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Norman Mailer Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Norman Mailer in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 78 books / 4 series

American author Norman Mailer, best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel *The Executioner’s Song* and *The Naked and the Dead*, was a towering figure in 20th-century literature. His works have sold millions of copies and shaped modern non-fiction. This page provides Norman Mailer’s books in order, including both chronological publication and series reading order.

Books by Norman Mailer in Publication Order

1948 The Naked and the Dead POoSN / 1 Buy
1952 Barbary Shore POoSN / 2 Buy
1955 The Deer Park POoSN / 3 Buy
1959 Advertisements for Myself POoSSC / 1 Buy
1959 The White Negro POoNB / 1 Buy
1962 Deaths for the Ladies POoSSC / 2 Buy
1963 The Presidential Papers POoSN / 4 Buy
1966 Cannibals and Christians POoSN / 5 Buy
1966 An American Dream POoSN / 6 Buy
1967 Bull Fight: A Photographic Narrative POoSN / 7 Buy
1968 Miami and the Siege of Chicago POoNB / 2 Buy
1968 Why Are We at War? POoNB / 3 Buy
1968 The Armies of the Night POoNB / 4 Buy
1968 Why Are We in Vietnam? POoSN / 8 Buy
1970 A Fire on the Moon POoNB / 5 Buy
1971 Prisoner of Sex POoNB / 6 Buy
1971 Maidstone POoSN / 9 Buy
1972 St. George and the Godfather POoSN / 10 Buy
1973 Existential Errands POoSSC / 3 Buy
1973 Marilyn POoNB / 7 Buy
1974 The Faith of Graffiti POoNB / 8 Buy
1974 Watching My Name Go By POoSN / 11 Buy
1975 The Fight POoNB / 9 Buy
1976 Genius & Lust POoNB / 10 Buy
1976 Some Honorable Men: Political Conventions, 1960-1972 POoNB / 11 Buy
1978 A Transit To Narcissus: A Facsimile of the Original Typescript POoNB / 12 Buy
1979 The Executioner's Song POoNB / 13 Buy
1980 The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer POoSSC / 4 Buy
1980 Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling with Dots POoSN / 12 Buy
1980 Of Women and Their Elegance POoNB / 14 Buy
1982 Pieces POoSSC / 5 Buy
1982 Essential Mailer POoSSC / 6 Buy
1982 Pontifications POoSSC / 7 Buy
1982 After the White Negro POoSN / 13 Buy
1983 Pieces and Pontifications POoSSC / 8 Buy
1983 Ancient Evenings POoSN / 14 Buy
1984 Tough Guys Don't Dance POoSN / 15 Buy
1985 Huckleberry Finn: Alive at 100 POoNB / 15 Buy
1989 Language of Men POoNB / 16 Buy
1991 Los Gusanos(By: John Sayles) POoNB / 1 Buy
1991 Harlot's Ghost POoSN / 16 Buy
1992 How the Wimp Won the War POoNB / 17 Buy
1995 Oswald's Tale POoNB / 18 Buy
1995 Portrait of Picasso As a Young Man POoNB / 19 Buy
1997 The Gospel According to the Son POoSN / 17 Buy
1998 The Time Of Our Time POoSSC / 9 Buy
1999 Muhammad Ali: Ringside(With: Joyce Carol Oates,Alex Haley) POoNB / 20 Buy
2000 The Best of The Nation(By: Victor Navasky,vanden Heuvel, Katrina) POoNB / 2 Buy
2001 The Betrayal of America(By: Vincent Bugliosi) POoNB / 3 Buy
2002 Dreaming War(By: Gore Vidal) POoNB / 4 Buy
2002 Into the Mirror: The Life of Robert P. Hanssen POoNB / 21 Buy
2003 Unsustainable(By: Eamonn Fingleton) POoNB / 5 Buy
2003 The Red and the Blacklist(By: Norma Barzman) POoNB / 6 Buy
2003 Napoleon's Glance(By: William Duggan) POoNB / 7 Buy
2003 Shaking the Foundations(By: Pete Hamill,Bruce Shapiro) POoNB / 8 Buy
2003 A Prayer for America(By: Dennis Kucinich) POoNB / 9 Buy
2003 Modest Gifts POoSSC / 10 Buy
2003 The Spooky Art POoNB / 22 Buy
2004 Taking Back America(By: Katrina Vanden Heuvel,Robert L. Borosage) POoNB / 10 Buy
2004 A Hole in the World(By: Jonathan Schell) POoNB / 11 Buy
2004 The Truth About Camp David(By: Clayton E. Swisher) POoNB / 12 Buy
2004 Silver City and Other Screenplays(By: John Sayles) POoNB / 13 Buy
2004 The Good, the Bad and the Dolce Vita(With: Mickey Knox) POoNB / 14 Buy
2004 Murdered by Capitalism(By: John Ross) POoNB / 15 Buy
2004 Imperial America(By: Gore Vidal) POoNB / 16 Buy
2004 Killed(By: David Wallis) POoNB / 17 Buy
2004 Love, Poverty, and War(By: Christopher Hitchens) POoNB / 18 Buy
2004 The High Times Reader(By: Ann Nocenti,Paul Krassner,Ruth Baldwin) POoNB / 19 Buy
2005 Deserter from Death(By: Howard Zinn,Daniel Singer) POoNB / 20 Buy
2006 The Big Empty POoNB / 23 Buy
2007 The Castle in the Forest POoSN / 18 Buy
2007 On God: An Uncommon Conversation POoNB / 24 Buy
2009 Blood, Class and Empire(By: Christopher Hitchens) POoNB / 21 Buy
2009 Genocide of the Mind(By: Vine Deloria Jr.) POoNB / 22 Buy
2013 Mind of an Outlaw POoNB / 25 Buy
2013 Vidal vs. Mailer(With: Gore Vidal) POoNB / 26 Buy
2014 Selected Letters of Norman Mailer POoNB / 27 Buy
2016 Ten Thousand Words a Minute POoNB / 28 Buy

Complete Norman Mailer Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Nation Reading Order 22 books / 1991-2009
01 Los Gusanos(By: John Sayles) 1991 Buy
02 The Best of The Nation(By: Victor Navasky,vanden Heuvel, Katrina) 2000 Buy
03 The Betrayal of America(By: Vincent Bugliosi) 2001 Buy
04 Dreaming War(By: Gore Vidal) 2002 Buy
05 Unsustainable(By: Eamonn Fingleton) 2003 Buy
06 The Red and the Blacklist(By: Norma Barzman) 2003 Buy
07 Napoleon's Glance(By: William Duggan) 2003 Buy
08 Shaking the Foundations(By: Pete Hamill,Bruce Shapiro) 2003 Buy
09 A Prayer for America(By: Dennis Kucinich) 2003 Buy
10 Taking Back America(By: Katrina Vanden Heuvel,Robert L. Borosage) 2004 Buy
11 A Hole in the World(By: Jonathan Schell) 2004 Buy
12 The Truth About Camp David(By: Clayton E. Swisher) 2004 Buy
13 Silver City and Other Screenplays(By: John Sayles) 2004 Buy
14 The Good, the Bad and the Dolce Vita(With: Mickey Knox) 2004 Buy
15 Murdered by Capitalism(By: John Ross) 2004 Buy
16 Imperial America(By: Gore Vidal) 2004 Buy
17 Killed(By: David Wallis) 2004 Buy
18 Love, Poverty, and War(By: Christopher Hitchens) 2004 Buy
19 The High Times Reader(By: Ann Nocenti,Paul Krassner,Ruth Baldwin) 2004 Buy
20 Deserter from Death(By: Howard Zinn,Daniel Singer) 2005 Buy
21 Blood, Class and Empire(By: Christopher Hitchens) 2009 Buy
22 Genocide of the Mind(By: Vine Deloria Jr.) 2009 Buy
01 Advertisements for Myself 1959 Buy
02 Deaths for the Ladies 1962 Buy
03 Existential Errands 1973 Buy
04 The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer 1980 Buy
05 Pieces 1982 Buy
06 Essential Mailer 1982 Buy
07 Pontifications 1982 Buy
08 Pieces and Pontifications 1983 Buy
09 The Time Of Our Time 1998 Buy
10 Modest Gifts 2003 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 28 books / 1959-2016
01 The White Negro 1959 Buy
02 Miami and the Siege of Chicago 1968 Buy
03 Why Are We at War? 1968 Buy
04 The Armies of the Night 1968 Buy
05 A Fire on the Moon 1970 Buy
06 Prisoner of Sex 1971 Buy
07 Marilyn 1973 Buy
08 The Faith of Graffiti 1974 Buy
09 The Fight 1975 Buy
10 Genius & Lust 1976 Buy
11 Some Honorable Men: Political Conventions, 1960-1972 1976 Buy
12 A Transit To Narcissus: A Facsimile of the Original Typescript 1978 Buy
13 The Executioner's Song 1979 Buy
14 Of Women and Their Elegance 1980 Buy
15 Huckleberry Finn: Alive at 100 1985 Buy
16 Language of Men 1989 Buy
17 How the Wimp Won the War 1992 Buy
18 Oswald's Tale 1995 Buy
19 Portrait of Picasso As a Young Man 1995 Buy
20 Muhammad Ali: Ringside(With: Joyce Carol Oates,Alex Haley) 1999 Buy
21 Into the Mirror: The Life of Robert P. Hanssen 2002 Buy
22 The Spooky Art 2003 Buy
23 The Big Empty 2006 Buy
24 On God: An Uncommon Conversation 2007 Buy
25 Mind of an Outlaw 2013 Buy
26 Vidal vs. Mailer(With: Gore Vidal) 2013 Buy
27 Selected Letters of Norman Mailer 2014 Buy
28 Ten Thousand Words a Minute 2016 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 18 books / 1948-2007
01 The Naked and the Dead 1948 Buy
02 Barbary Shore 1952 Buy
03 The Deer Park 1955 Buy
04 The Presidential Papers 1963 Buy
05 Cannibals and Christians 1966 Buy
06 An American Dream 1966 Buy
07 Bull Fight: A Photographic Narrative 1967 Buy
08 Why Are We in Vietnam? 1968 Buy
09 Maidstone 1971 Buy
10 St. George and the Godfather 1972 Buy
11 Watching My Name Go By 1974 Buy
12 Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling with Dots 1980 Buy
13 After the White Negro 1982 Buy
14 Ancient Evenings 1983 Buy
15 Tough Guys Don't Dance 1984 Buy
16 Harlot's Ghost 1991 Buy
17 The Gospel According to the Son 1997 Buy
18 The Castle in the Forest 2007 Buy

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What is the best order to read Norman Mailer books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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