Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates also writes as: Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly.

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March 5th, 2024: Joyce Carol Oates: Letters to a Biographer

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Joyce Carol Oates Stats: The highest rated book by Joyce Carol Oates on Book Notification is We Were the Mulvaneys, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is Beautiful Days, a Collection .

The most read book by Joyce Carol Oates on Book Notification is We Were the Mulvaneys, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is The Falls, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Joyce Carol Oates books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Wonderland Quartet/Garden Of Earthly Delights Books in Publication Order

List of The Gothic Saga Books in Publication Order

List of L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories Books in Publication Order (with Lawrence Block, with Joe R. Lansdale, with Megan Abbott, with Duane Swierczynski, with Andrew Vachss, with Francine Prose, with Jonathan Santlofer)

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
With Shuddering Fall
1964
2
Do With Me What You Will
1973
3
The Assassins: A Book of Hours
1975
4
Childwold
1976
5
Cybele
1978
6
Son of the Morning
1978
7
Unholy Loves
1979
8
Angel of Light
1981
9
A Bloodsmoor Romance
1982
10
Mysteries of Winterthurn
1984
11
Luxury of Sin
1984
12
Solstice
1985
13
Marya: A Life
1986
14
Lives of the Twins / Kindred Passions ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1987
15
You Must Remember This
1987
16
American Appetites
1989
17
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
1990
18
Soul/Mate ( As: Rosamond Smith)
Soul/Mate ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1990
19
Nemesis ( As: Rosamond Smith)
Nemesis ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1990
20
Snake Eyes ( As: Rosamond Smith)
Snake Eyes ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1992
21
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
1993
22
What I Lived For
1994
23
Zombie
1995
24
You Can't Catch Me ( As: Rosamond Smith)
You Can't Catch Me ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1995
25
7.4
We Were the Mulvaneys
1996
26
Man Crazy
1997
27
Double Delight ( As: Rosamond Smith)
Double Delight ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1997
28
Broke Heart Blues
1999
29
Starr Bright Will Be With You Soon ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1999
30
Blonde
2000
31
The Barrens ( As: Rosamond Smith)
The Barrens ( As: Rosamond Smith)
2001
32
Middle-Age: A Romance
2001
33
I'll Take You There
2002
34
8
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
2002
35
Freaky Green Eyes
2003
36
The Tattooed Girl
2003
37
9
The Falls
2004
38
Sexy
2005
39
Missing Mom / Mother, Missing
2005
40
Black Girl/White Girl
2006
41
After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away
2006
42
The Gravedigger's Daughter
2007
43
Little Bird of Heaven
2007
44
My Sister, My Love
2008
45
A Fair Maiden
2010
46
6
Mudwoman
2012
47
Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You
2012
48
8
Daddy Love
2013
49
4
Carthage
2014
50
6
The Sacrifice
2015
51
6
Jack of Spades
2015
52
10
The Man Without a Shadow
2016
53
10
A Book of American Martyrs
2017
54
Hazards of Time Travel
2018
55
My Life as a Rat
2019
56
The Pursuit
2019
57
Night Sleep Death The Stars
2020
58
Breathe
2021
59
Babysitter
2022
60
48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister
2023
61
Butcher
2024

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Triumph of the Spider Monkey
1976
2
I Lock My Door Upon Myself
1990
3
The Rise of Life on Earth
1991
4
Black Water
1992
5
First Love
1996
6
In Shock
2000
7
Beasts
2001
8
The Haunting
2003
9
Rape
2003
10
Fossil-Fiigures
2010
11
Spotted Hyenas
2010
12
Patricide
2012
13
The Rescuer
2012
14
Mystery, Inc.
2015
15
Big Momma
2016
16
Gun Accident
2016
17
The Crawl Space
2016
18
The Sign of the Beast
2017
19
33 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister
2022

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
By the North Gate
1963
2
The Goddess and Other Women
1966
3
Upon the Sweeping Flood, and Other Stories
1966
4
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
1966
5
Anonymous Sins and Other Poems
1969
6
The Wheel of Love and Other Stories
1970
7
Cupid & Psyche
1970
8
Angel Fire: Poems
1973
9
The Hungry Ghosts
1974
10
Love and Its Derangements and Other Poems
1974
11
The Fabulous Beasts
1975
12
The Seduction and Other Stories
1975
13
The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese
1975
14
Crossing the Border
1976
15
Night-Side
1977
16
Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money
1978
17
Marriages and Infidelities
1978
18
All the Good People I've Left Behind
1979
19
A Sentimental Education
1980
20
Three Plays
1980
21
The Perfectionist and Other Plays
1981
22
Invisible Woman
1982
23
Wild Saturday, and Other Stories
1984
24
Last Days
1984
25
Raven's Wing
1986
26
The Assignation
1988
27
Time Traveler
1989
28
Heat and Other Stories
1991
29
Oates in Exile
1991
30
Twelve Plays
1991
31
Where is Here?
1992
32
Haunted
1994
33
Tenderness
1996
34
Demon and Other Tales
1996
35
Will You Always Love Me? and Other Stories
1996
36
The Collector of Hearts
1998
37
New Plays
1998
38
Where I've Been, and Where I'm Going
1999
39
Faithless
2001
40
Small Avalanches and Other Stories
2003
41
I Am No One You Know
2004
42
The Female of the Species
2005
43
High Lonesome
2006
44
The Museum of Dr. Moses
2007
45
Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway
2008
46
Dear Husband
2009
47
Give Me Your Heart
2010
48
Sourland
2010
49
8
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares
2011
50
Evil Eye
2013
51
4
High Crime Area
2014
52
Lovely, Dark, Deep
2014
53
6
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror
2016
54
10
Beautiful Days
2018
55
Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense
2018
56
Dis Mem Ber and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense
2018
57
Cardiff, by the Sea
2020
58
The (Other) You: Stories
2021
59
American Melancholy: Poems
2021
60
Night, Neon
2021
61
Extenuating Circumstances
2022
62
Zero Sum
2023

List of Plays in Publication Order

List of Picture Books in Publication Order

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Edge Of Impossibility
1972
2
Hostile Sun
1973
3
New Heaven New Earth
1974
4
Contraries
1981
5
First Person Singular
1984
6
The Profane Art
1985
7
On Boxing
1987
8
Woman Writer
1988
9
The Life of the Writer, the Life of the Career
1995
10
Muhammad Ali: Ringside (With: Norman Mailer, Alex Haley)
1999
11
George Bellows: American Artist
2000
12
The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates
2002
13
The Faith of a Writer
2003
14
Uncensored
2005
15
A Widow's Story
2007
16
In Rough Country
2010
17
Gerald Slota: Story
2012
18
10
The Lost Landscape
2015
19
Soul at the White Heat
2016
20
Joyce Carol Oates: Letters to a Biographer (With: Greg Johnson)
2024

List of Akashic Drug Chronicles Books in Publication Order

This is an anthology series which features stories set in different cities around the world, each exploring the dark and complex relationship between location and the drug trade through various narratives.

List of Bibliomysteries Books in Publication Order

A collection of short stories and novellas centered around the theme of books. Each story combines elements of mystery, crime, and suspense with a focus on books, libraries, bookstores, or the world of literature, involving various authors contributing to this intriguing and literary-focused series.

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)
2012
2
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)
2012
3
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)
2012
4
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)
2012
5
An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver)
2012
6
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)
2012
7
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)
2013
8
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)
2013
9
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)
2013
10
The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
2013
11
10
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)
2014
12
What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook)
2014
13
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)
2014
14
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)
2014
15
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)
2014
16
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)
2014
17
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)
2014
18
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane)
2014
19
10
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)
2014
20
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)
2015
21
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)
2015
22
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)
2015
23
Mystery, Inc.
2015
24
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)
2015
25
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)
2015
26
8
The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin)
2016
27
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)
2016
28
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)
2016
29
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)
2016
30
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)
2016
31
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2017
32
The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd)
2018
33
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)
2018
34
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Butler)
2018
35
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)
2018
36
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)
2018
37
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)
2020
38
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)
2022
39
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)
2022
40
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)
2022
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List of Bibliomysteries Series in Chronological Order

#ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)
2012
2
10
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)
2014
3
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)
2012
4
An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver)
2012
5
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)
2012
6
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)
2018
7
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)
2012
8
The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
2013
9
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)
2014
10
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)
2013
11
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)
2013
12
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)
2013
13
What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook)
2014
14
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane)
2014
15
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)
2014
16
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)
2014
17
10
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)
2014
18
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)
2014
19
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)
2014
20
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)
2015
21
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)
2015
23
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)
2015
24
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)
2016
25
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)
2015
26
Mystery, Inc.
2015
27
8
The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin)
2016
28
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)
2016
29
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)
2016
30
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)
2016
31
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2017
32
The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd)
2018
33
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)
2018
34
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Butler)
2018
35
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)
2018
36
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)
2012
37
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)
2015
38
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)
2020
39
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)
2022
40
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)
2022
41
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)
2022
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List of Dark Corners Books in Publication Order

List of Art of the Story Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
A Sportsman's Notebook (By: Ivan Turgenev)
1852
2
The General Zapped an Angel (By: Howard Fast)
1970
3
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (By: Tobias Wolff)
1981
4
The Essential Tales of Chekhov (By: Anton Chekhov)
1998
5
The Garden Party and Other Stories (By: Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party and Other Stories (By: Katherine Mansfield)
2004
6
Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway
2008
7
Continent (By: Jim Crace)
2008
8
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth (By: Kevin Wilson)
2009
9
8
Monstress (By: Lysley Tenorio)
2012
10
The Essential Tales Of Chekhov Deluxe Edition (By: Anton Chekhov)
2015
11
Mr. and Mrs. Baby Deluxe Edition (By: Mark Strand)
2015
12
The Vanishing Princess (By: Jenny Diski)
The Vanishing Princess (By: Jenny Diski)
2017
13
We Are Taking Only What We Need (By: Stephanie Powell Watts)
We Are Taking Only What We Need (By: Stephanie Powell Watts)
2018
14
Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls (By: Alissa Nutting)
2018
15
Catastrophe and Other Stories (By: Dino Buzzati)
2018
16
Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry (By: Elizabeth McCracken)
2019
17
Hue and Cry (By: Edward P. Jones, James McPherson)
Hue and Cry (By: Edward P. Jones, James McPherson)
2019
18
The Hurly Burly and Other Stories (By: Russell Banks, A.E. Coppard)
2021
19
Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary (By: Francine Prose, Johanna Kaplan)
2022
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List of Winnie the Pooh Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Winnie the Pooh's Valentine (By: Bruce Talkington)
Winnie the Pooh's Valentine (By: Bruce Talkington)
1995
2
Boo to You, Winnie the Pooh! (By: Bruce Talkington)
Boo to You, Winnie the Pooh! (By: Bruce Talkington)
1996
3
Pooh's Mailbox (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
Pooh's Mailbox (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
1998
4
Pooh's Wishing Star (By: Bruce Talkington)
Pooh's Wishing Star (By: Bruce Talkington)
1998
5
Family of Tiggers (By: Victoria Saxon)
Family of Tiggers (By: Victoria Saxon)
2000
6
Disney's Winnie the Pooh Balloon Book (By: Walt Disney Company)
Disney's Winnie the Pooh Balloon Book (By: Walt Disney Company)
2001
7
A Hundred-Acre-Wood Treasury (By: Walt Disney Company)
A Hundred-Acre-Wood Treasury (By: Walt Disney Company)
2011
8
Winnie the Pooh Surprise Tails by Disney Book Group [Disney Press,2011] (By: Walt Disney Company)
2011
9
Party in the Wood
2011
10
Sweet Dreams, Roo (By: Catherine Hapka)
2012
11
Pooh's Easter Basket (By: Catherine Hapka)
2012
12
Pooh's Honey Trouble (By: Walt Disney Company)
Pooh's Honey Trouble (By: Walt Disney Company)
2012
13
Winnie the Pooh: A Gift for Pooh (By: Sara F. Miller)
2012
14
Winnie the Pooh: Out of Bounce (By: Walt Disney Company, Lisa Ann Marsoli)
Winnie the Pooh: Out of Bounce (By: Walt Disney Company, Lisa Ann Marsoli)
2012
15
Pooh's Halloween Pumpkin (By: Catherine Hapka, Disney Storybook Artists)
Pooh's Halloween Pumpkin (By: Catherine Hapka, Disney Storybook Artists)
2013
16
Winnie the Pooh The Little Things in Life (By: Walt Disney Company, Catherine Hapka, Disney Storybook Art Team)
Winnie the Pooh The Little Things in Life (By: Walt Disney Company, Catherine Hapka, Disney Storybook Art Team)
2021
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List of Transgressions Books in Publication Order

List of The Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories Books in Publication Order (with John Harvey)

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories ( By: Mystery Scene)
1994
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List of Joyce Carol Oates Anthologies in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Points of View
1956
2
The Best American Short Stories 1964
1964
3
Prize Stories 1970: The O. Henry Awards
1970
4
Anti-Story: An Anthology of Experimental Fiction
1971
5
Scenes From American Life: Contemporary Short Fiction
1973
6
Prize Stories 1973: The O. Henry Awards
1973
7
Fiction International, No.1, Fall 1973
1973
8
Women and Fiction
1975
9
Banquet: Five Short Stories
1978
10
Granta 1: New American Writing
1979
11
The Best American Short Stories 1979
1979
12
Night Walks
1982
13
The Web She Weaves
1983
14
Witches' Brew
1984
15
Fiction International 15.1: Writing and Politics
1984
16
10
The Dark Descent
1987
17
The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction
1987
18
First Annual Collection
1988
19
Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1
1988
20
Third Annual Collection
1989
21
Women Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews
1989
22
Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers
1989
23
Colors of a New Day
1990
24
The Picador Book of the New Gothic
1991
25
Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality
1991
26
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
1991
27
Fourth Annual Collection
1991
28
The Architecture of Fear
1991
29
The Best American Short Stories 1991
1991
30
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
1992
31
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
1992
32
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
1992
33
Flash Fiction: 72 Very Short Stories
1992
34
Sisters In Crime 5
1992
35
Fiction International 22
1992
36
Ploughshares Winter 1993-94
1993
37
God: An Anthology of Fiction
1993
38
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: November 1994
1994
39
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
1994
40
The Missouri Review: First Kisses First Wheels First Jobs (Volume XVII Number 2)
1994
41
Deadly Sins
1994
42
Obsession
1995
43
Bad Behavior
1995
44
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women
1995
45
8
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
1995
46
Murder For Love
1996
47
Granta 58: Ambition
1997
48
Black Swan, White Raven
1997
49
Crimes of Passion
1997
50
American Fiction
1997
51
Telling Stories
1997
52
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997
1997
53
The Best of the Best
1998
54
Murder for Revenge
1998
55
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
1998
56
Eleventh Annual Collection
1998
57
Sex, Drugs, Rock'n'Roll: Stories to End the Century
1998
58
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999
1999
59
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
1999
60
Irreconcilable Differences
1999
61
Ovid Metamorphosed
2000
62
The Good Parts
2000
63
Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them
2000
64
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
2000
65
Here to Stay: Five Plays from the Women's Project
2000
66
Black Heart, Ivory Bones
2000
67
Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower
2000
68
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
2000
69
The Best American Essays of the Century
2000
70
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2
2000
71
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
2000
72
The Best American Mystery Stories 2001
2001
73
Writers on Writing
2001
74
Opening Shots, Vol. II
2001
75
Redshift
2001
76
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3
2002
77
The Dark: New Ghost Stories
2003
78
9
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003
2003
79
More Stories We Tell
2004
80
The Future Dictionary of America
2004
81
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5
2004
82
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
2004
83
Writers on Writers
2005
84
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules
2005
85
The Cocaine Chronicles
2005
86
Dangerous Women
2005
87
Transgressions
2005
88
Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female
2006
89
Transgressions, Vol. 2
2006
90
Twentieth Annual Collection
2007
91
The Best American Mystery Stories 2007
2007
92
Detroit Noir
2007
93
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
2007
94
Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers
2008
95
Twenty-First Annual Collection
2008
96
Freedom
2009
97
FIRST WORDS: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
2009
98
Half-Minute Horrors
2009
99
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
2009
100
What's Your Exit?: A Literary Detour Through New Jersey
2010
101
L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories
2010
102
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror
2010
103
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me
2010
104
Hint Fiction
2010
105
Kenyon Review Fall 2010
2010
106
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons
2011
107
What You Wish For: A Book for Darfur
2011
108
New Jersey Noir
2011
109
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales From Great Fiction Writers
2012
110
Boston Noir 2
2012
111
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction
2012
112
USA Noir
2013
113
What My Mother Gave Me
2013
114
Buffalo Noir
2013
115
Ploughshares Spring 1988
2013
116
Boulevard No. 87
2014
117
Prison Noir
2014
118
Boulevard 88
2014
119
The Doll Collection
2015
120
Choose Wisely: 35 Women Up To No Good
2015
121
The Best Stories from Boulevard, 1985-2015
2015
122
Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns
2015
123
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015
2015
124
Sleights of Hand: The Deception Issue
2016
125
Unloaded
2016
126
9
In Sunlight or In Shadow
2016
127
Boulevard Nos. 95 & 96
2017
128
Tales of Two Americas
2017
129
6
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017
2017
130
Shadows Over Main Street Volume 2
2017
131
6
Alive in Shape and Color
2017
132
Simpsonistas, Vol. 1
2018
133
Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers
2019
134
Simpsonistas, Vol. 2
2019
135
Drawing Lines
2021
136
Five Short Stories by Women
2021
137
When Things Get Dark
2021
138
The Best Horror of the Year Volume 13
2021
139
Screams from the Dark
2022
140
CVC10 Carter V Cooper Short Fiction Anthology: Book Ten
2022
141
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022
2022
142
Simpsonistas Vol. 4: Tales from the New Literary Project
2022
143
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2023
2023
144
A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers
2023
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Joyce Carol Oates: Biography

Joyce Carol Oates was born on June 16th, 1938 and is currently 85 years old. Joyce Carol Oates was born in Lockport, New York, USA.

Joyce Carol Oates is the author of the Joyce Carol Oates Short Story Collections series which currently consists of 62 novels. The Joyce Carol Oates Short Story Collections series started in 1963 with the novel By the North Gate. The most recently released novel in the Joyce Carol Oates Short Story Collections series was Zero Sum which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming novels for the Joyce Carol Oates Short Story Collections series.

Joyce Carol Oates: Awards & Accolades

Joyce Carol Oates has won multiple awards including: The St. Louis Literary Award, Distinguished Figure in Literature, in 1988, Bram Stoker Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, in 1993 and the Helmerich Award, Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, in 2002. Joyce Carol Oates was also nominated for the International Booker Prize, Outstanding Achievement in Fiction, in 2009.

Joyce Carol Oates has won many awards including:

  • The Architecture of Fear won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1988.
  • First Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1989.
  • Fourth Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1992.
  • Zombie won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novel, in 1995.
  • The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1996.
  • Big Mouth and Ugly Girl won the Audie Award, Best Multi-Voiced Performance Award, in 2003.
  • Fossil-Fiigures won the World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction, in 2011.
  • My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2011.
  • The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, in 2011.
  • Black Dahlia White Rose won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, in 2012.
  • The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, in 2016.
  • Gun Accident won the International Thriller Writers Award, Best Short Story, in 2016.
  • The Crawl Space won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction, in 2016.
  • Big Momma won the International Thriller Writers Award, Best Short Story, in 2017.
  • A Book of American Martyrs won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Mystery/Thriller, in 2017.
  • When Things Get Dark won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2021.

The following novels by Joyce Carol Oates were also nominated for these awards:

  • A Garden of Earthly Delights: National Book Awards, Best Fiction (1968).
  • Expensive People: National Book Awards, Best Fiction (1969).
  • Wonderland: National Book Awards, Best Fiction (1972).
  • Bellefleur: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Fiction (1980).
  • You Must Remember This: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Fiction (1987).
  • Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart: National Book Awards, Best Fiction (1990).
  • Third Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991).
  • Haunted: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1995).
  • Eleventh Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (1998).
  • In Shock: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (2000).
  • Twentieth Annual Collection: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2000).
  • Blonde: National Book Awards, Best Fiction (2000).
  • Big Mouth and Ugly Girl: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Young Adult Literature (2002).
  • The Haunting: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (2003).
  • The Gravedigger's Daughter: Macavity Award, Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award (2008).
  • Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway: Shirley Jackson Award, Best Collection (2008).
  • Twenty-First Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2009).
  • The Accursed: Goodreads Awards, Best Horror (2013).
  • The Lost Landscape: Audie Award, Best Female Narrator (2016).
  • Unloaded: Anthony Award, Best Anthology / Collection (2017).
  • The Crawl Space: Macavity Award, Best Short Story (2017).
  • In Sunlight or In Shadow: Anthony Award, Best Anthology / Collection (2017).
  • When Things Get Dark: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2022). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2022).
  • Screams from the Dark: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2022). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2023).
  • 33 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister: International Thriller Writers Award, Best Short Story (2023).

Joyce Carol Oates: F.A.Q

When was Joyce Carol Oates Born? How old is Joyce Carol Oates?

Joyce Carol Oates was born on June 16th, 1938. Joyce Carol Oates is currently 85 years old.

Where was Joyce Carol Oates Born?

Joyce Carol Oates was born in Lockport, New York, USA and is American.

What awards has Joyce Carol Oates won?

Joyce Carol Oates has won the following awards: Distinguished Figure in Literature at the St. Louis Literary Award (1988), Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bram Stoker Awards (1993) and the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award at the Helmerich Award (2002).

What book awards has Joyce Carol Oates won?

The Architecture of Fear: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1988).
First Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1989).
Fourth Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1992).
Zombie: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in a Novel (1995).
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1996).
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl: Audie Award Best Multi-Voiced Performance Award (2003).
Fossil-Fiigures: World Fantasy Award Short Fiction (2011).
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: World Fantasy Award Anthology (2011).
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2011).
Black Dahlia White Rose: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2012).
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2016).
Gun Accident: International Thriller Writers Award Best Short Story (2016).
The Crawl Space: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (2016).
Big Momma: International Thriller Writers Award Best Short Story (2017).
A Book of American Martyrs: Los Angeles Times Book Prize Best Mystery/Thriller (2017).
When Things Get Dark: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2021).

What was the first book Joyce Carol Oates wrote?

The first novel written by Joyce Carol Oates was By the North Gate, published in 1963.

What was the most recent book Joyce Carol Oates wrote?

Her most recently released work was Joyce Carol Oates: Letters to a Biographer on March 5th, 2024.

Will there be any more books by Joyce Carol Oates?

Joyce Carol Oates has a new book coming out on May 21st, 2024 called Butcher.

How many books has Joyce Carol Oates written?

Joyce Carol Oates has written 183 books across 24 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 4 books in the Wonderland Quartet/Garden Of Earthly Delights Series
  • 3 books in The Gothic Saga Series
  • 1 book in the L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories Series
  • 61 Standalone Novels
  • 19 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 62 Short Story Collections
  • 3 Plays
  • 4 Picture Books
  • 20 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Akashic Drug Chronicles Series
  • 1 book in the Bibliomysteries Series
  • 1 book in the Dark Corners Series
  • 3 Lauren Kelly Standalone Novels
  • 1 book in the Art of the Story Series
  • 1 book in the Winnie the Pooh Series

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