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Henry Miller

Born

in New York City, The United States

December 26, 1891

Died

June 07, 1980

Website

https://www.henrymiller.info/

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York City and Paris (all of which were banned in the United States until 1961). He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolors.

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Average rating: 3.76 · 169,920 ratings · 11,639 reviews · 979 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 77,783 ratings — published 1934 — 418 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
	Tropic of Capricorn (Tropic, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 21,277 ratings — published 1939 — 261 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
	Sexus (The Rosy Crucifixion, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,199 ratings — published 1949 — 161 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
	Quiet Days in Clichy 3.61 avg rating — 6,088 ratings — published 1956 — 26 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
	Black Spring 3.81 avg rating — 5,628 ratings — published 1936 — 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
	The Colossus of Maroussi 3.96 avg rating — 5,269 ratings — published 1941 — 137 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
	Plexus (The Rosy Crucifixion, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 4,493 ratings — published 1952 — 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
	Nexus (The Rosy Crucifixion, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 4,244 ratings — published 1959 — 113 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
	Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch 4.02 avg rating — 3,413 ratings — published 1957 — 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
	The Air-Conditioned Nightmare 3.81 avg rating — 3,501 ratings — published 1945 — 58 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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Tropic (3 books)
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“The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love.”
― Henry Miller

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“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

tags: books, power

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“Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am.”
― Henry Miller, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird

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October 2025 New School Classics Poll

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940) 292 pages

53 votes, 31.9%

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller (1934) 318 pages

50 votes, 30.1%

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (1981) 454 pages

28 votes, 16.9%

Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb (1937) 299 pages

18 votes, 10.8%

A Covenant With Death by Stephen Becker (1964) 240 pages

17 votes, 10.2%

166 total votes

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