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Jonathan Ames


Born
in New York City, The United States
March 23, 1964

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Humor


Jonathan Ames is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs, and is the creator of two television series, Bored to Death (HBO) and Blunt Talk (STARZ). In the late '90s and early 2000s, he was a columnist for the New York Press for several years, and became known for self-deprecating tales of his sexual misadventures. He also has a long-time interest in boxing, appearing occasionally in the ring as "The Herring Wonder".
Two of his novels have been adapted into films: The Extra Man in 2010, and You Were Never Really Here in 2017. Ames was a co-screenwriter of the former and an executive producer of the latter. ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 26,463 ratings · 2,894 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors
You Were Never Really Here
3.86 avg rating — 4,975 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
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Wake Up, Sir!
3.76 avg rating — 4,190 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions
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3.71 avg rating — 2,581 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions
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The Extra Man
3.73 avg rating — 1,934 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
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I Love You More Than You Know
3.82 avg rating — 1,601 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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What's Not to Love?: The Ad...
3.99 avg rating — 1,528 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions
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The Wheel of Doll (The Doll...
3.90 avg rating — 1,080 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions
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I Pass Like Night
3.58 avg rating — 1,051 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions
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My Less Than Secret Life: A...
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“I live for coincidences. They briefly give to me the illusion or the hope that there's a pattern to my life, and if there's a pattern, then maybe I'm moving toward some kind of destiny where it's all explained.”
― Jonathan Ames, My Less Than Secret Life: A Diary, Fiction, Essays
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“People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.”
― Jonathan Ames
tags: confusion, literature, reading
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“I didn't think I was in a morbid mood, but it appears I am. My mind goes round and round trying to figure things out, but I always come back to the same two things: Loneliness and Death. Life ends before we figure anything out, most importantly how not to be lonely. Solitude is fine. But feeling like you have no one to love - abject lonliness - is not alright.”
― Jonathan Ames, My Less Than Secret Life: A Diary, Fiction, Essays
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