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Tara Westover

1986 - Today

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Tara Westover (born September 27, 1986) is an American memoirist, essayist and historian. Her memoir Educated (2018) debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list and was a finalist for a number of national awards, including the LA Times Book Prize, PEN America's Jean Stein Book Award, and two awards from the National Book Critics Circle Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tara Westover has received more than 3,557,130 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tara Westover is the 7,188th most popular writer (down from 6,436th in 2019), the 17,585th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,611th in 2019) and the 1,178th most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.6M

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  • 30.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tara Westover ranks 7,188 out of 7,302Before her are Sanal Edamaruku, İsmail Küçükkaya, Zoleka Mandela, Jasodhara Bagchi, Nnedi Okorafor, and Maarja Kangro. After her are Andrew Sean Greer, Matthew Reilly, Sushmita Banerjee, Tanya Malyarchuk, Radoslav Rochallyi, and Bill McKibben.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Tara Westover ranks 849Before her are Drew Roy, Tobias Kamke, Fabrice Martin, Xavi Torres, Markel Bergara, and Juliano Mineiro. After her are Oleg Ivanov, Tereza Kerndlová, Habib Bellaïd, Alê, Takafumi Akahoshi, and Stephen Ireland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tara Westover ranks 17,585 out of 20,380Before her are David Mazouz (2001), Annie Ilonzeh (1983), Skylar Astin (1987), Mitch Gaylord (1961), Mr. Porter (1978), and MacKenzie Mauzy (1988). After her are Tyrus (1973), Andrew Sean Greer (1970), Michelle Carter (1985), Jim Gibbons (1944), Steve Johnson (1989), and Ryan Howard (1979).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tara Westover ranks 1,178Before her are Sanjay Gupta (1969), Jon Fisher (1972), Paula Vogel (1951), Paul Harding (1967), Jeff Davis (1975), and Nnedi Okorafor (1974). After her are Andrew Sean Greer (1970), Bill McKibben (1960), Josh Singer (1972), Peter Craig (1969), Jenna Bush Hager (1981), and Kelly Link (1969).