Christopher Hitchens, prolific author and journalist, died Thursday, December 15, after a long bout with esophageal cancer. He was 62 years old. A renowned columnist and literary critic for such publications as Vanity Fair and The Atlantic, Hitchens is probably best known for his controversial stance on, well, virtually everything. As erudite as he was outspoken, Hitchens wrote frankly and with a wicked sense of humor on myriad topics. His views on religion, politics, foreign affairs, and world history, were often divisive, but always frankly stated and elegantly written. Hitchens own life was, in many ways, as complicated and courageous as any of his written work.
What follows is a list of highlights from the author's extensive bibliography:
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
Hitch-22: A Memoir
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Thomas Jefferson: Author of America
Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
The Quotable Hitchens: From Alcohol to Zionism
