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Simon Van Booy

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in London, The United Kingdom

March 15, 1975

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Simon Van Booy is the award-winning, bestselling author of more than a dozen books for adults and children, including The Illusion of Separateness and The Presence of Absence. Simon is the editor of three volumes of philosophy and has written for The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, and the BBC. His books have been translated into many languages and optioned for film. Raised in rural North Wales, he currently lives in New York where he is also a book editor and a volunteer E.M.T. crew chief.

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Average rating: 4.04 · 43,057 ratings · 7,033 reviews · 60 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sipsworth 4.11 avg rating — 24,653 ratings — published 2024 — 22 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 Illusion of Separateness 3.98 avg rating — 5,338 ratings — published 2013	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
	Everything Beautiful Began After 3.75 avg rating — 3,114 ratings — published 2011 — 19 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 Secret Lives of People in Love 4.04 avg rating — 2,489 ratings — published 2007 — 9 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
	Night Came with Many Stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,982 ratings — published 2021 — 8 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
	Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories 4.05 avg rating — 1,489 ratings — published 2009 — 27 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
	Father's Day 3.91 avg rating — 1,065 ratings — published 2016 — 17 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 Sadness of Beautiful Things: Stories 3.69 avg rating — 852 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	The Presence of Absence 4.21 avg rating — 562 ratings — 8 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
	Tales of Accidental Genius 4.04 avg rating — 447 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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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“[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.”
― Simon Van Booy

tags: bibliophiles, book, book-lovers, books, reading, reading-books

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“You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.”
― Simon Van Booy, Everything Beautiful Began After

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“Coincidences mean you're on the right path.”
― Simon Van Booy, Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories

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Take My Hand, by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

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Bull Mountain, by Brian Panowich

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The Kingdoms of Savannah, by George Dawes Green

8 votes 17.0%

Where the Dead Sit Talking, by Brandon Hobson

7 votes 14.9%

Night Came with Many Stars, by Simon Van Booy

6 votes 12.8%

When the Reckoning Comes, by LaTanya McQueen

3 votes 6.4%

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