Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany on August 16th, 1920 and passed away at the age of 73 on March 9th, 1994.

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Charles Bukowski Stats: The highest rated book by Charles Bukowski on Book Notification is Ham on Rye, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is Post Office, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Charles Bukowski on Book Notification is Post Office, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Ham on Rye, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Charles Bukowski books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are Post Office, Ham on Rye, and Factotum.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Post Office
1971
Go
2
7.5
Factotum
1975
Go
3
8
Women
1978
Go
4
8.6
Ham on Rye
1982
Go
5
Barfly
1983
Go
6
10
Hollywood
1989
Go
7
Pulp
1994
Go

List of Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness, Tales of Ordinary Madness, and Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Run With the Hunted
1962
Go
2
It Catches My Heart in Its Hands
1963
Go
3
Crucifix in a Deathhand
1965
Go
4
Cold Dogs In The Courtyard
1965
Go
5
At Terror Street And Agony Way
1968
Go
6
The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills
1969
Go
7
8
Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness
1972
Go
8
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
1972
Go
9
South of No North
1973
Go
10
Poems written before jumping out of an 8 story window
1974
Go
11
8
Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame
1974
Go
12
2
Love Is a Dog from Hell
1977
Go
13
Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit
1979
Go
14
Dangling in the Tournefortia
1981
Go
15
8
The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories
1983
Go
16
10
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1983
Go
17
Hot Water Music
1983
Go
18
War All the Time
1984
Go
19
You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
1986
Go
20
The Roominghouse Madrigals
1988
Go
21
A Bukowski Sampler
1988
Go
22
8
Septuagenarian Stew
1990
Go
23
In the Shadow of the Rose
1991
Go
24
The Last Night of the Earth Poems
1992
Go
25
8
Betting on the Muse
1996
Go
26
Bone Palace Ballet
1997
Go
27
What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
1999
Go
28
Open All Night
2000
Go
29
The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps
2001
Go
30
Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems Book 1
2002
Go
31
Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems Book 2
2002
Go
32
New Poems Book One
2003
Go
33
New Poems Book Two
2003
Go
34
New Poems Book Three
2003
Go
35
New Poems Book Four
2003
Go
36
The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain
2003
Go
37
Come On In!
2006
Go
38
The People Look Like Flowers At Last
2007
Go
39
The Pleasures of the Damned
2007
Go
40
Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook
2008
Go
41
6
The Continual Condition
2009
Go
42
Absence of the Hero
2010
Go
43
The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
2013
Go
44
The Bell Tolls for No One
2015
Go
45
Storm for the Living and the Dead
2017
Go

List of ChapBooks in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Fire Station
1970
Go
2
Bring Me Your Love
1983
Go
3
There's No Business
1984
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Notes of a Dirty Old Man, On Cats, and On Drinking.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
All the Assholes in the World and Mine
1966
Go
2
8
Notes of a Dirty Old Man
1969
Go
3
Shakespeare Never Did This
1979
Go
4
The Bukowski/Purdy Letters
1984
Go
5
Screams from the Balcony
1993
Go
6
Living On Luck
1995
Go
7
The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
1998
Go
8
Reach for the Sun
1999
Go
9
Beerspit Night and Cursing
2001
Go
10
Selected Letters Volume 1: 1958-1965
2004
Go
11
Selected Letters Volume 2: 1965-1970
2004
Go
12
Selected Letters Volume 3: 1971-1986
2004
Go
13
Slouching Toward Nirvana
2005
Go
14
Selected Letters Volume 4: 1987-1994
2005
Go
15
More Notes of a Dirty Old Man
2011
Go
16
On Writing
2015
Go
17
On Cats
2015
Go
18
On Love
2016
Go
19
The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing
2018
Go
20
On Drinking
2019
Go

List of Mondo Books in Publication Order

Anthologies with stories and poems about cultural icons.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Mondo Barbie (By: John Varley, Lynne Barrett, Julia Alvarez, Philip Levine, A.M. Homes, David Trinidad, Sandra Cisneros, Marge Piercy, Gary Soto, Roberta Allen, Alice McDermott, Hilary Tham, Lyn Lifshin, Rebecca Brown, Denise Duhamel, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Jeanne Beaumont, Lynne McMahon, Kathryn Harrison, Patricia Storace, Richard Grayson, Leslie Shiel, Laura Costas, Sharon Henry, Cookie Lupton, Lisa B. Herskovits, Belinda Subraman, Ellie Schoenfeld, Sparrow ., Gregg Shapiro, Cathryn Hankla, Wayne E. Kline, Jose Padua, Jeff Weddle)
1993
Go
2
Mondo Elvis (By: Howard Waldrop, Cornelius Eady, Mark Childress, Susie Mee, Nick Cave, Mark Winegardner, Rafael Alvarez, Greil Marcus, Pagan Kennedy, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Lynne McMahon, Cathryn Hankla, Samuel Charters, Rachel Salazar, Eleanor Earle Crockett, Diane Wakoski, Judy Vernon, David Wojahn, William McCranor Henderson, Janice Eidus, Elizabeth Ash Vélez, Laura Kalpakian, Eri Makino, Ai, Michael Wilkerson, Brian Gilmore)
1994
Go
3
Mondo Marilyn
1995
Go
4
Mondo James Dean (By: Lewis Shiner, Jack C. Haldeman II, Bentley Little, Michael Hemmingson, Chuck Taylor, Michael Martone, Louisa Ermelino, Terence Winch, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Sparrow ., Janice Eidus, Ai, Tino Villanueva, Edwin Corley, Robert Ready, Reuben Jackson, Stephanie Hart, D.E. Steward, David Plumb, Ed Graczyk, Hilary Howard, James Finney Boylan, Miranda Schwartz)
1996
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List of Charles Bukowski Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Mondo Barbie
1993
Go
2
Mondo Elvis
1994
Go
3
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
1994
Go
4
Mondo Marilyn
1995
Go
5
Letters to America
1995
Go
6
Mondo James Dean
1996
Go
7
Writing Los Angeles
2002
Go
8
The Portable Sixties Reader
2003
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Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski (Heinrich Karl Bukowski) was born on August 16th, 1920. Charles passed away March 9th, 1994 at 73 years old. Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany.

Charles Bukowski was the author of the Charles Bukowski Collections series which consists of 45 novels. The Charles Bukowski Collections series started in 1962 with the novel Run With the Hunted. The most recently released novel in the Charles Bukowski Collections series was Storm for the Living and the Dead which was released in 2017. There are no upcoming novels for the Charles Bukowski Collections series.

Charles Bukowski also wrote 20 Non-Fiction Books, including All the Assholes in the World and Mine and Notes of a Dirty Old Man.

Charles Bukowski: Awards & Accolades

Bukowski's book, Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Short Stories or Collections, in 2018.

Charles Bukowski: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Notes of a Dirty Old Man: Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Selection in 2007.
  • Women: Esquire: The 80 Books Every Man Should Read Selection in 2015.
  • Ham on Rye: AbeBooks: 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2018.

Related Authors

Fans of Charles Bukowski also enjoy these authors:

  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. George Orwell, author of: 1984.
  3. Ray Bradbury, author of: Fahrenheit 451.
  4. Kurt Vonnegut Jr., author of: Slaughterhouse-Five.
  5. Harper Lee, author of the To Kill a Mockingbird Series.

Charles Bukowski: F.A.Q

When was Charles Bukowski Born?

Charles Bukowski was born on August 16th, 1920.

When did Charles Bukowski die?

Charles Bukowski died on March 9th, 1994 at 73 years old.

Where was Charles Bukowski Born?

Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany.

What was the first book Charles Bukowski wrote?

The first book written by Charles Bukowski was Run With the Hunted, published in 1962.

What was the most recent book Charles Bukowski wrote?

His most recently released work was On Drinking on February 12th, 2019.

What is the most popular book by Charles Bukowski?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Charles Bukowski book is Post Office. Here are his most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. Post Office (8.00)
  2. Ham on Rye (8.60)
  3. Factotum (7.50)
  4. Women (8.00)
  5. Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (8.00)

How many books has Charles Bukowski written?

Charles Bukowski has written 75 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 7 Standalone Novels, 45 Collections, 3 books in the ChapBooks, 20 Non-Fiction Books.

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