Order of John Updike Books

John Updike (1932-2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer and essayist. He is perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom series, including the novels Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich and a novella entitled Rabbit Remembered. He began his career as a staff writer with The New Yorker and became associated with the publication, despite only working there for two years. Besides writing more than twenty novels and many short story and poetry collections, Updike was also considered one of the best American literature and art critics of his generation.

John Updike’s first book to be published was a poetry collection entitled The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures. The next year, he came out with his first short story collection, entitled The Same Door. Finally, his debut novel was the 1960 novel Rabbit, Run, which Time magazine listed as one of the 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Below is a list of John Updike’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom Books

Rabbit, Run	(1960)
Rabbit Redux	(1971)
Rabbit Is Rich	(1981)
Rabbit at Rest	(1990)
Licks of Love	(2000)

Publication Order of Henry Bech Books

Bech: A Book	(1970)
Bech Is Back	(1982)
Bech at Bay	(1998)

Publication Order of Buchanan Books

Buchanan Dying	(1974)
Memories of the Ford Administration	(1992)

Publication Order of Scarlet Letter Trilogy Books

A Month of Sundays	(1974)
Roger's Version	(1986)
S.	(1988)

Publication Order of Maples Stories Collections

Too Far to Go	(1979)
The Maples Stories	(1980)

Publication Order of Eastwick Books

The Witches of Eastwick	(1984)
The Widows of Eastwick	(2008)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Poorhouse Fair	(1958)
The Centaur	(1963)
Of the Farm	(1965)
Couples	(1968)
Marry Me	(1971)
The Coup	(1978)
Your Lover Just Called	(1980)
More Stately Mansions	(1987)
Brazil	(1994)
In the Beauty of the Lilies	(1996)
Toward the End of Time	(1997)
Gertrude and Claudius	(2000)
Seek My Face	(2002)
Villages	(2004)
Terrorist	(2007)
The Women Who Got Away	(2007)

Publication Order of Short Stories Books

A&P	(1961)
The Alligators	(1989)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Same Door, Short Stories	(1959)
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories	(1961)
Telephone Poles and Other Poems	(1963)
Olinger Stories	(1964)
The Music School	(1966)
Midpoint and Other Poems	(1969)
The Dance of the Solids	(1969)
Museums and Women and Other Stories	(1972)
Cunts- Signed Limited Edition	(1974)
Tossing and Turning	(1977)
Problems and Other Stories	(1979)
Valentine Generation And Other Stories	(1981)
The Carpentered Hen	(1982)
Facing Nature	(1985)
Trust Me	(1987)
The Afterlife and Other Stories	(1994)
Friends from Philadelphia and Other Stories	(1995)
Licks of Love	(2000)
Americana	(2001)
The Early Stories	(2003)
Three Trips	(2005)
My Father's Tears and Other Stories	(2009)
Endpoint and Other Poems	(2009)
Rich In Russia	(2011)
Collected Later Stories	(2013)
Collected Early Stories	(2013)
Hoping for a Hoopoe	(2020)

Publication Order of Picture Books

Magic Flute	(1962)
The Twelve Terrors of Christmas	(1994)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Assorted Prose	(1965)
Picked-Up Pieces	(1975)
Hugging the Shore	(1983)
Self-Consciousness	(1989)
Just Looking	(1989)
Odd Jobs	(1991)
Golf Dreams	(1996)
More Matter	(1999)
Still Looking	(2005)
Due Considerations	(2007)
Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu	(2010)
Higher Gossip	(2011)
Always Looking	(2012)
In Love with a Wanton	(2020)

Publication Order of Poetry Collections

Seventy Poems	(1972)
Collected Poems, 1953-1993	(1993)
A Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects	(1995)
Selected Poems	(2015)

Publication Order of Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books

Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 (By: Flannery O'Connor,Raymond Carver,Alice Walker,Garrison Keillor,Annie Dillard)	(1994)
Listening for God, Vol. 2 (With: Anne Tyler,,Gail Godwin)	(1996)
Listening for God, Vol. 3 (By: Tillie Olsen,Wendell Berry,John Cheever,Louise Erdrich,Mary Gordon,,,Oscar Hijuelos)	(2000)
Listening For God, Vol. 4 (By: Robert Olen Butler,Allegra Goodman,,Kent Haruf,,Doris Betts)	(2002)
Anthology series. The author will have written at least one story in this series.

Publication Order of Selected Shorts Books

Selected Shorts: Fictions for Our Times: Listener Favorites Old & New (By: Richard Bausch,,Ron Carlson)	(2004)
Selected Shorts: Lots of Laughs 18 (By: Nicholson Baker)	(2005)
Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics (By: James Thurber)	(2006)
Selected Shorts: Baseball (With: T.C. Boyle)	(2006)
Selected Shorts: Falling in Love (By: Rick Bass)	(2007)
Selected Shorts: Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space)	(2007)
Selected Shorts: Travel Tales A Celebration Of The Short Story (By: Symphony Space)	(2007)
Selected Shorts: Tales of Betrayal (By: John Biguenet)	(2007)
Selected Shorts: Are We There Yet? (By: Stuart Dybek)	(2008)
Selected Shorts: Readers & Writers (By: Ray Bradbury,,,Evelyn Waugh,Adam Haslett)	(2008)
Selected Shorts: For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)	(2008)
An audio anthology series.

Publication Order of The O. Henry Prize Anthology Books

First-Prize Stories from the O. Henry Memorial Awards 1919-1966 (By: Harry Hansen)	(1966)
Prize Stories 1970: The O. Henry Awards (With: Joyce Carol Oates,Bernard Malamud,James Salter,Nancy Willard,William Eastlake)	(1970)
Prize Stories 1974: The O'Henry Awards (By: Raymond Carver,,,,Alice Adams,,,James Salter,,William Eastlake)	(1974)
Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards (By: Raymond Carver,Tim Gautreaux,John Biguenet,Russell Banks,John Edgar Wideman,Mary Gordon,Kevin Brockmeier,,,Andrea Barrett,,Nathan Englander,,Kate Walbert,,Alice Elliott Dark)	(2000)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (By: Diane Johnson,Laura Furman,Jennifer Egan,David Guterson)	(2003)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2005 (By: Laura Furman,Richard Russo,Ann Patchett)	(2005)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007 (By: Ursula K. Le Guin,Alice Munro,Adam Haslett,Susan Straight,Brian Evenson,William Trevor,Laura Furman,,Joan Silber,,,,,Lily Tuck,Christine Schutt)	(2007)
The O. Henry Awards Prize Stories Volume 1; (By: Laura Furman)	(2008)
O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 (By: ,Laura Furman,Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)	(2008)
The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 (By: Laura Furman)	(2009)
PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010 (By: Laura Furman)	(2010)
The PEN /O. Henry Prize Stories: 2012 (By: Laura Furman)	(2012)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 (By: Kelly Link,Alice Munro,,Ann Beattie,Laura Furman,,Joan Silber,Andrea Barrett,Lily Tuck)	(2013)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014 (By: Laura Furman)	(2013)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015 (By: Laura Furman)	(2015)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016 (By: Wendell Berry,Ottessa Moshfegh,Laura Furman,Robert Coover,Diane Cook,,,Ron Carlson,LydiaFitzpatrick,Marie-Helene Bertino,,,,,,Shruti Swamy,,,Adrienne Celt)	(2016)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2017 (By: Laura Furman)	(2017)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 (By: Laura Furman)	(2018)

Publication Order of Best American Short Stories Books

The Best Short Stories of 1915	(1916)
The Best Short Stories of 1916	(1916)
The Best Short Stories of 1917	(1917)
The Best Short Stories of 1918	(1918)
The Best Short Stories of 1919	(1919)
The Best Short Stories of 1921	(1921)
The Best Short Stories of 1922	(1922)
The Best Short Stories of 1923	(1923)
The Best Short Stories 1924	(1924)
The Best Short Stories of 1925	(1925)
The Best Short Stories 1926	(1926)
The Best Short Stories 1927	(1927)
The Best Short Stories of 1928	(1928)
The Best Short Stories of 1929	(1929)
The Best Short Stories 1930	(1930)
The Best Short Stories 1931	(1931)
The Best Short Stories of 1932	(1932)
The Best Short Stories 1933	(1933)
The Best Short Stories 1934	(1934)
The Best Short Stories 1935	(1935)
The Best Short Stories 1936	(1936)
The Best Short Stories 1937	(1937)
The Best Short Stories of 1938	(1938)
50 Best American Short Stories, 1915-1939	(1939)
The Best Short Stories 1939	(1939)
The Best Short Stories of 1940	(1940)
The Best Short Stories 1941	(1941)
The Best American Short Stories 1942	(1942)
The Best American Short Stories 1943	(1943)
The Best American Short Stories 1944	(1944)
The Best American Short Stories 1945	(1945)
The Best American Short Stories 1946	(1946)
The Best American Short Stories 1948	(1948)
The Best American Short Stories 1949	(1949)
The Best American Short Stories 1950	(1950)
The Best American Short Stories 1951	(1951)
The Best American Short Stories 1952	(1952)
The Best American Short Stories 1953	(1953)
The Best American Short Stories 1955	(1955)
The Best American Short Stories 1956	(1956)
The Best American Short Stories 1957	(1957)
The Best American Short Stories 1958	(1958)
The Best American Short Stories 1959	(1959)
The Best American Short Stories 1960	(1960)
The Best American Short Stories 1961	(1961)
The Best American Short Stories 1962	(1962)
The Best American Short Stories 1963	(1963)
The Best American Short Stories 1965	(1965)
The Best American Short Stories 1966	(1966)
The Best American Short Stories 1967	(1967)
The Best American Short Stories 1968	(1967)
The Best American Short Stories of 1969	(1969)
The Best American Short Stories 1970	(1970)
The Best American Short Stories 1971	(1971)
The Best American Short Stories 1972	(1972)
The Best American Short Stories 1973	(1973)
The Best American Short Stories 1974	(1974)
The Best of Best American Short Stories 1915-1950	(1975)
The Best American Short Stories 1975	(1975)
The Best American Short Stories 1976	(1976)
The Best American Short Stories 1977	(1977)
The Best American Short Stories 1978	(1978)
The Best American Short Stories 1979	(1979)
The Best American Short Stories 1980	(1980)
The Best American Short Stories 1981	(1981)
The Best American Short Stories 1983	(1983)
The Best American Short Stories 1984	(1984)
The Best American Short Stories 1985	(1985)
The Best American Short Stories 1987	(1987)
The Best American Short Stories of the Eighties	(1990)
The Best American Short Stories 1990	(1990)
The Best American Short Stories 1991	(1991)
The Best American Short Stories 1992	(1992)
The Best American Short Stories 1996	(1996)
The Best American Short Stories 1997	(1997)
The Best American Short Stories 1998	(1998)
The Best American Short Stories 1999	(1999)
The Best American Short Stories 2000	(2000)
The Best American Short Stories 2001	(2001)
The Best American Short Stories 2002	(2002)
The Best American Short Stories 2003	(2003)
The Best American Short Stories 2004	(2004)
The Best American Short Stories 2005	(2005)
The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story	(2007)
The Best American Short Stories1921	(2007)
The Best American Short Stories 2009	(2009)
The Best American Short Stories 2015	(2015)
100 Years of The Best American Short Stories	(2015)
The Best American Short Stories 2017	(2017)
The Best American Short Stories 2018	(2018)
The Best American Short Stories 2020	(2020)
Anthology series.

Publication Order of Anthologies

Points of View	(1956)
50 Great American Short Stories	(1963)
Prize Stories 1970: The O. Henry Awards	(1970)
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories	(1992)
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces	(1992)
The Literary Traveller: An Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction	(1994)
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers	(1994)
Deadly Sins	(1994)
Listening for God, Vol. 2	(1996)
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999	(1999)
Wonderful Town	(2000)
The Best American Short Stories of the Century	(2000)
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology	(2000)
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times	(2001)
The Best American Short Stories 2001	(2001)
Baseball: a Literary Anthology	(2002)
The Best American Erotica 2006	(2006)
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story	(2007)
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales	(2010)
Writers: Their Lives and Works	(2018)

Notes: The Best American Short Stories 1984 was co-edited with Shannon Ravenel. The Best American Short Stories of the Century was co-edited alongside Katrina Kenison.

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John Updike Synopsis: In John Updike’s first novel, Rabbit, Run, Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom was once the star player for his high school basketball team. And now he’s in his mid-20s, work is uninteresting, his marriage is rocky to say the least and the solution seems to be an affair. But happiness isn’t as easy to acquire as a medal. Harry must run from his wife, his life and from himself until he gets to a point where he cannot turn around and go back.

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