T. Coraghessan Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer. The common themes of his novels include baby boomers, satire, realism and anti-heroes. His novels are set all over the United States as well as other countries, but a common locale is California.

T.C. Boyle’s first book published was Descent of Man in 1979, although his short stories had been appearing in magazines for about 4 years before that. His first novel was Water Music in 1982. Below is a list of T.C. Boyle’s books in order of publication:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Water Music (1981)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Budding Prospects (1984)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
World's End (1987)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
East Is East (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Road to Wellville (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Tortilla Curtain (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Riven Rock (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Friend of the Earth (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Drop City (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Inner Circle (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Talk Talk (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Women (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
When the Killing's Done (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
San Miguel (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Harder They Come (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Terranauts (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Outside Looking In (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Talk to Me (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Blue Skies (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Descent of Man (1979)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Greasy Lake & Other Stories (1985)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
If the River Was Whiskey (1989)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Collected Stories of T.Coraghessan Boyle (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Stories (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Without a Hero (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Human Fly and Other Stories (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Doubletakes (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Tooth and Claw (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Wild Child and Other Stories (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Wild Child (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
After the Plague (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Stories II (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Relive Box and Other Stories (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
I Walk Between the Raindrops (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Chapbooks

She Wasn't Soft (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Scorpion Ranch (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Selected Shorts Books

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

Publication Order of Best American Short Stories Books

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

Publication Order of Anthologies

Points of View(1956)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Ten(1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
I'm With the Bears(2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Field of Fantasies: Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural(2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Watchlist(2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Note: I’m with the Bears also contains contributions from Margaret Atwood, Paolo Bacigalupi, Toby Litt, Lydia Millet, Wu Mingi, David Mitchell, Nathaniel Rich, Kim Stanley Robinson and Helen Simpson. The Best American Short Stories 2015 was edited with Heidi Pitlor. Watchlist also has stories by Aimee Bender, Robert Coover, Cory Doctorow, Etgar Keret, Juan Pablo Villalobos and Charles Yu.

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