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John Jakes

Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

March 31, 1932

Died

March 11, 2023

Website

http://www.johnjakes.com/

Genre

Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Children's

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John William Jakes, the author of more than a dozen novels, is regarded as one of today’s most distinguished writers of historical fiction. His work includes the highly acclaimed Kent Family Chronicles series and the North and South Trilogy. Jakes’s commitment to historical accuracy and evocative storytelling earned him the title of “the godfather of historical novelists” from the Los Angeles Times and led to a streak of sixteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers. Jakes has received several awards for his work and is a member of the Authors Guild and the PEN American Center. He and his wife, Rachel, live on the west coast of Florida.

Also writes under pseudonyms Jay Scotland, Alan Payne, Rachel Ann Payne, Robert Hart Davis, Darius John ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 194,368 ratings · 5,502 reviews · 414 distinct works • Similar authors

	North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,494 ratings — published 1982 — 103 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 Bastard (Kent Family Chronicles, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 25,797 ratings — published 1974 — 57 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 and War (North and South, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 18,986 ratings — published 1984 — 69 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
	Heaven and Hell (North and South, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 12,182 ratings — published 1987 — 11 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 Rebels (Kent Family Chronicles, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 8,411 ratings — published 1975 — 61 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 Warriors (Kent Family Chronicles, #6) 4.21 avg rating — 7,632 ratings — published 1977 — 4 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 Seekers (Kent Family Chronicles, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 7,204 ratings — published 1975 — 49 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 Furies (Kent Family Chronicles, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 6,487 ratings — published 1976 — 70 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 Titans (Kent Family Chronicles, #5) 4.17 avg rating — 5,773 ratings — published 1976 — 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 Americans (Kent Family Chronicles, #8) 4.28 avg rating — 5,423 ratings — published 1979 — 40 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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Quotes by John Jakes (?)

“I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs was shelving books at a branch of the Chicago Public Library.) Libraries are a pillar of any society. I believe our lack of attention to funding and caring for them properly in the United States has a direct bearing on problems of literacy, productivity, and our inability to compete in today's world. Libraries are everyman's free university.”
― John Jakes, Homeland

tags: libraries, library

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“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.”
― John Jakes

tags: be-yourself, on-writing

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“The pain comes from more than the facts of circumstance, or the deeds of others. It comes from within. From understanding what we lost. It comes from knowing how foolish we were - vain, arrogant children - when we thought ourselves happy. It comes from knowing how fragile and doomed the old ways were, just when we thought them and ourselves, secure!. The pain comes from knowing we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. ”
― John Jakes, Heaven and Hell

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2016 1st Quarter Long Read

1872, Middlemarch by George Eliot, 904 pages

25 votes, 17.9%

1996, A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, 835 pages

17 votes, 12.1%

1853, Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1017 pages

15 votes, 10.7%

1869, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 667 pages

15 votes, 10.7%

1965, Dune by Frank Herbert, 604 pages

15 votes, 10.7%

1870, Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 733 pages

7 votes, 5.0%

1915, Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, 684 pages

7 votes, 5.0%

1901, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, 731 pages

6 votes, 4.3%

1982, North and South by John Jakes, 812 pages

6 votes, 4.3%

1925, An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 859 pages

5 votes, 3.6%

1928, Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford, 836 pages

5 votes, 3.6%

1993, A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1474 pages

4 votes, 2.9%

1985, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 945 pages

3 votes, 2.1%

1836, Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens, 688 pages

3 votes, 2.1%

1987, The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, 656 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1983, Helliconia by Brian W. Aldiss, 1305 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1980, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, 912 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1948, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, 740 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1863, Romola by George Eliot, 688 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1951, A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement by Anthony Powell, 718 pages

0 votes, 0.0%

140 total votes

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