Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including novels and non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems.

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Genres:Psychology, History, Spirituality +9 more

Psychology

History

Spirituality

Philosophy

Literary Fiction

Books by Aldous Huxley

10 books available

2013

Crome Yellow

by Aldous Huxley

Fiction

3.4(9,011)

At a country house party, a poet confronts prophecy, lost innocence, and unrequited love, all while Jazz Age fads face sharp satire.

2004

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

Fiction

Fantasy

4.0(1,441,287)

In a future where happiness comes from chemicals and individuality is gone, one man's desire for real experience threatens the calm, controlled society.

1962

Island

by Aldous Huxley

Fiction

Thriller

3.8(5,800)

Shipwrecked on a utopian island, a cynical journalist sent to orchestrate its downfall finds his own values transformed by the society he was sent to destroy.

1958

Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

by Aldous Huxley

Fiction

Politics

4.2(140,217)

Huxley's novel portrays a future where genetic engineering and conditioning create a docile populace. It explores the cost of manufactured happiness and how overpopulation and propaganda bring his dystopian vision closer to home.

1954

The Doors of Perception

by Aldous Huxley

Non-fiction

Psychology

3.9(12,236)

Aldous Huxley writes about his mescaline experience, where ordinary things gained divine meaning and his sense of self disappeared.

1952

The Devils of Loudun

by Aldous Huxley

Non-fiction

Psychology

3.9(2,233)

In a 17th-century French town, a charismatic priest's ambition and a convent of Ursuline nuns' spiritual fervor ignite a terrifying conflagration of alleged demonic possession, mass hysteria, and political intrigue, culminating in a dramatic and horrifying inquisition.

1948

Ape and Essence

by Aldous Huxley

Fiction

Science Fiction

3.8(4,811)

A post-apocalyptic expedition to nuclear-ravaged California discovers that humanity's greatest destruction lies not in radiation, but in its own moral decay.

1944

The Perennial Philosophy

by Aldous Huxley

Non-fiction

Psychology

4.1(4,712)

Aldous Huxley condenses centuries of spiritual wisdom from various faiths into one study of humanity's shared search for the divine reality that underlies all existence.

1939

After Many a Summer Dies the Swan

by Aldous Huxley

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.7(2,522)

In a satirical Hollywood, a millionaire's fear of death leads to a horrifying discovery about the true cost of eternal life.

1642

Point Counter Point

by Aldous Huxley

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.9(10,596)

Aldous Huxley's novel dissects the intellectual elite of the 1920s, showing the comedy and tragedy that comes from their ideals clashing with their messy lives.