John Cheever

John Cheever

John Cheever was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States on May 27th, 1912 and passed away at the age of 70 on June 18th, 1982.

Book Notification is an Amazon Associate and eBay Partner. If you click on a book title it will take you to Amazon or your default book store where you can read more about the book or purchase it. We earn money from qualifying purchases.

John Cheever Stats: The highest rated book by John Cheever on Book Notification is American Classics, the 15th novel in the Selected Shorts series. The second-highest rated book is The Wapshot Chronicle (Wapshot #1).

The most read book by John Cheever on Book Notification is The Wapshot Chronicle, the first novel in the Wapshot series. The second most read book is American Classics (Selected Shorts #15).

Below is a complete list of John Cheever books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by John Cheever is the Wapshot Series.

List of Wapshot Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
The Wapshot Chronicle
1957
Go
2
The Wapshot Scandal
1964
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Bullet Park
1967
Go
2
The World of Apples
1973
Go
3
6
Falconer
1977
Go
4
The Leaves, The Lion Fish, and The Bear
1980
Go
5
Oh What a Paradise It Seems
1982
Go
6
Angel of Bridge
2001
Go

List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Way Some People Live
1943
Go
2
The Enormous Radio
1953
Go
3
The Housebreaker Of Shady Hill
1958
Go
4
Some People, Places, And Things That Will Not Appear In My Next Novel
1961
Go
5
The Swimmer
1964
Go
6
The Brigadier and the Golf Widow
1964
Go
7
The Stories of John Cheever
1978
Go
8
Collected Stories and Other Writings
1978
Go
9
The Uncollected Stories Of John Cheever, 1930 1981
1990
Go
10
The John Cheever Audio Collection
2003
Go
11
Vintage Cheever
2005
Go
12
Thirteen Uncollected Stories
2005
Go
13
Fall River and Other Uncollected Stories
2009
Go
14
The Collected Works
2012
Go
15
Drinking
2017
Go
16
A Vision of the World
2021
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Letters of John Cheever
1988
Go
2
Conversations with John Cheever
1988
Go
3
The Journals of John Cheever
1990
Go
4
Glad Tidings
1993
Go

List of Selected Shorts Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)
1993
Go
2
Even More Laughs (By: Jonathan Lethem, T.C. Boyle, Philip Roth, Stephen Colbert, Miranda July, Christine Baranski, Alec Baldwin, Robert Sean Leonard, Symphony Space, Jerry Zaks, Julia Slavin, Harry Mathews, Thomas Meehan, Marian Seldes, Parker Posey)
1998
Go
3
Timeless Classics (By: Shirley Jackson, James Thurber, Raymond Carver, John Shea, Jack London, Edith Wharton, D.H. Lawrence, Richard Connell, Maria Tucci, James Naughton, Charles Keating, Symphony Space, Marian Seldes, Isaiah Sheffer, Steven Gilborn)
2006
Go
4
Falling in Love (By: E. Nesbit, Padgett Powell, Maile Meloy, Rick Bass, Edna O'Brien, Fionnula Flanagan, Hope Davis, Laurie Colwin, Ted Marcoux, Christina Pickles, Jane Curtin, William Hurt, Symphony Space)
2007
Go
5
Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
6
Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
7
Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
8
Pets! (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
9
Tales of Betrayal (With: Tessa Hadley, John Biguenet, Adam Haslett, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Symphony Space, Galina Vromen)
2007
Go
10
Family Matters (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
11
Are We There Yet? (By: Symphony Space)
2008
Go
12
A Touch of Magic (By: Ray Bradbury, T.C. Boyle, Maria Tucci, James Naughton, Haruki Murakami, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kevin Brockmeier, Donald Barthelme, Daniel Gerroll, Symphony Space, Andrew Lam, Jerry Zaks)
2009
Go
13
The William Hurt Collection (By: Richard Ford, Tobias Wolff, Aleksandar Hemon, William Hurt, Ron Carlson, Symphony Space)
2009
Go
14
Whodunit? (By: Ed McBain, Dashiell Hammett, Shirley Jackson, John Shea, Louise Erdrich, Nadine Gordimer, René Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan, Robert Sean Leonard, C.S. Montanye, Symphony Space, Isaiah Sheffer, Hattie Winston)
2009
Go
15
10
American Classics (With: Edgar Allan Poe, Joyce Carol Oates, Eudora Welty, Alice Walker, Donald Barthelme, John Sayles, Amy Tan, Symphony Space)
2010
Go
16
New American Stories (By: Sherman Alexie, Jhumpa Lahiri, Aleksandar Hemon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Symphony Space)
2011
Go
17
Poe! (By: Symphony Space)
2012
Go
Show All Books in this Series

List of Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books in Publication Order

Explores modern stories and their connection to faith, showing how both shape our lives today.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 (By: Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Garrison Keillor, Annie Dillard, Richard Rodríguez, Patricia Hampl, Peter Hawkins, Frederick Buechner, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins)
1994
Go
2
Listening for God, Vol. 2 (By: Anne Tyler, John Updike, Tobias Wolff, Gail Godwin, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Kathleen Norris, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins, Carol Bly, Andrew Dubus)
1996
Go
3
Listening for God, Vol. 3 (With: Tillie Olsen, Wendell Berry, Louise Erdrich, Mary Gordon, Tess Gallagher, Reynolds Price, Oscar Hijuelos, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins)
2000
Go
4
Listening For God, Vol. 4 (By: Robert Olen Butler, Allegra Goodman, James Baldwin, Kent Haruf, Sue Miller, Doris Betts, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins, Michael Malone, Alice Elliot Dark)
2002
Go
Show All Books in this Series

List of John Cheever Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
1954
Go
2
Stories
1956
Go
3
Points of View
1956
Go
4
6
50 Great American Short Stories
1963
Go
5
Masks
1971
Go
6
Prize Stories 1973: The O. Henry Awards
1973
Go
7
Magical Realist Fiction
1984
Go
8
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
1992
Go
9
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
1994
Go
10
Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1
1994
Go
11
Listening for God, Vol. 2
1996
Go
12
Our Mothers' Spirits: Great Writers on the Death of Mothers and the Grief of Men
1997
Go
13
Writing New York
1998
Go
14
Wonderful Town
2000
Go
15
Listening for God, Vol. 3
2000
Go
16
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
2000
Go
17
Listening For God, Vol. 4
2002
Go
18
Secret Ingredients
2007
Go
19
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
2007
Go
20
Stories to Get You Through the Night
2010
Go
21
Round the Christmas Fire
2013
Go
Show All Anthologies

John Cheever

John Cheever was born on May 27th, 1912. John passed away June 18th, 1982 at 70 years old. John Cheever was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States.

John Cheever was the author of the John Cheever Collections series which consists of 16 novels. The John Cheever Collections series started in 1943 with the novel The Way Some People Live. The most recently released novel in the John Cheever Collections series was A Vision of the World which was released in 2021. There are no upcoming novels for the John Cheever Collections series.

At seventeen John was expelled from high school for smoking which he later wrote a short story about titled Expelled.

John Cheever: Awards & Accolades

Cheever's book, The Stories of John Cheever won the National Book Awards, Best Fiction - Paperback, in 1981.

John Cheever books have also been nominated for multiple awards, The World of Apples was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1974. The Stories of John Cheever was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1979. The John Cheever Audio Collection was nominated for the Audie Award, Audiobook of the Year, in 2004 as well as the Audie Award - Best Short Stories or Collections in 2004.

John Cheever: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Falconer was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1977.

Related Authors

The most common authors followed by users who also follow John Cheever are:

  1. Charles Dickens, author of the novel: A Christmas Carol.
  2. Jane Austen, author of the novel: Pride and Prejudice.
  3. Jeffrey Archer, author of The Clifton Chronicles Series.
  4. C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles Of Narnia Series.
  5. Anthony Horowitz, author of the Susan Ryeland Series.

John Cheever: F.A.Q

When was John Cheever Born?

John Cheever was born on May 27th, 1912.

When did John Cheever die?

John Cheever died on June 18th, 1982 at 70 years old.

Where was John Cheever Born?

John Cheever was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States.

What book awards has John Cheever won?

Cheever's book, The Stories of John Cheever won the award National Book Awards, Best Fiction - Paperback, in 1981.

What was the first book John Cheever wrote?

The first book written by John Cheever was The Way Some People Live, published in 1943.

What was the most recent book John Cheever wrote?

His most recently released work was A Vision of the World on March 3rd, 2021.

How many books has John Cheever written?

John Cheever has written 30 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 2 books in the Wapshot Series, 6 Standalone Novels, 16 books in the Collections, 4 books in the Non-Fiction Books, 2 books in the Selected Shorts Series.

Have a Question?

    Author Discussion

    Subscribe
    Notify of
    guest

    0 Comments
    Oldest
    Newest Most Voted
    Inline Feedbacks
    View all comments

    Book Notification is an Amazon Associate. Book links to Amazon, eBay and other book stores are affiliate links, and we earn money from any qualifying purchases.

    Welcome to Book Notification!

    Are we missing any books or looking for an author that isn't on the site? Have any feedback or ideas that will enhance your experience? Contact us below.

      To see what we are currently working on as well as some of our future plans, see our roadmap.
      Quick Follow

      Quickly follow any authors by searching their name in this box then clicking the +Follow button.

      Monthly Contest
      affiliate disclaimer

      We are giving away 10 $25 USD gift cards. Every time you comment on an author page in the Author Discussion section at the bottom, you are entered into the sweepstakes. So get commenting! Winners announced in the next newsletter.

      Note: you must be a registered user of Book Notification. Click here to login or register.


      Upcoming Books
      May 15
      Charmed by a Spell

      Written by Candace Robinson

      May 15
      Laid Bare

      Written by Kotah Jean

      May 15
      The House of Water

      Written by Fflur Dafydd

      May 15
      Lesson In Faith

      Written by Kay Elle Parker

      May 15
      Her Hidden Lies

      Written by Alex Sigmore

      Popular Authors:
      Todays Most Followed Authors:
      Navigation
      All Authors
      Awards
      Book News
      Book Release Calendar
      Reader’s Roulette
      F.A.Q. / How To
      About Us / Staff
      Blog & Lists
      Podcast
      Site Roadmap
      Contact Us
      Book Notification
      Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
      Privacy Overview

      This website uses a cookie so that you don't have to login on every visit. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs the function ofrecognising you when you return to our website and keeping you logged in.