David Wallechinsky

Author of The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists

45 Works 4,227 Members 41 Reviews

About the Author

Renowned Olympic historian David Wallechinsky is NBC's radio commentator on the Olympics and the author of many best-selling reference books. He has appeared on a number of television shows. He currently splits his time between Santa Monica, California, and the South of France. (Bowker Author show more Biography) show less

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Image credit: photo: Ann Johansson for The New York Times

Series

The Book of Lists

The People's Almanac

Complete Book of the Summer Olympics

Complete Book of the Winter Olympics

Works by David Wallechinsky

Popular Recent

The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists (1977) 1,095 copies, 12 reviews

The People's Almanac (1975) 452 copies, 3 reviews

The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists No. 2 (1980) 403 copies, 4 reviews

The People's Almanac #2: A Completely New Book from Cover to Cover (1978) 286 copies, 4 reviews

Book of Lists #3 (1983) — Author — 254 copies, 3 reviews

The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People (1981) 226 copies, 3 reviews

The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists/the '90s Edition (1993) 216 copies, 1 review

The People's Almanac Presents the Twentieth Century: The Definitive Compendium of Astonishing Events, Amazing People,… (1995) 196 copies, 3 reviews

The People's Almanac #3 (1981) 190 copies, 2 reviews

The new book of lists : the original compendium of curious information (2005) 162 copies, 1 review

What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1976) 143 copies, 1 review

People's Almanac Presents Book of Predictions (1981) 139 copies, 3 reviews

Significa (1983) 55 copies

Tyrants: The World's 20 Worst Living Dictators (2006) 44 copies, 1 review

The book of lists: the original compendium of curious information (Canadian edition) (2005) 41 copies

Midterm Report (1986) 31 copies

Sports Illustrated Presents The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: 1996 Edition (1984) 27 copies

The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition (2009) 26 copies

The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition (2008) 26 copies

The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1992 Edition (1991) 25 copies

The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Athens 2004 Edition (2004) 22 copies

The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (1984) 20 copies

The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000 Edition (2000) 20 copies

The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012 Edition (2012) 18 copies

The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Revised Edition (1988) 18 copies

The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Salt Lake City 2002 (2001) 16 copies

Laughing Gas (1993) 10 copies

The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 1994 Edition (1984) 10 copies

The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 1998 (1997) 9 copies

The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Turin 2006 Edition (2005) 9 copies

Class Reunion '65 (1987) 8 copies

The Book of Olympic Lists: A Treasure-Trove of 116 Years of Olympic Trivia (2012) 6 copies

The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2014 Edition (2014) 5 copies

The Man 4 copies

Almanaque de lo insólito 4 (1978) 3 copies

Almanaque de lo insólito (1977) 2 copies

Facts : det mest afslørende om det mindst ventede : mere end 6000 fascinerende - frimodige -… (1979) 2 copies

New Book of Knowledge 1 copy

The Book of Lists Publisher: Canongate Books; Revised edition (2006) 1 copy

The Flying Boy of Calhoun County, Tennessee: A Tale from the Fringe of Reality (2017) 1 copy

Tyrants: The World's Worst Dictators (2009) 1 copy

Rowohlts Bunte Liste. Verantwortlich für die deutschen Beiträge: Christine Brinck. Übersetzung und Redaktion: Niko… (1980) 1 copy

What Do Ralph Nader and Joan of Arc Have in Common? 1 copy

Book Of the Olympics 1 copy

The Knowledge Book (2008) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1948-02-05
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Places of residence: Los Angeles, California, USA
Santa Monica, California, USA
France
Education: Palisades High School
Occupations: journalist
popular historian
Relationships: Wallace, Irving (father)
Wallace, Sylvia (mother)
Wallace, Amy (sister)
Organizations: NBC
Parade

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The New Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of… by David Wallechinsky

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LilyCowper | Oct 13, 2024 |

The Book of Lists #3 by Irving Wallace

Lists of interesting, intriguing, noteworthy, popular, important, and other people, places, events, and things are accompanied by commentaries, notes, and explanations

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LynneQuan | 2 other reviews | Aug 16, 2024 |

What Really Happened to the Class of '65 by Michael Medved

Interesting book of what became of a typical California class. Some went to Vietnam, etc.

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kslade | Dec 8, 2022 |

The people's almanac. 2 by David Wallechinsky

The Books of Lists and People's Almanacs by the Wallace/Wallechinsky family were my favourite books growing up in the 1980s, although in those days of my callous youth many of the references went way over my head.

I didn't enjoy The People's Almanac 2 to the extent of its predecessors (a long section on "nations and their rulers" had me wanting to skip a few pages) but there was still much to like, including the entries on buried treasure and footnote people in world history.

There have been many imitators of the Books of Lists and People's Almanacs but none yet that match the originals.… (more)

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MiaCulpa | 3 other reviews | Nov 2, 2021 |

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