Richard Ford

Richard Ford

Richard Ford was born in 1944, Richard Ford has written at least 70 books. Their most popular book is The Sportswriter with 64 saves with an average rating of 3.48⭐.

Author Bio

Richard Ford, born February 16, 1944 in Jackson, Mississippi, is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank With You, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories. Comparisons have been drawn between Ford's work and the writings of John Updike, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway and Walker Percy.

His novel Independence Day won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1996, also winning the PEN/Faulkner Award in the same year.

Fantastic Fiction

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The Sportswriter
The Sportswriter
  • Richard Ford
3.4827 reads
Canada
Canada
  • Richard Ford
3.4121 reads
Independence Day
Independence Day
  • Richard Ford
3.6718 reads
Wildlife
Wildlife
  • Richard Ford
4.28 reads
The Lay of the Land
The Lay of the Land
  • Richard Ford
3.5710 reads
Rock Springs
Rock Springs
  • Richard Ford
4.55 reads
The Writer's Library
The Writer's Library
  • Nancy Pearl
  • Jeff Schwager
43 reads
Independence Day
Independence Day
  • Richard Ford
3.335 reads
Canada
Canada
  • Richard Ford
34 reads
Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays, and Memoirs
Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays, and Memoirs
  • Eudora Welty
01 read
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times
  • The New York Times
00 reads
Between Them: Remembering My Parents
Between Them: Remembering My Parents
  • Richard Ford
31 read
Let me be Frank with you
Let me be Frank with you
  • Richard Ford
00 reads
Cover 4

The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction

The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American Stories Since 1970
  • Amy Bloom
  • Kate Braverman
  • Robert Olen Butler
  • Ethan Canin
  • Raymond Carver
  • Sandra Cisneros
  • Michael Cunningham
  • Sherman Alexie
  • Stuart Dybek
  • Tony Earley
  • Louise Erdrich
  • Richard Ford
  • David Gates
  • Tim Gautreaux
  • Ron Hansen
  • Amy Hempel
  • Denis Johnson
  • Edward P. Jones
  • Margaret Atwood
  • Thom Jones
  • David Michael Kaplan
  • Janet Kauffman
  • Jamaica Kincaid
  • David Leavitt
  • Reginald McKnight
  • Lorrie Moore
  • Bharati Mukherjee
  • Joyce Carol Oates
  • Cade Bambara
  • Tim O'Brien
  • Cynthia Ozick
  • Mark Richard
  • Lee Smith
  • Susan Sontag
  • Amy Tan
  • Russell Banks
  • John Barth
  • Donald Barthelme
  • Rick Bass
  • Richard Bausch
  • Melanie Rae Thon
  • Stephanie Vaughn
  • John Edgar Wideman
  • Joy Williams
  • Annie Proulx
  • Charles Baxter
  • Junot Díaz
  • Alice Munro
  • Alice Walker
01 read
The Lay of the Land
The Lay of the Land
  • Richard Ford
00 reads
French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia
French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia
    00 reads
    Cover 5

    Reunion

    Reunion
    • John Cheever
    51 read
    Independence Day
    Independence Day
    • Richard Ford
    00 reads
    Sorry for Your Trouble: Stories
    Sorry for Your Trouble: Stories
    • Richard Ford
    00 reads
    Vintage Ford, Richard Ford
    Vintage Ford, Richard Ford
    • Richard Ford
    01 read
    A Piece of My Heart
    A Piece of My Heart
    • Richard Ford
    00 reads
    Women With Men
    Women With Men
    • Richard Ford
    00 reads
    Cover 8

    The Ultimate Good Luck

    The Ultimate Good Luck
    • Richard Ford
    4.51 read
    Be Mine
    Be Mine
    • Richard Ford
    00 reads
    The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories
    The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories
    • Ama Ata Aidoo
    • Julia Alvarez
    • Martin Amis
    • Margaret Atwood
    • Russell Banks
    • Julian Barnes
    • Ann Beattie
    • T.C. Boyle
    • Peter Carey
    • Angela Carter
    • Vikram A. Chandra
    • Edwidge Danticat
    • Daniele Del Giudice
    • Junot Díaz
    • Nathan Englander
    • Péter Esterházy
    • Richard Ford
    • Peter Høeg
    • Kazuo Ishiguro
    • Bobbie Ann Mason
    • Ian McEwan
    • Lorrie Moore
    • Murathan Mungan
    • Joyce Carol Oates
    • Ben Okri
    • Salman Rushdie
    • Graham Swift
    • Tobias Wolff
    • Can Xue
    • Amos Oz
    31 read
    Sportjournalisten
    Sportjournalisten
    • Richard Ford
    • Nille Lindgren (Translator)
    22 reads
    Kanada
    Kanada
    • Richard Ford
    • Nille Lindgren (Translator)
    01 read
    Snug House, Bug House!
    Snug House, Bug House!
    • Richard Ford
    51 read
    The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970
    The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970
      41 read
      Lonely Planet An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers
      Lonely Planet An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers
      • John Berendt
      • Dave Eggers
      • Richard Ford
      • Pico Iyer
      • Alexander McCall Smith
      • Jane Smiley
      00 reads
      Cover 0

      Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar

      Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work
      • Richard Ford
      00 reads
      The Granta Book of the American Short Story
      The Granta Book of the American Short Story
      • Richard Ford
      00 reads
      Independência
      Independência
      • Richard Ford
      00 reads
      Kan jag vara Frank med dig?
      Kan jag vara Frank med dig?
      • Richard Ford
      01 read
      What's Your Story?
      What's Your Story?
        41 read
        A Multitude of Sins
        A Multitude of Sins
        • Richard Ford
        00 reads
        Piece of My Heart
        Piece of My Heart
        • Richard Ford
        00 reads
        Ultimate Good Luck
        Ultimate Good Luck
        • Richard Ford
        00 reads
        Women with Men: Three Stories
        Women with Men: Three Stories
        • Richard Ford
        00 reads
        The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Short Stories Since 1970
        The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Short Stories Since 1970
          00 reads
          Entre Eles: Recordando os Meus Pais
          Entre Eles: Recordando os Meus Pais
          • Richard Ford
          00 reads
          Women With Men
          Women With Men
          • Richard Ford
          00 reads
          Blue collar, white collar, no collar
          Blue collar, white collar, no collar
          • Richard Ford
          51 read
          Let me be frank with you
          Let me be frank with you
          • Richard Ford
          00 reads
          Tra loro
          Tra loro
          • Richard Ford
          • Vincenzo Mantovani (Translator)
          00 reads
          Cover 3

          O Jornalista Desportivo

          O Jornalista Desportivo
          • Richard Ford
          01 read
          Independence day
          Independence day
          • Richard Ford
          00 reads
          Tutto potrebbe andare molto peggio
          Tutto potrebbe andare molto peggio
          • Richard Ford
          • Vincenzo Mantovani (Translator)
          00 reads
          The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
          The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
            00 reads
            Cover 5

            Complete Novels

            Complete Novels: The Robber Bridegroom / Delta Wedding / The Ponder Heart / Losing Battles / The Optimist's Daughter
            • Eudora Welty
            00 reads
            Sportswriter
            Sportswriter
            • Richard Ford
            • Carlo Oliva (Translator)
            00 reads
            Indépendance
            Indépendance
            • Richard Ford
            • Suzanne Mayoux (Translator)
            00 reads
            A Multitude of Sins, Richard Ford
            A Multitude of Sins, Richard Ford
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Canada
            Canada
            • Richard Ford
            • Vincenzo Mantovani (Translator)
            00 reads
            Snow Bugs
            Snow Bugs
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Dinosaur Ed
            Dinosaur Ed
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Canada
            Canada
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Space Dog Jack
            Space Dog Jack
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Davy Byrnes Stories
            Davy Byrnes Stories
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            The noisy counting book
            The noisy counting book
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Cover 8

            Viață sălbatică

            Viață sălbatică
            • Richard Ford
            • Anca Dumitrescu (Translator)
            • Elena Marcu (Translator)
            00 reads
            Cover 8

            Femei cu bărbați

            Femei cu bărbați
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Railroad toad
            Railroad toad
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Cover 3

            Între ei. Amintiri despre părinții mei

            Între ei. Amintiri despre părinții mei
            • Richard Ford
            • Anca Dumitrescu (Translator)
            00 reads
            A Handbook for Travellers in Spain
            A Handbook for Travellers in Spain
            • Richard Ford
            • John Murray (Firm)
            00 reads
            Cat at bat
            Cat at bat
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            The Fights
            The Fights
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Canadá
            Canadá
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Space Dog Jack and the haunted spaceship
            Space Dog Jack and the haunted spaceship
            • Richard Ford
            00 reads
            Cover 7

            An Innocent Abroad

            An Innocent Abroad: Life-changing Trips from 35 Great Writers
            • Don George
            • John Berendt
            • Dave Eggers
            • Richard Ford
            • Pico Iyer
            • Jane Smiley
            • Alexander McCall Smith
            00 reads
            Cover 8

            Roihu

            Roihu
            • Richard Ford
            • Sirkka Suomi
            00 reads