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Harold Robbins


Born
in New York, The United States
May 21, 1916

Died
October 14, 1997

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Genre
Literature & Fiction


Born as Harold Rubin in New York City, he later claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys home. In reality he was the son of well-educated Russian and Polish immigrants. He was reared by his pharmacist father and stepmother in Brooklyn.

His first book, Never Love a Stranger (1948), caused controversy with its graphic sexuality. Publisher Pat Knopf reportedly bought Never Love a Stranger because "it was the first time he had ever read a book where on one page you'd have tears and on the next page you'd have a hard-on".

His 1952 novel, A Stone for Danny Fisher, was adapted into a 1958 motion picture King Creole, which starred Elvis Presley.

He would become arguably the world's bestselling author, publishing over 20 boo ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 35,905 ratings · 1,521 reviews · 313 distinct works • Similar authors
The Carpetbaggers
3.95 avg rating — 4,993 ratings — published 1961 — 9 editions
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79 Park Avenue
3.91 avg rating — 3,045 ratings — published 1955 — 129 editions
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A Stone for Danny Fisher
4.02 avg rating — 2,639 ratings — published 1952 — 5 editions
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The Betsy
3.60 avg rating — 2,359 ratings — published 1971 — 9 editions
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The Adventurers
3.92 avg rating — 2,100 ratings — published 1966 — 91 editions
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Never Love a Stranger
3.85 avg rating — 2,045 ratings — published 1948 — 121 editions
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The Dream Merchants
3.80 avg rating — 1,555 ratings — published 1949 — 123 editions
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Goodbye, Janette
3.53 avg rating — 1,339 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions
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The Lonely Lady
3.50 avg rating — 1,316 ratings — published 1976 — 83 editions
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The PIRATE
3.70 avg rating — 1,243 ratings — published 1974 — 33 editions
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Series by Harold Robbins

The Carpetbaggers The Raiders
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The Predators The Secret
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The Looters The Deceivers The Shroud The Curse
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The Predators
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“Kids are a pain in the ass.”
― Harold Robbins, The Piranhas
tags: children
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“Sometimes something happens and you find that all the people you knew are like nothing and someone you never saw before will reach out a hand to help.”
― Harold Robbins, Never Leave Me
tags: help, reaching-out, strange
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“The only thing of value on this earth is that each of us is an individual and not a cog in a machine. No man is better than another because of circumstance or fortune, but each important to his own.”
― Harold Robbins, Never Leave Me
tags: better, individual, own, value
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