WRITER

Nick Hornby

1957 - Today

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Nicholas Peter John Hornby (born 17 April 1957) is an English writer and lyricist. He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch (1992) and novels High Fidelity and About a Boy, all of which were adapted into feature films. Hornby's work frequently touches upon music, sport, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nick Hornby has received more than 1,891,246 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Nick Hornby is the 3,770th most popular writer (down from 2,986th in 2019), the 2,676th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,234th in 2019) and the 304th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Fever pitch
Soccer, English Authors, Sports & Recreations
1992
How to be good
Literature, Conduct of life, Humorous stories
2001
About a Boy
Fiction, Single mothers, Children of divorced parents
Nick Hornby's second bestselling novel is about sex, manliness and fatherhood. Will is thirty-six, comfortable and child-free. And he's discovered a brilliant new way of meeting women - through single-parent groups. Marcus is twelve and a little bitnerdish: he's got the kind of mother who made him listen to Joni Mitchell rather than Nirvana. Perhaps they can help each other out a little bit, and both can start to act their age.
1998
High Fidelity
Man-woman relationships, English fiction, Fiction
1995
A long way down
Apartment dwellers, Literature, Suicidal behavior
Narrated in turns by a dowdy, middle-aged woman, a half-crazed adolescent, a disgraced breakfast TV presenter and an American rock star cum pizza delivery boy, A Long Way Down is the story of the Toppers House Four, aka Maureen, Jess, Martin and JJ. A low-rent crowd with absolutely nothing in common - save where they end up that New Year's Eve night. And what they do next, of course. Funny, sad, and wonderfully humane, Nick Hornby's new novel asks some of the big questions: about life and death, strangers and friendship, love and pain, and whether a slice of pizza can really see you through a long, dark night of the soul.
2005
Juliet, naked
Man-woman relationships, Musical fiction, Rock music fans
From the beloved New York Times– bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love. Annie loves Duncan—or thinks she does. Duncan loves Annie, but then, all of a sudden, he doesn't. Duncan really loves Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter who stopped making music ten years ago. Annie stops loving Duncan, and starts getting her own life. In doing so, she initiates an e-mail correspondence with Tucker, and a connection is forged between two lonely people who are looking for more out of what they've got. Tucker's been languishing (and he's unnervingly aware of it), living in rural Pennsylvania with what he sees as his one hope for redemption amid a life of emotional and artistic ruin—his young son, Jackson. But then there's also the new material he's about to release to the world: an acoustic, stripped-down version of his greatest album, Juliet—entitled, Juliet, Naked. What happens when a washed-up musician looks for another chance? And miles away, a restless, childless woman looks for a change? Juliet, Naked is a powerfully engrossing, humblingly humorous novel about music, love, loneliness, and the struggle to live up to one's promise.
2009

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nick Hornby ranks 3,770 out of 7,302. Before him are Alaiza Pashkevich, Dares Phrygius, Brandon Sanderson, Angelo de Gubernatis, Adile Sultan, and Brendan Behan. After him are Mary Renault, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Friederike Mayröcker, Said Akl, Lucrezia Marinella, and Jacob of Serugh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Nick Hornby ranks 174. Before him are Zé Sérgio, Víctor Muñoz, Ramaz Shengelia, Vladimir Tkachenko, Faruk Hadžibegić, and Joël Bats. After him are Salim Idris, Rustam Minnikhanov, Rachel Ward, Miguel Ángel Lotina, Joanna Pacuła, and José Mário Vaz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nick Hornby ranks 2,676 out of 8,785. Before him are Stephen Daldry (1960), William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396), Centwine of Wessex (643), Terence Fisher (1904), Gorden Kaye (1941), and John Wilkes (1725). After him are Mary Renault (1905), Hugh Latimer (1485), Mark Addy (1964), James Guillaume (1844), Ken Aston (1915), and Rachel Ward (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Nick Hornby ranks 304. Before him are Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Nancy Mitford (1904), Constance Lloyd (1858), Georgette Heyer (1902), Ian Rankin (1960), and Rupert Brooke (1887). After him are Mary Renault (1905), Iain Banks (1954), Israel Zangwill (1864), Eric Ambler (1909), Richard Hammond (1969), and Francis Beaumont (1584).

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