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Norman Mailer Books in Order
Every Norman Mailer book in publication order — 55 in total, spanning 1948–2014.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Naked and the Dead | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Barbary Shore | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Deer Park | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Presidential Papers | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Cannibals and Christians | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | An American Dream | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Bull Fight: A Photographic Narrative | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Why Are We in Vietnam? | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Maidstone | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | St. George and the Godfather | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Watching My Name Go By | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling with Dots | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | After the White Negro | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Ancient Evenings | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Tough Guys Don't Dance | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Harlot's Ghost | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Gospel According to the Son | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Castle in the Forest | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advertisements for Myself | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Deaths for the Ladies | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Existential Errands | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Pieces | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Essential Mailer | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Pontifications | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Pieces and Pontifications | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Time Of Our Time | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Modest Gifts | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The White Negro | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Miami and the Siege of Chicago | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Why Are We at War? | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Armies of the Night | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | A Fire on the Moon | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Prisoner of Sex | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Marilyn | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Faith of Graffiti | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Fight | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Genius & Lust | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Some Honorable Men: Political Conventions, 1960-1972 | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | A Transit To Narcissus: A Facsimile of the Original Typescript | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Executioner's Song | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Of Women and Their Elegance | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Huckleberry Finn: Alive at 100 | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Language of Men | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | How the Wimp Won the War | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Oswald's Tale | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Portrait of Picasso As a Young Man | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Muhammad Ali: Ringside | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Into the Mirror: The Life of Robert P. Hanssen | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Spooky Art | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Big Empty | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | On God: An Uncommon Conversation | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Mind of an Outlaw | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Vidal vs. Mailer | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Selected Letters of Norman Mailer | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 55, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Naked and the Dead | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Barbary Shore | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Deer Park | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Advertisements for Myself | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The White Negro | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Deaths for the Ladies | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Presidential Papers | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Cannibals and Christians | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | An American Dream | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Bull Fight: A Photographic Narrative | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Why Are We in Vietnam? | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Miami and the Siege of Chicago | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Why Are We at War? | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Armies of the Night | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | A Fire on the Moon | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Maidstone | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Prisoner of Sex | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | St. George and the Godfather | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Existential Errands | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Marilyn | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Watching My Name Go By | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Faith of Graffiti | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Fight | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Genius & Lust | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Some Honorable Men: Political Conventions, 1960-1972 | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | A Transit To Narcissus: A Facsimile of the Original Typescript | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Executioner's Song | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling with Dots | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Of Women and Their Elegance | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | After the White Negro | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Pieces | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Essential Mailer | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Pontifications | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Ancient Evenings | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Pieces and Pontifications | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Tough Guys Don't Dance | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Huckleberry Finn: Alive at 100 | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Language of Men | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Harlot's Ghost | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | How the Wimp Won the War | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Oswald's Tale | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Portrait of Picasso As a Young Man | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Gospel According to the Son | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | The Time Of Our Time | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Muhammad Ali: Ringside | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Into the Mirror: The Life of Robert P. Hanssen | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Modest Gifts | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | The Spooky Art | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The Big Empty | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The Castle in the Forest | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | On God: An Uncommon Conversation | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Mind of an Outlaw | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Vidal vs. Mailer | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Selected Letters of Norman Mailer | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
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