Author · updated 2026
Philip Roth Books in Order
Every Philip Roth book in publication order — 39 in total, spanning 1958–2017.
Publication Order of American Trilogy Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  American Pastoral | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  I Married a Communist | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Human Stain | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of David Kepesh Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Breast | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Professor of Desire | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Dying Animal | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Nathan Zuckerman Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  My Life as a Man | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Ghost Writer | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Zuckerman Unbound | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Anatomy Lesson | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Prague Orgy | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Exit Ghost | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Letting Go | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  When She Was Good | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Portnoy's Complaint | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Our Gang | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Great American Novel | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  The Counterlife | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Deception | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Patrimony | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Operation Shylock | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Sabbath's Theater | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  His Mistress's Voice | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  The Plot Against America | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Everyman | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  Indignation | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  The Humbling | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  Nemesis | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Conversion of the Jews | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  A Philip Roth Reader | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Reading Myself and Others | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  American West's Acid Rain Test | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Facts | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Shop Talk | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  A Writer at Work | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Notes For My Biographer | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Why Write? | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New American Review 10 | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 39, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Conversion of the Jews | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Letting Go | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | When She Was Good | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Portnoy's Complaint | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | New American Review 10 | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Our Gang | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Breast | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Great American Novel | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | My Life as a Man | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Reading Myself and Others | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Professor of Desire | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Ghost Writer | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | A Philip Roth Reader | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Zuckerman Unbound | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Anatomy Lesson | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Prague Orgy | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | American West's Acid Rain Test | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Counterlife | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Facts | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Deception | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Patrimony | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Operation Shylock | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Sabbath's Theater | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | His Mistress's Voice | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | American Pastoral | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | I Married a Communist | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | The Human Stain | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Dying Animal | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Shop Talk | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Plot Against America | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Everyman | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Exit Ghost | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Indignation | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Humbling | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Nemesis | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | A Writer at Work | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Notes For My Biographer | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Why Write? | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
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