A Hitch in Time: Reflections Ready for Reconsideration
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Christopher Hitchens Books in Order
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) was a British-American author, journalist, essayist, literary critic, and public intellectual. His work ranged across political reportage, history, biography, literary criticism, memoir, polemic, and collections of journalism and essays. He wrote influential books on Cyprus, the Anglo-American relationship, Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger, George Orwell, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Iraq, and religion, and became one of the most prominent critics of organized religion in the English-speaking world. He also collaborated on books with Peter Kellner, Ed Kashi, Adam Bartos, Douglas Wilson, Tony Blair, and other writers.
nonfictionessayspolitical writingliterary criticismbiographymemoirjournalismreligion and secularism
Christopher Hitchens's Newest Book
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
The clearest introduction to Hitchens's mature antireligious polemic and public intellectual style.
Hitch-22: A Memoir
A wide-ranging memoir that introduces his life, friendships, politics, and literary influences.
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
The broadest single-volume introduction to Hitchens as an essayist, critic, and journalist.
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Books by series
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Eminent Lives
A publisher series of concise biographies of major historical and cultural figures.
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Thomas Jefferson: Author of AmericaAmazon ↗Book 1 · biography · 2005
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Books That Shook the World
A publisher series in which writers explain the historical significance of influential books.
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Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A BiographyAmazon ↗Book 1 · biography · 2006
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (7)
- CyprusAmazon ↗
nonfiction_book · 1984
- Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin MarblesAmazon ↗
nonfiction_book · 1987
- Blood, Class, and Nostalgia: Anglo-American IroniesAmazon ↗
nonfiction_book · 1990
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No One Left to Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson ClintonAmazon ↗nonfiction_book · 1999
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The Trial of Henry KissingerAmazon ↗nonfiction_book · 2001
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Letters to a Young ContrarianAmazon ↗nonfiction_book · 2001
- God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons EverythingAmazon ↗
nonfiction_book · 2007
Nonfiction (2)
Essays and speeches (9)
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite FetishAmazon ↗pamphlet · 1990
- Prepared for the Worst: Selected Essays and Minority ReportsAmazon ↗
essay_collection · 1988
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For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority ReportsAmazon ↗essay_collection · 1993
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The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and PracticeAmazon ↗pamphlet · 1995
- Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public SphereAmazon ↗
essay_collection · 2000
- A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of IraqAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 2003
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Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and EssaysAmazon ↗essay_collection · 2004
- Arguably: Essays by Christopher HitchensAmazon ↗
essay_collection · 2011
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The EnemyAmazon ↗pamphlet · 2011
Posthumous collections (4)
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MortalityAmazon ↗posthumous_essay_collection · 2012
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And Yet...: EssaysAmazon ↗posthumous_essay_collection · 2015
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A Hitch in Time: Writings from the London Review of BooksAmazon ↗posthumous_essay_collection · 2021
- A Hitch in Time: Reflections Ready for ReconsiderationAmazon ↗
posthumous_essay_collection · 2024
Collaborations (7)
- Callaghan: The Road to Number TenAmazon ↗
coauthored_nonfiction · 1976
- When Borders Bleed: The Struggle of the KurdsAmazon ↗
coauthored_nonfiction · 1994
- International Territory: The United Nations, 1945–1995Amazon ↗
coauthored_nonfiction · 1994
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Is Christianity Good for the World? A DebateAmazon ↗coauthored_nonfiction · 2008
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Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq and the LeftAmazon ↗coauthored_nonfiction · 2008
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Hitchens vs. Blair: Be It Resolved, Religion Is a Force for Good in the WorldAmazon ↗coauthored_nonfiction · 2011
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The Four Horsemen: The Discussion That Sparked an Atheist RevolutionAmazon ↗coauthored_discussion · 2019