Ernest Hemingway
American
1899 – 1961
Born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899, Ernest Hemingway became one of America's most celebrated and influential writers, transforming both literature and the public's perception of what it meant to be an author. Beyond his literary achievements, Hemingway lived the kind of adventurous life that seemed torn from the pages of his own novels—war correspondent, big-game hunter, deep-sea fisherman, and expatriate in 1920s Paris. His larger-than-life persona and outspoken nature made him as famous for his dramatic lifestyle as for his groundbreaking fiction.
Hemingway's deceptively simple writing style revolutionized modern literature, proving that profound truths could emerge from spare, understated prose. His economical approach to language—often called the "iceberg theory"—influenced generations of writers who recognized that what remained unsaid could be just as powerful as the words on the page. This distinctive voice earned him both the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for The Old Man and the Sea and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, cementing his position among the literary giants of the 20th century. Works like The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls continue to captivate readers with their exploration of love, war, and the essential struggles of human existence.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed 2 of Ernest Hemingway's books, including The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway and A Farewell to Arms.
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Books ReviewedErnest Hemingway books in order
17 books; 1 reviewed on LuvemBooks. Dates and covers from Amazon.
1952Old Man and the SeaAmazon ↗
1954Our review →
1963Green Hills of Africa: The Hemingway Library EditionAmazon ↗
1973The Nick Adams StoriesAmazon ↗
1977For Whom the Bell TollsAmazon ↗
1982In Our TimeAmazon ↗
1983To Have and Have NotAmazon ↗
1984Islands in the StreamAmazon ↗
1986The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
1995The Garden of EdenAmazon ↗
1996Death in the AfternoonAmazon ↗
1996Across The River And Into The TreesAmazon ↗
1997Men Without WomenAmazon ↗
2003Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961Amazon ↗
2006A Moveable Feast: The Restored EditionAmazon ↗
2016The Sun Also RisesAmazon ↗
2023Big Two-Hearted RiverAmazon ↗
The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
4.6/5
reader rating · 3,467 ratingsPublished by Modern Library, The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway gathers the core of a writer whose spare, revolutionary prose reshaped English-language fiction in the twentieth century — essential reading for anyone serious about the American short story.
Reviewed Feb 18, 2026
A Farewell to Arms
4.3/5
reader rating · 12,636 ratingsFirst published in 1929 and now reissued in a Vintage Classics edition with a new introduction by Amanda Vaill, Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms remains what Wikipedia's reception summary records as "the premier American war novel from World War I" — a spare, devastating account of love and loss set against the Italian campaign that cemented Hemingway's place in the canon and became his first bestseller.
Reviewed May 4, 2026
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Ernest Hemingway reshaped twentieth-century fiction with a spare, stripped-down prose style, and the two books we've reviewed show both sides of that legacy. A Farewell to Arms delivers his devastating account of love and loss during the Italian campaign of World War I — it carries a 4.1/5 reader rating from 438 Amazon ratings — while The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway gathers the core of the short fiction that made him essential reading for anyone serious about the American short story.
- Where should I start?
- Start with A Farewell to Arms. First published in 1929, it's a spare, devastating account of love and loss set against the Italian campaign of World War I — the novel that cemented Hemingway's place in the canon. It also holds a 4.1/5 reader rating from 438 Amazon ratings, and the Vintage Classics edition we've reviewed includes a new introduction by Amanda Vaill.
- What's their writing style?
- Hemingway's prose is famously spare and stripped-down — a revolutionary style that reshaped English-language fiction in the twentieth century. Across both books we've reviewed, that economy of language carries heavy emotional weight: A Farewell to Arms is described as a "spare, devastating" account of love and loss. His short fiction shows the same technique at work in a more concentrated form.
- Books we've reviewed
- We've reviewed 2 Ernest Hemingway books. A Farewell to Arms (Vintage Classics) is his devastating World War I novel of love and loss, with a 4.1/5 reader rating from 438 Amazon ratings. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway is a Modern Library collection of the short fiction that reshaped the American short story.
- How do his books compare?
- The two books we've reviewed offer different entry points into Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms is a full-length war novel — a spare, devastating account of love and loss during the Italian campaign of World War I — while The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway gathers the core of his shorter fiction in one Modern Library volume. If you want a single sustained narrative, go with the novel; if you want the breadth of his short story craft, the collection is essential reading.
- What genre does he write?
- Among the books we've reviewed, Hemingway spans war fiction and short stories. A Farewell to Arms is classified as war fiction, set against the Italian campaign of World War I, while The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway falls under short stories. Both are united by the spare prose style that reshaped twentieth-century fiction.
- What should I read after A Farewell to Arms?
- After A Farewell to Arms, pick up The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Published by Modern Library, it gathers the core of the writer whose spare, revolutionary prose reshaped English-language fiction — and it's the natural way to see how that style works in a more concentrated form. It's the other Hemingway title we've reviewed.
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Born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899, Ernest Hemingway became one of America's most celebrated and influential writers, transforming both literature and the public's perception of what it meant to be an author. His spare, revolutionary prose reshaped English-language fiction in the twentieth century. We've reviewed two of his works: the novel A Farewell to Arms and the collection The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.
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