# John Updike bibliography

The following is the complete bibliography of John Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009), an American novelist, poet, critic and essayist noted for his prolific output over a 50-year period. His bibliography includes some 23 novels, 18 short story collections, 12 collections of poetry, 4 children's books, and 12 collections of non-fiction.

## Chronological listing

Novels are highlighted in bold.
| Title | Year | Type | Notes |
| The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures | 1958 | poetry | collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
| The Poorhouse Fair | 1959 | novel | reprinted in 1977 |
| The Same Door | 1959 | short stories | collected in The Early Stories: 1953–1975 (2003) |
| Rabbit, Run | 1960 | novel | collected in Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels (1995) |
| Pigeon Feathers | 1962 | short stories | collected in The Early Stories: 1953–1975 (2003) |
| The Magic Flute | 1962 | children's book | |
| Telephone Poles and Other Poems | 1963 | poetry | collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
| The Centaur | 1963 | novel | |
| Olinger Stories: A Selection | 1964 | short stories | all previously collected |
| The Ring | 1964 | children's book | |
| Of the Farm | 1965 | novel | |
| Assorted Prose | 1965 | non-fiction | |
| Verse | 1965 | poetry | collects The Carpentered Hen and Telephone Poles |
| A Child's Calendar | 1965 | poetry | reprinted in 1999; collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
| The Music School | 1966 | short stories | collected in The Early Stories: 1953–1975 (2003) |
| Couples | 1968 | novel | |
| Three Texts from Early Ipswich | 1968 | non-fiction | |
| Midpoint and Other Poems | 1969 | poetry | collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
| Bottom's Dream | 1969 | children's book | |
| Bech: A Book | 1970 | short stories | collected in The Complete Henry Bech (2001) |
| Rabbit Redux | 1971 | novel | collected in Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels (1995) |
| Museums and Women and Other Stories | 1972 | short stories | collected in The Early Stories: 1953–1975 (2003) |
| Buchanan Dying | 1974 | play | reprinted in 2000 |
| Cunts | 1974 | poetry | limited edition chapbook |
| A Month of Sundays | 1975 | novel | part of The Scarlet Letter trilogy |
| Picked-Up Pieces | 1975 | non-fiction | |
| Marry Me | 1976 | novel | |
| Tossing and Turning | 1977 | poetry | collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
| The Coup | 1978 | novel | |
| Too Far to Go | 1979 | short stories | reprinted as The Maples Stories in 2009 |
| Problems and Other Stories | 1979 | short stories | |
| Rabbit Is Rich | 1981 | novel | collected in Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels (1995) |
| Bech Is Back | 1982 | short stories | collected in The Complete Henry Bech (2001) |
| Hugging the Shore | 1983 | non-fiction | |
| The Witches of Eastwick | 1984 | novel | |
| Facing Nature | 1985 | poetry | collected in Collected Poems: 1953–1993 (1993) |
| Impressions | 1985 | non-fiction | published by Sylvester & Orphanos |
| Roger's Version | 1986 | novel | part of The Scarlet Letter trilogy |
| Trust Me | 1987 | short stories | |
| S. | 1988 | novel | part of The Scarlet Letter trilogy |
| Just Looking: Essays on Art | 1989 | non-fiction | reprinted in 2000 |
| Self-Consciousness: Memoirs | 1989 | non-fiction | |
| Rabbit at Rest | 1990 | novel | collected in Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels (1995) |
| Odd Jobs | 1991 | non-fiction | |
| Memories of the Ford Administration | 1992 | novel | |
| Collected Poems: 1953–1993 | 1993 | poetry | |
| Brazil | 1994 | novel | |
| The Afterlife and Other Stories | 1994 | short stories | |
| Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels | 1995 | novels | collects the Rabbit novels |
| A Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects | 1995 | children's book | |
| In the Beauty of the Lilies | 1996 | novel | |
| Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf | 1996 | non-fiction | |
| Toward the End of Time | 1997 | novel | |
| Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel | 1998 | short stories | collected in The Complete Henry Bech (2001) |
| More Matter: Essays and Criticism | 1999 | non-fiction | |
| Gertrude and Claudius | 2000 | novel | |
| On Literary Biography | 2000 | non-fiction | limited edition |
| Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel | 2000 | short stories | includes the final entry in the Rabbit saga, Rabbit Remembered |
| Humor in Fiction | 2001 | non-fiction | limited edition |
| The Complete Henry Bech | 2001 | short stories | collects the Bech books |
| Americana and Other Poems | 2001 | poetry |
| Rabbit Remembered | 2001 | novella |
| Seek My Face | 2002 | novel | |
| The Early Stories: 1953–1975 | 2003 | short stories | collects previously published collections |
| Not Cancelled Yet | 2003 | poetry | limited edition |
| Villages | 2004 | novel | |
| Still Looking: Essays on American Art | 2005 | non-fiction | |
| Terrorist | 2006 | novel | |
| Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism | 2007 | non-fiction | |
| The Widows of Eastwick | 2008 | novel | |
| Endpoint and Other Poems | 2009 | poetry | posthumous publication |
| My Father's Tears and Other Stories | 2009 | short stories | posthumous publication |
| The Maples Stories | 2009 | short stories | posthumous publication; reprint of Too Far to Go (1979) |
| Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams | 2010 | non-fiction | posthumous publication; Library of America |
| Higher Gossip | 2011 | non-fiction | posthumous publication |
| Always Looking | 2012 | non-fiction | posthumous publication |
| The Collected Stories | 2013 | short stories | posthumous publication; 186 stories in two volumes; Library of America |

## Library of America editions

After publishing the essay "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" as a standalone special edition book in 2010, and publishing two volumes of short stories in 2013 (available also as a boxed set), Library of America began a multi-volume edition of Updike's novels in 2018, all under the editorship of Christopher Carduff.
| Title | Year | Notes |
| Collected Early Stories | 2013 | 102 stories written from 1953 to 1975 (LOA #242) |
| Collected Later Stories | 2013 | 84 stories written from 1976 to 2008 (LOA #243) |
| Novels 1959‒1965 | 2018 | The Poorhouse Fair, Rabbit, Run, The Centaur, Of the Farm (LOA #311) |
| Novels 1968‒1975 | 2020 | Couples, Rabbit Redux, A Month of Sundays (LOA #326) |
| Novels 1978-1984 | 2021 | The Coup, Rabbit is Rich, The Witches of Eastwick (LOA #339) |
| Novels 1986–1990 | 2022 | Roger's Version, Rabbit at Rest (LOA #354) |
| Novels 1996–2000 | 2023 | In the Beauty of the Lilies, Gertrude and Claudius, Rabbit Remembered (LOA #365) |