Order of Kurt Vonnegut Books
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was an American author known for his science fiction and satire. He was also a critical leftist intellectual. He served in World War II as a soldier and was a POW who received a Purple Heart for what he called a “frostbite.” Vonnegut gave his works all letter grades – he gave Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five an A+, while he gave A’s to The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and Jailbird. On the flip side, he gave Happy Birthday, Wanda June and Slapstick D’s.
Kurt Vonnegut published his first novel in 1952, which was Player Piano. Below is a list of Kurt Vonnegut’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Delta Fiction Books
| Galápagos | (1985) |    |
| Bluebeard | (1987) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Player Piano /Utopia 14 | (1952) | |
| The Sirens of Titan | (1959) | |
| Cat's Cradle | (1960) | |
| Mother Night | (1961) | |
| God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | (1965) | |
| Slaughterhouse-Five | (1969) | |
| Between Time and Timbuktu | (1972) | |
| Breakfast of Champions | (1973) | |
| Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! | (1976) | |
| Jailbird | (1979) | |
| Deadeye Dick | (1982) | |
| Hocus Pocus | (1990) | |
| Timequake | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
(with Richard Lingeman)
| The Big Trip Up Yonder | (1954) | |
| 2 B R 0 2 B | (1968) | |
| Who Am I This Time? For Romeos and Juliets | (1970) | |
| God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian | (1999) | |
| The Honor of a Newsboy | (2009) | |
| Confido | (2009) | |
| Hall of Mirrors | (2009) | |
| A Song for Selma | (2009) | |
| Hello, Red | (2009) | |
| The Good Explainer | (2009) | |
| King and Queen of the Universe | (2009) | |
| Little Drops of Water | (2009) | |
| The Nice Little People | (2009) | |
| Ed Luby's Key Club | (2009) | |
| Shout about It from the Housetops | (2009) | |
| FUBAR | (2009) | |
| Basic Training | (2012) | |
| Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut | (2013) | |
| Slice of Life | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Canary in a Cat House | (1961) | |
| 2BR02B | (1962) | |
| Welcome to the Monkey House | (1968) | |
| Bagombo Snuff Box | (1999) | |
| Armageddon in Retrospect | (2008) | |
| Look at the Birdie | (2009) | |
| While Mortals Sleep | (2011) | |
| Sucker's Portfolio | (2012) | |
| Sinbad | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | (1974) | |
| Palm Sunday | (1981) | |
| Like Shaking Hands with God | (1999) | |
| Kurt Vonnegut on Mark Twain, Lincoln, Imperialist Wars and the Weather | (2004) | |
| A Man Without a Country | (2005) | |
| Letters | (2012) | |
| We Are What We Pretend To Be | (2012) | |
| If This Isn't Nice What Is? | (2013) | |
| Pity the Reader | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Biographies & Memoirs
| Fates Worse Than Death | (1982) | |
| Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Plays
| Happy Birthday, Wanda June | (1970) | |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| Sun, Moon, Star | (1980) | |
Publication Order of Slaughter-House Five Books
(with Ryan North)
| Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Comic Tales of Fantasy Books
(with Peter Haining)
| The Flying Sorcerers | (1997) | |
| The Wizards of Odd | (1997) | |
| Wizards of Odd | (1997) | |
Publication Order of The Last Interview Books
(with Jorge Borges, Jacques Derrida, Oliver Sacks, David Bowie, Martin Luther King Jr., Hannah Arendt)
| Learning to Live Finally: The Last Interview | (2005) | |
| Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Last Interview | (2011) | |
| Jorge Luis Borges | (2012) | |
| The Last Interview and Other Conversations | (2013) | |
| Oliver Sacks | (2016) | |
| David Bowie | (2016) | |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Amy Tan Short Story Collections
| Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth | (2002) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Connoisseur's Science Fiction | (1964) | |
| ABC of Science Fiction | (1968) | |
| Best SF Vol 7 | (1971) | |
| Masks | (1971) | |
| Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age | (1978) | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | (1980) | |
| The Golden Age of Science Fiction | (1981) | |
| Space Odyssey | (1983) | |
| A World of Fiction | (1983) | |
| Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction | (1985) | |
| Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century | (1987) | |
| The Ultimate Frankenstein | (1991) | |
| First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers | (1994) | |
| Cybersex: Aliens, Neurosex and Cyborgasms | (1996) | |
| The Flying Sorcerers | (1997) | |
| Wizards of Odd | (1997) | |
| The Playboy Book of Science Fiction | (1998) | |
| Writers on Writing | (2001) | |
| Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth | (2002) | |
| Louder than Bombs: Interviews from The Progressive Magazine | (2004) | |
| Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 | (2010) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 | (2010) | |
| Slaughterhouse-Five: Critical Insights | (2010) | |
| Science Fiction Collection 002 | (2011) | |
| The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction | (2013) | |
| Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories | (2015) | |
| Grave Predictions | (2016) | |
| The Ultimate Short Story Bundle | (2020) | |
Notes: Player Piano was also published as Utopia-14. The Last Interview is co-authored by Tom McCartan. Like Shaking Hands with God is co-authored by Lee Stringer.
Canary in a Cat House is a short story collection, not a standalone novel.
I just finished reading it.
Cheers John – we’ll update the listing.
Years ago my library had a VHS tape of a Vonnegut movie about a black kid growing up in Germany after WWII. Fathered by an American GI and living in an orphanage . I didn’t steal it, but I was tempted too.