Barbara Kingsolver



Barbara Kingsolver

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born April 08, 1955
gender female
place of birth Annapolis, Maryland, United States
website http://www.kingsolver.com
genre Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

about this author

Barbara Kingsolver is an American fiction writer. She has written several novels, poems, short stories, and essays, and established the Bellwether Prize for "literature of social change."


books by Barbara Kingsolver

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avg rating: 4.01 | 67484 ratings | 25 distinct works
The Bean Trees The Bean Trees (Paperback)
by Barbara Kingsolver
avg rating 3.90 — 7927 ratings — published 1992
18 editions
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Prodigal Summer: A Novel Prodigal Summer: A Novel (Paperback)
by Barbara Kingsolver
avg rating 3.94 — 7468 ratings — published 2001
21 editions
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A ... Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Hardcover)
by Barbara Kingsolver
avg rating 4.21 — 4234 ratings — published 2008
14 editions
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Pigs in Heaven Pigs in Heaven (Paperback)
by Barbara Kingsolver
avg rating 3.81 — 4128 ratings — published 2000
27 editions
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Small Wonder: Essays Small Wonder: Essays (Paperback)
by Barbara Kingsolver
avg rating 4.00 — 1181 ratings — published 2002
12 editions
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High Tide in Tucson: Essays fr... High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never (Paperback)
by Barbara Kingsolver
avg rating 3.95 — 1149 ratings — published 1995
9 editions
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Animal Dreams Animal Dreams (Hardcover)
by Barbara Kingsolver
avg rating 3.88 — 387 ratings — published 1987
19 editions
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The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by Barbara Kingsolver
avg rating 4.08 — 307 ratings — published 1998
38 editions
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The Best American Short Storie... The Best American Short Stories 2001 (Paperback)
by Barbara Kingsolver, Katrina Kenison
avg rating 3.84 — 140 ratings — published 2001
4 editions
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The Complete Fiction: The Bean... The Complete Fiction: The Bean Trees / Homeland / Animal Dreams / Pigs in Heaven (Paperback Boxed Set)
by Barbara Kingsolver
avg rating 4.27 — 105 ratings — published 1995
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quotes by Barbara Kingsolver

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""The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof.""
Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Dreams)
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"Listen. To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know. In perfect stillness, frankly, I've only found sorrow."
Barbara Kingsolver (The Poisonwood Bible)
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"Alice wonders if other women in the middle of the night have begun to resent their Formica.
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Barbara Kingsolver (Pigs in Heaven)
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