Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal also wrote as: Edgar Box and Cameron Kay.

Gore Vidal was born in West Point, New York, USA on October 3rd, 1925 and passed away at the age of 86 on July 31st, 2012.

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Gore Vidal Stats: The most read book by Gore Vidal on Book Notification is Lincoln, the 4th novel in the Narratives of Empire series. The second most read book is Burr (Narratives of Empire #2).

Below is a complete list of Gore Vidal books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Gore Vidal is the Narratives of Empire Series.

List of Myra and Myron Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Myra Breckinridge
1968
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2
Myron
1974
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List of Peter Cutler Sargent II Books in Publication Order (as Edgar Box)

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1
6
Death in the Fifth Position
1952
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2
Death Before Bedtime
1953
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3
Death Likes It Hot
1954
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List of Narratives of Empire Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Washington, D.C.
1967
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2
6
Burr
1973
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3
1876
1976
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4
8
Lincoln
1984
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5
Empire
1987
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6
Hollywood
1989
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7
The Golden Age
2000
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List of Narratives of Empire Books in Chronological Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Burr
1973
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2
8
Lincoln
1984
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3
1876
1976
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4
Empire
1987
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5
Hollywood
1989
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6
Washington, D.C.
1967
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7
The Golden Age
2000
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Williwaw
1946
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2
In a Yellow Wood
1947
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3
The City and the Pillar
1948
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4
The Season of Comfort
1949
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5
A Search for the King
1950
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6
Cry Shame!
1950
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7
Dark Green, Bright Red
1950
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8
4
Thieves Fall Out ( As: Cameron Kay)
1953
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9
The Judgment Of Paris
1953
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10
Messiah
1954
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11
Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays
1957
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12
8
Julian
1964
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13
Two Sisters
1970
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14
Kalki
1976
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15
Creation
1981
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16
Duluth
1983
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17
Live from Golgotha
1992
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18
The Smithsonian Institution
1998
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List of Plays in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Man
1960
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2
An Evening with Richard Nixon
1972
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3
Gore Vidal's 'Caligula'
1979
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Thirsty Evil
1956
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2
The Collected Mysteries of Edgar Box
1978
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3
The Essential Gore Vidal
1999
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4
Clouds and Eclipses
2006
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List of Non-Fiction in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Rocking the Boat
1962
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2
Sex, Death, and Money
1968
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3
Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship
1969
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4
Collected Essays
1972
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5
Homage to Daniel Shays
1973
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6
Matters of Fact and of Fiction
1977
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7
Views from a Window
1980
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8
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
1981
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9
The Second American Revolution and Other Essays, 1976-1982
1982
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10
Vidal in Venice
1985
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11
Armageddon?
1987
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12
At Home
1987
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13
Paths of Resistance (With: Isabel Allende, Charles McCarry)
1989
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14
A View from the Diners Club
1991
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15
Screening History
1992
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16
United States 1952-1992
1993
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17
Palimpsest
1995
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18
Virgin Islands
1998
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19
Sexually Speaking
1999
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20
The Last Empire
2001
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21
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace
2002
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22
Point to Point Navigation
2006
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23
Selected Essays
2007
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24
The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
2007
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25
Snapshots in History's Glare
2009
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26
I Told You So
2012
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27
Vidal vs. Mailer (With: Norman Mailer)
2013
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28
Buckley vs. Vidal (With: William F. Buckley Jr.)
2015
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List of Literary Conversations Books in Publication Order

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

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

Gives voice to passionate witnesses and dissenting journalism on urgent controversies.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Los Gusanos (By: John Sayles)
1991
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2
The Best of The Nation (By: Victor Navasky, vanden Heuvel, Katrina)
2000
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3
The Betrayal of America (By: Vincent Bugliosi)
2001
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4
Dreaming War
2002
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5
Unsustainable (By: Eamonn Fingleton)
2003
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6
The Red and the Blacklist (By: Norma Barzman)
2003
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7
Napoleon's Glance (By: William Duggan)
2003
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8
Shaking the Foundations (By: Pete Hamill, Bruce Shapiro)
2003
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9
A Prayer for America (By: Dennis Kucinich)
2003
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10
Taking Back America (By: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Robert L. Borosage)
2004
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11
A Hole in the World (By: Jonathan Schell)
2004
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12
The Truth About Camp David (By: Clayton E. Swisher)
2004
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13
Silver City and Other Screenplays (By: John Sayles)
2004
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14
The Good, the Bad and the Dolce Vita (By: Norman Mailer, Mickey Knox)
2004
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15
Murdered by Capitalism (By: John Ross)
2004
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16
Imperial America
2004
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17
Killed (By: David Wallis)
2004
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18
Love, Poverty, and War (By: Christopher Hitchens)
2004
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19
The High Times Reader (By: Ann Nocenti, Paul Krassner, Ruth Baldwin)
2004
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20
Deserter from Death (By: Howard Zinn, Daniel Singer)
2005
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21
Blood, Class and Empire (By: Christopher Hitchens)
2009
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22
Genocide of the Mind (By: Vine Deloria Jr.)
2009
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List of Icons of America Books in Publication Order

Short, innovative stories about American history and culture told through a single iconic subject.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Inventing a Nation
2003
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2
Wall Street (By: Steve Fraser)
2008
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3
The Hamburger: A History (By: Josh Ozersky)
2008
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4
Wall Street: America's Dream Palace (By: Steve Fraser)
2008
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5
No Such Thing as Silence (By: Kyle Gann)
2009
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6
Alger Hiss and the Battle for History (By: Susan Jacoby)
2009
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7
Frankly, My Dear: "Gone with the Wind" Revisited (By: Molly Haskell)
2009
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8
King's Dream (By: Eric Sundquist)
2009
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9
Gypsy: The Art of the Tease (By: Rachel Shteir)
2009
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10
Andy Warhol (By: Arthur C. Danto)
2009
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11
The Big House (By: Stephen Cox)
2009
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12
The Liberty Bell (By: Gary B. Nash)
2010
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13
Unwarranted Influence (By: James Ledbetter)
2011
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14
Joe DiMaggio (By: Jerome Charyn)
2011
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15
The Hollywood Sign (By: Leo Braudy)
2011
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16
Bob Dylan (By: David Yaffe)
2011
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17
Renegade (By: Frederick Turner)
2012
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18
Jackson Pollock (By: Evelyn Toynton)
2012
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19
The Statue of Liberty (By: Edward Berenson)
2012
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20
The Gateway Arch (By: Tracy Campbell)
2013
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List of Gore Vidal Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Deadly Sins
1994
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2
First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
2009
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3
Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy
2015
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Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal (Eugene Louis Vidal) was born on October 3rd, 1925. Gore passed away July 31st, 2012 at 86 years old. Gore Vidal was born in West Point, New York, USA.

Gore Vidal has written 28 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1962 with the book Rocking the Boat. The most recently released was Buckley vs. Vidal which was released in 2015.

Gore Vidal: Awards & Accolades

Vidal's book, Burr was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1974.

Gore Vidal: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Burr has made several lists including:
    1. New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1973 and 1974.
    2. Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1973.
    3. Parade: The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years Selection in 2016.
  • 1876 was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1976 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1976.
  • Julian was a Counterpunch: 100 Best Novels in English Since 1900 Selection in 2014 and a New York Public Library: 125 Books We Love for Adults Selection in 2020.
  • Myra Breckinridge was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1968.
  • Lincoln was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1984.
  • Palimpsest was a New York Times: The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years Selection in 2019.
  • Creation was a Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 Selection in 1984.

Related Authors

Fans of Gore Vidal also enjoy these authors:

  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. Dan Brown, author of the Robert Langdon Series.
  3. Stieg Larsson, author of the Millennium Series.
  4. Ken Follett, author of the Kingsbridge Series.
  5. Ray Bradbury, author of: Fahrenheit 451.

Gore Vidal: F.A.Q

When was Gore Vidal Born?

Gore Vidal was born on October 3rd, 1925.

When did Gore Vidal die?

Gore Vidal died on July 31st, 2012 at 86 years old.

Where was Gore Vidal Born?

Gore Vidal was born in West Point, New York, USA.

What was the first book Gore Vidal wrote?

The first book written by Gore Vidal was Williwaw, published in 1946.

What was the most recent book Gore Vidal wrote?

His most recently released work was Buckley vs. Vidal on July 31st, 2015.

What is the most popular book by Gore Vidal?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Gore Vidal book is Lincoln. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Lincoln (8)
  2. Burr (6)
  3. Myra Breckinridge (6)
  4. Julian (8)
  5. Inventing a Nation (6)

How many books has Gore Vidal written?

Gore Vidal has written 69 books across 11 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 2 books in the Myra and Myron Series
  • 3 books in the Peter Cutler Sargent II Series
  • 7 books in the Narratives of Empire Series
  • 18 Standalone Novels
  • 3 Plays
  • 4 Short Story Collections
  • 28 Non-Fiction
  • 1 Cameron Kay Standalone Novels
  • 1 book in the Literary Conversations Series
  • 2 books in the Nation Series
  • 1 book in the Icons of America Series

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