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Sebastian Faulks

Born

in Donnington, Berkshire, England, The United Kingdom

April 20, 1953

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http://www.sebastianfaulks.com/

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Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist, journalist, and broadcaster best known for his acclaimed historical novels set in France, including The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong, and Charlotte Gray. Alongside these, he has written contemporary fiction, a James Bond continuation novel (Devil May Care), and a Jeeves homage (Jeeves and the Wedding Bells). A former literary editor and journalist, Faulks gained widespread recognition with Birdsong, which solidified his literary reputation. He has also appeared regularly on British media, notably as a team captain on BBC Radio 4's The Write Stuff, and authored the TV tie-in Faulks on Fiction. Honored as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and appointed CBE for his services to literature, Fa ...more

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Where to start reading Sebastian Faulks…

With over 20 books published over four decades, choosing where to begin reading Sebastian Faulks can be daunting. This guide offers suggested starting points based on different interests and reading preferences.

The book to read first

The Girl at the Lion d’Or (1989)
Set in a small French town during the 1930s, the novel tells the story of Anne, a young waitress haunted by family scandal, and Hartman

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Sebastian Faulks’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 186,875 ratings · 13,885 reviews · 64 distinct works • Similar authors

	Birdsong 4.11 avg rating — 84,304 ratings — published 1993 — 118 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
	Charlotte Gray 3.83 avg rating — 12,970 ratings — published 1998 — 75 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
	Engleby 3.75 avg rating — 11,038 ratings — published 2007 — 44 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
	A Week in December 3.27 avg rating — 10,412 ratings — published 2009 — 41 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
	Where My Heart Used to Beat 3.67 avg rating — 8,315 ratings — published 2015 — 36 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 Girl at the Lion d'Or 3.59 avg rating — 7,911 ratings — published 1989	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
	Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks, Rodrigo Corral (Designer), Mark Stutzman (Illustrator) 3.46 avg rating — 7,665 ratings — published 2008 — 80 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 Seventh Son 3.48 avg rating — 6,675 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Paris Echo 3.49 avg rating — 6,568 ratings — published 2018 — 36 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
	Human Traces 3.69 avg rating — 5,913 ratings — published 2005 — 48 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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Series by Sebastian Faulks

French Trilogy (3 books)
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4.04 avg rating — 105,185 ratings

Austrian Trilogy (2 books)
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3.70 avg rating — 10,878 ratings

Pistache (2 books)
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3.41 avg rating — 365 ratings

Quotes by Sebastian Faulks (?)

“I know. I was there. I saw the great void in your soul, and you saw mine.”
― Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong

tags: reflection, war, wwi

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“Depression - that limp word for the storm of black panic and half-demented malfunction - had over the years worked itself out in Charlotte's life in a curious pattern. Its onset was often imperceptible: like an assiduous housekeeper locking up a rambling mansion, it noiselessly went about and turned off, one by one, the mind's thousand small accesses to pleasure.”
― Sebastian Faulks

tags: darkness, panic

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“The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings which normally we keep locked up in the heart.”
― Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong

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Polls

December 2016 New School Classic Poll

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, 320 pgs, 1997

56 votes, 21.1%

White Fang by Jack London, 252 pages, 1906

43 votes, 16.2%

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier, 352 pgs, 1951

33 votes, 12.4%

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, 432 pgs, 1995

32 votes, 12.0%

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust, 468 pgs, 1913

25 votes, 9.4%

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, 483 pgs, 1993

16 votes, 6.0%

The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas, 176 pgs, 1960

13 votes, 4.9%

Queer by William S. Burroughs, 160 pgs, 1985

13 votes, 4.9%

Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor, 269 pgs, 1965

11 votes, 4.1%

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford, 368 pgs, 1915

10 votes, 3.8%

The Vagabond by Colette, 252 pgs, 1910

10 votes, 3.8%

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, 176 pgs, 1966

4 votes, 1.5%

266 total votes

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