J.D. Salinger (1919-2010) was an American author, best known for his novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger created his Holden Caulfield character in the short story Slight Rebellion off Madison and after World War II, began working on his signature novel. The Catcher in the Rye was originally written for adults, but became popular with young adults for its themes of teenage angst, confusion and rebellion. Salinger lived most of his life trying to escape the public eye. He died in 2010 of natural causes.

J.D. Salinger’s first and only published novel was The Catcher in the Rye in 1951. According to a neighbour, Salinger had written 15 unpublished novels, but preferred not to have them published. Below is a list of J.D. Salinger’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Catcher in the Rye(1951)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Nine Stories(1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
For Esmé - with Love and Squalor(1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour(1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Franny and Zooey(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Last Interview Books

Learning to Live Finally (By: Jacques Derrida)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (By: Roberto Bolaño)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kurt Vonnegut (By: Kurt Vonnegut)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jorge Luis Borges (By: Jorge Luis Borges)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (By: Hannah Arendt)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (By: James Baldwin,Quincy Troupe)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview (By: Ray Bradbury,Sam Weller)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gabriel García Márquez (By: Gabriel García Márquez)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lou Reed (By: Lou Reed)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ernest Hemingway (By: Ernest Hemingway)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nora Ephron: The Last Interview (By: Nora Ephron)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Philip K. Dick (By: Philip K. Dick)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
J. D. Salinger(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Oliver Sacks (By: Oliver Sacks)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jane Jacobs (By: Jane Jacobs)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
David Bowie (By: David Bowie)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Martin Luther King Jr.)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christopher Hitchens (By: Christopher Hitchens)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hunter S. Thompson (By: Hunter S. Thompson)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Kathy Acker)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (By: Julia Child)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (By: Ursula K. Le Guin)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Billie Holiday: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Billie Holiday,Khanya Mtshali)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Graham Greene)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Toni Morrison)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Frida Kahlo)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Shirley Chisholm)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Fred Rogers)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Johnny Cash)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (By: Melville House)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (By: Melville House)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Melville House)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: bell hooks)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Melville House)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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  1. Gary W Harper: 3 years ago

    This is sort of correct.

    As of 2004, 15 books were finished, of which he expected to probably not ever change a single word of; another 2, were very close to that status; and an additional 2, were nearing their final stages. He was working on at least 3 others, which were pretty well advanced, and coming into their final form. Another 2, were pretty well along. There is a wealth of other material, some of it only a page or 3 in length, or even single sentences on pieces of paper. The books, were all filed; and the files, are color coded – To be published 5 years, after my death; 10 years; and so on. Didn’t Margot tell you all something about this, in Dream Catcher?

    They all are written for the simple pleasure of writing, alone. And they are written for an audience, of the one. So be prepared for a precipitous, weightless fall down the rabbit-hole of an underlying spirituality, as it is expressed through individuals who sometimes come close to, but never really fully 100% understand one another, as they get in their own way, in the attempt to do so.
    They can barely understand, themselves – Except, for the one. Expect, your fully-hidden, messianic character. I can say, that none of it, is what you expected; and that none of it, should be entirely unexpected.

    No, I have not read any of it; but I did hear about it, straight from the horse’s mouth.

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