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Bret Easton Ellis

Born

in Los Angeles, California, The United States

March 07, 1964

Website

http://www.breteastonellis.com/

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Genre

Satire, Fiction

Influences

Don DeLillo, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver, Gustave Flauber ...more

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Bret Easton Ellis is an American author. He is considered to be one of the major Generation X authors and was regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney. He has called himself a moralist, although he has often been pegged as a nihilist. His characters are generally young vacuous people, who are aware of their depravity but choose to enjoy it. The novels are also linked by common, recurring characters, and dystopic locales (such as Los Angeles and New York). ...more

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Bret Easton Ellis’s books

Average rating: 3.72 · 583,272 ratings · 37,587 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	American Psycho 3.81 avg rating — 322,128 ratings — published 1991 — 257 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Less Than Zero 3.60 avg rating — 88,549 ratings — published 1985 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rules of Attraction 3.72 avg rating — 48,117 ratings — published 1987 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lunar Park 3.65 avg rating — 29,184 ratings — published 2005 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shards really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25,402 ratings — published 2023 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glamorama 3.54 avg rating — 23,815 ratings — published 1998 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Informers 3.39 avg rating — 19,119 ratings — published 1994 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imperial Bedrooms 3.19 avg rating — 19,422 ratings — published 2010 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White 3.49 avg rating — 5,323 ratings — published 2019 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water from the Sun and Discovering Japan 3.49 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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