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Graham Greene

Born

in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, The United Kingdom

October 02, 1904

Died

April 03, 1991

Genre

Fiction, Thriller, Memoir

Influences

R.B. Cunninghame Graham, Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, Ev ...more

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Henry Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.
Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. The Power and the Glory won the 1941 Hawthornden Prize and The Heart of the Matter won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Best of the James Tait Black. Greene was awarded ...more

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Graham Greene’s books

Average rating: 3.87 · 452,941 ratings · 38,729 reviews · 708 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Robert Stone (Introduction) 3.98 avg rating — 76,311 ratings — published 1955 — 380 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 End of the Affair 3.90 avg rating — 75,846 ratings — published 1951 — 267 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 Power and the Glory 3.99 avg rating — 46,141 ratings — published 1940 — 426 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
	Our Man in Havana 3.94 avg rating — 43,944 ratings — published 1958 — 268 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
	Brighton Rock 3.69 avg rating — 37,932 ratings — published 1938 — 275 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 Heart of the Matter 3.96 avg rating — 31,729 ratings — published 1948 — 285 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
	Travels with My Aunt 3.79 avg rating — 17,930 ratings — published 1969 — 209 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 Third Man 3.78 avg rating — 17,469 ratings — published 1950 — 260 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 Human Factor 3.91 avg rating — 10,826 ratings — published 1978 — 172 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 Comedians really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,543 ratings — published 1966 — 176 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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“Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.”
― Graham Greene

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“You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”
― Graham Greene, The Third Man

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“The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity.”
― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

tags: happiness, pain

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October 2026 New School Classics Poll

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, 1937, 416 pgs

34 votes, 20.1%

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, 1999, 198 pgs

32 votes, 18.9%

Orient Express by Graham Greene, 1932, 197 pgs

26 votes, 15.4%

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 1959, 224 pgs

24 votes, 14.2%

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, 1983, 138 pgs

23 votes, 13.6%

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, 1984, 333 pgs

16 votes, 9.5%

The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury, 1953, 338 pgs

10 votes, 5.9%

The Chosen by Chaim Potok, 1967, 291 pgs

4 votes, 2.4%

169 total votes

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