Adam Hochschild

  • 9

    Catalog books

  • 5

    Works

  • 1995 to 2018

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Adam Hochschild has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 9 catalog-linked books across 1995 to 2018, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Horror & Supernatural, Biography & Memoir.

Best for readers who want quick tension, supernatural hooks, and paperback-series energy. If you want the easiest first click, start with Finding the Trapdoor : Essays, Portraits, Travels and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1995 to 2018; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Syracuse Univ Pr and MacMillan.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Horror & Supernatural entry points • Biography & Memoir entry points • common used copies from Syracuse Univ Pr and MacMillan

Genres and themes: Horror & Supernatural • Biography & Memoir

Who this author is best for: readers who want quick tension, supernatural hooks, and paperback-series energy

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1995 to 2018; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Syracuse Univ Pr and MacMillan.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Finding the Trapdoor : Essays, Portraits, Travels

    Syracuse Univ Pr • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 304 pages.

  2. Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son

    Syracuse Univ Pr • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 235 pages.

  3. Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays

    University of California Press • 2018 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2018 • 296 pages.

  4. To End All Wars

    MacMillan • 2011 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2011 • 356 pages.

  5. King Leopold's Ghost

    Pan Books • 2002 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2002 • 384 pages.

  6. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

    Mariner Books • 1998 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1998 • 366 pages.

  7. The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin

    Penguin USA • 1995 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1995 • 336 pages.

  8. Bury the Chains

    Pan Publishing|PAN • 2012 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2012 • 456 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son is the easier short commitment, while Finding the Trapdoor : Essays, Portraits, Travels asks for more reading time up front.
  • Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while Finding the Trapdoor : Essays, Portraits, Travels leans later in the catalog.
  • Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays is also useful if you want a different publishing lane from Finding the Trapdoor : Essays, Portraits, Travels.

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