11 votes, 27.5%

Meet Mr. Mulliner by P.G. Wodehouse

8 votes, 20.0%

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

8 votes, 20.0%

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

7 votes, 17.5%

Loving; Living; Party Going by Henry Green

2 votes, 5.0%

The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton

2 votes, 5.0%

Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley

2 votes, 5.0%

40 total votes

comments and details

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Megan's democrati...: Book nominations	9	17	Apr 24, 2008 09:08pm
The Book Challenge: Katy's 2009 Book Challenge	6	228	Mar 23, 2009 06:33am
Between the Lines: Don't forget to vote for April 2009 Book	31	117	Mar 30, 2009 08:03pm
SciFi and Fantasy...: July Sci-Fi Book Please See Posts#1-#14-#26	73	249	Jun 14, 2009 03:22am
100+ Books in 2012: Laura's 2009 Books	27	381	Aug 15, 2009 02:27am
The Next Best Boo...: OFFICIAL SUMMER CHALLENGE 2009	6757	10109	Aug 31, 2009 10:23pm
Challenge: 50 Books: Evan's 50 for 2009	42	331	Sep 08, 2009 11:24am
The Next Best Boo...: 5 Star Reads	422	2144	Sep 10, 2009 12:29pm

More…

Aldous's Fans (1245)

Aldous Huxley

Author profile

combine editionsBooks by Aldous Huxley

Quotes by Aldous Huxley

Polls

Topics Mentioning This Author

combine editions
Books by Aldous Huxley