Dead in 2025: The Authors We Lost (601 books)

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This is a list of authors who died in 2025. Please post tributes in the comments.

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1	Puff, the Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow 4.22 avg rating — 5,236 ratings score: 767, and 8 people voted	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
2	Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, #1) by Sophie Kinsella 3.72 avg rating — 813,467 ratings score: 620, and 7 people voted	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
3	Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider by Charles Person 4.50 avg rating — 951 ratings score: 579, and 6 people voted	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
4	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins 3.79 avg rating — 57,571 ratings score: 556, and 6 people voted	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
5	The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth 4.27 avg rating — 147,096 ratings score: 491, and 6 people voted	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
6	David Lynch: Someone is in my House by David Lynch 4.59 avg rating — 295 ratings score: 490, and 5 people voted	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
7	I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir by Val Kilmer 3.70 avg rating — 5,497 ratings score: 478, and 5 people voted	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
8	Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) by Kerry Greenwood 3.84 avg rating — 29,674 ratings score: 459, and 5 people voted	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
9	A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology by Mike Rinder 4.30 avg rating — 8,155 ratings score: 395, and 4 people voted	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
10	News of the World by Paulette Jiles 4.08 avg rating — 113,000 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	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
11	The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh 4.10 avg rating — 21,568 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	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
12	The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa 4.18 avg rating — 29,069 ratings score: 383, and 4 people voted	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
13	The End of Polio: A Global Effort to End a Disease by Sebastião Salgado 4.38 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 379, and 4 people voted	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
14	Cook Like a Rock Star: 125 Recipes, Lessons, and Culinary Secrets: A Cookbook by Anne Burrell 4.08 avg rating — 1,114 ratings score: 374, and 4 people voted	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
15	The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall 4.22 avg rating — 22,400 ratings score: 367, and 5 people voted	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
16	Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki 4.25 avg rating — 4,022 ratings score: 351, and 4 people voted	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
17	Shattered Love: A Memoir by Richard Chamberlain 3.56 avg rating — 823 ratings score: 340, and 4 people voted	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
17	Theo and Me: Growing Up Okay by Malcolm-Jamal Warner 3.21 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 340, and 4 people voted	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
19	Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis 4.26 avg rating — 1,565 ratings score: 337, and 4 people voted	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
20	Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir by Clint Hill 4.26 avg rating — 19,106 ratings score: 326, and 4 people voted	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
21	By George: The Autobiography of George Foreman by George Foreman 3.80 avg rating — 141 ratings score: 309, and 4 people voted	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
22	You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson 4.65 avg rating — 9,245 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	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
23	The Odessa File (Odessa #1) by Frederick Forsyth 4.14 avg rating — 64,275 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	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
24	Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret 4.44 avg rating — 8,342 ratings score: 291, and 4 people voted	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
25	Faithfull by Marianne Faithfull 4.01 avg rating — 3,412 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	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
26	I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne 4.16 avg rating — 35,612 ratings score: 279, and 3 people voted	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
27	Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking by Nathalie Dupree 4.29 avg rating — 154 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	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
28	Catcher in the Wry by Bob Uecker 3.91 avg rating — 701 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	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
29	Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone 3.61 avg rating — 1,640 ratings score: 256, and 3 people voted	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
30	I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir by Brian Wilson 3.78 avg rating — 3,319 ratings score: 252, and 3 people voted	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
31	Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) by Martin Cruz Smith 4.04 avg rating — 70,273 ratings score: 240, and 3 people voted	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
31	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard 4.04 avg rating — 93,526 ratings score: 240, and 3 people voted	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
33	My Life in High Heels by Loni Anderson 3.64 avg rating — 161 ratings score: 233, and 3 people voted	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
34	Tsotsi by Athol Fugard 3.59 avg rating — 2,196 ratings score: 224, and 3 people voted	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
35	My Name Is Anne, She Said, Anne Frank by Jacqueline van Maarsen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 704 ratings score: 223, and 3 people voted	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
36	The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq by Jeanette Winter 4.17 avg rating — 3,757 ratings score: 222, and 3 people voted	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
37	The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack 4.11 avg rating — 450 ratings score: 217, and 3 people voted	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
38	Stamp Album (Stamp Album #1) by Terence Stamp 4.09 avg rating — 82 ratings score: 212, and 3 people voted	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
39	Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires by Selwyn Raab 4.15 avg rating — 6,713 ratings score: 206, and 3 people voted	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
40	The Incredible Hulk Visionaries: Peter David, Vol. 2 by Peter David 3.96 avg rating — 418 ratings score: 205, and 3 people voted	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
41	The Outlaw Trail by Robert Redford 3.88 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 203, and 3 people voted	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
42	Snow by Uri Shulevitz 4.06 avg rating — 5,265 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	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
43	Social Crimes (Jo Slater #1) by Jane Stanton Hitchcock 3.61 avg rating — 2,282 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	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
44	Unnatural Habits (Phryne Fisher, #19) by Kerry Greenwood 4.14 avg rating — 6,135 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	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
45	Only the Strong Survive: Memoirs of a Soul Survivor by Jerry Butler 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	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
45	Conversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa 4.39 avg rating — 11,974 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	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
47	A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers by John Feinstein 4.18 avg rating — 9,470 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	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
47	The Beautiful Room Is Empty (The Edmund Trilogy, #2) by Edmund White 3.93 avg rating — 3,549 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	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
49	Weep Not Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 3.90 avg rating — 4,351 ratings score: 188, and 3 people voted	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
50	The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth 3.99 avg rating — 25,441 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	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
51	Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) by Susan Beth Pfeffer 3.89 avg rating — 134,015 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	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
52	Southern Biscuits by Nathalie Dupree 4.28 avg rating — 505 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	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
52	God in My Corner by George Foreman 4.03 avg rating — 142 ratings score: 184, and 3 people voted	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
54	In Defense of Anarchism by Robert Paul Wolff 3.54 avg rating — 631 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	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
54	Roberta Flack Unauthorized & Uncensored by R.B. Grimm 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	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
54	Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 4.17 avg rating — 597,338 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	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
54	Skinned Alive by Edmund White 3.71 avg rating — 351 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	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
58	The Desert of Souls (The Chronicles of Sword and Sand #1) by Howard Andrew Jones 3.75 avg rating — 1,219 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	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
58	The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1) by Ken Bruen 3.82 avg rating — 7,125 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	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
60	A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka 3.45 avg rating — 37,447 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	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
61	Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer with Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle by Tom Lehrer 4.62 avg rating — 141 ratings score: 177, and 3 people voted	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
62	The Choirboys by Joseph Wambaugh 4.03 avg rating — 6,454 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	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
63	Room to Dream by David Lynch 4.39 avg rating — 9,267 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	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
64	Payback at Morning Peak by Gene Hackman 3.80 avg rating — 366 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	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
65	The Summer of Lily and Esme by John Quinn 4.22 avg rating — 101 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	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
66	The Lucky Thirteen: The Winners of America's Triple Crown of Horse Racing by Edward L. Bowen 4.04 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	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
67	Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape by Susan Brownmiller 4.05 avg rating — 4,133 ratings score: 168, and 3 people voted	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
68	A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1) by Edmund White 3.70 avg rating — 9,414 ratings score: 167, and 3 people voted	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
68	The Giant Baby by Allan Ahlberg 3.35 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	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
70	A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap by Rob Reiner 4.21 avg rating — 1,074 ratings score: 164, and 2 people voted	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
71	Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell 3.88 avg rating — 42,227 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	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
72	Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 by William E. Leuchtenburg 3.91 avg rating — 457 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	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
73	No Way Out by Fern Michaels 3.76 avg rating — 21,730 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	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
74	Secret Wars by Jim Shooter 3.71 avg rating — 6,067 ratings score: 150, and 2 people voted	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
75	Five Days in November by Clint Hill 4.49 avg rating — 5,016 ratings score: 148, and 2 people voted	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
76	Healing and the Mind by Bill Moyers 4.21 avg rating — 716 ratings score: 147, and 2 people voted	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
76	My Life Outside the Ring by Hulk Hogan 3.54 avg rating — 1,116 ratings score: 147, and 2 people voted	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
78	Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill 4.29 avg rating — 12,252 ratings score: 146, and 2 people voted	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
79	Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson 4.17 avg rating — 35,072 ratings score: 145, and 2 people voted	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
80	Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey by David Horowitz 4.11 avg rating — 1,033 ratings score: 132, and 2 people voted	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
80	The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter 4.11 avg rating — 2,933 ratings score: 132, and 2 people voted	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
82	Kill My Mother by Jules Feiffer 3.13 avg rating — 1,878 ratings score: 130, and 2 people voted	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
83	Girl from the South by Joanna Trollope 3.17 avg rating — 2,330 ratings score: 129, and 2 people voted	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
84	Beautiful Cracked Eyes by Pat Ingoldsby 4.87 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 128, and 2 people voted	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
84	Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope 3.49 avg rating — 15,098 ratings score: 128, and 2 people voted	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
86	How Many Miles to Babylon? by Jennifer Johnston 3.64 avg rating — 2,167 ratings score: 126, and 2 people voted	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
87	The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen 3.61 avg rating — 871 ratings score: 122, and 2 people voted	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
88	Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers 3.66 avg rating — 2,711 ratings score: 119, and 2 people voted	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
89	Stolen Children by Peg Kehret 4.22 avg rating — 8,077 ratings score: 116, and 2 people voted	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
90	The History Of The Blues: The Roots, The Music, The People by Francis Davis 3.95 avg rating — 287 ratings score: 110, and 2 people voted	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
90	Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape by Manchán Magan 4.25 avg rating — 1,367 ratings score: 110, and 2 people voted	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
92	Riders (Rutshire Chronicles, #1) by Jilly Cooper 3.97 avg rating — 14,392 ratings score: 105, and 2 people voted	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
93	A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 3.88 avg rating — 6,982 ratings score: 104, and 2 people voted	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
93	No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir by Ace Frehley 3.85 avg rating — 3,388 ratings score: 104, and 2 people voted	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
93	Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter 4.33 avg rating — 1,338 ratings score: 104, and 2 people voted	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
96	Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander by Phil Robertson 4.08 avg rating — 13,637 ratings score: 103, and 2 people voted	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
97	Then Again by Diane Keaton 3.51 avg rating — 12,775 ratings score: 102, and 2 people voted	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
97	The Mapmakers by John Noble Wilford 3.86 avg rating — 427 ratings score: 102, and 2 people voted	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
97	Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power by Lou Cannon 4.27 avg rating — 200 ratings score: 102, and 2 people voted	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
100	Saigon Has Fallen by Peter Arnett 3.93 avg rating — 216 ratings score: 101, and 2 people voted	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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message 1: by CraftyChara (last edited Jan 17, 2025 04:27AM) (new)

Jan 17, 2025 04:27AM

Director David Lynch dead from lung cancer at 78. Five days before his 79 birthday.

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message 2: by Sally (new)

Jan 27, 2025 07:07PM

While technically a muse instead of an author, Norbert the dog's human informed he passed away last night

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message 3: by Brent (last edited Feb 24, 2025 04:03PM) (new)

Feb 21, 2025 07:04PM

Jerry Butler, soul singer (The Impressions and solo) and Chicago government activist, has died. I've added his memoir, named for his solo hit, Only the Strong Survive: Memoirs of a Soul Survivor.
And, from Atlanta, the former Atlanta Constitution columnist Ron Hudspeth, a contemporary of Lewis Grizzard wrote columns, interrupted by first a firing from the newspaper, then the end of his own free print Hudspeth Report.

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message 4: by Jodi (new)

Feb 24, 2025 10:06AM

Clint J. Hill has died. He was the Secret Service Agent who jumped on the presidential limo right after JFK was shot. Wrote several books as he assisted with security on five presidents.

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message 5: by CraftyChara (new)

Feb 26, 2025 10:10AM

Michelle Trachtenberg Buffy's little sister Dawn has passed away at 39

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message 6: by Rainbowheart (new)

Feb 26, 2025 10:22AM

Oh, that's sad. She was the little girl in the film version of Harriet the Spy. :(

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message 7: by CraftyChara (new)

Feb 27, 2025 09:13AM

Yes! And now Gene Hackman has passed away at 95

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message 8: by Rainbowheart (new)

Feb 27, 2025 09:49AM

Great actor! I loved him in The Birdcage. I had no idea he had also written novels.

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message 9: by Rainbowheart (new)

Mar 06, 2025 07:22AM

Children's author and illustrator Uri Shulevitz has died at 89.

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message 10: by Rainbowheart (new)

Mar 15, 2025 10:13AM

Gay author Felice Picano has passed away at 81.

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message 11: by Becca (new)

Mar 24, 2025 05:26AM

Author Alex Wheatle, MBE aka the Brixton Bard has passed away. He wrote both adult and YA fiction, and was the inspiration for one of Steve McQueen's Small Axe films.

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message 12: by Rainbowheart (new)

Mar 27, 2025 09:40AM

Young adult author L.J. Smith has died at 66.

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message 13: by CraftyChara (new)

Mar 27, 2025 01:53PM

George Foreman passed away at aged 76

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message 14: by Rainbowheart (new)

Mar 31, 2025 12:21PM

Richard Chamberlain has died at 90.

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message 15: by CraftyChara (new)

Apr 02, 2025 09:07AM

Val Kilmer has passed away on April fool's day from pneumonia . He was 65

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message 16: by Sally (new)

Apr 08, 2025 08:21PM

Playwright William Finn of Falsettos and Putnam County Spelling Bee among other has passed at 73.

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message 17: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 11, 2025 12:55PM

Children's author Jean Van Leeuwen has died at 87.

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message 18: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 15, 2025 01:26PM

Australian author Kerry Greenwood has passed away at 70.

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message 19: by CraftyChara (new)

Apr 15, 2025 03:28PM

Aw! I love Phryne Fisher.

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message 20: by and our prophecy has come true (last edited Apr 15, 2025 04:24PM) (new)

Apr 15, 2025 04:17PM

Peruvian author and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has passed away at 89.

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message 21: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 21, 2025 07:20PM

Pope Francis has died at 88.

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message 22: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 30, 2025 12:41PM

British author Jane Gardam has died at 96.

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message 23: by Heidi (new)

May 03, 2025 12:10PM

According to wikipedia, Alison Lurie
died on December 3, 2020.

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message 24: by Rainbowheart (new)

May 03, 2025 12:57PM

Oh, yikes! Thanks for pointing that out. Sometimes Google will throw old articles at me in the news section.

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message 25: by Rainbowheart (new)

May 13, 2025 02:36PM

British YA author Aidan Chambers has passed away at 90.

And with that, I'm at 100 votes! I'll add additional authors here so other people can add them to the list if they have room.

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message 26: by Rainbowheart (new)

May 20, 2025 08:09PM

Cheers actor George Wendt has died at 76.

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message 27: by Brent (last edited May 26, 2025 07:48AM) (new)

May 23, 2025 09:07PM

Photographer of the world Sebastião Salgado has died. Find his work; it is so wide, deep, and humane.
Sacha Jenkins, journalist, died.
Comics lost artist Tod Smith on same day as writer Peter David.
And, may we continue to remember those who have died, in service on their return from service, this Memorial Day.

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message 28: by Rainbowheart (new)

May 24, 2025 07:49PM

Feminist author Susan Brownmiller has passed away at 90.

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message 29: by CraftyChara (new)

May 25, 2025 01:54PM

Marvel Comics writer Peter David at 68

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message 30: by Brent (last edited May 31, 2025 01:15PM) (new)

May 26, 2025 07:50AM

CraftyChara wrote: "Marvel Comics writer Peter David at 68"

Love his writing, and though I knew he had fought illnesses hard, it still seems abrupt. His dialogue; his columns "But I Digress" in print and collected; his activism for CBLDF; his characters, and his character. Rest in Peace.
Writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has died. I read his 'Weep Not, Child" for a class, and must keep reading him.

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message 31: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jun 04, 2025 01:03PM

Gay author Edmund White has died at 85.

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message 32: by slauderdale (last edited Jun 04, 2025 02:41PM) (new)

Jun 04, 2025 02:41PM

CraftyChara wrote: "Marvel Comics writer Peter David at 68"

Did not know this. Sad to hear it. He had a "bit" in his fantasy novel Sir Apropos of Nothing that I can never remember without laughing.

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message 33: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

Jun 06, 2025 07:16PM

Rainbowheart wrote: "Australian author Kerry Greenwood has passed away at 70."

I am so sorry to see this:
Kerry died last week after suffering ill health for a number of years. The tributes are beginning to flow in from across the world from her many fans and followers. She has left us a great legacy in the form of her many books and our memories of the author herself.

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message 34: by Tina (last edited Jun 06, 2025 09:34PM) (new)

Jun 06, 2025 09:33PM

Popular Canadian author Andrew Pyper passed away in January 2025 at the age of 56. His last short story, William was written under the pseudonym, Mason Coile.

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message 35: by Jodi (new)

Jun 11, 2025 10:24AM

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys has died at age 82. 😢

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message 36: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jun 11, 2025 11:48AM

Frederick Forsyth, Sly Stone, Jan Terlouw, Marthe Cohn, Sarah Kramer, Betty Krawczyk, Barry Fantoni, Michael Allaby, Elaine L. Jack, David R. Slavitt, Barry B. Longyear, Gordon J. Wenham, and Hassouna Mosbahi are additional recent losses.

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message 37: by Brent (new)

Jun 11, 2025 06:55PM

That is a fine list, Rainbowheart, of notables. I believe I still want to read Frederick Forsyth.
I echo the loss of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson mere days apart.
Walter Brueggemann died June 5. He taught at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.
Peter Appignanesi has died. He was one of the prime movers in bringing the comics form to educational matter such as Freud for Beginners in the Beginners Books series, after translating Marx for Beginners by Rius. There is a fine obituary of his long life on the Guardian website, from the UK.

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message 38: by Sally (new)

Jun 18, 2025 10:40AM

Kim Woodburn of How Clean Is Your House fame and celebrity chef Anne Burrell have passed away in the past 48 hours.

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message 39: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jun 18, 2025 10:48AM

New Zealand author Maurice Gee has died at 93.

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message 40: by Brent (new)

Jun 19, 2025 06:50AM

Journalist, pilot, and chronicler of the 9/11 aftermath William Langewiesche has died.

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message 41: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jul 01, 2025 12:53PM

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has passed away at 90.

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message 42: by Rainbowheart (last edited Jul 02, 2025 01:09PM) (new)

Jul 02, 2025 01:09PM

Children's author Susan Beth Pfeffer has died at 77.

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message 43: by CraftyChara (new)

Jul 03, 2025 01:26PM

writer & editor Jim Shooter passed away from esophageal cancer at age 73.

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message 44: by CraftyChara (last edited Jul 04, 2025 04:39PM) (new)

Jul 04, 2025 09:45AM

Michael Madsen passed away from a heart attack at 67.

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message 45: by CraftyChara (new)

Jul 04, 2025 04:39PM

Julian McMahon passed away from cancer at 56

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message 46: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jul 09, 2025 07:26PM

Both too young!

Paulette Jiles has died at 82.

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message 47: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jul 12, 2025 10:41AM

Bill Moyers, Jane Lazarre, Fanny Howe, Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Charles Chadwick, John Robbins, David Gergen, and Earl B. Pilgrim are additional recent losses.

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message 48: by Fiona (new)

Jul 17, 2025 01:15AM

Mystery and suspense author Martin Cruz Smith has died at age 82.

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message 49: by Heidi (new)

Jul 17, 2025 06:19AM

We can sleep later: Alfred D. Hershey and
the origins of molecular biology by
Franklin W. Stahl// Genetic recombination:
thinking about it in phage and fungi by Franklin
W. Stahl// Long-wave rhythms in economic
development and political behavior by Brian
J.L. Berry//America's Utopian experiments:
communal havens from long-wave crises by
Brian J.L. Berry

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message 50: by Heidi (new)

Jul 17, 2025 06:19AM

The above are all authors. All died in 2025.

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