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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 · 171,137 ratings · 11,822 reviews · 1,005 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 78,428 ratings — published 1934 — 48 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 — 21,402 ratings — published 1939 — 96 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 — 10,260 ratings — published 1949 — 10 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 — 6,145 ratings — published 1956 — 13 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 — 5,668 ratings — published 1936 — 109 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 — 5,350 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 — 4,525 ratings — published 1952 — 119 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) 4.10 avg rating — 4,271 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 — 3,445 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 (New Directions Paperbook) 3.81 avg rating — 3,519 ratings — published 1945 — 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

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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

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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, 32.1%

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller (1934) 318 pages

50 votes, 30.3%

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (1981) 454 pages

28 votes, 17.0%

Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb (1937) 299 pages

17 votes, 10.3%

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

17 votes, 10.3%

165 total votes

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