Order of T.C. Boyle Books
T. Coraghessan Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer. The common themes of his novels include baby boomers, satire, realism and anti-heroes. His novels are set all over the United States as well as other countries, but a common locale is California.
T.C. Boyle’s first book published was Descent of Man in 1979, although his short stories had been appearing in magazines for about 4 years before that. His first novel was Water Music in 1982. Below is a list of T.C. Boyle’s books in order of publication:
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Water Music |
(1981) |
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Budding Prospects |
(1984) |
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World’s End |
(1987) |
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East Is East |
(1990) |
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The Road to Wellville |
(1993) |
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The Tortilla Curtain |
(1995) |
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Riven Rock |
(1998) |
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A Friend of the Earth |
(2000) |
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Drop City |
(2003) |
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The Inner Circle |
(2003) |
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Talk Talk |
(2006) |
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The Women |
(2009) |
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When the Killing’s Done |
(2011) |
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San Miguel |
(2012) |
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The Harder They Come |
(2015) |
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The Terranauts |
(2016) |
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Outside Looking In |
(2019) |
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Talk to Me |
(2021) |
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Blue Skies |
(2023) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Descent of Man |
(1979) |
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Greasy Lake & Other Stories |
(1985) |
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If the River Was Whiskey |
(1989) |
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The Collected Stories of T.Coraghessan Boyle |
(1993) |
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Stories |
(1993) |
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Without a Hero |
(1994) |
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The Human Fly and Other Stories |
(2001) |
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Doubletakes |
(2003) |
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Tooth and Claw |
(2005) |
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Wild Child and Other Stories |
(2009) |
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Wild Child |
(2009) |
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After the Plague |
(2011) |
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Stories II |
(2013) |
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The Relive Box and Other Stories |
(2014) |
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I Walk Between the Raindrops |
(2022) |
Publication Order of Chapbooks
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She Wasn’t Soft |
(1996) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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Scorpion Ranch |
(2011) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Points of View |
(1956) |
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Granta 5: The Modern Common Wind |
(1982) |
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Ten |
(1996) |
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The Mechanics’ Institute Review |
(2006) |
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Solace in So Many Words |
(2011) |
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I’m With the Bears |
(2011) |
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Field of Fantasies |
(2014) |
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Watchlist |
(2015) |
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Press Start to Play |
(2015) |
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 |
(2015) |
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McSweeney’s #49 |
(2017) |
Note: I’m with the Bears also contains contributions from Margaret Atwood, Paolo Bacigalupi, Toby Litt, Lydia Millet, Wu Mingi, David Mitchell, Nathaniel Rich, Kim Stanley Robinson and Helen Simpson. The Best American Short Stories 2015 was edited with Heidi Pitlor. Watchlist also has stories by Aimee Bender, Robert Coover, Cory Doctorow, Etgar Keret, Juan Pablo Villalobos and Charles Yu.