Order of Tom Robbins Books
Tom Robbins is an American author best known for his unique brand of comedy-drama novels or “seriocomedies” as he called them. His writing style is poetic in nature and feature social and philosophical themes. He is perhaps best know as the author of Jitterbug Perfume: A Novel.
Robbins had one of his books, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, turned into a movie by famed director Gus Van Sant. The film starred Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, and Keanu Reeves. While the film got rough reviews and is rated lowly on Rotten Tomatoes, it is well known for having a great score by k.d. lang.
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Publication Order of Beer! Books
| B Is for Beer | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Another Roadside Attraction | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Still Life with Woodpecker | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jitterbug Perfume | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Skinny Legs and All | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Villa Incognito | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Collections
| Wild Ducks Flying Backward | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Dialogues with Northwest Writers | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D'Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tibetan Peach Pie | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
If You Like Tom Robbins Books, You’ll Love…
Jitterbug Performance is Tom Robbins’ epic in a uniquely Robbins way. That means that it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and ends at nine o’clock tonight, Paris time. The hero of this story is a janitor with a missing bottle, a very old bottle with the image of a goat-horned god on it. Some people think that the liquid in the bottle is the secret essence of the universe and if that’s true, he needs to find it right away because it is leaking and there is only a few drops left.
The book that became a film, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is another special novel by Robbins. The FBI has never seen anything like these whooping crane rustlers. They are young cowgirls who rebelled at the Rubber Rose Ranch. Despite their uniqueness, their rebellion is overshadowed by the legendary Sissy Hankshaw, a white-trash goddess born to hitchhike and the freest female of them all, arrives at the ranch. This is one of the quickest reads of all the Robbins’ books and also one of the best examples of his brand of philosophical comedy.
I wish you would do a follow-up to ‘Jitterbug Perfume’ I suggested calling it’Cologne Waltz’