2026 Reading Challenge
Ernest J. Gaines

Ernest J. Gaines’s Followers (1,167)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Add New
Videos

NEA Big Read: Meet Ernest Gaines
Add a comment

More videos…

Ernest J. Gaines


Born
in Oscar, Louisiana, The United States
January 15, 1933

Died
November 05, 2019

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction


Ernest James Gaines was an American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works were made into television movies.
His 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Gaines was a MacArthur Foundation fellow, was awarded the National Humanities Medal, and was inducted into the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) as a Chevalier.

Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.02 · 89,661 ratings · 6,534 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors
A Lesson Before Dying
3.99 avg rating — 63,967 ratings — published 1993 — 78 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Autobiography of Miss J...
4.18 avg rating — 14,192 ratings — published 1971 — 94 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
A Gathering of Old Men
4.09 avg rating — 6,949 ratings — published 1983
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Tragedy of Brady Sims
3.84 avg rating — 993 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Of Love and Dust
4.13 avg rating — 791 ratings — published 1968 — 19 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
In My Father's House
3.95 avg rating — 757 ratings — published 1978 — 25 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Bloodline: Five Stories
4.04 avg rating — 443 ratings — published 1968 — 17 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Catherine Carmier
3.74 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1964 — 22 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Sky Is Gray
3.95 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1963
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Mozart and Leadbelly: Stori...
3.79 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Ernest J. Gaines…

Related News

  Mateo Askaripour is a Brooklyn-based writer whose debut novel, Black Buck—which Colson Whitehead calls a “mesmerizing novel, executing a high...
Read more...
80 likes · 8 comments
Quotes by Ernest J. Gaines  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ”
― Ernest Gaines
162 likes
Like

“I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.”
― Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying
115 likes
Like

“I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.”
― Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying
65 likes
Like

Polls

195385
What shall we read in February, 2020? Pre-1980?

 
  14 votes 28.6%

 
  10 votes 20.4%

 
  9 votes 18.4%

 
  8 votes 16.3%

 
  8 votes 16.3%

49 total votes
More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Summer Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread) 3022 3288 Aug 31, 2010 10:39PM  
Reading with Style: This topic has been closed to new comments. FA10 20.5 - Freedom Season 32 103 Oct 02, 2010 02:18PM  
Crazy Challenge C...: This topic has been closed to new comments. What book would YOU add? 64 66 May 28, 2012 09:17PM  
100 books in 2012!: ♫NicNac♫ 47 33 Nov 25, 2012 03:26PM  
You'll love this ...: Reviewing 2012 74 90 Jan 06, 2013 08:16AM  
The Next Best Boo...: This topic has been closed to new comments. The Title Game 20218 14601 May 30, 2013 12:53PM