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What Nails It (a short story) (Why I Write, #5) was the most recently released book by Greil Marcus, on August 27th, 2024.

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

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll, More Real Life Rock: The Wilderness Years, and Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
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Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll
1975
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2
Lipstick Traces
1989
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3
Dead Elvis: A Chonicle of a Cultural Obsession
1991
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4
Ranters & Crowd Pleasers
1993
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5
In the Fascist Bathroom
1993
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6
The Dustbin of History
1995
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7
Invisible Republic
1997
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8
Double Trouble
2000
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9
The Manchurian Candidate
2002
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10
Like a Rolling Stone
2005
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11
The Shape of Things to Come
2006
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12
When That Rough God Goes Riding
2010
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13
Bob Dylan: Writings, 1968-2010
2010
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14
The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years
2011
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15
History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
2014
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16
Real Life Rock
2015
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17
More Real Life Rock: The Wilderness Years
2022
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18
Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs
2022
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List of Why I Write Books in Publication Order

Features authors explaining their creative process, inspirations, and relationship to writing.

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Devotion (By: Patti Smith)
2017
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2
Inadvertent (By: Karl Ove Knausgård)
2018
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3
For Now (By: Eileen Myles)
2020
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4
The House of Being (By: Natasha Trethewey)
2024
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5
What Nails It
2024
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List of Mondo Books in Publication Order

Anthologies with stories and poems about cultural icons.

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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
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2
Mondo Elvis (With: Howard Waldrop, Cornelius Eady, Mark Childress, Susie Mee, Nick Cave, Mark Winegardner, Rafael Alvarez, 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
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3
Mondo Marilyn (By: J.G. Ballard, Michael Hemmingson, Clive Barker, Doris Grumbach, Beth Meacham, Lynne Tillman, Charles Bukowski, David Trinidad, Tom Whalen, Sharon Olds, Leslie Pietrzyk, Lyn Lifshin, Nanci Griffith, Robert Peters, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Jeanne Beaumont, Gregg Shapiro, Judy Grahn, Sam Toperoff, Julia P. Dubner, Bill Morris, John Rechy, L.A. Lantz, Phyllis Burke, Hillary Johnson, Rita Valencia, Michael Lally, Eleanor E. Crocket, Taylor Mead, Susan Compo, Rosanne Daryl Thomas)
1995
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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 BFI Film Classics Books in Publication Order

Arguments for the classic status of landmark films.

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1
Napoleon: Abel Gance's Classic Film (By: Kevin Brownlow)
1982
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2
The Seventh Seal (By: Melvyn Bragg)
1993
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3
42nd Street (By: J. Hoberman)
1993
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4
L'atalante (By: Marina Warner)
1993
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5
It's A Gift (By: Simon Louvish)
1994
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6
Things To Come (By: Christopher Frayling)
1995
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7
The Big Sleep (By: David Thomson)
1997
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8
Bride of Frankenstein (By: Alberto Manguel)
1997
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9
The Thing (By: Anne Billson)
1997
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10
The Birds (By: Camille Paglia)
1998
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11
Crash (By: Iain Sinclair)
1999
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12
Sanshô Dayû (By: Dudley Andrew)
1999
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13
Titanic (By: David M. Lubin)
2000
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14
Thelma And Louise (By: Marita Sturken)
2000
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15
Belle De Jour (By: Michael Wood)
2001
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16
The Manchurian Candidate
2002
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17
The Exorcist (By: Mark Kermode)
2003
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18
Kind Hearts And Coronets (By: Michael Newton)
2003
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19
10
The Matrix (By: Joshua Clover)
2004
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20
City Lights (By: Charles J. Maland)
2007
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21
Ratcatcher (By: Annette Kuhn)
2008
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22
2001: A Space Odyssey (By: Peter Krämer)
2010
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23
The Best Years Of Our Lives (By: Sarah Kozloff)
2011
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24
Grey Gardens (By: Matthew Tinkcom)
2011
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25
Meshes Of The Afternoon (By: John David Rhodes)
2011
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26
Caché (By: Catherine Wheatley)
2012
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27
Taxi Driver (By: Amy Taubin)
2012
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28
Metropolis (By: Thomas Elsaesser)
2012
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29
Singin' In The Rain (By: Peter Wollen)
2012
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30
Don't Look Now (By: Mark Sanderson)
2012
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31
The Innocents (By: Christopher Frayling)
2013
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32
Performance (By: Colin MacCabe)
2014
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33
Spirited Away (By: Andrew Osmond)
2014
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34
Brazil (By: Paul J. McAuley)
2014
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35
The Shawshank Redemption (By: Mark Kermode)
2019
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36
The Silence Of The Lambs (By: Yvonne Tasker)
2019
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37
Les Enfants Du Paradis (By: Jill Forbes)
2019
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38
The Man Who Knew Too Much (By: Murray Pomerance)
2019
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39
Sweet Smell Of Success (By: James Naremore)
2019
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40
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (By: Peter Krämer)
2019
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41
Los Olvidados (By: Mark Polizzotti)
2019
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42
The General (By: Peter Kramer)
2019
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43
The Tales Of Hoffmann (By: William P. Germano)
2019
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44
Ivan The Terrible (By: Yuri Tsivian)
2019
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45
Shoah (By: Sue Vice)
2019
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46
Bombay (By: Lalitha Gopalan)
2019
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47
Chinatown (By: Michael Eaton)
2019
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48
Groundhog Day (By: Ryan Gilbey)
2019
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49
The Third Man (By: Rob White)
2019
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50
Toy Story: A Critical Reading (By: Tom Kemper)
2019
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51
The Gold Rush (By: Matthew Solomon)
2019
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52
The Searchers (By: Edward Buscombe)
2019
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53
Meet Me In St. Louis (By: Gerald Kaufman)
2019
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54
Pan's Labyrinth (By: Mar Diestro-Dopido)
2019
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55
Once Upon A Time In America (By: Adrian Martin)
2019
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56
Shadows (By: Ray Carney)
2019
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57
Bringing Up Baby (By: Peter Swaab)
2019
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58
Rome Open City (By: David Forgacs)
2019
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59
Pulp Fiction (By: Dana Polan)
2019
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60
The Birth Of A Nation (By: Paul McEwan)
2019
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61
The Bigamist (By: Amelie Hastie)
2019
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62
Head-on (By: Daniela Berghahn)
2019
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63
An American In Paris (By: Sue Harris)
2019
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64
Vampyr (By: David Rudkin)
2019
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65
Greed (By: Jonathan Rosenbaum)
2019
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66
Nosferatu : Eine Symphonie Des Grauens (By: Kevin Jackson)
2019
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67
High Noon (By: Phillip Drummond)
2019
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68
Night And The City (By: Andrew Pulver)
2019
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69
La Grande Illusion (By: Julian T. Jackson)
2019
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70
Vertigo (By: Charles Barr)
2019
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71
Distant Voices, Still Lives (By: Paul Farley)
2019
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72
Akira (By: Michelle Le Blanc, Colin Odell)
2019
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73
La Jetée (By: Chris Darke)
2019
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74
Solaris (By: Mark Bould)
2019
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75
La Regle Du Jeu (By: V.F. Perkins)
2019
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76
To Be Or Not To Be (By: Peter Barnes)
2019
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77
Bonnie And Clyde (By: Lester D. Friedman)
2019
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78
A City Of Sadness (By: Bérénice Reynaud)
2019
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79
The Sound Of Music (By: Caryl Flinn)
2019
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80
Blade Runner (By: Scott Bukatman)
2019
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81
Bicycle Thieves (By: Robert S.C. Gordon)
2019
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82
Citizen Kane (By: Laura Mulvey)
2019
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83
Dead Man (By: Jonathan Rosenbaum)
2019
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84
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (By: Eric Smoodin)
2019
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85
Blackmail (By: Tom Ryall)
2019
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86
Heat (By: Nick James)
2019
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87
Amores Perros (By: Paul Julian Smith)
2019
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88
When Harry Met Sally ... (By: Tamar Jeffers Mcdonald)
2019
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89
Unforgiven (By: Edward Buscombe)
2019
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90
Eyes Wide Shut (By: Michel Chion)
2019
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91
L'année Dernière à Marienbad (By: Paul Hammond, Jean-Louis Leutrat)
2019
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92
Written On The Wind (By: Peter William Evans)
2019
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93
Andrei Rublev (By: Robert Bird)
2019
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94
L.a. Confidential (By: Manohla Dargis)
2019
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95
Victim (By: John Coldstream)
2019
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96
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: (By: Anupama Chopra)
2019
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97
Far From Heaven (By: John Gill)
2019
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98
Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari (By: David Robinson)
2019
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99
Silent Running (By: Mark Kermode)
2019
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100
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (By: A.L. Kennedy)
2020
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101
The Big Lebowski (By: J.M. Tyree)
2020
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102
Fear Eats The Soul (By: Laura Cottingham)
2020
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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.

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

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Mondo Barbie
1993
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2
Mondo Elvis
1994
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3
Mondo Marilyn
1995
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4
Mondo James Dean
1996
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5
Rockabilly: The Twang Heard 'Round the World: The Illustrated History
2011
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6
Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen
2019
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Greil Marcus

Greil Marcus was born on January 1st, 1945 and is currently 81 years old.

Greil Marcus has written 18 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1975 with the book Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll. The most recently released was Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs which was released in 2022. There are no upcoming non-fiction books by Greil at this time.

Greil Marcus has also written the BFI Film Classics series which has 102 books including Napoleon: Abel Gance's Classic Film and The Seventh Seal.

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  4. Linwood Barclay, author of the Promise Falls Series.
  5. Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch Series.

Greil Marcus: F.A.Q

When was Greil Marcus Born? How old is Greil Marcus?

Greil Marcus was born on January 1st, 1945. Greil Marcus is currently 81 years old.

What was the first book Greil Marcus wrote?

The first book written by Greil Marcus was Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll, published in 1975.

What was the most recent book Greil Marcus wrote?

Their most recently released work was What Nails It (a short story) on August 27th, 2024.

Are there upcoming new books by Greil Marcus?

Greil Marcus does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has Greil Marcus written?

Greil Marcus has written 20 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 18 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the Why I Write Series, 1 book in the BFI Film Classics Series, 1 book in The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures Series.

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