Order of Winston Groom Books
Winston Groom was an American author of both fiction and non-fiction. He is best known for his novel Forrest Gump, which was adapted to the Academy Award-winning film by Robert Zemeckis. Groom originally wanted to take after his father and become a lawyer, but ended up choosing to become a writer. He served in the U.S. Army in the ’60s and went to Vietnam. Upon his return, Winston worked as a journalist and then transitioned to being a novelist. Forrest Gump, his most famous work, sold 1.7 million copies worldwide.
Winston Groom began his career as an author in 1978 with the novel Better Times Than These. Winston Groom passed on September 17th, 2020. Below is a list of Winston Groom’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Forrest Gump Books
| Forrest Gump | (1986) |    |
| Gump & Co. | (1995) | |
Publication Order of Forrest Gump Non-Fiction Books
| Gumpisms | (1994) | |
| The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Cookbook | (1994) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Better Times Than These | (1978) | |
| As Summer Dies | (1980) | |
| Conversations With the Enemy | (1983) | |
| Only | (1984) | |
| Gone the Sun | (1996) | |
| Such a Pretty, Pretty Girl | (1997) | |
| El Paso | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Shrouds of Glory | (1995) | |
| The Crimson Tide | (2000) | |
| A Storm in Flanders | (2002) | |
| 1942 | (2005) | |
| Patriotic Fire | (2006) | |
| Vicksburg, 1863 | (2009) | |
| Kearny's March | (2011) | |
| Shiloh, 1862 | (2012) | |
| Ronald Reagan Our 40th President | (2012) | |
| The Aviators | (2013) | |
| The Generals | (2015) | |
| The Allies | (2018) | |
| The Patriots | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe Books
| Stories from the Blue Moon Café | (2002) | |
| Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe II | (2003) | |
| Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe III | (2004) | |
| Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe IV | (2005) | |
| Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe V | (2006) | |
| Anthology series. The author will have written at least one story in this series. | ||
Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books
| San Francisco Noir | (2002) | |
| Seattle Noir | (2003) | |
| Bronx Noir | (2003) | |
| Brooklyn Noir | (2004) | |
| D.C. Noir | (2005) | |
| Chicago Noir | (2005) | |
| Baltimore Noir | (2006) | |
| New Orleans Noir | (2007) | |
| Los Angeles Noir | (2007) | |
| Wall Street Noir | (2007) | |
| Havana Noir | (2007) | |
| Detroit Noir | (2007) | |
| D.C. Noir 2 | (2008) | |
| Queens Noir | (2008) | |
| Las Vegas Noir | (2008) | |
| Trinidad Noir | (2008) | |
| Istanbul Noir | (2008) | |
| Paris Noir | (2008) | |
| San Francisco Noir 2 | (2009) | |
| Portland Noir | (2009) | |
| Delhi Noir | (2009) | |
| Phoenix Noir | (2009) | |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 | (2010) | |
| Mexico City Noir | (2010) | |
| Richmond Noir | (2010) | |
| Orange County Noir | (2010) | |
| Indian Country Noir | (2010) | |
| Moscow Noir | (2010) | |
| Philadelphia Noir | (2010) | |
| Lone Star Noir | (2010) | |
| Haiti Noir | (2010) | |
| Copenhagen Noir | (2010) | |
| Pittsburgh Noir | (2011) | |
| Barcelona Noir | (2011) | |
| Cape Cod Noir | (2011) | |
| Kingston Noir | (2012) | |
| Venice Noir | (2012) | |
| St. Petersburg Noir | (2012) | |
| Kansas City Noir | (2012) | |
| Boston Noir 2 | (2012) | |
| Staten Island Noir | (2012) | |
| New York City Noir: The Five Borough Set | (2012) | |
| USA Noir | (2013) | |
| Haiti Noir 2 | (2013) | |
| Helsinki Noir | (2014) | |
| Prison Noir | (2014) | |
| Tel Aviv Noir | (2014) | |
| Providence Noir | (2015) | |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics | (2015) | |
| Zagreb Noir | (2015) | |
| Buffalo Noir | (2015) | |
| Marseille Noir | (2015) | |
| Beirut Noir | (2015) | |
| Stockholm Noir | (2016) | |
| Rio Noir | (2016) | |
| Brussels Noir | (2016) | |
| Mississippi Noir | (2016) | |
| St. Louis Noir | (2016) | |
| Prague Noir | (2016) | |
| San Juan Noir | (2016) | |
| Oakland Noir | (2017) | |
| Atlanta Noir | (2017) | |
| New Haven Noir | (2017) | |
| Montana Noir | (2017) | |
| Buenos Aires Noir | (2017) | |
| São Paulo Noir | (2018) | |
| Vancouver Noir | (2018) | |
| Hong Kong Noir | (2018) | |
| Amsterdam Noir | (2019) | |
| Houston Noir | (2019) | |
| Milwaukee Noir | (2019) | |
| Nairobi Noir | (2020) | |
| Alabama Noir | (2020) | |
| Tampa Bay Noir | (2020) | |
| Addis Ababa Noir | (2020) | |
| Belgrade Noir | (2020) | |
| Miami Noir | (2020) | |
| Accra Noir | (2020) | |
| Speculative Los Angeles | (2021) | |
| Paris Noir: The Suburbs | (2022) | |
Note: Conversations with the Enemy was co-authored by Duncan Spencer.
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