Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe

It is Wolfe's first novel, and is considered a highly autobiographical American Bildungsroman. The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time from Gant's birth to the age of 19. The setting is the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, which is considered to be a not-so-subtle mirror of his hometown, Asheville, North Carolina.

- 1929

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The 18th greatest nonfiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

1. - 5th on For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
2. - 8th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
3. - 15th on The Best Southern Novels of All Time (Oxford American)
4. - 76th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
5. - 95th on 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction (Larry McCaffery)
6. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
7. - Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (Pulitzer Prize)
8. - The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	Look Homeward, Angel	Paperback	1357649	$2.73	$0.01	1995
	Look Homeward, Angel	Audio CD	4873702		$161.70
	Look Homeward, Angel	Kindle Edition	23050	$5.99		2012
	Look Homeward, Angel	Mass Market Paperback	315658	$6.92	$0.01	1982
	Look Homeward, Angel (Twentieth Century Classics)	Paperback	1180064		$1.76	1990
	Look Homeward, Angel	Audio CD	2416418	$48.75	$44.73	2008
	Schau heimwärts, Engel	Paperback	8975292		$17.01	2011
	Look Homeward, Angel Part 1 Of 2	Audio Cassette	5237346		$1,899.97	1995
	Look Homeward, Angel (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	284567			2014
	Look Homeward, Angel. Modern Library Giant G-16	Hardcover	1580397		$2.67
	Look Homeward, Angel Part 2 Of 2	Audio Cassette	4315139	$999.11	$999.11	1995
	Look Homeward Angel Southern Classics Library Edition	Hardcover	1606977	$13.98	$9.95
	Look Homeward, Angel, Notes From the Editors, From the Limited Edition Collection, the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature	Paperback	811639	$3.95	$5.00	1977
	Look Homeward, Angel	Kindle Edition	140099	$11.76		1997
	Angelo, guarda il passato [Look Homeward, Angel]	Audible Audio Edition	179308	$2.95		2011
	Thomas Wolfe: Complete Works: Look Homeward, Angel, Of Time and the River, The Web and the Rock, You Can’t Go Home Again... (Bauer Classics) (All Time Best Writers Book 26)	Kindle Edition	76227	$0.99		2020
	Look Homeward Angel	Kindle Edition	514754	$4.00		2020
	Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life	Kindle Edition	64649			2018
	Look Homeward, Angel 2: The Adventures of Young Gant	Paperback	1093318		$20.00
	Look Homeward, Angel. A Story of the Buried Life	Kindle Edition	100663			2020
	Look Homeward Angel [ Facsimile First Edition Published by First Edition Library ]	Hardcover	1538345	$49.99	$19.95
	Look homeward, angel: A story of the buried life (The Scribner library ; 9)	Paperback	4222735	$14.00	$0.01
	Look Homeward Angel	Paperback	4847675	$39.84	$0.01	1920
	Look Homeward, Angel	Audible Audiobook	119655	$40.99		2020
	Look Homeward, Angel (Scribner Classics)	Hardcover	338853	$21.82	$7.55	1997
	Look Homeward, Angel: a Story of the Buried Life	Paperback	8580215		$0.42	1929
	Look Homeward, Angel	Paperback	42898	$13.68	$5.64	2006
	Look Homeward, Angel	Kindle Edition	169085			2019
	Look Homeward, Angel	Kindle Edition	88159	$2.99		2014
	Look Homeward, Angel	Kindle Edition	232089			2020
	Look Homeward, Angel	Hardcover	1977747		$1.44