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Arthur Golden

Born

in Chattanooga, Tennessee, The United States

December 06, 1956

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Arthur Sulzberger Golden is an American writer. He is the author of the bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha (1997).

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Average rating: 4.16 · 2,152,310 ratings · 40,758 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,141,962 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	Memoirs of a Geisha by Michael Dean (Reteller), Arthur Golden 4.46 avg rating — 9,107 ratings — published 2000 — 3 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
	さゆり上 [Sayuri 1] by Arthur Golden, アーサー・ゴールデン, 小川高義 (翻訳) 4.38 avg rating — 576 ratings — published 1999 — 2 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
	さゆり下 [Sayuri 2] by Arthur Golden, アーサー・ゴールデン, 小川高義 (翻訳) 4.48 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 1999 — 2 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
	Memoirs of a Geisha: Portrait of the Film by David James (Photographs), Peggy Mulloy (Text), Rob Marshall (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.19 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2005 — 3 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
	Memoirs of a Geisha by Robin Swicord (Screenwriter), Arthur Golden 4.33 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Oriental Collection: Empire of the Sun/Memoirs of a Geisha/Seven Years in Tibet by J.G. Ballard, Arthur Golden, Heinrich Harrer 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings	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
	Untitled Novel 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	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
	MEMORIAS DE UMA GUEIXA - PORTUGUES BRASIL by Arthur Golden, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Halloween Horror Crossword Puzzle Book for Adults: 100 Spooky Large Print Puzzles Celebrating Classic Monsters, Iconic Slashers and Haunted Legends — ... Them All? 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Arthur Golden

さゆり [Sayuri] (2 books)
by

Arthur Golden,

アーサー・ゴールデン,

小川高義 (翻訳)

4.43 avg rating — 1,089 ratings

Quotes by Arthur Golden (?)

“At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

tags: death, loss

1798 likes

“The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

tags: death, hope

1305 likes

“This is why dreams can be such dangerous things: they smolder on like a fire does, and sometimes they consume us completely.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

1081 likes

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Polls

June 2026 New School Classics Poll

Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin 1955, 192 pgs.

33 votes, 24.8%

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 2003, 371 pgs.

31 votes, 23.3%

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 1997, 503 pgs.

24 votes, 18.0%

Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 1975, 181 pgs.

13 votes, 9.8%

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard 1974, 288 pgs.

11 votes, 8.3%

Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth 1969, 274 pgs.

10 votes, 7.5%

Little Big Man by Thomas Berger 1964, 422 pgs.

8 votes, 6.0%

The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker 1973, 336 pgs.

3 votes, 2.3%

133 total votes

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