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Kurt Vonnegut Books in Order

11 series including Delta Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Biographies & Memoirs and more

★ 10 NYT bestsellers · 2 at #1 11 series 87 books Latest: Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 (2020)

Kurt Vonnegut's writing career reaches back to 1952 and spans 87 books. Across 11 series, Delta Fiction stands out as the longest at 2 books. As of 2020, the latest we've recorded is Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945.

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1 Delta Fiction 2 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Other Novels 3 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Short Stories/Novellas with Richard Lingeman 4 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Short Story Collections 5 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Non-Fiction Books 6 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Biographies & Memoirs 7 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Plays with Christopher Sergel 8 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Children's Books 9 Slaughter-House Five Series with Ryan North 10 The Last Interview Series by Jacques Derrida, Lou Reed 11 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

10 books

Kurt Vonnegut has placed 10 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 141 weeks on the charts. 2 titles reached #1.

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Jailbird
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Other Novels

31 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #1 · debuted Sep 1979

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Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Other Novels

28 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #1 · debuted May 1973

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Reading Order

11 series · 87 books

Delta Fiction Series

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1 Galápagos 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Bluebeard 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Other Novels

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1 Player Piano / Utopia 14 1952 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Sirens of Titan 1959 Hugo Award 1960Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Cat's Cradle 1960 Hugo Award 1964Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Mother Night 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Slaughterhouse-Five 1969 National Book Award 1970Hugo Award 1970Nebula Award 1970Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Between Time and Timbuktu 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Breakfast of Champions 1973 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! 1976 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Jailbird 1979 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Deadeye Dick 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Hocus Pocus 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Timequake 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Short Stories/Novellas with Richard Lingeman

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1 The Big Trip Up Yonder (Short Story) 1954 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 2 B R 0 2 B (Short Story) 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Who Am I This Time? For Romeos and Juliets (Short Story) 1970 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (Short Story) 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Honor of a Newsboy (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Confido (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Hall of Mirrors (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 A Song for Selma (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Hello, Red (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Good Explainer (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 King and Queen of the Universe (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Little Drops of Water (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 The Nice Little People (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Ed Luby's Key Club (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Shout about It from the Housetops (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 FUBAR (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Basic Training 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 Slice of Life 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Short Story Collections

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1 Canary in a Cat House 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 2BR02B (Short Story) 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Welcome to the Monkey House 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Bagombo Snuff Box 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Armageddon in Retrospect 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Look at the Birdie 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 While Mortals Sleep 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Sucker's Portfolio 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Sinbad 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Non-Fiction Books

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1 Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons 1974 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Palm Sunday 1981 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Like Shaking Hands with God (Short Story) 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Kurt Vonnegut on Mark Twain, Lincoln, Imperialist Wars and the Weather (Short Story) 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 A Man Without a Country 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Letters 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 We Are What We Pretend To Be 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 If This Isn't Nice What Is? 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Pity the Reader 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Biographies & Memoirs

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1 Fates Worse Than Death 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Plays with Christopher Sergel

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1 Welcome to the Monkey House (Short Story) ( With: Christopher Sergel) 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Happy Birthday, Wanda June 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Children's Books

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1 Sun, Moon, Star (Short Story) 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Slaughter-House Five Series with Ryan North

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1 Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

The Last Interview Series by Jacques Derrida, Lou Reed

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1 Learning to Live Finally: The Last Interview (Short Story) ( By: Jacques Derrida) 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Anthologies

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1 Connoisseur's Science Fiction 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 ABC of Science Fiction 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Best SF Vol 7 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Masks 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age 1978 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Golden Age of Science Fiction 1981 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Space Odyssey 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 A World of Fiction 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Cybersex: Aliens, Neurosex and Cyborgasms 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 The Flying Sorcerers 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Wizards of Odd 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 The Playboy Book of Science Fiction 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Writers on Writing 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 Louder than Bombs: Interviews from The Progressive Magazine 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 Slaughterhouse-Five: Critical Insights 2010 National Book Award 1970Hugo Award 1970Nebula Award 1970Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 Science Fiction Collection 002 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
26 Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories 2015 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
27 Grave Predictions 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
28 The Ultimate Short Story Bundle 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was an American novelist who wrote works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as *Slaughterhouse-Five* (1969), *Cat's Cradle* (1963), and *Breakfast of Champions* (1973). He was known for his humanist beliefs as well as being honorary president of the American Humanist Association. He is widely considered one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century.

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