Charles Bukowski Reading Order
1 series · 200 books
Charles Bukowski was a German-American writer whose gritty novels and poetry captured the struggles of working-class Los Angeles life. His unflinching exploration of poverty, manual labor, drinking, romance, and the writing life itself established him as one of the most distinctive voices in American literature. Bukowski's sparse, direct style and darkly comic sensibility made him a cult figure whose influence extends far beyond literary circles into music, film, and contemporary culture.
Standalone Novels Series
200 books
Start with 12 Postkarten, the first of 200 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Postkarten |
| 2 | 2 poems |
| 3 | 20 poemas |
| 4 | A love poem |
| 5 | Absence of the Hero |
| 6 | Alle reden zu viel |
| 7 | Alone in a time of armies |
| 8 | Art |
| 9 | Ask |
| 10 | Aufzeichnungen eines Außenseiters ; Kaputt in Hollywood |
| 11 | Azzeccare i cavalli vincenti (Italian Edition) |
| 12 | Barfly |
| 13 | Barfly - the Movie |
| 14 | Beerspit Night and Cursing |
| 15 | Ben Makul Bir Adamim |
| 16 | Betting on the Muse |
| 17 | Betting on the Muse |
| 18 | Boulevard No. 27. |
| 19 | Bring me your love |
| 20 | Bukowski |
| 21 | Bukowski 100 |
| 22 | Bukowski Essencial |
| 23 | Bukowski Essencial |
| 24 | Bukowski-Schultheiss |
| 25 | Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame |
| 26 | Burning in water drowning in flame |
| 27 | Büyük Zen Dügünü |
| 28 | Cehennemden Bir Köpektir Ask |
| 29 | Cehenneme Giden Yol |
| 30 | Chinaski II |
| 31 | Cold dogs in the courtyard |
| 32 | Correus |
| 33 | Dangling in the Tournefortia |
| 34 | Darom le-lo tsafon |
| 35 | Das weingetränkte Notizbuch |
| 36 | Dear Mr. Bukowski |
| 37 | Den Gttern kommt das groe Kotzen |
| 38 | Der Mann mit der Ledertasche |
| 39 | Die Stripperinnen vom Burbank & 16 andere Stories |
| 40 | Dirty Realism Duo |
| 41 | Ein Profi |
| 42 | El infierno es un lugar solitario |
| 43 | Els plaers del condemnat |
| 44 | En Iyi Adamlar Yalnizken Güclüdür |
| 45 | Erecciones, Eyaculaciones, Exhibiciones |
| 46 | Escritos de un viejo indecente ; La máquina de follar ; Erecciones, eyaculaciones, exhibiciones |
| 47 | Essential Bukowski |
| 48 | Essential Bukowski |
| 49 | Essential Bukowski |
| 50 | Fabulário Geral Do Delírio Cotidiano - Coleção L&PM Pocket (Em Portuguese do Brasil) |
| 51 | Factotum |
| 52 | Factotum |
| 53 | Faktotum |
| 54 | Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain |
| 55 | Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain |
| 56 | Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain |
| 57 | Flower, fist and bestial wail |
| 58 | Flower, fist and bestial wall |
| 59 | Fly Like a Bat Out of Hell |
| 60 | Fragmentos de un cuaderno manchado de vino |
| 61 | Fragmenty winem poplamionego notatnika |
| 62 | Fuck Machine |
| 63 | Fuck Machine. Stories |
| 64 | Garras del paraíso |
| 65 | Gold in your eye |
| 66 | Guerra sin cesar : poemas, 1981-1984 - 2. edición |
| 67 | Gülün Gölgesinde |
| 68 | Ham on Rye |
| 69 | Ham on Rye |
| 70 | Held außer Betrieb |
| 71 | Holiṿud |
| 72 | Hollywood |
| 73 | Hollywood |
| 74 | Hollywood |
| 75 | Hollywood - 18. edición. |
| 76 | Hollywood by Charles Bukowski -- IN TURKISH |
| 77 | Hollywood vs. The Author |
| 78 | Horsemeat = |
| 79 | Il grande |
| 80 | Il meglio |
| 81 | In the morning and at night and in between |
| 82 | Infernuko hesteetan |
| 83 | Infernuko hesteetan |
| 84 | Istorii obyknovennogo bezumii͡a |
| 85 | I︠U︡g bez priznakov Severa |
| 86 | KAHRAMANIN YOKLUĞU |
| 87 | Kapalı Bir Kapıdır Cehennem - Dünyevi Şiirlerin Son Gecesi 1. Cilt |
| 88 | Katzen |
| 89 | Kaybedenin Önde Gideni |
| 90 | Kaybedilmis Bir Bahistir Yasamak; Charles Bukowski |
| 91 | Kediler |
| 92 | Keinem schlägt die Stunde |
| 93 | Kendimizde Açtığımız Yaralar |
| 94 | Kobiety |
| 95 | Kolboiniḳ |
| 96 | La enfermedad de escribir |
| 97 | La màquina de cardar |
| 98 | Las campanas no doblan por nadie - 1. edición |
| 99 | Last Night of the Earth Poems |
| 100 | Last Night of the Earth Poems |
| 101 | Living on Luck |
| 102 | Living on Luck |
| 103 | Longshot poems for broke players |
| 104 | Love Is a Dog from Hell |
| 105 | Love poem to Marina |
| 106 | Luck |
| 107 | Min oskuld & Pearl Harbor |
| 108 | Mockingbird Wish Me Luck |
| 109 | Mockingbird Wish Me Luck |
| 110 | Mockingbird wish me luck |
| 111 | Most Beautiful Woman in Town |
| 112 | Most Beautiful Woman in Town |
| 113 | Mujeres |
| 114 | Muñeca Infable |
| 115 | New Poems Book Two |
| 116 | Noch mehr Aufzeichnungen eines Dirty Old Man |
| 117 | Notes of a Dirty Old Man |
| 118 | Now |
| 119 | O piciu |
| 120 | On Cats |
| 121 | On Cats |
| 122 | On Drinking |
| 123 | On Drinking |
| 124 | On Love |
| 125 | On Writing |
| 126 | On Writing |
| 127 | On love |
| 128 | Open All Night |
| 129 | Open All Night |
| 130 | Penguin Modern Poets 13 |
| 131 | People Look Like Flowers at Last |
| 132 | Personality |
| 133 | Pis Morugun Notlari |
| 134 | Pis Morugun Notlari Ii |
| 135 | Pis Moruk İtiraf Ediyor |
| 136 | Play the Piano |
| 137 | Play the Piano |
| 138 | Pleasures of the Damned |
| 139 | Pleasures of the Damned |
| 140 | Pleasures of the Damned |
| 141 | Pochtamt |
| 142 | Poems and drawings |
| 143 | Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook |
| 144 | Post Office |
| 145 | Post Office |
| 146 | Post Office |
| 147 | Postane |
| 148 | Prying Refried |
| 149 | Pulp |
| 150 | Pulp |
| 151 | Pulp |
| 152 | Pulp - 17. edición |
| 153 | Pulp. Ausgeträumt |
| 154 | Roominghouse Madrigals |
| 155 | Run with the Hunted |
| 156 | Satanen seme |
| 157 | Satanen seme |
| 158 | Scarlet |
| 159 | Screams from the Balcony |
| 160 | Screams from the Balcony |
| 161 | Selected Letters Volume 2 |
| 162 | Selected Letters Volume 3, . 1971-1986 |
| 163 | Selected Letters, Volume 4 |
| 164 | Shifon ʼim shinḳen |
| 165 | Shipon ʻim shinḳen |
| 166 | Sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the Way |
| 167 | Sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the Way |
| 168 | Slouching Toward Nirvana |
| 169 | Slouching Toward Nirvana |
| 170 | Slouching Toward Nirvana |
| 171 | South of No North |
| 172 | South of No North |
| 173 | South of No North |
| 174 | Sparks |
| 175 | Storm for the Living and the Dead |
| 176 | Storm for the Living and the Dead: Uncollected and Unpublished Poems |
| 177 | Sur l'alcool |
| 178 | Sur les chats |
| 179 | Szmira |
| 180 | Tales of Ordinary Madness |
| 181 | Tales of Ordinary Madness |
| 182 | Tan zui qin ru ji gu zhi dao shou zhi di xue |
| 183 | Textos autobiográficos |
| 184 | The days run away like wild horses over the hills. |
| 185 | The last generation |
| 186 | The movie critics |
| 187 | The movie, "Barfly" |
| 188 | Tráeme tu amor |
| 189 | Ts'arles Buḳovsḳi |
| 190 | We ain't got no money, honey, but we got rain |
| 191 | What Matters Most is How Well You |
| 192 | Women |
| 193 | Women |
| 194 | Women |
| 195 | ha-Ishah ha-khi yafah ba-ʻir |
| 196 | niente canzoni d’amore |
| 197 | simeioseis enos pornogerou / σημειώσεις ενός πορνόγερου |
| 198 | Über das Schreiben |
| 199 | İlham Perisine Oynamak |
| 200 | ʻAd sheha-etsbaʻot yatḥilu le-damem |
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