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Nick Hornby


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in Redhill, Surrey, England, The United Kingdom
April 17, 1957

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Nicholas Peter John Hornby is an English writer and lyricist. He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch (1992) and novels High Fidelity and About a Boy, all of which were adapted into feature films. Hornby's work frequently touches upon music, sport, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists. His books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide as of 2018. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, Hornby was named the 29th most influential person in British culture. He has received two Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for An Education (2009), and Brooklyn (2015). ...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 738,402 ratings · 44,244 reviews · 134 distinct worksSimilar authors
High Fidelity

3.90 avg rating — 213,268 ratings — published 1995
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About a Boy

3.80 avg rating — 140,569 ratings — published 1998 — 212 editions
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A Long Way Down

3.44 avg rating — 90,972 ratings — published 2005 — 130 editions
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How to Be Good

3.22 avg rating — 57,667 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Fever Pitch

3.78 avg rating — 43,428 ratings — published 1992 — 143 editions
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Juliet, Naked

3.50 avg rating — 46,656 ratings — published 2009 — 30 editions
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Funny Girl

3.41 avg rating — 32,052 ratings — published 2014 — 73 editions
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Slam

3.25 avg rating — 26,927 ratings — published 2007 — 17 editions
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Just Like You

3.36 avg rating — 24,987 ratings — published 2020
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Songbook

3.56 avg rating — 14,200 ratings — published 2002 — 77 editions
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“People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss.”
Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

“It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.”
Nick Hornby

“The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.”
Nick Hornby, How to Be Good

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