John Bellairs has written at least 32 books. Their most popular book is The House with a Clock in Its Walls with 43 saves with an average rating of 3.77⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Young Adult, and Classics.
John Bellairs (1938–1991) was an American novelist working primarily in the Gothic genre. He is best-known for the children's classic The House with a Clock in its Walls 1973) and for the pathbreaking fantasy novel The Face in the Frost (1969). Bellairs held a bachelor's degree from Notre Dame University and a master's in English from the University of Chicago. He combined writing and teaching from 1963 to 1971, including a year at Shimer College that coincided with that school's storied Grotesque Internecine Struggle. After 1971, he took up writing as his full-time work. (from Shimer College Wiki)
#1 of 10 in Lewis Barnavelt
1973 • 43 Readers • 5 pages • 3.8
#1 of 1 in Prospero and Roger Bacon
1969 • 14 Readers • 176 pages • 3.3
#1 of 4 in Johnny Dixon
1983 • 10 Readers • 212 pages • 4.3
#3 of 10 in Lewis Barnavelt
1976 • 8 Readers • 208 pages • 4.3
#1 of 2 in Anthony Monday Mysteries
1978 • 6 Readers • 192 pages • 4
6 Readers • 4.3
#2 of 4 in Johnny Dixon
1983 • 5 Readers • 168 pages • 4
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3 Readers • 5
#4 of 2 in Anthony Monday Mysteries
1992 • 3 Readers • 92 pages • 5
3 Readers • 4
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2 Readers • 5
#3 of 4 in Johnny Dixon
1984 • 2 Readers • 170 pages • 4
#7 of 10 in Lewis Barnavelt
1998 • 2 Readers • 176 pages
#1.5 of 1 in Prospero and Roger Bacon
2009 • 2 Readers • 5
#1 of 10 in Lewis Barnavelt
1998 • 1 Reader • 552 pages
#4 of 10 in Lewis Barnavelt
1993 • 1 Reader • 176 pages
#6 of 10 in Lewis Barnavelt
1995 • 1 Reader • 153 pages
#5 of 10 in Lewis Barnavelt
1993 • 1 Reader • 153 pages
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2014 • 177 pages
1995 • 153 pages
1983 • 168 pages
2004 • 192 pages