John Updike bibliography
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The following is the complete bibliography of John Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009), an American novelist, poet, critic and essayist noted for his prolific output over a 50-year period. His bibliography includes some 23 novels, 18 short story collections, 12 collections of poetry, 4 children's books, and 12 collections of non-fiction.
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Chronological listing
[edit]Novels are highlighted in bold.
Title | Year | Type | Notes |
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The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures | 1958 | poetry | collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
The Poorhouse Fair | 1959 | novel | reprinted in 1977 |
The Same Door | 1959 | short stories | collected in The Early Stories: 1953–1975 (2003) |
Rabbit, Run | 1960 | novel | collected in Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels (1995) |
Pigeon Feathers | 1962 | short stories | collected in The Early Stories: 1953–1975 (2003) |
The Magic Flute | 1962 | children's book | |
Telephone Poles and Other Poems | 1963 | poetry | collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
The Centaur | 1963 | novel | |
Olinger Stories: A Selection | 1964 | short stories | all previously collected |
The Ring | 1964 | children's book | |
Of the Farm | 1965 | novel | |
Assorted Prose | 1965 | non-fiction | |
Verse | 1965 | poetry | collects The Carpentered Hen and Telephone Poles |
A Child's Calendar | 1965 | poetry | reprinted in 1999; collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
The Music School | 1966 | short stories | collected in The Early Stories: 1953–1975 (2003) |
Couples | 1968 | novel | |
Three Texts from Early Ipswich | 1968 | non-fiction | |
Midpoint and Other Poems | 1969 | poetry | collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
Bottom's Dream | 1969 | children's book | |
Bech: A Book | 1970 | short stories | collected in The Complete Henry Bech (2001) |
Rabbit Redux | 1971 | novel | collected in Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels (1995) |
Museums and Women and Other Stories | 1972 | short stories | collected in The Early Stories: 1953–1975 (2003) |
Buchanan Dying | 1974 | play | reprinted in 2000 |
Cunts | 1974 | poetry | limited edition chapbook |
A Month of Sundays | 1975 | novel | part of The Scarlet Letter trilogy |
Picked-Up Pieces | 1975 | non-fiction | |
Marry Me | 1976 | novel | |
Tossing and Turning | 1977 | poetry | collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
The Coup | 1978 | novel | |
Too Far to Go | 1979 | short stories | reprinted as The Maples Stories in 2009 |
Problems and Other Stories | 1979 | short stories | |
Rabbit Is Rich | 1981 | novel | collected in Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels (1995) |
Bech Is Back | 1982 | short stories | collected in The Complete Henry Bech (2001) |
Hugging the Shore | 1983 | non-fiction | |
The Witches of Eastwick | 1984 | novel | |
Facing Nature | 1985 | poetry | collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
Impressions | 1985 | non-fiction | published by Sylvester & Orphanos |
Roger's Version | 1986 | novel | part of The Scarlet Letter trilogy |
Trust Me | 1987 | short stories | |
S. | 1988 | novel | part of The Scarlet Letter trilogy |
Just Looking: Essays on Art | 1989 | non-fiction | reprinted in 2000 |
Self-Consciousness: Memoirs | 1989 | non-fiction | |
Rabbit at Rest | 1990 | novel | collected in Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels (1995) |
Odd Jobs | 1991 | non-fiction | |
Memories of the Ford Administration | 1992 | novel | |
Collected Poems: 1953–1993 | 1993 | poetry | |
Brazil | 1994 | novel | |
The Afterlife and Other Short Stories | 1994 | short stories | |
Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels | 1995 | novels | collects the Rabbit novels |
A Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects | 1995 | children's book | |
In the Beauty of the Lilies | 1996 | novel | |
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf | 1996 | non-fiction | |
Toward the End of Time | 1997 | novel | |
Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel | 1998 | short stories | collected in The Complete Henry Bech (2001) |
More Matter: Essays and Criticism | 1999 | non-fiction | |
Gertrude and Claudius | 2000 | novel | |
On Literary Biography | 2000 | non-fiction | limited edition |
Licks of Love | 2000 | short stories | includes the final entry in the Rabbit saga, Rabbit Remembered |
Humor in Fiction | 2001 | non-fiction | limited edition |
The Complete Henry Bech | 2001 | short stories | collects the Bech books |
Americana and Other Poems | 2001 | poetry | |
Rabbit Remembered | 2001 | novella | |
Seek My Face | 2002 | novel | |
The Early Stories: 1953–1975 | 2003 | short stories | collects previously published collections |
Not Cancelled Yet | 2003 | poetry | limited edition |
Villages | 2004 | novel | |
Still Looking: Essays on American Art | 2005 | non-fiction | |
Terrorist | 2006 | novel | |
Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism | 2007 | non-fiction | |
The Widows of Eastwick | 2008 | novel | |
Endpoint and Other Poems | 2009 | poetry | posthumous publication |
My Father's Tears and Other Stories | 2009 | short stories | posthumous publication |
The Maples Stories | 2009 | short stories | posthumous publication; reprint of Too Far to Go (1979) |
Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams | 2010 | non-fiction | posthumous publication; Library of America |
Higher Gossip | 2011 | non-fiction | posthumous publication |
Always Looking | 2012 | non-fiction | posthumous publication |
The Collected Stories | 2013 | short stories | posthumous publication; 186 stories in two volumes; Library of America |
Library of America editions
[edit]After publishing the essay "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" as a standalone special edition book in 2010, and publishing two volumes of short stories in 2013 (available also as a boxed set), Library of America began a multi-volume edition of Updike's novels in 2018, all under the editorship of Christopher Carduff.[1]
Title | Year | Notes |
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Collected Early Stories | 2013 | 102 stories written from 1953 to 1975 (LOA #242) |
Collected Later Stories | 2013 | 84 stories written from 1976 to 2008 (LOA #243) |
Novels 1959‒1965 | 2018 | The Poorhouse Fair, Rabbit, Run, The Centaur, Of the Farm (LOA #311) |
Novels 1968‒1975 | 2020 | Couples, Rabbit Redux, A Month of Sundays (LOA #326) |
Novels 1978-1984 | 2021 | The Coup, Rabbit is Rich, The Witches of Eastwick (LOA #339) |
Novels 1986–1990 | 2022 | Roger's Version, Rabbit at Rest (LOA #354) |
Novels 1996–2000 | 2023 | In the Beauty of the Lilies, Gertrude and Claudius, Rabbit Remembered (LOA #365) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Broomfield, Michael and de Bellis, Jack, John Updike: A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Materials, 1948-2007, Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware, 2007.
- Begley, Adam, Updike, Harper-Collins Publishers, New York, NY, 2014.
External links
[edit]- A Revised Cumulative Updike Publications Bibliography 1997-2009--Books, Short Stories, Articles, Reviews, and Poems, The Centaurian Updike Homepage
- Books by John Updike
- Petri Liukkonen. "John Updike bibliography". Books and Writers.
- New York Review of Books Updike archive (complete)
- New Yorker archive