Joyce Carol Oates

b. 1938

1 series 10 books in order 9 standalone books

Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer who published her first book in 1963 and has since written 58 novels, as well as plays, novellas, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her works include the novels Black Water, What I Lived For, and Blonde, and the short story collection Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories. She has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for several of her works and has won the National Book Award, two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize.

Born: 1938
Known for: Pocketbook

Series by Joyce Carol Oates

Pocketbook

14 books in order · 1953–1997

Basketball

1953 · Auerbach, Arnold
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Under the net

1954 · Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch's first novel, published in 1954, is set in a part of London where struggling writers, successful bookies, film starlets, and frantic…
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The flight from the enchanter

1956 · Iris Murdoch
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An unofficial rose

1962 · Iris Murdoch

The nine characters in this novel are all looking for love, and the actions and passions of each are constantly affecting the others. Impelled by…
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The red and the green

1965 · Iris Murdoch

As the title suggests, the novel centers on Easter Day 1916 in Dublin, during the Irish rebellion. Two generations clash within a family torn apart…
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Expensive people

1968 · Joyce Carol Oates

Part of Joyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet exploring social class and the inner lives of young Americans, this novel examines the secrets of…
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An accidental man

1971 · Iris Murdoch

This is the story of the comic and relentless struggle for survival of Austin Gibson Grey, who needs to survive through the destruction of others,…
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The Black Prince

1973 · Iris Murdoch

Bradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire…
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The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

1974 · Iris Murdoch

This is a story of different loves, and of how a man may need two women in such a way that he can be happy with neither. Sacred and profane love are…
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A word child

1975 · Iris Murdoch
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How many books has Joyce Carol Oates written?

We list 10 books by Joyce Carol Oates across 1 series, published between 1953–2008 — each shown in full reading order.

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