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David Foster Wallace Reading Order

1 series · 139 books

David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, essayist, and academic whose dense, inventive prose style and encyclopedic scope shaped contemporary literature between the late 1980s and early 2000s. His magnum opus, the sprawling 1996 novel Infinite Jest, stands as a defining work of postmodern fiction, blending dark comedy with philosophical inquiry into addiction, entertainment, and American culture. Wallace's fiction and essays combine technical virtuosity with emotional depth, establishing him as a transformative voice in late-twentieth-century American letters.

Standalone Novels Series

Complete

139 books

Start with The Broom of the System, the first of 139 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#Title
1
24 contes al dia
2
24 contes al dia
3
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
4
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
5
ALGO SUPUESTAMENTE DIVERTIDO QUE NUNCA VOLVERÉ A HACER
6
Algo supuestamente divertido que nunca volveré a hacer
7
Alles ist grün
8
Although of course you end up becoming yourself
9
Although of course you end up becoming yourself
10
Antologia de contes
11
Aunque por supuesto terminas siendo tú mismo
12
Blady król
13
Boston Noir 2
14
Both Flesh and Not
15
Both Flesh and Not: Essays
16
Breves Entrevistas Com Homens Hediondos
17
Brevi interviste con uomini schifosi
18
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
19
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
20
Broma Infinita
21
Broom of the System
22
Bu Su
23
By David Foster Wallace - Girl With Curious Hair (1989-08-16) [Hardcover]
24
Consider the Lobster
25
Consider the Lobster
26
Consider the Lobster, and Other Essays
27
Consider the lobster
28
Considérations sur le homard - tome 2
29
Considérations sur le homard - tome 2
30
David Foster Wallace : In His Own Words
31
David Foster Wallace : The Last Interview Expanded with New Introduction
32
David Foster Wallace Reader
33
David Foster Wallace Reader
34
David Foster Wallace The Last Interview And Other Conversations
35
De bleke koning
36
Der Besen im System.
37
Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache
38
Der Spaß an der Sache
39
Der bleiche König
40
Der große rote Sohn
41
El rey palido
42
El tenis como experiencia religiosa
43
En cuerpo y en lo otro
44
Entrevistas Breves Con Hombres Repulsivos/ Brief Interview With Obnoxious Mens
45
Entrevistas breves con hombres repulsivos
46
Esto es agua
47
Extincion/ Extinction
48
Extinción
49
Extinción
50
Fate, Time, and Language
51
Future of Fiction
52
Georg Cantor
53
Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All
54
Girl with Curious Hair
55
Girl with Curious Hair
56
Graca Infinita
57
Hablemos de langostas
58
He ballat la conga
59
He ballat la conga
60
Il tennis come esperienza religiosa
61
Ilustres raperos
62
In alter Vertrautheit
63
Inculte #18
64
Kleines Mädchen mit komischen Haaren.
65
Krótkie wywiady z paskudnymi ludźmi
66
Kurze Interviews mit fiesen Männern.
67
L'Infinie Comédie
68
L'aigua és això
69
L'aigua és això
70
L'aigua és això
71
L'escombra del sistema
72
L'escombra del sistema
73
La Nina Del Pelo Raro
74
La broma infinita - 5. ed.
75
La escoba del sistema
76
La fonction du balai
77
La niña del pelo raro
78
La niña del pelo raro (Contemporánea) (Spanish Edition)
79
La ragazza dai capelli strani
80
Le roi pâle
81
McCain's Promise
82
O rei pálido
83
Oblivion
84
Oblivion
85
Oblivion
86
Oblivion - Stories
87
On Tennis
88
On Tennis
89
Open City Number Five
90
Pale King
91
Pale King
92
Pórtatil
93
Quack This Way David Foster Wallace Bryan A Garner Talk Language And Writing
94
Quack This Way David Foster Wallace Bryan A Garner Talk Language And Writing
95
Schicksal, Zeit und Sprache
96
Schrecklich amüsant - aber in Zukunft ohne mich
97
Schrecklich amüsant - aber in Zukunft ohne mich
98
Schrecklich amüsant, aber in Zukunft ohne mich
99
Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp
100
Signifying Rappers
101
Signifying Rappers
102
Signifying Rappers
103
Signifying Rappers
104
Something to Do with Paying Attention
105
Story about the Story Vol. II Vol. 2
106
String Theory
107
Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
108
Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again : Essays and Arguments, a
109
The Best American Essays 2007
110
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006
111
The Best American essays 2007
112
The David Foster Wallace Reader
113
The Mechanics' Institute Review
114
The Pale King
115
The Pale King An Unfinished Novel
116
Una cosa divertente che non farò mai più
117
Up, Simba!
118
Vergessenheit
119
Verso occidente l'Impero dirige il suo corso
120
Yaldah ʻim śeʻar muzar
121
la scopa del sistema
122
משהו כיפי לכאורה שלא אחזור עליו לעולם
123
ראיונות קצרים עם גברים נתעבים
124
The Broom of the System
1987
125
Girl With Curious Hair
1988
126
Infinite Jest
1996
127
A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again
1997
128
Up, Simba!
2000
129
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
2001
130
Nina del Pelo Raro, La
2001
131
Kurze Interviews mit fiesen Männern
2002
132
Everything and more
2003
133
Oblivion
2004
134
The Future of Fiction
2004
135
Consider the lobster, and other essays
2005
136
Extincion
2005
137
La Nia del Pelo Raro
2006
138
McCain's promise
2008
139
This is water
2009

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David Foster Wallace has written 139 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1987 to 2009.
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