William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs also wrote as: William Lee.

William S. Burroughs was born in St. Louis, Missouri on February 5th, 1914 and passed away at the age of 83 on August 2nd, 1997.

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William S. Burroughs Stats: The most read book by William S. Burroughs on Book Notification is Naked Lunch, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Junky / Junkie, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of William S. Burroughs books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Nova Trilogy Books in Publication Order

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	8 The Soft Machine	1961	Loading... Go
2	The Ticket That Exploded	1962	Loading... Go
3	Nova Express	1964	Loading... Go

List of Red Night Trilogy Books in Publication Order

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	Cities of the Red Night	1981	Loading... Go
2	The Place of Dead Roads	1983	Loading... Go
3	The Western Lands	1987	Loading... Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are Naked Lunch, Junky / Junkie, and Port of Saints.

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (With: Jack Kerouac)	1945	Loading... Go
2	8 Junky / Junkie ( As: William Lee)	1953	Loading... Go
3	8.7 Naked Lunch	1959	Loading... Go
4	Minutes To Go (With: Brion Gysin, Gregory Corso, Sinclair Beiles)	1960	Loading... Go
5	Dead Fingers Talk	1963	Loading... Go
6	The Wild Boys	1969	Loading... Go
7	The Last Words of Dutch Schultz	1969	Loading... Go
8	Exterminator! (With: Brion Gysin)	1973	Loading... Go
9	Port of Saints	1973	Loading... Go
10	The Book of Breeething / Ah Pook is Here	1975	Loading... Go
11	6 Queer	1985	Loading... Go
12	Rules of Duel (With: Graham Masterton)	2010	Loading... Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are Death Fiend Guerrillas, The Cat Inside, and Ghost of Chance.

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	Blade Runner	1979	Loading... Go
2	The Cat Inside	1986	Loading... Go
3	Ghost of Chance	1991	Loading... Go
4	Seven Deadly Sins	1991	Loading... Go
5	9.7 Death Fiend Guerrillas	1993	Loading... Go
6	The Finger	2018	Loading... Go

List of Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are Word Virus, The Yage Letters, and Interzone.

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	The Yage Letters (With: Allen Ginsberg)	1963	Loading... Go
2	The Electronic Revolution	1970	Loading... Go
3	Ali's Smile & Naked Scientology	1973	Loading... Go
4	Tornado Alley	1976	Loading... Go
5	The Third Mind (With: Brion Gysin)	1978	Loading... Go
6	Roosevelt After Inauguration and Other Atrocities	1979	Loading... Go
7	A William Burroughs Reader	1982	Loading... Go
8	The Burroughs File	1984	Loading... Go
9	The Adding Machine	1985	Loading... Go
10	Interzone	1987	Loading... Go
11	Painting and Guns	1992	Loading... Go
12	My Education	1995	Loading... Go
13	Word Virus	1998	Loading... Go

List of Plays in Publication Order

	Read	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1		Come in with the Dutchman	2014	Loading... Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	The Job (With: Daniel Odier)	1969	Loading... Go
2	Cobble Stone Gardens	1976	Loading... Go
3	Lasers	1982	Loading... Go

List of Chronicles Abroad Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Chronicles Abroad books are Cairo, Venice, and Prague: Tales of the City.

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	Cairo (With: T.E. Lawrence, Naguib Mahfouz, Michael Palin, Beryl Markham, John Miller, Kirsten Miller)	1994	Loading... Go
2	Venice (By: John Miller, Kirsten Miller)	1994	Loading... Go
3	Prague: Tales of the City (By: John Miller, Kristen Miller)	1994	Loading... Go
4	Hong Kong (By: John Miller, Kristen Miller)	1994	Loading... Go
5	St. Petersburg (By: John Miller, Kirsten Miller)	1995	Loading... Go
6	Istanbul (By: John Miller, Kristen Miller)	1995	Loading... Go
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List of William S. Burroughs Anthologies in Publication Order

#	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	The Olympia Reader: An Anthology of Erotic & Literary Classics	1965	Loading... Go
2	High Risk	1991	Loading... Go
3	Semiotext SF	1991	Loading... Go
4	Storming the Reality Studio	1991	Loading... Go
5	Confederacy of the Dead	1993	Loading... Go
6	The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft	1994	Loading... Go
7	Rebels & Devils: The Psychology of Liberation	1995	Loading... Go
8	Rapid Eye	1996	Loading... Go
9	Writing New York	1998	Loading... Go
10	Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In	1999	Loading... Go
11	The Portable Sixties Reader	2003	Loading... Go
12	The Harvard Psychedelic Club	2010	Loading... Go
13	This is NOT an Anthology	2014	Loading... Go
14	Gray Barker's Bigfoot Shootout! Terrifying Tales of Interspecies Conflict	2014	Loading... Go
15	Lost & Found	2015	Loading... Go
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William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs was born on February 5th, 1914. William passed away August 2nd, 1997 at 83 years old. William S. Burroughs was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

William S. Burroughs was the author of the William S. Burroughs Collections series which consists of 13 novels. The William S. Burroughs Collections series started in 1963 with the novel The Yage Letters. The most recently released novel in the William S. Burroughs Collections series was Word Virus which was released in 1998. There are no upcoming novels for the William S. Burroughs Collections series.

William S. Burroughs: Awards & Accolades

Burroughs' book, Death Fiend Guerrillas was nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction, in 1993.

William S. Burroughs: Lists & Other Mentions

Naked Lunch:
1. Counterpunch: 100 Best Novels in English Since 1900 Selection in 2014.
2. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Radcliffe's List Selection in 1998.
3. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998.
4. Time Magazine: All-Time 100 Novels Selection in 2005.

Related Authors

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Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.
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Ray Bradbury, author of: Fahrenheit 451.
Neil Gaiman, author of the American Gods Series.
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings Series.

William S. Burroughs: F.A.Q

When was William S. Burroughs Born?

William S. Burroughs was born on February 5th, 1914.

When did William S. Burroughs die?

William S. Burroughs died on August 2nd, 1997 at 83 years old.

Where was William S. Burroughs Born?

William S. Burroughs was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

What was the first book William S. Burroughs wrote?

The first book written by William S. Burroughs was And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, published in 1945.

What was the most recent book William S. Burroughs wrote?

His most recently released work was The Finger on February 22nd, 2018.

What is the most popular book by William S. Burroughs?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular William S. Burroughs book is Naked Lunch. Here are his most popular books and their average ratings:

Naked Lunch (8.67)
Junky / Junkie (8.00)
Death Fiend Guerrillas (9.67)
The Soft Machine (8.00)
Queer (6.00)

How many books has William S. Burroughs written?

William S. Burroughs has written 42 books across 10 series and categories, excluding contributions to anthologies.

3 books in the Nova Trilogy Series
3 books in the Red Night Trilogy Series
12 Standalone Novels
6 Short Stories/Novellas
13 Collections
1 Play
3 Non-Fiction Books
1 William Lee Standalone Novel
1 book in the Chronicles Abroad Series

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