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John Updike bibliography

The following is the complete bibliography of John Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009), an American novelist, poet, critic and essayist noted for his prolific output over a 50-year period. His bibliography include

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The following is the complete bibliography of John Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009), an American novelist, poet, critic and essayist noted for his prolific output over a 50-year period. His bibliography includes some 23 novels, 18 short story collections, 12 collections of poetry, 4 children's books, and 12 collections of non-fiction.

Chronological listing

Novels are highlighted in bold.

Library of America editions

After publishing the essay "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" as a standalone special edition book in 2010, and publishing two volumes of short stories in 2013 (available also as a boxed set), Library of America began a multi-volume edition of Updike's novels in 2018, all under the editorship of Christopher Carduff.

See also

*Alfred A. Knopf *Bibliography of Philip Roth *The New Yorker

Further reading

*Broomfield, Michael and de Bellis, Jack, John Updike: A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Materials, 1948-2007, Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware, 2007. * Begley, Adam, Updike, Harper-Collins Publishers, New York, NY, 2014.

External links

*A Revised Cumulative Updike Publications Bibliography 1997–2009—Books, Short Stories, Articles, Reviews, and Poems, The Centaurian John Updike homepage *Books by John Updike * *New York Review of Books Updike archive (complete) *New Yorker archive

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