John Hoyer Updike was an American writer. Updike’s most famous work is his Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; and Rabbit Remembered). Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest both won Pulitzer Prizes for Updike. Describing his subject as “the American small town, Protestant middle class,” Updike is well known for his careful craftsmanship and prolific writing, having published 22 novels and more than a dozen short story collections as well as poetry, literary criticism and children’s books. Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems have appeared in The New Yorker since the 1950s. His works often explore sex, faith, and death, and their inter-relationships.
He died of lung cancer at age 76.
Books in order of publication:
Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom Books
| Rabbit, Run | (1960) |
| Rabbit Redux | (1971) |
| Rabbit Is Rich | (1981) |
| Rabbit at Rest | (1990) |
| Licks of Love | (2000) |
Publication Order of Henry Bech Books
| Bech Is Back | (1982) |
| Bech at Bay | (1998) |
| Bech: A Book | (1999) |
Publication Order of Buchanan Books
| Buchanan Dying | (1974) |
| Memories of the Ford Administration | (1992) |
Publication Order of Scarlet Letter Trilogy Books
| A Month of Sundays | (1974) |
| Roger’s Version | (1986) |
| S. | (1988) |
Publication Order of Maples Stories Collections
| Too Far to Go | (1979) |
| The Maples Stories | (1980) |
Publication Order of Eastwick Books
| The Witches of Eastwick | (1984) |
| The Widows of Eastwick | (2008) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Poorhouse Fair | (1958) |
| The Centaur | (1963) |
| Of the Farm | (1965) |
| Couples | (1968) |
| Marry Me | (1971) |
| The Coup | (1978) |
| Your Lover Just Called | (1980) |
| More Stately Mansions | (1987) |
| Brazil | (1994) |
| In the Beauty of the Lilies | (1996) |
| Toward the End of Time | (1997) |
| Gertrude and Claudius | (2000) |
| Seek My Face | (2002) |
| Villages | (2004) |
| Terrorist | (2007) |
| The Women Who Got Away | (2007) |
Publication Order of Short Stories Books
| A&P | (1961) |
| The Alligators | (1989) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Same Door, Short Stories | (1959) |
| Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories | (1961) |
| Telephone Poles and Other Poems | (1963) |
| Olinger Stories | (1964) |
| The Music School | (1966) |
| Midpoint and Other Poems | (1969) |
| The Dance of the Solids | (1969) |
| Museums and Women and Other Stories | (1972) |
| Cunts- Signed Limited Edition | (1974) |
| Tossing and Turning | (1977) |
| Problems and Other Stories | (1979) |
| Valentine Generation And Other Stories | (1981) |
| The Carpentered Hen | (1982) |
| Facing Nature | (1985) |
| Trust Me | (1987) |
| The Afterlife and Other Stories | (1994) |
| Friends from Philadelphia and Other Stories | (1995) |
| Licks of Love | (2000) |
| Americana | (2001) |
| The Early Stories | (2003) |
| Three Trips | (2005) |
| My Father’s Tears and Other Stories | (2009) |
| Endpoint and Other Poems | (2009) |
| Rich In Russia | (2011) |
| Collected Later Stories | (2013) |
| Collected Early Stories | (2013) |
| Hoping for a Hoopoe | (2020) |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| Magic Flute | (1964) |
| The Twelve Terrors of Christmas(With: Edward Gorey) | (1994) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Assorted Prose | (1965) |
| Picked-Up Pieces | (1975) |
| Hugging the Shore | (1983) |
| Self-Consciousness | (1989) |
| Just Looking | (1989) |
| Odd Jobs | (1991) |
| Golf Dreams | (1996) |
| More Matter | (1999) |
| Still Looking | (2005) |
| Due Considerations | (2007) |
| Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu | (2010) |
| Higher Gossip | (2011) |
| Always Looking | (2012) |
| In Love with a Wanton | (2020) |
Publication Order of American Poets Project Books
| Karl Shapiro(With: Karl Shapiro) | (2003) |
Publication Order of Poetry Collections
| Seventy Poems | (1972) |
| Collected Poems, 1953-1993 | (1993) |
| A Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects | (1995) |
| Selected Poems | (2015) |
Publication Order of Edward Gorey Picture Books
with Edward Gorey
| The Twelve Terrors of Christmas | (1994) |
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