WRITER

Thomas Ligotti

1953 - Today

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Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953) is an American horror writer. His writings are rooted in several literary genres – most prominently weird fiction – and have been described by critics as works of philosophical horror, often formed into short stories and novellas in the tradition of gothic fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Ligotti has received more than 933,489 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Thomas Ligotti is the 5,245th most popular writer (down from 4,943rd in 2019), the 7,588th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,314th in 2019) and the 592nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 930k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Noctuary
American Horror tales, Fiction, general
1994
Grimscribe
Fiction, horror, Fiction, short stories (single author)
1991
The Conspiracy against the Human Race
2018
The nightmare factory
Comic books, strips, Fiction, horror
2007
Prime Evil
fiction, American horror tales, English horror tales
[Night flier / Stephen King][1] -- Having a woman at lunch / Paul Hazel -- Blood kiss / Dennis Etchison -- Coming to grief / Clive Barker -- Food / Thomas Tessier -- Great God Pan / M. John Harrison -- Orange is for anguish, blue for insanity / David Morrell -- Juniper tree / Peter Straub -- Spinning tales with the dead / Charles L. Grant -- Alice's last adventure / Thomas Ligotti -- Next time you'll know me / Ramsey Campbell -- Pool / Whitley Strieber -- By reason of darkness / Jack Cady. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19650747W/The_Night_Flier
1988
My Work Is Not Yet Done
horror, corporate horror, psychological horror
2002

Page views of Thomas Ligottis by language

Over the past year Thomas Ligotti has had the most page views in the with 124,313 views, followed by Russian (14,614), and Italian (11,676). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (124.58%), Japanese (76.89%), and Catalan (61.99%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Ligotti ranks 5,245 out of 7,302. Before him are Sergei Lukyanenko, Kjell Espmark, Tua Forsström, Katherine Neville, Georg Calixtus, and Ahmet Haşim. After him are Kim Myeong-sun, Erico Verissimo, William Cullen Bryant, Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Thomas Love Peacock, and Candace Bushnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Thomas Ligotti ranks 347. Before him are Trip Hawkins, Leonid Buryak, Hoshyar Zebari, Robert Guédiguian, Hiroshi Kaneda, and Günther Oettinger. After him are Xabier Azkargorta, Adrie van Kraay, Tony Carey, Christian Lopez, John Musker, and Jan A. P. Kaczmarek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Ligotti ranks 7,588 out of 20,380. Before him are Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930), Christie Brinkley (1954), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Milton Babbitt (1916), Katherine Neville (1945), and Corey Feldman (1971). After him are Nancy Kelly (1921), Jerry Hardin (1929), Alessandro Nivola (1972), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Bob Welch (1945), and Barbara Loden (1932).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Thomas Ligotti ranks 592. Before him are Louis L'Amour (1908), Theodora Kroeber (1897), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Fran Lebowitz (1950), Leo Buscaglia (1924), and Katherine Neville (1945). After him are William Cullen Bryant (1794), Candace Bushnell (1958), Sara Paretsky (1947), Julia Ward Howe (1819), Chester Himes (1909), and Holly Black (1971).

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