Paul Bowles

Paul Bowles

Paul Bowles was born in Jamaica, Queens, NY on December 10th, 1910 and passed away at the age of 88 on November 18th, 1999.

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Paul Bowles Stats: The highest rated book by Paul Bowles on Book Notification is The Sheltering Sky, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is Call at Corazon, a Collection .

The most read book by Paul Bowles on Book Notification is The Sheltering Sky, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Call at Corazon, a Collection.

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

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

List of Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Everything Is Nice (With: Jane Bowles)
Everything Is Nice (With: Jane Bowles)
1705
2
The Delicate Prey and Other Stories
1950
3
A Little Stone
1950
4
A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard
1962
5
Scenes
1968
6
Pages From Cold Point and Other Stories
1968
7
The Thicket of Spring: Poems, 1926-1969
1972
8
The Boy Who Set The Fire & Other Stories (With: Mohammed Mrabet)
1974
9
Things Gone and Things Still Here
1977
10
Time of Friendship
1979
11
Collected Stories
1979
12
Midnight Mass
1981
13
Next to Nothing: Collected Poems, 1926-1977
1981
14
Points in Time
1982
15
She Woke Me Up So I Killed Her
1985
16
Unwelcome Words
1988
17
A Thousand Days for Mokhtar, and Other Stories
1989
18
4
Call at Corazon
1990
19
A Thousand Days for Mokhtar
1990
20
Too Far From Home
1992
21
A Distant Episode
1992
22
The Stories of Paul Bowles
2001

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Yallah
1957
2
Their Heads are Green and Their Hands are Blue
1957
3
Days
1987
4
Two Years Beside the Strait
1990
5
Morocco (With: Barry Brukoff)
Morocco (With: Barry Brukoff)
1993
6
Dear Paul Dear Ned (With: Ned Rorem)
Dear Paul Dear Ned (With: Ned Rorem)
1997
7
Paul Bowles on Music
2003
8
Travels: Collected Writings, 1950-1993
2010
9
The Answer Is Still No (With: Henry Veltmeyer)
The Answer Is Still No (With: Henry Veltmeyer)
2014
10
Without Stopping
2022

List of Paul Bowles Anthologies in Publication Order

Paul Bowles: Biography

Paul Bowles was born on December 10th, 1910. Paul passed away November 18th, 1999 at 88 years old. Paul Bowles was born in Jamaica, Queens, NY.

Paul Bowles was the author of the Paul Bowles Collections series which consists of 22 novels. The Paul Bowles Collections series started in 1705 with the novel Everything Is Nice. The most recently released novel in the Paul Bowles Collections series was The Stories of Paul Bowles which was released in 2001. There are no upcoming novels for the Paul Bowles Collections series.

Paul Bowles also wrote the Non-Fiction Books series which has 10 books including Yallah and Their Heads are Green and Their Hands are Blue.

Paul Bowles: Awards & Accolades

Bowles' book, Collected Stories was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction - Paperback, in 1980.

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Paul Bowles: F.A.Q

When was Paul Bowles Born?

Paul Bowles was born on December 10th, 1910.

When did Paul Bowles die?

Paul Bowles died on November 18th, 1999 at 88 years old.

Where was Paul Bowles Born?

Paul Bowles was born in Jamaica, Queens, NY, .

What was the first book Paul Bowles wrote?

The first novel written by Paul Bowles was Everything Is Nice, published in 1705.

What was the most recent book Paul Bowles wrote?

Their most recently released work was Without Stopping (a short story) on September 13th, 2022.

How many books has Paul Bowles written?

Paul Bowles has written 37 books. 4 Standalone Novels, 1 Short Story/Novella, 22 books in the Collections, 10 books in the Non-Fiction Books.

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