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Jack London


Born
in San Francisco, California, The United States
January 12, 1876

Died
November 22, 1916

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Adventure, Classics

Influences
Friedrich Nietzsche, Ernst Haeckel, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Darwin, Ru ...more


John Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and Wh ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.0 · 1,058,092 ratings · 47,792 reviews · 6,516 distinct works • Similar authors
The Call of the Wild
3.92 avg rating — 472,666 ratings — published 1903 — 7524 editions
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White Fang
4.03 avg rating — 207,250 ratings — published 1906 — 2041 editions
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The Call of the Wild / Whit...
4.12 avg rating — 78,059 ratings — published 1903 — 261 editions
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Martin Eden
4.48 avg rating — 54,830 ratings — published 1909 — 1993 editions
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The Sea Wolf
4.06 avg rating — 33,531 ratings — published 1904 — 2571 editions
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To Build a Fire
3.99 avg rating — 26,800 ratings — published 1902 — 185 editions
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The Call of the Wild, White...
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4.05 avg rating — 22,770 ratings — published 1903 — 60 editions
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The Scarlet Plague
3.75 avg rating — 14,476 ratings — published 1912 — 1781 editions
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The Iron Heel
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3.77 avg rating — 12,409 ratings — published 1908 — 4 editions
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The Star Rover
4.18 avg rating — 10,854 ratings — published 1914 — 1527 editions
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Series by Jack London

Jerry of the Islands: A Tru... Michael Brother of Jerry
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A Daughter of the Snows
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Before Adam & Other Stories The Iron Heel & Other Stories The Star Rover & Other Stories
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Quotes by Jack London  (?)
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“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
― Jack London
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“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”
― Jack London
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“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
― Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman
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Polls

March 2018 New School

 
  63 votes, 18.4%

The Castle by Franz Kafka, 316 pgs, 1926
 
  39 votes, 11.4%

My Ántonia by Willa Cather, 232 pgs, 1918
 
  34 votes, 9.9%

 
  29 votes, 8.5%

 
  25 votes, 7.3%

 
  20 votes, 5.8%

The Wreath by Sigrid Undset, 305 pgs, 1920
 
  20 votes, 5.8%

Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons, 233 pgs, 1932
 
  19 votes, 5.6%

 
  18 votes, 5.3%

Peyton Place by Grace Metalious, 384 pgs, 1956
 
  13 votes, 3.8%

Ross Poldark by Winston Graham, 379 pgs, 1945
 
  13 votes, 3.8%

 
  11 votes, 3.2%

 
  9 votes, 2.6%

 
  8 votes, 2.3%

 
  7 votes, 2.0%

The Fixer by Bernard Malamud, 335 pgs, 1966
 
  4 votes, 1.2%

 
  4 votes, 1.2%

Martin Eden by Jack London, 480 pgs, 1909
 
  3 votes, 0.9%

Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain, 688 pgs, 1933
 
  3 votes, 0.9%

342 total votes
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