Michael Chabon (Photo Credit: Ulf Andersen)
Michael Chabon is an American author of literary fiction and children’s novels. Aside from his novels and children’s books, he has also written and published screenplays, comics and newspaper serials. Michael realized he wanted to be a writer after writing a short story for school at age 10, and never looked back. Chabon attended Carnegie Mellon University, but transferred to the University of Pittsburgh and earned his B.A. under Chuck Kinder in 1984. He then got his M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine. Although Michael is known for his literary fiction, he is a strong defender of genre fiction. Michael lives in Berkeley, California with his wife, novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their four children.

Michael Chabon made his debut as a published novelist in 1988 with the novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Throughout his career, he has received such awards as the O. Henry Award, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. Below is a list of Michael Chabon’s books in order of when they were originally released:

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Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wonder Boys (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Summerland (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Final Solution (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gentlemen of the Road (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Telegraph Avenue (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moonglow (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

A Model World and Other Stories (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Werewolves in Their Youth (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

Casanova: Acedia, Vol. 1 (With: Matt Fraction,Fábio Moon,Gabriel Bá,Dustin Harbin,Cris Peter) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

My California (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Maps and Legends (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Manhood for Amateurs (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kingdom of Olives and Ash (With: Ayelet Waldman) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bookends (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Amazing Adventures Of The Escapist Books

(with Brian K. Vaughan)

The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, Volume 1 (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, Volume 2 (With: Brian K. Vaughan) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, Volume 3 (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Awesome Man Books

The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mystery Intruder (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Star Trek Books

The Physics of Star Trek (By: Lawrence M. Krauss) (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beyond Star Trek (By: Lawrence M. Krauss) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Biology of Star Trek (By: Lawrence M. Krauss,Robert Jenkins,Susan Jenkins,Elliott Beard) (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek: The Art of the Film (By: Mark Cotta Vaz) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek Cookbook (By: William J. Birnes,Ethan Phillips) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What Would Captain Kirk Do? Intergalactic Wisdom from the Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise (By: Brandon T. Snider) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek: The Movies: Volume 1 (By: Titan Comics) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What Would Captain Picard Do? (By: Brandon T. Snider) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek - All Good Things: A Next Generation Companion (By: Titan) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek - The Art of Juan Ortiz (By: ) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek Picard: The Classic Chronicles (By: Titan Comics) (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek: Voyager 25th Anniversary Special (By: Titan Comics) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek: Villains (By: Titan Comics) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek: Starfleet Is...: Celebrating the Federation's Ideals (By: Robb Pearlman) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Eleventh Annual Collection(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Good Parts(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fifteenth Annual Collection(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Feeling Very Strange(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret History of Science Fiction(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of Cthulhu II(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
By the Book(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fight of the Century(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Writer's Library(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Best American Short Stories 2005 was edited with Katrina Kenison. My California also contains contributions by Mark Arax, Firoozeh Dumas, Edward Humes, Aimee Liu, Mary Mackey, Devorah Major, T. Jefferson Parker, Thomas Steinbeck, Hector Tobar, Donna Wares and Matt Warshaw. Kingdom of Olives and Ash and Fight of the Century were edited alongside Ayelet Waldman.

If You Like Michael Chabon Books, You’ll Love…

Michael Chabon Synopsis: Summerland is a standalone title by Michael Chabon. Ethan Feld’s summer has been terrible. His father has moved them to Clam Island, Washington, where Ethan has been labelled the least gifted baseball player the island has ever seen. Things begin to go Ethan’s way when a mysterious baseball scout named Ringfinger Brown and a seven-hundred-and-sixty-five-year-old werefox enter his life, dragging Ethan into another world called the Summerlands. But this beautiful, warm-weathered locale is facing destruction at the hands of the villainous Coyote, and a prophecy has been told that only Ethan can save it.

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