Bill Bryson (disambiguation)

"Bill Bryson" is composed of at least 3 distinct authors, divided by their works.

About the Author

Author Division

Bill Bryson (1)

A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003) 23,643 copies, 403 reviews
Notes from a Small Island (1995) 9,939 copies, 217 reviews
In a Sunburned Country (2000) 9,239 copies, 232 reviews
The Mother Tongue (1990) 7,855 copies, 156 reviews
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (2006) 6,630 copies, 238 reviews
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (2010) — Narrator, some editions — 6,556 copies, 267 reviews
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (1989) 6,477 copies, 131 reviews
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe (1991) 6,273 copies, 109 reviews
Shakespeare: The World as Stage (2007) — Author — 4,874 copies, 176 reviews
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (2019) — Narrator, some editions — 3,028 copies, 99 reviews
One Summer: America, 1927 (2013) 3,020 copies, 153 reviews
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1984) 2,041 copies, 15 reviews
Bill Bryson's African Diary (2002) 1,309 copies, 38 reviews
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything (2008) 641 copies, 9 reviews
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors (1991) 598 copies, 9 reviews
The Ascent of Rum Doodle (1956) — Introduction, some editions — 598 copies, 27 reviews
The Most of S.J.Perelman (1958) — Introduction, some editions — 362 copies, 4 reviews
The Best American Travel Writing 2000 (2000) 350 copies, 3 reviews
Icons of England (2008) 335 copies, 6 reviews
Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (2000) — Contributor — 236 copies, 6 reviews
Walkabout: A Walk in the Woods, Down Under (2002) 182 copies, 6 reviews
Granta 26: Travel (1989) — Contributor — 155 copies, 1 review
A Walk in the Woods [abridged audio] (1998) 154 copies, 3 reviews
Granta 31: The General (1990) — Contributor — 144 copies, 2 reviews
Granta 23: Home (1988) — Contributor — 140 copies
The Best American Travel Writing 2016 (2016) 105 copies, 3 reviews
The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity (2000) — Introduction — 81 copies
A Walk in the Woods [2015 film] (2015) — Original book by — 71 copies, 3 reviews
Journeys in English (2004) 64 copies, 7 reviews
Bizarre World (1995) 63 copies, 2 reviews
Great Baseball Stories (1979) — Contributor — 47 copies
Coffee with Isaac Newton (2008) — Foreword, some editions — 42 copies, 1 review
The Secret History of Christmas (2023) 38 copies, 4 reviews
National Geographic, Vol. 181, No. 4, April 1992 (1992) — Contributor — 27 copies
National Geographic Magazine 1996 v190 #5 November (1996) — Contributor — 26 copies
National Geographic Magazine 1998 v193 #6 June (1998) — Contributor — 22 copies
Licensed to Sell: The History and Heritage of the Public House (2004) — Foreword, some editions — 20 copies, 2 reviews
Blook of Bunders (1982) 14 copies
New York City reisverhalen 6 copies, 1 review

Bill Bryson (unknown)

Common Knowledge

Disambiguation notice
1. William McGuire Bryson (b. 1951), author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and other non-fiction.
2. William E. Bryson (1915-1986), author of books on baseball.