Author · updated 2026
Tom Wolfe Books in Order
Every Tom Wolfe book in publication order — 17 in total, spanning 1961–2016.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Bonfire of the Vanities | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  A Man in Full | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  I Am Charlotte Simmons | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Back to Blood | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hooking Up | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  In Our Time | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Pump House Gang | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Radical Chic: And, Mau Mauing The Flak Catchers | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  The New Journalism | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  The Painted Word | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Mauve Gloves and Madman, Clutter and Vine | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  The Right Stuff | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  From Bauhaus to Our House | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  The Purple Decades | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  The Kingdom of Speech | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 17, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Our Time | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Pump House Gang | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Radical Chic: And, Mau Mauing The Flak Catchers | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The New Journalism | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Painted Word | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Mauve Gloves and Madman, Clutter and Vine | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Right Stuff | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | From Bauhaus to Our House | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Purple Decades | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Hooking Up | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | A Man in Full | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | I Am Charlotte Simmons | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Back to Blood | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Kingdom of Speech | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
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