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Jostein Gaarder

Born

in Oslo, Norway

August 08, 1952

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Philosophy

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Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses meta-fiction in his works, writing stories within stories.

Gaarder was born into a pedagogical family. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World, subtitled "A Novel about the History of Philosophy." This popular work has been translated into fifty-three languages; there are over thirty million copies in print, with three million copies sold in Germany alone.

In 1997, he established the Sophie Prize together with his wife Siri Dannevig. This prize is an international environment and development prize (USD 100,000 ...more

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Jostein Gaarder’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 408,079 ratings · 28,343 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sophie’s World 3.97 avg rating — 286,257 ratings — published 1991 — 488 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
	The Orange Girl 3.91 avg rating — 37,051 ratings — published 2003 — 11 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
	The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder, Hilde Kramer (Illustrator), Sarah Jane Hails (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 27,596 ratings — published 1990 — 165 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
	Through a Glass, Darkly by Jostein Gaarder, Elizabeth Rokkan (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 8,725 ratings — published 1993 — 82 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
	The Christmas Mystery 3.74 avg rating — 8,032 ratings — published 1992 — 105 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
	The Ringmaster's Daughter by Jostein Gaarder, James Anderson (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 5,994 ratings — published 2000 — 76 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
	Maya 3.60 avg rating — 5,460 ratings — published 1999 — 83 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
	مرحبا... هل من أحد هناك؟ by Jostein Gaarder, أماني العشماوي (ترجمة), وليد طاهر (رسوم) 3.75 avg rating — 4,692 ratings — published 1996 — 57 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
	Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine by Jostein Gaarder, Anne Born (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 4,754 ratings — published 1996 — 67 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
	Perpustakaan Ajaib Bibbi Bokken by Jostein Gaarder, Klaus Hagerup, Ridwana Saleh (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 4,303 ratings — published 1993 — 3 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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Series by Jostein Gaarder

Sophie's World: A Graphic Novel (2 books)
by

Jostein Gaarder (Contributor),

Nicoby,

Vincent Zabus

4.09 avg rating — 1,361 ratings

Quotes by Jostein Gaarder (?)

“Wisest is she who knows she does not know.”
― Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy

tags: philosophy, self-knowledge

940 likes

“How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.”
― Jostein Gaarder, The Solitaire Mystery

tags: life, living

771 likes

“It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.”
― Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

tags: curiosity

770 likes

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Polls

April 2017 New School Classic Poll

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, 211, 1962

58 votes, 18.2%

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, 607 pgs, 1994

47 votes, 14.7%

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, 246, 1969

46 votes, 14.4%

The Color Purple by Alice Walker, 295, 1982

28 votes, 8.8%

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, 1997, 340

23 votes, 7.2%

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, 288 pgs, 1989

22 votes, 6.9%

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, 661, 1946

21 votes, 6.6%

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, 192, 1967

21 votes, 6.6%

One of Ours by Willa Cather, 343, 1922

18 votes, 5.6%

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, 403, 1991

15 votes, 4.7%

The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton, 370, 1913

10 votes, 3.1%

The Long Walk by Richard Bachman/Stephen King, 370, 1979

10 votes, 3.1%

319 total votes

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