Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

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

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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 most read book by Joyce Carol Oates on Book Notification is We Were the Mulvaneys, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Boston Noir 2 (Akashic Noir #57).

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

Ranked by popularity, the top Wonderland Quartet/Garden Of Earthly Delights books are Expensive People, A Garden of Earthly Delights, and Wonderland.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.7
A Garden of Earthly Delights
1967
Go
2
7
Expensive People
1968
Go
3
Them
1969
Go
4
7.3
Wonderland
1971
Go

List of The Gothic Saga Books in Publication Order

Follows the generations of unusual families, including the Bellefleurs, the Zinn sisters, Xavier Kilgarvan, and the Licht clan.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Bellefleur
1980
Go
2
My Heart Laid Bare
1998
Go
3
3
The Accursed
2013
Go

List of L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories Books in Publication Order

Crime thriller shorts set in and around the world of Rockstar's video-game franchise LA Noire.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories
2010
Go
2
8
Black Dahlia White Rose
2011
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Classic Joyce Carol Oates novels.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
With Shuddering Fall
1964
Go
2
Do With Me What You Will
1973
Go
3
The Assassins: A Book of Hours
1975
Go
4
Childwold
1976
Go
5
Cybele
1978
Go
6
Son of the Morning
1978
Go
7
Unholy Loves
1979
Go
8
Angel of Light
1981
Go
9
A Bloodsmoor Romance
1982
Go
10
Mysteries of Winterthurn
1984
Go
11
Luxury of Sin
1984
Go
12
8
Solstice
1985
Go
13
Marya: A Life
1986
Go
14
Lives of the Twins / Kindred Passions ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1987
Go
15
7.3
You Must Remember This
1987
Go
16
American Appetites
1989
Go
17
8
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
1990
Go
18
Soul/Mate ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1990
Go
19
Nemesis ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1990
Go
20
Snake Eyes ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1992
Go
21
4
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
1993
Go
22
What I Lived For
1994
Go
23
10
Zombie
1995
Go
24
You Can't Catch Me ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1995
Go
25
6.8
We Were the Mulvaneys
1996
Go
26
Man Crazy
1997
Go
27
Double Delight ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1997
Go
28
Broke Heart Blues
1999
Go
29
Starr Bright Will Be With You Soon ( As: Rosamond Smith)
1999
Go
30
10
Blonde
2000
Go
31
The Barrens ( As: Rosamond Smith)
2001
Go
32
6
Middle-Age: A Romance
2001
Go
33
8
I'll Take You There
2002
Go
34
8
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
2002
Go
35
Freaky Green Eyes
2003
Go
36
The Tattooed Girl
2003
Go
37
9.3
The Falls
2004
Go
38
Sexy
2005
Go
39
7
Missing Mom / Mother, Missing
2005
Go
40
10
Black Girl/White Girl
2006
Go
41
After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away
2006
Go
42
9.5
The Gravedigger's Daughter
2007
Go
43
8
Little Bird of Heaven
2007
Go
44
My Sister, My Love
2008
Go
45
A Fair Maiden
2010
Go
46
7
Mudwoman
2012
Go
47
Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You
2012
Go
48
8
Daddy Love
2013
Go
49
6
Carthage
2014
Go
50
6
The Sacrifice
2015
Go
51
5
Jack of Spades
2015
Go
52
10
The Man Without a Shadow
2016
Go
53
10
A Book of American Martyrs
2017
Go
54
3
Hazards of Time Travel
2018
Go
55
My Life as a Rat
2019
Go
56
10
The Pursuit
2019
Go
57
Night Sleep Death The Stars
2020
Go
58
Breathe
2021
Go
59
8
Babysitter
2022
Go
60
6
48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister
2023
Go
61
9.7
Butcher
2024
Go
62
Fox
2025
Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are Mystery, Inc., The Crawl Space, and Big Momma.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Triumph of the Spider Monkey
1976
Go
2
I Lock My Door Upon Myself
1990
Go
3
The Rise of Life on Earth
1991
Go
4
10
Black Water
1992
Go
5
First Love
1996
Go
6
8.3
In Shock
2000
Go
7
6
Beasts
2001
Go
8
6.7
The Haunting
2003
Go
9
8
Rape
2003
Go
10
9
Fossil-Fiigures
2010
Go
11
Spotted Hyenas
2010
Go
12
Patricide
2012
Go
13
The Rescuer
2012
Go
14
9
Mystery, Inc.
2015
Go
15
9.7
Big Momma
2016
Go
16
7.7
Gun Accident
2016
Go
17
6.7
The Crawl Space
2016
Go
18
The Sign of the Beast
2017
Go
19
7
33 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister
2022
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares, Evil Eye, and Haunted.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
By the North Gate
1963
Go
2
The Goddess and Other Women
1966
Go
3
Upon the Sweeping Flood, and Other Stories
1966
Go
4
10
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
1966
Go
5
Anonymous Sins and Other Poems
1969
Go
6
The Wheel of Love and Other Stories
1970
Go
7
Cupid & Psyche
1970
Go
8
Angel Fire: Poems
1973
Go
9
The Hungry Ghosts
1974
Go
10
Love and Its Derangements and Other Poems
1974
Go
11
The Fabulous Beasts
1975
Go
12
The Seduction and Other Stories
1975
Go
13
The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese
1975
Go
14
Crossing the Border
1976
Go
15
Night-Side
1977
Go
16
Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money
1978
Go
17
Marriages and Infidelities
1978
Go
18
All the Good People I've Left Behind
1979
Go
19
A Sentimental Education
1980
Go
20
Three Plays
1980
Go
21
The Perfectionist and Other Plays
1981
Go
22
Invisible Woman
1982
Go
23
Wild Saturday, and Other Stories
1984
Go
24
Last Days
1984
Go
25
Raven's Wing
1986
Go
26
The Assignation
1988
Go
27
Time Traveler
1989
Go
28
Heat and Other Stories
1991
Go
29
Oates in Exile
1991
Go
30
Twelve Plays
1991
Go
31
Where is Here?
1992
Go
32
8
Haunted
1994
Go
33
Tenderness
1996
Go
34
Demon and Other Tales
1996
Go
35
Will You Always Love Me? and Other Stories
1996
Go
36
The Collector of Hearts
1998
Go
37
New Plays
1998
Go
38
Where I've Been, and Where I'm Going
1999
Go
39
Faithless
2001
Go
40
Small Avalanches and Other Stories
2003
Go
41
I Am No One You Know
2004
Go
42
6
The Female of the Species
2005
Go
43
High Lonesome
2006
Go
44
8
The Museum of Dr. Moses
2007
Go
45
9
Wild Nights!
2008
Go
46
Dear Husband
2009
Go
47
Give Me Your Heart
2010
Go
48
Sourland
2010
Go
49
8
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares
2011
Go
50
2
Evil Eye
2013
Go
51
4
High Crime Area
2014
Go
52
Lovely, Dark, Deep
2014
Go
53
6
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror
2016
Go
54
10
Beautiful Days
2018
Go
55
Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense
2018
Go
56
8
Dis Mem Ber and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense
2018
Go
57
8
Cardiff, by the Sea
2020
Go
58
The (Other) You: Stories
2021
Go
59
4
American Melancholy: Poems
2021
Go
60
Night, Neon
2021
Go
61
Extenuating Circumstances
2022
Go
62
7
Zero Sum
2023
Go
63
Flint Kill Creek
2024
Go
64
7
The Frenzy: Stories
2026
Go

List of Plays in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Miracle Play
1974
Go
2
The Key & Tone Clusters: Two Short Plays
1991
Go
3
I Stand Before You Naked
1991
Go

List of Picture Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top picture books are The New Kitten, Naughty Chérie!, and Where is Little Reynard?.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Come Meet Muffin!
1998
Go
2
Where is Little Reynard? (With: Mark Graham)
2003
Go
3
Naughty Chérie! (With: Mark Graham)
2008
Go
4
10
The New Kitten
2019
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Essays, memoirs, and articles from Joyce Carol Oates.

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

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.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Cocaine Chronicles (By: Lee Child, Laura Lippman, Gary Phillips, Ken Bruen, Jervey Tervalon, Bill Moody)
2005
Go
2
The Speed Chronicles (By: Megan Abbott, Scott Phillips, Sherman Alexie, James Franco, William T. Vollmann, Jess Walter, Beth Lisick, Tao Lin, James Greer, Jerry Stahl, Natalie Díaz, Joseph Mattson, Kenji Jasper, Rose Bunch)
2011
Go
3
The Heroin Chronicles (By: Jervey Tervalon, Lydia Lunch, Erin Moon, Nathan Larson, Antonia Crane, Jerry Stahl, Eric Bogosian, Ava Stander, John Albert, Michael Albo, Sophia Langdon, Tony O'Neill, L.Z. Hansen)
2013
Go
4
The Marijuana Chronicles ( By: Jonathan Santlofer)
2013
Go
5
The Nicotine Chronicles
2020
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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.YearBook Link
1
10
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)
2012
Go
2
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)
2012
Go
3
7.8
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)
2012
Go
4
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)
2012
Go
5
9
An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver)
2012
Go
6
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)
2012
Go
7
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)
2013
Go
8
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)
2013
Go
9
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)
2013
Go
10
The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
2013
Go
11
9
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)
2014
Go
12
What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook)
2014
Go
13
8
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)
2014
Go
14
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)
2014
Go
15
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)
2014
Go
16
9
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)
2014
Go
17
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)
2014
Go
18
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane)
2014
Go
19
8.5
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)
2014
Go
20
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)
2015
Go
21
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)
2015
Go
22
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)
2015
Go
23
9
Mystery, Inc.
2015
Go
24
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)
2015
Go
25
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)
2015
Go
26
8.5
The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin)
2016
Go
27
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)
2016
Go
28
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)
2016
Go
29
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)
2016
Go
30
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)
2016
Go
31
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2017
Go
32
10
The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd)
2018
Go
33
6
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)
2018
Go
34
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)
2018
Go
35
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)
2018
Go
36
8
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)
2018
Go
37
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)
2020
Go
38
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)
2022
Go
39
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)
2022
Go
40
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)
2022
Go
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List of Bibliomysteries Books in Chronological Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)
2012
Go
2
8.5
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)
2014
Go
3
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)
2012
Go
4
9
An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver)
2012
Go
5
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)
2012
Go
6
6
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)
2018
Go
7
7.8
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)
2012
Go
8
The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
2013
Go
9
9
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)
2014
Go
10
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)
2013
Go
11
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)
2013
Go
12
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)
2013
Go
13
What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook)
2014
Go
14
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane)
2014
Go
15
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)
2014
Go
16
8
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)
2014
Go
17
9
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)
2014
Go
18
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)
2014
Go
19
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)
2014
Go
20
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)
2015
Go
21
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)
2015
Go
23
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)
2015
Go
24
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)
2016
Go
25
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)
2015
Go
26
9
Mystery, Inc.
2015
Go
27
8.5
The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin)
2016
Go
28
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)
2016
Go
29
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)
2016
Go
30
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)
2016
Go
31
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2017
Go
32
10
The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd)
2018
Go
33
8
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)
2018
Go
34
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)
2018
Go
35
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)
2018
Go
36
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)
2012
Go
37
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)
2015
Go
38
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)
2020
Go
39
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)
2022
Go
40
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)
2022
Go
41
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)
2022
Go
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List of Dark Corners Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Dark Corners books are The Sleep Tight Motel, Miao Dao, and The Remedy.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
Hannah-Beast (By: Jennifer McMahon)
2018
Go
2
6.9
The Sleep Tight Motel (By: Lisa Unger)
2018
Go
3
7
There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed (By: Edgar Cantero)
2018
Go
4
7.3
Miao Dao
2018
Go
5
6
The Tangled Woods (By: Emily Raboteau)
2018
Go
6
6.7
The Remedy (By: Adam Haslett)
2018
Go
7
7.3
Oak Avenue (By: Brandi Reeds)
2018
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List of Akashic Noir Books in Publication Order

Features dark crime stories set in different cities or regions, each written by local authors who capture the gritty vibe of their location.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
San Francisco Noir
2002
Go
2
Seattle Noir
2003
Go
3
Bronx Noir
2003
Go
4
Brooklyn Noir
2004
Go
5
8
Hasidic Noir
2004
Go
6
Brooklyn Noir 2
2005
Go
7
Chicago Noir
2005
Go
8
Dublin Noir
2005
Go
9
Manhattan Noir
2006
Go
10
4
Miami Noir
2006
Go
11
D.C. Noir
2006
Go
12
Baltimore Noir
2006
Go
13
Twin Cities Noir
2006
Go
14
London Noir
2006
Go
15
10
New Orleans Noir
2007
Go
16
Los Angeles Noir
2007
Go
17
Wall Street Noir
2007
Go
18
Havana Noir
2007
Go
19
Detroit Noir
2007
Go
20
Queens Noir
2008
Go
21
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth
2008
Go
22
Toronto Noir
2008
Go
23
Las Vegas Noir
2008
Go
24
Trinidad Noir
2008
Go
25
D.C. Noir 2
2008
Go
26
Manhattan Noir 2
2008
Go
27
Paris Noir
2008
Go
28
Istanbul Noir
2008
Go
29
9
Boston Noir
2009
Go
30
Rome Noir
2009
Go
31
San Francisco Noir 2
2009
Go
32
Portland Noir
2009
Go
33
6
Delhi Noir
2009
Go
34
6
Phoenix Noir
2009
Go
35
Los Angeles Noir 2
2010
Go
36
Mexico City Noir
2010
Go
37
Richmond Noir
2010
Go
38
Orange County Noir
2010
Go
39
10
Indian Country Noir
2010
Go
40
Moscow Noir
2010
Go
41
Lone Star Noir
2010
Go
42
Philadelphia Noir
2010
Go
43
Haiti Noir
2010
Go
44
Copenhagen Noir
2010
Go
45
Pittsburgh Noir
2011
Go
46
San Diego Noir
2011
Go
47
Barcelona Noir
2011
Go
48
4
Cape Cod Noir
2011
Go
49
New Jersey Noir
2011
Go
50
Staten Island Noir
2012
Go
51
10
Mumbai Noir
2012
Go
52
Long Island Noir
2012
Go
53
6
Venice Noir
2012
Go
54
Kingston Noir
2012
Go
55
St. Petersburg Noir
2012
Go
56
Kansas City Noir
2012
Go
57
8
Boston Noir 2
2012
Go
58
USA Noir
2013
Go
59
Manila Noir
2013
Go
60
Buffalo Noir
2013
Go
61
Dallas Noir
2013
Go
62
Haiti Noir 2
2013
Go
63
9
Singapore Noir
2014
Go
64
Prison Noir
2014
Go
65
Tel Aviv Noir
2014
Go
66
Tehran Noir
2014
Go
67
10
Belfast Noir
2014
Go
68
Helsinki Noir
2014
Go
69
Rio Noir
2014
Go
70
Providence Noir
2015
Go
71
Chicago Noir: The Classics
2015
Go
72
Memphis Noir
2015
Go
73
7
Zagreb Noir
2015
Go
74
Marseille Noir
2015
Go
75
Beirut Noir
2015
Go
76
New Orleans Noir: The Classics
2016
Go
77
Stockholm Noir
2016
Go
78
Brussels Noir
2016
Go
79
Mississippi Noir
2016
Go
80
St. Louis Noir
2016
Go
81
Prague Noir
2016
Go
82
San Juan Noir
2016
Go
83
Oakland Noir
2017
Go
84
Trinidad Noir: The Classics
2017
Go
85
7
Atlanta Noir
2017
Go
86
New Haven Noir
2017
Go
87
Montana Noir
2017
Go
88
Buenos Aires Noir
2017
Go
89
Montreal Noir
2017
Go
90
Berlin Noir
2018
Go
91
São Paulo Noir
2018
Go
92
6
Santa Cruz Noir
2018
Go
93
Lagos Noir
2018
Go
94
Marrakech Noir
2018
Go
95
7
Baghdad Noir
2018
Go
96
7
Vancouver Noir
2018
Go
97
Sydney Noir
2018
Go
98
Hong Kong Noir
2018
Go
99
7
Amsterdam Noir
2019
Go
100
Milwaukee Noir
2019
Go
101
Houston Noir
2019
Go
102
Nairobi Noir
2020
Go
103
Columbus Noir
2020
Go
104
Santa Fe Noir
2020
Go
105
7
Alabama Noir
2020
Go
106
Berkeley Noir
2020
Go
107
7
Addis Ababa Noir
2020
Go
108
Tampa Bay Noir
2020
Go
109
Miami Noir: The Classics
2020
Go
110
8
Accra Noir
2020
Go
111
Belgrade Noir
2020
Go
112
Palm Springs Noir
2021
Go
113
Paris Noir: The Suburbs
2022
Go
114
8
Denver Noir
2022
Go
115
South Central Noir
2022
Go
116
Cleveland Noir
2023
Go
117
East Jerusalem Noir
2023
Go
118
West Jerusalem Noir
2023
Go
119
Honolulu Noir
2024
Go
120
Sacramento Noir
2025
Go
121
Hamburg Noir
2025
Go
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List of Selected Shorts Books in Publication Order

Short stories from a variety of influential authors.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
For Better and for Worse
1993
Go
2
Even More Laughs
1998
Go
3
Timeless Classics
2006
Go
4
Falling in Love
2007
Go
5
Food Fictions
2007
Go
6
Travel Tales
2007
Go
7
Edith Wharton
2007
Go
8
Pets!
2007
Go
9
Tales of Betrayal
2007
Go
10
Family Matters
2007
Go
11
Are We There Yet?
2008
Go
12
A Touch of Magic
2009
Go
13
The William Hurt Collection
2009
Go
14
Whodunit?
2009
Go
15
10
American Classics
2010
Go
16
New American Stories
2011
Go
17
Poe!
2012
Go
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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
Go
2
Conversations with Czeslaw Milosz
1981
Go
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
Go
93
Conversations with Sonia Sanchez
2007
Go
94
Conversations with Wendell Berry
2007
Go
95
Conversations with Leon Forrest
2007
Go
96
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro
2008
Go
97
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
2023
Go
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List of Art of the Story Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Art of the Story books are Wild Nights!, Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, and Monstress.

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

Follows Pooh and friends in the Hundred-Acres Woods.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Disney's Have You Seen My Pot of Honey? (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
1899
Go
2
Winnie the Pooh's Valentine (By: Bruce Talkington)
1995
Go
3
Boo to You, Winnie the Pooh! (By: Bruce Talkington)
1996
Go
4
Pooh's Christmas Box (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
1997
Go
5
10
Pooh's Mailbox (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
1998
Go
6
Pooh's Wishing Star (By: Bruce Talkington)
1998
Go
7
Pooh's Friends (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
1998
Go
8
Family of Tiggers (By: Victoria Saxon)
2000
Go
9
Once Upon a Time with Winnie the Pooh (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2000
Go
10
Disney's Winnie the Pooh Goes to School (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2001
Go
11
Hello, Spring! (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2001
Go
12
A Bear-y Good Neighbor (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2001
Go
13
Time For School, Pooh (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2001
Go
14
Here Comes Winter! (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2001
Go
15
Where's Pooh? (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2001
Go
16
Disney's Winnie the Pooh Balloon Book (By: Walt Disney)
2001
Go
17
Winnie the Pooh Christmas (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2005
Go
18
A Hundred-Acre-Wood Treasury (By: Walt Disney)
2011
Go
19
Winnie the Pooh Surprise Tails (By: Walt Disney)
2011
Go
20
Party in the Wood
2011
Go
21
Sweet Dreams, Roo (By: Catherine Hapka)
2012
Go
22
Pooh's Easter Basket (By: Catherine Hapka)
2012
Go
23
Pooh's Honey Trouble (By: Walt Disney)
2012
Go
24
A Gift for Pooh (By: Sara F. Miller)
2012
Go
25
Out of Bounce (By: Walt Disney, Lisa Ann Marsoli)
2012
Go
26
Pooh's Halloween Pumpkin (By: Catherine Hapka, Disney Storybook Artists)
2013
Go
27
The Little Things in Life (By: Walt Disney, Catherine Hapka, Disney Storybook Art Team)
2021
Go
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List of Best Horror of the Year Books in Publication Order

Sci-fi and horror anthologies featuring short-story collections.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
2009
Go
2
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
2010
Go
3
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
2011
Go
4
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
2012
Go
5
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
2013
Go
6
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
2014
Go
7
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
2015
Go
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
2016
Go
9
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
2017
Go
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
2018
Go
11
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
2018
Go
12
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
2019
Go
13
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
2020
Go
14
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
2021
Go
15
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
2022
Go
16
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
2024
Go
17
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
2024
Go
18
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
2025
Go
19
Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eighteen
2026
Go
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List of Transgressions Books in Publication Order

Compiled by Ed McBain, features gripping novellas by top authors, offering new, engaging tales of crime and moral dilemmas.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Transgressions (With: Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Anne Perry, Jeffery Deaver, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain, Donald E. Westlake, Bonnie Jeanne Perry, Walter Mosley, John Farris)
2005
Go
2
6
Transgressions, Vol. 2 (By: Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Ed McBain, John Farris)
2006
Go
3
Transgressions, Vol. 3 (By: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain, Donald E. Westlake, John Farris)
2006
Go
4
Transgressions, Vol. 4 (By: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain)
2006
Go
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List of The Dark Descent Books in Publication Order

Offers horror stories from famous authors, with introductions explaining the genre's evolution.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Volume I: The Color of Evil
1987
Go
2
Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield
1990
Go
3
Volume III: A Fabulous, Formless Darkness
1991
Go
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List of Joyce Carol Oates Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best American Short Stories 1964
1964
Go
2
Prize Stories 1970: The O. Henry Awards
1970
Go
3
Anti-Story: An Anthology of Experimental Fiction
1971
Go
4
Scenes From American Life: Contemporary Short Fiction
1973
Go
5
Prize Stories 1973: The O. Henry Awards
1973
Go
6
Fiction International, No.1, Fall 1973
1973
Go
7
Women and Fiction
1975
Go
8
Banquet: Five Short Stories
1978
Go
9
New American Writing
1979
Go
10
The Best American Short Stories 1979
1979
Go
11
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror
1980
Go
12
Night Walks
1982
Go
13
The Web She Weaves
1983
Go
14
Witches' Brew
1984
Go
15
Fiction International 15.1: Writing and Politics
1984
Go
16
10
The Dark Descent
1987
Go
17
The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction
1987
Go
18
Volume I: The Color of Evil
1987
Go
19
First Annual Collection
1988
Go
20
Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1
1988
Go
21
Third Annual Collection
1989
Go
22
Women Writers at Work
1989
Go
23
Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers
1989
Go
24
Colors of a New Day
1990
Go
25
Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield
1990
Go
26
Volume III: A Fabulous, Formless Darkness
1991
Go
27
The Picador Book of the New Gothic
1991
Go
28
Cries of the Spirit
1991
Go
29
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Go
30
Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Go
31
The Architecture of Fear
1991
Go
32
The Best American Short Stories 1991
1991
Go
33
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
1992
Go
34
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
1992
Go
35
Flash Fiction: 72 Very Short Stories
1992
Go
36
Sisters In Crime 5
1992
Go
37
Fiction International 22
1992
Go
38
Ploughshares Winter 1993-94
1993
Go
39
God: An Anthology of Fiction
1993
Go
40
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: November 1994
1994
Go
41
The Missouri Review: First Kisses First Wheels First Jobs (Volume XVII Number 2)
1994
Go
42
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
1994
Go
43
Deadly Sins
1994
Go
44
Obsession
1995
Go
45
Bad Behavior
1995
Go
46
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women
1995
Go
47
8
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
1995
Go
48
Murder For Love
1996
Go
49
American Gothic Tales
1996
Go
50
Granta 58: Ambition
1997
Go
51
Black Swan, White Raven
1997
Go
52
Crimes of Passion
1997
Go
53
American Fiction
1997
Go
54
Telling Stories
1997
Go
55
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997
1997
Go
56
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
1998
Go
57
The Best of the Best
1998
Go
58
Murder for Revenge
1998
Go
59
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
1998
Go
60
Eleventh Annual Collection
1998
Go
61
Sex, Drugs, Rock'n'Roll: Stories to End the Century
1998
Go
62
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999
1999
Go
63
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
1999
Go
64
Irreconcilable Differences
1999
Go
65
Ovid Metamorphosed
2000
Go
66
The Good Parts
2000
Go
67
Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them
2000
Go
68
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
2000
Go
69
Here to Stay: Five Plays from the Women's Project
2000
Go
70
Black Heart, Ivory Bones
2000
Go
71
Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower
2000
Go
72
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
2000
Go
73
The Best American Essays of the Century
2000
Go
74
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2
2000
Go
75
8
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
2000
Go
76
The Best American Mystery Stories 2001
2001
Go
77
Writers on Writing
2001
Go
78
Opening Shots, Vol. II
2001
Go
79
5
Tails of Wonder and Imagination
2001
Go
80
Redshift
2001
Go
81
7
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3
2002
Go
82
The Dark: New Ghost Stories
2003
Go
83
9
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003
2003
Go
84
More Stories We Tell
2004
Go
85
The Future Dictionary of America
2004
Go
86
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5
2004
Go
87
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
2004
Go
88
Writers on Writers
2005
Go
89
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules
2005
Go
90
The Cocaine Chronicles
2005
Go
91
Dangerous Women
2005
Go
92
Transgressions
2005
Go
93
Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female
2006
Go
94
6
Transgressions, Vol. 2
2006
Go
95
Transgressions, Vol. 3
2006
Go
96
Transgressions, Vol. 4
2006
Go
97
Twentieth Annual Collection
2007
Go
98
The Best American Mystery Stories 2007
2007
Go
99
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
2007
Go
100
Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers
2008
Go
101
6
Twenty-First Annual Collection
2008
Go
102
Paris Noir
2008
Go
103
Freedom
2009
Go
104
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
2009
Go
105
First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
2009
Go
106
8
Half-Minute Horrors
2009
Go
107
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
2009
Go
108
What's Your Exit?: A Literary Detour Through New Jersey
2010
Go
109
L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories
2010
Go
110
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
2010
Go
111
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror
2010
Go
112
4
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me
2010
Go
113
Hint Fiction
2010
Go
114
Kenyon Review Fall 2010
2010
Go
115
8
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons
2011
Go
116
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
2011
Go
117
What You Wish For
2011
Go
118
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
2012
Go
119
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales From Great Fiction Writers
2012
Go
120
6
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction
2012
Go
121
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
2013
Go
122
Hauntings
2013
Go
123
What My Mother Gave Me
2013
Go
124
Ploughshares Spring 1988
2013
Go
125
Boulevard No. 87
2014
Go
126
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
2014
Go
127
Boulevard 88
2014
Go
128
The Doll Collection
2015
Go
129
Choose Wisely: 35 Women Up To No Good
2015
Go
130
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
2015
Go
131
The Best Stories from Boulevard, 1985-2015
2015
Go
132
Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns
2015
Go
133
6
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015
2015
Go
134
Sleights of Hand: The Deception Issue
2016
Go
135
Unloaded
2016
Go
136
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
2016
Go
137
Boulevard No. 94
2016
Go
138
9
In Sunlight or In Shadow
2016
Go
139
Boulevard Nos. 95 & 96
2017
Go
140
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
2017
Go
141
Tales of Two Americas
2017
Go
142
6
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017
2017
Go
143
Shadows Over Main Street Volume 2
2017
Go
144
6
Alive in Shape and Color
2017
Go
145
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
2018
Go
146
Uncertainties Volume III
2018
Go
147
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
2018
Go
148
Simpsonistas, Vol. 1
2018
Go
149
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
2019
Go
150
Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers
2019
Go
151
Simpsonistas, Vol. 2
2019
Go
152
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
2020
Go
153
Drawing Lines
2021
Go
154
Five Short Stories by Women
2021
Go
155
Collectibles
2021
Go
156
6.7
When Things Get Dark
2021
Go
157
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
2021
Go
158
Screams from the Dark
2022
Go
159
CVC10 Carter V Cooper Short Fiction Anthology: Book Ten
2022
Go
160
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022
2022
Go
161
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
2022
Go
162
Simpsonistas Vol. 4: Tales from the New Literary Project
2022
Go
163
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2023
2023
Go
164
A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers
2023
Go
165
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
2024
Go
166
Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror
2024
Go
167
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
2024
Go
168
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January-February 2025
2024
Go
169
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
2025
Go
170
Axe: Stories That Cut Deep
2026
Go
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Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates was born on June 16th, 1938 and is currently 88 years old. Joyce Carol Oates was born in Lockport, New York, USA.

Joyce Carol Oates is known for writing in the Historical Fiction, Horror, Thriller, and Literary Fiction genres.

Joyce Carol Oates is the author of 64 Collections. The first collection published was By the North Gate, in 1963. The most recently published collection was The Frenzy: Stories which was released in 2026. There are no upcoming collections.

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.

Many of Joyce Carol Oates's books have won 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!: 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: Lists & Other Mentions

  • We Were the Mulvaneys was the Oprah's Book Club January 2001 Pick.
  • You Must Remember This: Jezebel: 75 Books Every Woman Should Read Selection in 2008.
  • Black Water: Entertainment Weekly: The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 Selection in 2008.
  • Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: NPR: 100 Favorite Horror Stories Selection in 2018.
  • We Were the Mulvaneys: Good Housekeeping: 100 Best Books to Read by Women Authors Selection in 2021.
  • Blonde: Literary Hub: Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World Selection in 2015.
  • Fox: Publishers Weekly: Best Fiction Books Selection in 2025.

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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 88 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 book 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 The Frenzy: Stories on June 16th, 2026.

What is the most popular book by Joyce Carol Oates?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Joyce Carol Oates book is We Were the Mulvaneys. Here are her most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. We Were the Mulvaneys (6.75)
  2. Boston Noir 2 (8.00)
  3. The Falls (9.33)
  4. Butcher (9.67)
  5. Miao Dao (7.33)

What genres does Joyce Carol Oates Write?

Joyce Carol Oates primarily writes in the Historical Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, and Thriller genres. Her work includes sub-genres such as Psychological Thriller, Domestic Thriller, and Family Saga.

Are there upcoming new books by Joyce Carol Oates?

Joyce Carol Oates 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 Joyce Carol Oates written?

Joyce Carol Oates has written 194 books across 29 series and categories, 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
  • 62 Standalone Novels
  • 19 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 64 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
  • 6 books in the Akashic Noir Series
  • 1 book in the Selected Shorts Series
  • 8 Rosamond Smith Standalone Novels
  • 1 book in the Literary Conversations Series
  • 1 book in the Art of the Story Series
  • 1 book in the Winnie the Pooh Series

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