Order of Madison Smartt Bell Books

Madison Smartt Bell is an American novelist of general fiction. He is best known for his Haitian Revolution Trilogy about Toussaint Louverture, a Haitian general whose military strategies freed the Haitian people from slavery.

Bell made his debut as an author in 1983 with the novel The Washington Square Ensemble. Below is a list of Madison Smartt Bell’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Haitian Revolutionary Trilogy Books

All Souls' Rising	(1995)
Master of the Crossroads	(2000)
The Stone That the Builder Refused	(2004)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Washington Square Ensemble	(1983)
Waiting for the End of the World	(1985)
Straight Cut	(1986)
The Year of Silence	(1987)
Soldier's Joy	(1989)
Doctor Sleep	(1991)
Save Me, Joe Louis	(1993)
Ten Indians	(1996)
Anything Goes	(2002)
Devil's Dream	(2009)
The Color of Night	(2011)
Boy With a Coin	(2011)
Behind the Moon	(2017)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Zero DB and Other Stories	(1987)
Barking Man and Other Stories	(1990)
Zig Zag Wanderer	(2013)

Publication Order of Great Discoveries Books

(with David Foster Wallace)

Everything and More (By:David Foster Wallace)	(2003)
Lavoisier in the Year One	(2005)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Narrative Design	(1997)
Charm City	(2007)
Toussaint Louverture	(2007)
Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone	(2020)

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