Adam Gopnik

About the Author

Adam Gopnik is the author of Paris to the Moon and Through the Children's Gate and is a contributor to The New Yorker. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children. His most recent book is Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life, a comparison about how those show more men changed our nation with their history-making actions. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Adam Gopnik

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Paris to the Moon (2000) 2,793 copies

Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York (2006) 455 copies

Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life (2009) 446 copies

The King in the Window (2005) 379 copies

The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food (2011) 324 copies

Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology (2004) — Editor — 298 copies

The Best American Essays 2008 (2008) — Editor — 290 copies

A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism (2019) 272 copies

Winter: Five Windows on the Season (2011) 229 copies

Evidence: 1944-1994 (1994) 109 copies

High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture {catalog} (1991) — Editor — 105 copies

At the Strangers' Gate: Arrivals in New York (2017) 93 copies

The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery (2023) 61 copies

The Steps Across the Water (2010) 57 copies

Modern Art and Popular Culture: Readings in High and Low {essays} (1990) — Editor — 51 copies

Elliott Erwitt's New York (2008) — Foreword — 35 copies

Parisians (2000) — Contributor — 27 copies

So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin (2023) 16 copies

Lacombe: Cinema/theater (2001) 12 copies

All That Happiness Is: Some Words on What Matters (2024) 7 copies

In Mid-Air: Points of View from over a Decade (2018) 6 copies

The Real Work (2023) 6 copies

SAUL STEINBERG: RECENT WORK (1987) 6 copies

Ed Ruscha: Paintings (2002) 4 copies

New York Looks Best in Fall (A Vintage Short) (2016) 3 copies

You'll Never Eat Lunch on This Continent Again [short fiction] 2 copies

Olmsted's Trip: How Did a News Reporter Come to Create Central Park? 2 copies

New Yorker 2005.04.04 1 copy

Tusen små framsteg (2022) 1 copy

'Life of the Party: Benjamin Disraeli and the politics of performance' in The New Yorker, 3 July 2006 [review of… 1 copy

Io, lei, Manhattan 1 copy

All Alike 1 copy

Hancock Shaker Village, 50 Years 1960-2010 1 copy

'American studies: the Kenneth Starr report proudly calls itself a narrative ... ' in The New Yorker, 28 Sept 1998 1 copy

Simple truth about gun control 1 copy

Van Gogh's Ear: The Christmas Eve That Changed Modern Art 1 copy

'I, Nephi: Mormonism and its meanings' in The New Yorker, 13 August 2012 1 copy

'Moon Man: what Galileo saw' in The New Yorker, 11 Feb 2013 1 copy

'The Big Reveal: why does the Bible end that way?' in The New Yorker, 5 March 2012 [review of Elaine Pagels'… 1 copy

Voilà Carême: The Gastronomic Adventures of History's Greatest Chef (1980) 1 copy

Talk it up: Damon Runyon's guys and dolls 1 copy

'What did Jesus do?: reading and unreading the Gospels' in The New Yorker, 24 May 2010 1 copy

'The Porcupine: a pilgrimage to Popper' in The New Yorker, 1 March 2002 1 copy

Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell: Surveying Mankind from China to Peru (2011) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Le Grand Meaulnes (1959) — Introduction, some editions — 3,466 copies

The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (1957) — Introduction, some editions — 2,574 copies

The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker (2004) — Introduction — 1,331 copies

Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Contributor — 713 copies

The Annotated Hunting of the Snark (The Annotated Books) (1962) — Introduction, some editions — 632 copies

The Necklace and Other Short Stories {Dover Thrift Editions} (1992) — Introduction, some editions — 571 copies

Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink (2007) — Contributor — 536 copies

Ravel (2005) — Foreword, some editions — 333 copies

The Best American Essays 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 315 copies

The Best American Essays 2006 (2006) — Contributor — 301 copies

Life Stories: Profiles from the New Yorker (2000) — Contributor — 299 copies

The Moth (2013) — Contributor; Preface — 295 copies

The Best American Essays 2004 (2004) — Contributor — 292 copies

A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Contributor — 240 copies

The Wrong Side of Paris (1848) — Introduction, some editions — 227 copies

A London Child of the 1870s (1934) — Preface, some editions — 226 copies

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection (1992) — Contributor — 202 copies

The Best American Travel Writing 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 190 copies

The Best American Travel Writing 2004 (2004) — Contributor — 182 copies

The Best American Essays 1994 (1994) — Contributor — 181 copies

An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories: v .2 (2008) — Contributor — 156 copies

Wayne Thiebaud: A Paintings Retrospective (2000) 154 copies

Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art since Pollock (2006) — Preface — 148 copies

The Best American Essays 1992 (1992) — Contributor — 138 copies

Reporting at Wit's End: Tales from the New Yorker (2010) — Introduction — 138 copies

The Best American Essays 1996 (1996) — Contributor — 134 copies

Letters of Marcel Proust (1949) — Introduction, some editions — 132 copies

The Necklace and Other Tales {Modern Library Classics} (2003) — Introduction, some editions — 125 copies

Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100 (2011) — Contributor — 118 copies

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020 (2021) — Contributor — 102 copies

Best Food Writing 2010 (2010) — Contributor — 102 copies

Joel Sternfeld: Walking the High Line (2001) — Contributor — 80 copies

The World of Donald Evans (1980) — Contributor, some editions — 76 copies

The Best American Magazine Writing 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 71 copies

Mordecai Richler Was Here: selected writings (2006) — Introduction — 67 copies

Best Food Writing 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 67 copies

The Best American Magazine Writing 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 54 copies

Best Food Writing 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 54 copies

Maus Now: Selected Writing (2022) — Contributor — 41 copies

Molière: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations {Volumes 1 & 2} (2021) 35 copies

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Birthdate: 1956-08-24
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Places of residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Paris, France
New York, New York, USA
Education: McGill University
Occupations: writer
essayist
commentator
Relationships: Gopnik, Alison (sister)
Gopnik, Myrna (mother)
Organizations: The New Yorker

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Reviews

Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik

Gopnik writes about interesting things in an intelligent way. These essays were a pleasure to read.

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Ada Twist, Scientist: A Picture Book (The Q… by Andrea Beaty

Ada Twist is a girl who is not afraid to ask questions considering she is always asking questions that require a fun experiment to prove her theories. This novel is great for those who have curious minds and want to discover new things through science, confidence, and trial and error. Learning through trial and error is Ada's biggest strength and learning the importance of keeping her mind curious.

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