Gore Vidal
Books in Order by Date of Publication
Gore Vidal's writing career was a remarkable journey spanning over six decades yielding an impressive 200 publications in various genres. His distinctive writing style a blend of wit erudition and historical insight captivated readers worldwide. He effortlessly navigated between fiction non-fiction drama and essays earning him the reputation as one of the most versatile writers of his time. Vidal's works often explored the intricacies of American history politics and culture providing a trenchant critique of the nation's development. His ability to seamlessly weave together historical fact and fictional narrative made his novels particularly compelling. The popularity of his books can be attributed to his sharp intellect lyrical prose and fearless engagement with contentious issues. With a writing career that spanned from the 1940s to the 2000s Gore Vidal left an enduring legacy in the literary world.
1. A sentimental journey through France and Italy (1800) Buy on Amazon
2. Thomas Middleton (1900) Buy on Amazon
3. Stories of Boccaccio (The Decameron) ... (1903) Buy on Amazon
4. The creed of Christ (1906) Buy on Amazon
5. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) Buy on Amazon
6. A second hundred of the best poems (lyrical) in the English language (1910) Buy on Amazon
7. Life and matter (1912) Buy on Amazon
8. Jennifer Lorn (1924) Buy on Amazon
9. A chambermaid's diary (1934) Buy on Amazon
10. Painful penetration Buy on Amazon
11. The Bab ballads (1925) Buy on Amazon
12. Moods and fancies (1927) Buy on Amazon
13. Doctor Ibrahim (1935) Buy on Amazon
14. Dangerous voyage (1946) Buy on Amazon
15. In a yellow wood (1947) Buy on Amazon
16. Miriam's schooling Buy on Amazon
17. Williwaw (1946) Buy on Amazon
18. The end of my life (1947) Buy on Amazon
19. The city and the pillar (1948) Buy on Amazon
20. The invert and his social adjustment (1948) Buy on Amazon
21. The season of comfort (1949) Buy on Amazon
22. Olivia (1949) Buy on Amazon
23. A search for the king (1950) Buy on Amazon
24. Dark Green Bright Red (1950) Buy on Amazon
25. The sexual revolution (1951) Buy on Amazon
26. The judgment of Paris (1952) Buy on Amazon
27. Death in the fifth position (1952) Buy on Amazon
28. Death before Bedtime (1953) Buy on Amazon
29. Dangerous journey (1953) Buy on Amazon
30. New world writing (1953) Buy on Amazon
31. Messiah (1954) Buy on Amazon
32. Death Likes it Hot (1954) Buy on Amazon
33. Messiah (A Ballantine reprint) (1954) Buy on Amazon
34. A thirsty evil (1956) Buy on Amazon
35. Visit to a small planet and other television plays (1956) Buy on Amazon
36. Best television plays (1956) Buy on Amazon
37. Best television plays 1956 (1956) Buy on Amazon
38. Visit to a small planet (1957) Buy on Amazon
39. Portrait of a man unknown (1959) Buy on Amazon
40. The best man (1960) Buy on Amazon
41. Myra Breckinridge and Myron (1960) Buy on Amazon
42. Crete and Mycenae (1960) Buy on Amazon
43. Turgenev's letters (1961) Buy on Amazon
44. Rocking the boat (1962) Buy on Amazon
45. Romulus (1962) Buy on Amazon
46. Three by Gore Vidal (1962) Buy on Amazon
47. THREE (3:) Williwaw; A Thirsty Evil; Julian the Apostate (1962) Buy on Amazon
48. The gentleman was a thief (1962) Buy on Amazon
49. Julian (1964) Buy on Amazon
50. The best man: a play about politics (1964) Buy on Amazon
51. JULIAN a novel by GORE VIDAL 1964 HC (1964) Buy on Amazon
52. The complete poems of Cavafy (1964) Buy on Amazon
53. The politics of hope (1964) Buy on Amazon
54. Cabot Wright begins (1965) Buy on Amazon
55. Washington D.C. (1967) Buy on Amazon
56. Myra Breckinridge (1968) Buy on Amazon
57. Weekend (1968) Buy on Amazon
58. Sex death and money (1968) Buy on Amazon
59. Myra Breckenridge (1968) Buy on Amazon
60. The Judgement of Paris (New edition) (1968) Buy on Amazon
61. Reflections upon a sinking ship (1969) Buy on Amazon
62. Two Sisters (1970) Buy on Amazon
63. The Best TV Plays (1970) Buy on Amazon
64. The plant hunters (1970) Buy on Amazon
65. SF (1971) Buy on Amazon
66. Homage to Daniel Shays (1972) Buy on Amazon
67. An evening with Richard Nixon (1972) Buy on Amazon
68. Sexual knowledge (1972) Buy on Amazon
69. Burr (1973) Buy on Amazon
70. Myron (1973) Buy on Amazon
71. Speculations (1973) Buy on Amazon
72. 1876 (1976) Buy on Amazon
73. 1876 a Novel (1976) Buy on Amazon
74. The crisis (1976) Buy on Amazon
75. Matters of fact and of fiction (1977) Buy on Amazon
76. The Other Persuasion (1977) Buy on Amazon
77. Great American Families (1977) Buy on Amazon
78. A sampling of sermons (1977) Buy on Amazon
79. Kalki (1978) Buy on Amazon
80. Three by Box (1978) Buy on Amazon
81. MATERS FACT&FICTN V516 (1978) Buy on Amazon
82. Kalki a Novel (1978) Buy on Amazon
83. Studies in seduction & two quartets (1978) Buy on Amazon
84. The pillars of religion: ignorance indoctrination inadequacy (1978) Buy on Amazon
85. 'Kalkism' (1980) Buy on Amazon
86. Views from a window (1980) Buy on Amazon
87. Garlic at a glance (1980) Buy on Amazon
88. Creation (1981) Buy on Amazon
89. What for man? (1981) Buy on Amazon
90. Pink triangle and yellow star (1982) Buy on Amazon
91. The second American revolution and other essays (1976-1982) (1982) Buy on Amazon
92. The unknown islands (1982) Buy on Amazon
93. Duluth (1983) Buy on Amazon
94. First harvest (1983) Buy on Amazon
95. A brief history of U.S. aggressions (1983) Buy on Amazon
96. Lincoln (Narratives of a Golden Age) (1984) Buy on Amazon
97. Lincoln Part 1 (1984) Buy on Amazon
98. Lincoln Part 2 (1984) Buy on Amazon
99. Rare 1984 ~ Lincoln ~ Gore Vidal ~ Hardcover ~ Dust Jacket (1984) Buy on Amazon
100. Lincoln A Novel (1984) Buy on Amazon
101. Golden Bowl (1985) Buy on Amazon
102. Vidal in Venice (1985) Buy on Amazon
103. A study of the problems of the American theatre (1986) Buy on Amazon
104. Empire (1987) Buy on Amazon
105. Armageddon? (1987) Buy on Amazon
106. (First Random House Printing) Empire Hardcover By Gore Vidal 1987 (1987) Buy on Amazon
107. Empire A Novel (1987) Buy on Amazon
108. Earthways (1987) Buy on Amazon
109. Donald S. Klopfer (1987) Buy on Amazon
110. At home (1988) Buy on Amazon
111. The fur coat in the wardrobe or reflections of an Irish public servant (1988) Buy on Amazon
112. Hollywood (1989) Buy on Amazon
113. Where joy resides (1989) Buy on Amazon
114. RAM Songs from a Bramble (1989) Buy on Amazon
115. This book is an object (1989) Buy on Amazon
116. Armageddon Essays 1983 1987 (1990) Buy on Amazon
117. At Home: Essays (1990) Buy on Amazon
118. Hollywood-Limited Ed (1990) Buy on Amazon
119. Belém Palace (1990) Buy on Amazon
120. A view from the Diners Club (1991) Buy on Amazon
121. A killing smile (1991) Buy on Amazon
122. Live from Golgotha (1992) Buy on Amazon
123. The decline and fall of the American empire (1992) Buy on Amazon
124. Screening history (1992) Buy on Amazon
125. Poet in California (1992) Buy on Amazon
126. Speaking of marriage (1992) Buy on Amazon
127. A touch of sabotage 1940-1945 (1992) Buy on Amazon
128. [Publisher's dummies for Live from Golgotha] (1992) Buy on Amazon
129. Mother Bird poetry anthology (1993) Buy on Amazon
130. Gore Vidal Mixed X24 D/B (1993) Buy on Amazon
131. Live from Golgotha B D/Bx24 (1993) Buy on Amazon
132. Gore Vidal X20 D/B (1993) Buy on Amazon
133. Gore Vidal Pack 1 Mixed B S/Wx12 (1993) Buy on Amazon
134. Gore Vidal Mixed B S/Wx12 (1993) Buy on Amazon
135. Removing a badge of slavery (1993) Buy on Amazon
136. Master-mind lecture (1993) Buy on Amazon
137. Exeter 1943 (1993) Buy on Amazon
138. Die Russen kommen! (1993) Buy on Amazon
139. Deadly Sins (1993) Buy on Amazon
140. Gore Vidal X12 D/B (1994) Buy on Amazon
141. Gore Vidal Pack 2 Mixed B S/Wx12 (1994) Buy on Amazon
142. Portraits from the past (1994) Buy on Amazon
143. Wakefield (1994) Buy on Amazon
144. Palimpsest (1995) Buy on Amazon
145. Palimpsest B d/Bx24 Custom Header (1996) Buy on Amazon
146. Vidal X21 Mixed Backlist Bin (1996) Buy on Amazon
147. Monica Hannasch batik (1996) Buy on Amazon
148. Virgin Islands (1997) Buy on Amazon
149. The Smithsonian Institution (1998) Buy on Amazon
150. The American presidency (1998) Buy on Amazon
151. Smithsonian Institution (1998) Buy on Amazon
152. The art is in the doing (1998) Buy on Amazon
153. Sometimes (1998) Buy on Amazon
154. Gore Vidal (1999) Buy on Amazon
155. Lincoln (1999) Buy on Amazon
156. The essential Gore Vidal (1999) Buy on Amazon
157. The Golden Age (2000) Buy on Amazon
158. The Golden Age (Narratives of Empire) (2000) Buy on Amazon
159. Hollywood Signed Edition (2000) Buy on Amazon
160. Essential Gore Vidal (2000) Buy on Amazon
161. Best of the Nation (2000) Buy on Amazon
162. Challenges of the debt crisis (2000) Buy on Amazon
163. Generations in conflict (2000) Buy on Amazon
164. The Last Empire (2001) Buy on Amazon
165. Gore Vidal: Sexually Speaking (2001) Buy on Amazon
166. Berg and Vidal (Author Speaks) (2001) Buy on Amazon
167. The burial (2001) Buy on Amazon
168. Dreaming War (2002) Buy on Amazon
169. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace (2002) Buy on Amazon
170. Temptation in the desert (2002) Buy on Amazon
171. Inventing a Nation (American Icons) (2003) Buy on Amazon
172. Against the beast (2003) Buy on Amazon
173. The Luminous Years (2003) Buy on Amazon
174. Delayed gratification (2003) Buy on Amazon
175. Imperial America (2004) Buy on Amazon
176. Understanding America's Terrorist Crisis (2004) Buy on Amazon
177. Sunburn (2004) Buy on Amazon
178. Epistle to Lord Norman (2004) Buy on Amazon
179. Conversations with Gore Vidal (2005) Buy on Amazon
180. Neo-conned! again (2005) Buy on Amazon
181. The written world (2005) Buy on Amazon
182. Point to Point Navigation (2006) Buy on Amazon
183. Clouds and Eclipses (2006) Buy on Amazon
184. "Three gods talking!" (2006) Buy on Amazon
185. Selected Essays (2007) Buy on Amazon
186. Caligula (2007) Buy on Amazon
187. The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal (2008) Buy on Amazon
188. Inventing a Nation (2008) Buy on Amazon
189. Judgment of Paris (2009) Buy on Amazon
190. The story of Isaac (2010) Buy on Amazon
191. The fantastical mystery of Ritterhouse Fay (2011) Buy on Amazon
192. Discovering Ravello (2011) Buy on Amazon
193. I Told You So (2013) Buy on Amazon
194. I Told You So : Gore Vidal Talks Politics (2013) Buy on Amazon
195. Deal with Your Stress (2014) Buy on Amazon
196. Vidal vs. Mailer (2014) Buy on Amazon
197. Thieves fall out (2015) Buy on Amazon
198. America First! (2017) Buy on Amazon
199. Conversations with JFK (2019) Buy on Amazon
200. Political Animal (2020) Buy on Amazon
About Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal was a renowned American author and novelist celebrated for his biting wit sharp intellect and unapologetic candor. Born on October 3 1925 in West Point New York Vidal's early life was marked by a sense of disillusionment with the American establishment a theme that would permeate his writing career. As a novelist Vidal's work often defied genre conventions effortlessly blending elements of historical fiction satire and psychological insight.
Vidal's writing style was characterized by its erudition nuance and a keen eye for the human condition. His novels were often sprawling epic in scope and populated by complex multidimensional characters. Through his writing Vidal offered a scathing critique of American society politics and culture challenging readers to question their assumptions and confront the darker aspects of their national identity.
Vidal's books have captivated readers for generations with their intelligence wit and unflinching honesty. His writing was not for the faint of heart but for those who were willing to engage with the complexities of human experience. As a result Vidal's novels have become cult classics cherished by readers who appreciate their depth sophistication and unapologetic candor. Throughout his career Vidal remained a fierce independent voice unafraid to challenge the status quo and provoke discussion. His legacy continues to inspire and provoke readers to this day.