Edmund White Reading Order
1 series · 55 books
Edmund White is a prominent author known for his literary fiction and nonfiction, exploring themes of homosexual life in America. With a prolific output of 55 books, including works in a series as well as standalone novels, he has captivated readers with his insightful analysis of evolving societal attitudes toward homosexuality and the effects of HIV/AIDS. Active from 1983 to 2007, his notable contributions have significantly influenced the discourse on LGBTQ+ issues within the cultural landscape.
Standalone Novels Series
55 books
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Previous Life |
| 2 | A Saint from Texas |
| 3 | A boy's own story ; and, The beautiful room is empty |
| 4 | Arts and letters |
| 5 | Bad Company |
| 6 | Between Men |
| 7 | Chaos |
| 8 | City Boy |
| 9 | Corps à corps |
| 10 | Edmund White/Samuel Delany, Vol. 16, No. 3 |
| 11 | Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story |
| 12 | Forgetting Elena |
| 13 | Fresh men |
| 14 | Gebrauchsanweisung für Paris. |
| 15 | Humble Lover |
| 16 | Inside A Pearl |
| 17 | Intrigue in the shadow of the guillotine |
| 18 | Jack Holmes and his friend |
| 19 | Loss within Loss |
| 20 | Loves of My Life |
| 21 | Mirrors |
| 22 | Nocturnes for the King of Naples |
| 23 | Our Paris |
| 24 | Our young man |
| 25 | Parkett |
| 26 | RECORD TIME |
| 27 | Rimbaud |
| 28 | Sacred monsters |
| 29 | Sketches from memory |
| 30 | Skinned alive |
| 31 | States of desire revisited |
| 32 | Terre haute |
| 33 | The Darker Proof |
| 34 | The Faber book of gay short fiction |
| 35 | The Farewell Symphony |
| 36 | The First Men |
| 37 | The Married Man |
| 38 | The Other Persuasion |
| 39 | The Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories |
| 40 | The Vintage Book of Amnesia |
| 41 | The unpunished vice |
| 42 | Untitled Novel 2 |
| 43 | A boy's own story 1983 |
| 44 | States of desire 1983 |
| 45 | Caracole 1986 |
| 46 | Genet 1988 |
| 47 | The Beautiful Room Is Empty 1988 |
| 48 | The Violet Quill Reader 1995 |
| 49 | The burning library 1995 |
| 50 | Gay Travels 1998 |
| 51 | Proust 2000 |
| 52 | The Flaneur 2001 |
| 53 | Fanny 2003 |
| 54 | Hotel de Dream 2007 |
| 55 | My Lives 2007 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Edmund White written?
- Edmund White has written 55 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1983 to 2007.

