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 Standalone Novels
| Player Piano | (1952) |
  
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| The Sirens of Titan | (1959) |
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| Cat's Cradle | (1960) |
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| Canary in a Cat House | (1961) |
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| Mother Night | (1961) |
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| God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | (1965) |
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| Slaughterhouse-Five | (1969) |
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| Breakfast of Champions | (1973) |
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| Slapstick or Lonesome No More! | (1976) |
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| Deadeye Dick | (1982) |
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| Jailbird | (1983) |
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| Galapagos | (1985) |
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| Bluebeard | (1987) |
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| Between Time and Timbuktu or Prometheus-5 | (1990) |
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| Hocus Pocus | (1990) |
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| Timequake | (1997) |
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| The Big Trip Up Yonder | (2009) |
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| Unready to Wear: The Galaxy Project | (2011) |
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| Basic Training | (2012) |
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Publication Order of Short Stories
| Sun Moon Star | (1980) |
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| The Big Trip Up Yonder | (2009) |
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| Unready to Wear: The Galaxy Project | (2011) |
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| Basic Training | (2012) |
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Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Welcome to the Monkey House | (1968) |
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| Bagombo Snuff Box | (1976) |
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| Armageddon in Retrospect | (2008) |
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| Look at the Birdie | (2009) |
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| 2 B R O 2 B | (2010) |
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| While Mortals Sleep | (2011) |
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| Sucker's Portfolio: A Collection of Previously Unpublished Writing | (2013) |
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Publication Order of Children’s Books
| Sun Moon Star | (1980) |
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Publication Order of Plays
| Happy Birthday, Wanda June | (1970) |
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | (1974) |
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| Palm Sunday | (1981) |
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| Fates Worse than Death | (1983) |
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| Like Shaking Hands with God | (1999) |
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| God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian | (1999) |
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| A Man Without a Country | (2005) |
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| The Last Interview and Other Conversations | (2011) |
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| Kurt Vonnegut: Letters | (2012) |
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| If This Isn't Nice, What Is? | (2013) |
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| We Are What We Pretend to Be | (2013) |
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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.
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