,
Horror for Newbies
Darin Strauss

Darin Strauss’s Followers (130)

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

Darin Strauss


Website


A recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and a winner of the American Library Association's Alix Award and The National Book Critics Circle Award, the internationally-bestselling writer Darin Strauss is the author of the novels Chang & Eng, The Real McCoy, and More Than It Hurts You, and the NBCC-winning memoir Half a Life. These have been New York Times Notable Books, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Amazon, Chicago Tribune, and NPR Best Books of the Year, among others. Darin has been translated into fourteen languages and published in nineteen countries, and he is a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU's creative writing program. ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.35 · 9,806 ratings · 1,727 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors
Half a Life
3.58 avg rating — 4,936 ratings — published 2010 — 22 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Chang and Eng
3.30 avg rating — 2,054 ratings — published 2000 — 35 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More Than it Hurts You
2.92 avg rating — 1,677 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Queen of Tuesday
2.93 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Real McCoy
3.26 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Olivia Twist: Honor Among T...
by
3.10 avg rating — 114 ratings — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Long Island Shaolin
3.03 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2011
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Regarding Ingres: Fourteen ...
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
OLIVIA TWIST #1
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
OLIVIA TWIST #2 (MR) REG CVR
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Darin Strauss…
Quotes by Darin Strauss  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“The cracks in old friendships are measured in awkward pauses.”
― Darin Strauss
tags: end, failings, friendship
43 likes
Like

“I think each family has a funhouse logic all its own, and in that distortion,in that delusion, all behavior can seem both perfectly normal and crazy.”
― Darin Strauss, Half a Life
tags: memoir
17 likes
Like

“Things don't go away. They become you.”
― Darin Strauss, Half a Life
17 likes
Like

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Challenge: 50 Books: Shannon T.'s 50 Books for 2010 44 132 Aug 27, 2010 07:34AM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) 2867 1115 May 31, 2011 09:01PM  
The Next Best Boo...: Beth K's 2011 Reading 66 171 Dec 31, 2011 02:28PM  
~2014 Reading Cha...: Beth K's 2011 Challenge 71 64 Dec 31, 2011 03:36PM  
The Book Challenge: Amanda's Alphabet Weekends FINISHED CHALLENGE 119 94 Jan 01, 2012 12:42PM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Winter Challenge 2012-2013: Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC 2485 862 Feb 28, 2013 09:01PM  
The Next Best Boo...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Your Latest Splurge 9368 13909 May 12, 2013 11:23AM  
Crazy Challenge C...: April 2013 Spell Challenge 172 100 Jul 23, 2013 09:32AM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Darin to Goodreads.