E.L. Doctorow

E.L. Doctorow

E.L. Doctorow was born in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA on January 6th, 1931 and passed away at the age of 84 on July 21st, 2015.

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E.L. Doctorow Stats: The highest rated book by E.L. Doctorow on Book Notification is Ragtime, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by E.L. Doctorow on Book Notification is Ragtime, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is World's Fair, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of E.L. Doctorow 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 Ragtime, World's Fair, and The March.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
2
Welcome to Hard Times
1960
Go
2
Big As Life
1966
Go
3
5.5
The Book of Daniel
1971
Go
4
6.8
Ragtime
1975
Go
5
Drinks Before Dinner
1979
Go
6
3
Loon Lake
1980
Go
7
American Anthem (With: J.C. Suares)
1982
Go
8
8
World's Fair
1985
Go
9
6
The Waterworks
1994
Go
10
City of God
2000
Go
11
8
The March
2005
Go
12
6
Homer & Langley
2009
Go
13
5
Andrew's Brain
2014
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are Sweet Land Stories, All the Time in the World, and Three Screenplays: Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Three Screenplays: Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake
2003
Go
2
8.5
Sweet Land Stories
2004
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3
Poems for Life: A Special Collection of Poetry
2011
Go
4
All the Time in the World
2011
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992, Creationists: Selected Essays, 1993-2006, and Lamentation: 9/11.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Essays and Conversations
1983
Go
2
Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992
1993
Go
3
Poets and Presidents: Selected Essays, 1977-92
1994
Go
4
Lamentation: 9/11
2002
Go
5
Creationists: Selected Essays, 1993-2006
2006
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List of Literary Conversations Books in Publication Order

Conversations with famous literary figures, providing insight into their lives and work.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
1969
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2
Conversations with Czeslaw Milosz
1981
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3
Conversations with Graham Greene
1983
Go
4
Conversations with Eudora Welty
1985
Go
5
Conversations with Walker Percy
1985
Go
6
Conversations With Isaac Bashevis Singer
1985
Go
7
Conversations with William Styron
1985
Go
8
Conversations with Malcolm Cowley
1986
Go
9
Conversations with Lillian Hellman
1986
Go
10
Conversations with Tennessee Williams
1986
Go
11
Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
1986
Go
12
Conversations with Katherine Anne Porter
1987
Go
13
Truman Capote: Conversations
1987
Go
14
Conversations with Flannery O'Connor
1987
Go
15
Conversations with Peter Taylor
1987
Go
16
Conversations with Arthur Miller
1987
Go
17
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
1988
Go
18
Conversations with Edward Albee
1988
Go
19
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell
1988
Go
20
Conversations with Norman Mailer
1988
Go
21
Conversations with Robert Graves
1989
Go
22
Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
1989
Go
23
Conversations with Shelby Foote
1989
Go
24
Conversations with Robertson Davies
1989
Go
25
Conversations with James Baldwin
1989
Go
26
Conversations with John Gardner
1990
Go
27
Conversations with Richard Wilbur
1990
Go
28
Conversations with Tom Wolfe
1990
Go
29
Conversations with Raymond Carver
1990
Go
30
Conversations with Eugene O'Neill
1990
Go
31
Conversations with Reynolds Price
1991
Go
32
Conversations with Bernard Malamud
1991
Go
33
Conversations with Elizabeth Spencer
1991
Go
34
Conversations with Nikki Giovanni
1992
Go
35
Conversations With Thornton Wilder
1992
Go
36
Conversations with Robert Coles
1992
Go
37
Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher
1992
Go
38
More Conversations with Walker Percy
1993
Go
39
Conversations with Richard Wright
1993
Go
40
Conversations with Paul Bowles
1993
Go
41
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
1994
Go
42
Conversations with Amiri Baraka
1994
Go
43
10
Conversations with Toni Morrison
1994
Go
44
Conversations with Saul Bellow
1994
Go
45
Conversations with Henry Miller
1994
Go
46
Conversations With S.J. Perelman
1995
Go
47
Conversations with Ernest Gaines
1995
Go
48
Conversations with Ralph Ellison
1995
Go
49
Conversations with Chester Himes
1995
Go
50
Conversations with Susan Sontag
1995
Go
51
Conversations with Ishmael Reed
1995
Go
52
Conversations with Derek Walcott
1996
Go
53
More Conversations with Eudora Welty
1996
Go
54
Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop
1996
Go
55
Conversations with Pauline Kael
1996
Go
56
Conversations with V. S. Naipaul
1997
Go
57
Conversations with N. Scott Momaday
1997
Go
58
Conversations with Chinua Achebe
1997
Go
59
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston
1998
Go
60
Conversations with Denise Levertov
1998
Go
61
Conversations With William Faulkner
1999
Go
62
Conversations with E. L. Doctorow
1999
Go
63
Conversations With John Fowles
1999
Go
64
Conversations with Salman Rushdie
2000
Go
65
Conversations with William S. Burroughs
2000
Go
66
Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko
2000
Go
67
Conversations with Chaim Potok
2001
Go
68
Conversations with Richard Ford
2001
Go
69
Conversations with Christopher Isherwood
2001
Go
70
Conversations with Mary Gordon
2002
Go
71
Conversations with Jim Harrison
2002
Go
72
Conversations with Clarence Major
2002
Go
73
Conversations with Margaret Walker
2002
Go
74
Conversations with Erica Jong
2002
Go
75
Elie Wiesel: Conversations
2002
Go
76
Joseph Brodsky: Conversations
2003
Go
77
Conversations with Rita Dove
2003
Go
78
7.3
Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald
2003
Go
79
Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
2003
Go
80
Conversations with Stanley Kaufmann
2003
Go
81
Conversations with Gloria Naylor
2004
Go
82
Conversations with Audre Lorde
2004
Go
83
Conversations with Ray Bradbury
2004
Go
84
Conversations With John le Carré
2004
Go
85
Conversations with Isaac Asimov
2005
Go
86
Conversations with Don DeLillo
2005
Go
87
Conversations with Gore Vidal
2005
Go
88
Conversations with Robert Penn Warren
2005
Go
89
Conversations with Jack Kerouac
2005
Go
90
Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez
2005
Go
91
Conversations with Thomas McGuane
2006
Go
92
Conversations with Larry Brown
2007
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93
Conversations with Sonia Sanchez
2007
Go
94
Conversations with Wendell Berry
2007
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95
Conversations with Leon Forrest
2007
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96
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro
2008
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97
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
2023
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List of Random House Reader's Circle Books in Publication Order

Charts unforgettable experiences, growing up, and lives shaped by passion and circumstance.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Lives of the Poets
1984
Go
2
8
Billy Bathgate
1989
Go
3
8.9
Tender at the Bone (By: Ruth Reichl)
1998
Go
4
10
Anthropology of an American Girl (By: Hilary Thayer Hamann)
2003
Go
5
8.5
The White Garden (By: Stephanie Barron)
2009
Go
6
4
Juliet (By: Anne Fortier)
2010
Go
7
The Wives of Henry Oades (By: Johanna Moran)
2010
Go
8
Delta Girls (By: Gayle Brandeis)
2010
Go
9
9
The Pull of the Moon (By: Elizabeth Berg)
2010
Go
10
The Definition of Wind (By: Ellen Block)
2011
Go
11
When We Were Friends (By: Elizabeth Joy Arnold)
2011
Go
12
Game of Secrets (By: Dawn Tripp)
2011
Go
13
8
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake (By: Jenny Wingfield)
2011
Go
14
6
Invisible (By: Carla Buckley)
2012
Go
15
The Lullaby of Polish Girls (By: Dagmara Dominczyk)
2013
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List of The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures Books in Publication Order

Harvard lectures where distinguished thinkers explore fundamental questions in American culture, history, and identity.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The American Newness ( By: Irving Howe)
1986
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2
Highbrow/lowbrow (By: Lawrence W. Levine)
1988
Go
3
Revolutions (By: David Brion Davis)
1990
Go
4
Playing In The Dark (By: Toni Morrison)
1992
Go
5
The Southern Tradition (By: Eugene D. Genovese)
1994
Go
6
Writing Was Everything (By: Alfred Kazin)
1998
Go
7
The Dissent Of The Governed (By: Stephen L. Carter)
1998
Go
8
Achieving Our Country (By: Richard M. Rorty)
1999
Go
9
The Real American Dream (By: Andrew Delbanco)
1999
Go
10
To Be The Poet (By: Maxine Hong Kingston)
2002
Go
11
Reporting The Universe
2003
Go
12
Circles And Lines (By: John Putnam Demos)
2004
Go
13
Architecture As Signs And Systems (By: Robert Venturi)
2004
Go
14
Reshaping The Work-family Debate (By: Joan C. Williams)
2010
Go
15
Tiger Writing ( By: Gish Jen)
2013
Go
16
Tiger Writing (By: Gish Jen)
2013
Go
17
Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations (By: Greil Marcus)
2015
Go
18
Just A Journalist (By: Linda Greenhouse)
2017
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List of E.L. Doctorow Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth
1986
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2
Writing New York
1998
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3
The Best American Short Stories 2000
2000
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4
The Good Parts
2000
Go
5
Writers on Writing
2001
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E.L. Doctorow

E.L. Doctorow (Edgar Lawrence Doctorow) was born on January 6th, 1931. E.L. passed away July 21st, 2015 at 84 years old. E.L. Doctorow was born in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

E.L. Doctorow had written 13 standalone novels, starting with Welcome to Hard Times in 1960. The most recently released novel was Andrew's Brain, which was released in 2014.

E.L. Doctorow also wrote 5 Non-Fiction Books, including Essays and Conversations and Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992.

E.L. Doctorow: Awards & Accolades

E.L. Doctorow has won multiple awards including: The Helmerich Award Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, in 1998, St. Louis Literary Award Distinguished Figure in Literature, in 2008 and the Library of Congress Prizes American Fiction, in 2014. E.L. Doctorow was also nominated for the International Booker Prize, Outstanding Achievement in Fiction, in 2009.

Doctorow's book, World's Fair won the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1986.

E.L. Doctorow books have also been nominated for multiple awards, The Book of Daniel was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1972. Loon Lake was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction - Paperback, in 1982. Billy Bathgate was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1989. The March was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 2005 as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Best Fiction in 2005.

E.L. Doctorow: Lists & Other Mentions

  • World's Fair: Entertainment Weekly: The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 Selection in 2008.
  • Sweet Land Stories: Literary Hub: Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World Selection in 2015.
  • The March: AbeBooks: 50 Essential Historical Fiction Books Selection in 2021.
  • Welcome to Hard Times: BBC: Radio Oxford 100 Books You Must Read Before You Die Selection in 2020.
  • Ragtime:
    1. New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1975.
    2. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Board's List Selection in 1998.
    3. Time Magazine: All-Time 100 Novels Selection in 2005.
    4. People Magazine: Best Books From the 1970s Selection in 2024.
    5. Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1975.
    6. Literary Hub: Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World Selection in 2015.
    7. The Guardian: The 100 Best Novels of All-Time Selection in 2026.
    8. Entertainment Weekly: Top 100 Novels Selection in 2013.

Ragtime was the #1 entry on the Publishers Weekly bestselling novels list in 1975.

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  4. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.
  5. David Baldacci, author of the Amos Decker Series.

E.L. Doctorow: F.A.Q

When was E.L. Doctorow Born?

E.L. Doctorow was born on January 6th, 1931.

When did E.L. Doctorow die?

E.L. Doctorow died on July 21st, 2015 at 84 years old.

Where was E.L. Doctorow Born?

E.L. Doctorow was born in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

What awards has E.L. Doctorow won?

E.L. Doctorow has won the following awards: Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award at the Helmerich Award (1998), Distinguished Figure in Literature at the St. Louis Literary Award (2008) and the American Fiction at the Library of Congress Prizes (2014).

What book awards has E.L. Doctorow won?

World's Fair: National Book Awards: Best Fiction (1986).

What was the first book E.L. Doctorow wrote?

The first book written by E.L. Doctorow was Welcome to Hard Times, published in 1960.

What was the most recent book E.L. Doctorow wrote?

His most recently released work was Andrew's Brain on January 14th, 2014.

What is the most popular book by E.L. Doctorow?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular E.L. Doctorow book is Ragtime. Here are his most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. Ragtime (6.75)
  2. World's Fair (8.00)
  3. The March (8.00)
  4. The Waterworks (6.00)
  5. The Book of Daniel (5.50)

How many books has E.L. Doctorow written?

E.L. Doctorow has written 26 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 13 Standalone Novels, 4 Short Story Collections, 5 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the Literary Conversations Series, 2 books in the Random House Reader's Circle Series, 1 book in The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures Series.

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