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Charles Bukowski Books in Order (69 Book Series)

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Charles Bukowski has written a series of 69 books. Here, you can see them all in order! (plus the year each book was published)

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Last Updated: Monday 1 Jan, 2024

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    3. Charles Bukowski Books in Order
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    Total: 69 books
    1. 1
      Run With the Hunted

      Run With the Hunted

      A Charles Bukowski Reader

      Charles Bukowski

      1962
    2. 2
      Cold Dogs In The Courtyard

      Cold Dogs In The Courtyard

      Charles Bukowski

      1965
    3. 3
      Crucifix in a Deathhand

      Crucifix in a Deathhand

      Charles Bukowski

      1965
    4. 4
      Notes of a Dirty Old Man

      Notes of a Dirty Old Man

      Charles Bukowski

      1969
    5. 5
      The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills

      The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills

      Charles Bukowski

      1969
    6. 6
      Fire Station

      Fire Station

      Charles Bukowski

      1970
    7. 7
      Post Office

      Post Office

      Charles Bukowski

      1971
    8. 8
      Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness

      Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness

      Charles Bukowski

      1972
    9. 9
      Mockingbird Wish Me Luck

      Mockingbird Wish Me Luck

      Charles Bukowski

      1972
    10. 10
      South of No North

      South of No North

      Stories of the Buried Life

      Charles Bukowski

      1973
    11. 11
      Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame

      Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame

      Charles Bukowski

      1974
    12. 12
      Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window

      Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window

      Charles Bukowski

      1974
    13. 13
      Factotum

      Factotum

      Charles Bukowski

      1975
    14. 14
      Love is a Dog From Hell

      Love is a Dog From Hell

      Charles Bukowski

      1977
    15. 15
      Women

      Women

      A Novel

      Charles Bukowski

      1978
    16. 16
      Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit

      Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit

      Charles Bukowski

      1979
    17. 17
      Shakespeare Never Did This

      Shakespeare Never Did This

      Charles Bukowski

      1979
    18. 18
      Dangling in the Tournefortia

      Dangling in the Tournefortia

      Charles Bukowski

      1981
    19. 19
      Ham On Rye

      Ham On Rye

      A Novel

      Charles Bukowski

      1982
    20. 20
      Barfly

      Barfly

      Charles Bukowski

      1983
    21. 21
      Bring Me Your Love

      Bring Me Your Love

      Charles Bukowski

      1983
    22. 22
      Hot Water Music

      Hot Water Music

      Charles Bukowski

      1983
    23. 23
      Tales of Ordinary Madness

      Tales of Ordinary Madness

      Charles Bukowski

      1983
    24. 24
      The Most Beautiful Woman in Town

      The Most Beautiful Woman in Town

      And Other Stories

      Charles Bukowski

      1983
    25. 25
      There's No Business

      There's No Business

      Charles Bukowski

      1984
    26. 26
      War All the Time

      War All the Time

      Poems 1981-1984

      Charles Bukowski

      1984
    27. 27
      You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

      You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

      Charles Bukowski

      1986
    28. 28
      A Bukowski Sampler

      A Bukowski Sampler

      Charles Bukowski

      1988
    29. 29
      The Roominghouse Madrigals

      The Roominghouse Madrigals

      Early Selected Poems 1946-1966

      Charles Bukowski

      1988
    30. 30
      Hollywood

      Hollywood

      Charles Bukowski

      1989
    31. 31
      Septuagenarian Stew

      Septuagenarian Stew

      Stories & Poems

      Charles Bukowski

      1990
    32. 32
      In the Shadow of the Rose

      In the Shadow of the Rose

      Charles Bukowski

      1991
    33. 33
      The Last Night of the Earth Poems

      The Last Night of the Earth Poems

      Charles Bukowski

      1992
    34. 34
      Screams from the Balcony

      Screams from the Balcony

      Selected Letters 1960-1970

      Charles Bukowski

      1993
    35. 35
      Pulp

      Pulp

      Charles Bukowski

      1994
    36. 36
      Living On Luck

      Living On Luck

      Selected Letters 1960s-1970s, Volume 2

      Charles Bukowski

      1995
    37. 37
      Betting on the Muse

      Betting on the Muse

      Charles Bukowski

      1996
    38. 38
      Bone Palace Ballet

      Bone Palace Ballet

      New Poems

      Charles Bukowski

      1997
    39. 39
      The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship

      The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship

      Charles Bukowski

      1998
    40. 40
      Reach for the Sun

      Reach for the Sun

      Selected Letters 1978-1994, Volume 3

      Charles Bukowski

      1999
    41. 41
      What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

      What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

      Charles Bukowski

      1999
    42. 42
      Open All Night

      Open All Night

      Charles Bukowski

      2000
    43. 43
      Beerspit Night and Cursing

      Beerspit Night and Cursing

      The Correspondence of Charles Bukowski and Sheri Martinelli, 1960-1967

      Charles Bukowski

      2001
    44. 44
      The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps

      The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps

      New Poems

      Charles Bukowski

      2001
    45. 45
      Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way

      Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way

      Charles Bukowski

      2002
    46. 46
      New Poems Book Four

      New Poems Book Four

      Charles Bukowski

      2003
    47. 47
      New Poems Book One

      New Poems Book One

      Charles Bukowski

      2003
    48. 48
      New Poems Book Three

      New Poems Book Three

      Charles Bukowski

      2003
    49. 49
      New Poems Book Two

      New Poems Book Two

      Charles Bukowski

      2003
    50. 50
      The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain

      The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain

      New Poems

      Charles Bukowski

      2003
    51. 51
      Selected Letters Volume 1

      Selected Letters Volume 1

      1958-1965

      Charles Bukowski

      2004
    52. 52
      Selected Letters Volume 2

      Selected Letters Volume 2

      1965-1970

      Charles Bukowski

      2004
    53. 53
      Selected Letters Volume 3

      Selected Letters Volume 3

      1971-1986

      Charles Bukowski

      2004
    54. 54
      Selected Letters Volume 4

      Selected Letters Volume 4

      1987-1994

      Charles Bukowski

      2005
    55. 55
      Slouching Toward Nirvana

      Slouching Toward Nirvana

      New Poems

      Charles Bukowski

      2005
    56. 56
      Come On In!

      Come On In!

      Charles Bukowski

      2006
    57. 57
      The People Look Like Flowers At Last

      The People Look Like Flowers At Last

      New Poems

      Charles Bukowski

      2007
    58. 58
      The Pleasures of the Damned

      The Pleasures of the Damned

      Poems, 1951-1993

      Charles Bukowski

      2007
    59. 59
      Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook

      Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook

      Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990

      Charles Bukowski

      2008
    60. 60
      The Continual Condition

      The Continual Condition

      Poems

      Charles Bukowski

      2009
    61. 61
      Absence of the Hero

      Absence of the Hero

      Charles Bukowski

      2010
    62. 62
      More Notes of a Dirty Old Man

      More Notes of a Dirty Old Man

      The Uncollected Columns

      Charles Bukowski

      2011
    63. 63
      On Cats

      On Cats

      Charles Bukowski

      2015
    64. 64
      On Writing

      On Writing

      Charles Bukowski

      2015
    65. 65
      The Bell Tolls for No One

      The Bell Tolls for No One

      Charles Bukowski

      2015
    66. 66
      On Love

      On Love

      Charles Bukowski

      2016
    67. 67
      Storm for the Living and the Dead

      Storm for the Living and the Dead

      Uncollected and Unpublished Poems

      Charles Bukowski

      2017
    68. 68
      The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way

      The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way

      On Writers and Writing

      Charles Bukowski

      2018
    69. 69
      On Drinking

      On Drinking

      Charles Bukowski

      2019

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