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James Hilton

Born

in Leigh, Lancashire, England, The United Kingdom

September 09, 1900

Died

December 20, 1954

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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James Hilton was an English novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest, as well as co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs. Miniver (1942), the latter earning him an Academy Award.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 45,279 ratings · 4,749 reviews · 225 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lost Horizon 3.95 avg rating — 25,237 ratings — published 1933 — 2 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
	Good-Bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, Santiago Munevar (Read by), Henry Matthew Brock (Illustrator), Edward Weeks (Foreword by) 3.98 avg rating — 15,226 ratings — published 1934 — 10 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
	Random Harvest 4.16 avg rating — 2,368 ratings — published 1941 — 32 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
	Goodbye, Mr. Chips / To You, Mr. Chips 3.83 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 1938 — 5 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
	So Well Remembered 3.77 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 1945 — 55 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
	Time and Time Again 3.85 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1953 — 38 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
	Was It Murder? 3.49 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 1931 — 97 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
	Good-bye, Mr. Chips and Other Stories by James Hilton, Donna Diamond (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 142 ratings — 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
	Feliz Navidad, señor Chips 3.69 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1938 — 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
	Nothing So Strange 3.61 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1947 — 45 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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“People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.”
― James Hilton, Lost Horizon

tags: life, people, viewpoint

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“The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.”
― James Hilton, Nothing So Strange

tags: caring, love

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“Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you're certain it's the wrong road and you tell them, but they won't listen, so you just have to plod along in what you know is the wrong direction till somebody more important gets the same idea?”
― James Hilton, Random Harvest

tags: choices, life

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April 2025 - Short Story/Novella Poll

A Lost Opportunity by Leo Tolstoy

36 votes, 18.6%

Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton

32 votes, 16.5%

Viy by Nikolai Gogol

27 votes, 13.9%

Anthem by Ayn Rand

20 votes, 10.3%

Eve's Diary by Mark Twain

18 votes, 9.3%

The Seven Who Were Hanged by Leonid Andreyev

18 votes, 9.3%

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét

14 votes, 7.2%

The Wonderful O by James Thurber

13 votes, 6.7%

The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale

9 votes, 4.6%

Watchers of the Sky by Alfred Noyes

7 votes, 3.6%

194 total votes

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