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Orson Scott Card

Born

in Richland, Washington, The United States

August 24, 1951

Website

http://www.hatrack.com/

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Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Poetry, Nonfiction

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Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools.

Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy (Magic Street, Enchantment, Lost Boys), biblical novels (Stone Tables, Rachel and Leah), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with Seventh Son), poetry (An Open Book), and many plays and scripts.

Card was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He recently began a ...more

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	Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,313,298 ratings — published 1985 — 372 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 246,194 ratings — published 1986 — 160 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 167,581 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Xenocide (Ender's Saga, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 153,113 ratings — published 1991 — 126 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4) 3.77 avg rating — 105,201 ratings — published 1996 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 75,871 ratings — published 2000 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Shadow Puppets (The Shadow Series, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 57,974 ratings — published 2002 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Shadow of the Giant (The Shadow Series, #4) 4.01 avg rating — 52,527 ratings — published 2005 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Earth Unaware (The First Formic War, #1) by Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 52,814 ratings — published 2012 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Ender in Exile (Ender's Saga, #5) 3.91 avg rating — 48,716 ratings — published 2008 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

79 votes, 26.8%

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

51 votes, 17.3%

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

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Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde

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One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

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The Paris Vendetta: A Novel by Steve Berry

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Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings

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Songmaster by Orson Scott Card

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The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris

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Frederica by Georgette Heyer

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