Gore Vidal Reading Order
1 series · 200 books
Gore Vidal was an American novelist and essayist celebrated for his sharp, incisive commentary on American society and culture. His fiction and non-fiction work challenged conventional attitudes toward politics, sexuality, and power through intelligent satire and keen observation. A public intellectual who twice ran unsuccessfully for elected office as a Democrat, Vidal produced a substantial body of standalone novels that examined the contradictions and hypocrisies embedded in American life and institutions.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete200 books
Start with Le journal d'une femme de chambre, the first of 200 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | "Three gods talking!" |
| 2 | 'Kalkism' |
| 3 | (First Random House Printing) Empire Hardcover By Gore Vidal 1987 |
| 4 | 1876 |
| 5 | 2004 progressive agenda for the states |
| 6 | 9 modern short plays |
| 7 | A Search For The King |
| 8 | A Thirsty Evil |
| 9 | A dignified requiem for a necrophiliac |
| 10 | A longa espera do passado |
| 11 | A search for the King |
| 12 | A study of the problems of the American theatre |
| 13 | A tale of Arthur |
| 14 | A thirsty evil |
| 15 | A touch of sabotage, 1940-1945 |
| 16 | A writer's notebook |
| 17 | Alla ricerca del re / Gore Vidal ; traduzione dall'inglese di Mario Galli de Furlani |
| 18 | Amerikai komédia 1876 |
| 19 | An improved system of capitalism and taxation |
| 20 | Anthologie de poèmes choisis |
| 21 | Arcipelago |
| 22 | BURR |
| 23 | Beni culturali |
| 24 | Beriʾah |
| 25 | Bruno Canova : opere 1982-1993 |
| 26 | Burr |
| 27 | Burr |
| 28 | Burr ezredes utolsó kalandja |
| 29 | Cara Simon |
| 30 | Chapters of Erie |
| 31 | Cillslar |
| 32 | Clouds and eclipses |
| 33 | Columbia Pictures Television |
| 34 | Cosa fa vivere gli uomini |
| 35 | Costiera Amalfitana |
| 36 | Cours de langue et de civilisation Françaises |
| 37 | Creacion |
| 38 | Creación |
| 39 | Creazione |
| 40 | Criação |
| 41 | Dangerous voyage |
| 42 | Dark green, bright red |
| 43 | Deadly Sins |
| 44 | Deal with Your Stress |
| 45 | Delayed gratification |
| 46 | Der beste Mann |
| 47 | Diarkis polemos gia diarkh eirhnh |
| 48 | Die ungeliebte Leiche |
| 49 | Disamore, ovvero, la trascendenza verso il basso |
| 50 | Doctor Ibrahim |
| 51 | Due sorelle |
| 52 | Duluth |
| 53 | Duluth |
| 54 | Edith Wharton Omnibus |
| 55 | Een pilaar van ongehoorzaamheid |
| 56 | El juicio de París |
| 57 | El último imperio |
| 58 | Elders and betters |
| 59 | Empire |
| 60 | Empire |
| 61 | Empire A Novel |
| 62 | En direct du Golgotha |
| 63 | En nat i New York |
| 64 | Extracts from a journal |
| 65 | Feginn mun ég fylgja þer |
| 66 | First harvest |
| 67 | Flammen zum Meer |
| 68 | Foto di gruppo |
| 69 | Francis Nevile Reid a Ravello |
| 70 | Freelance live and tape television agreement of 1990 |
| 71 | Gratulatio für Joseph Caspar Witsch zum 60. Geburtstag am 17. Juli 1966 |
| 72 | Great American Families |
| 73 | Guide to Thomas Aquinas |
| 74 | He who passed |
| 75 | Hollywood |
| 76 | I cento romanzi stranieri, 1944-1986 |
| 77 | I ragazzi della soffitta |
| 78 | Il Tannino |
| 79 | Il canarino e la miniera |
| 80 | Il partito nuovo |
| 81 | Il signor Procharc̆in |
| 82 | Immer diese Morde |
| 83 | Imperial America |
| 84 | Império |
| 85 | Irók, gengszterek, professzorok ; esszék |
| 86 | Iulian |
| 87 | Jazz |
| 88 | Julian |
| 89 | Julian |
| 90 | Julian |
| 91 | Julian (Four Square books. no. 1534.) |
| 92 | Juliano el apóstata |
| 93 | Julianus |
| 94 | Julianus de afvallige |
| 95 | Julijan |
| 96 | K K |
| 97 | Kalki |
| 98 | Kalki |
| 99 | Kalki a Novel |
| 100 | L'incerto sorriso |
| 101 | La breve vita felice di Francis Macomber |
| 102 | La maschera |
| 103 | La méprise |
| 104 | Le mutazioni di Mazuf |
| 105 | Les cahiers de cours de Moïse |
| 106 | Livet er mitt eget |
| 107 | Lonesome in the evening |
| 108 | Mario Carotenuto |
| 109 | Mario Carotenuto |
| 110 | Messiah |
| 111 | Messiah |
| 112 | Messiah |
| 113 | Messias |
| 114 | Mesías |
| 115 | Mio cugino Eisenhower |
| 116 | Mother Bird poetry anthology |
| 117 | My life in pictures |
| 118 | Myra Breckenridge |
| 119 | Myra Breckinridge |
| 120 | Myra Breckinridge |
| 121 | Myra Breckinridge and Myron |
| 122 | Myron |
| 123 | Navegación a la vista |
| 124 | Navigando a vista |
| 125 | Never stop dancing |
| 126 | No liar shall be president |
| 127 | Ouasinkton D.C. |
| 128 | Painful penetration |
| 129 | Plays of the Greek dramatists |
| 130 | Poet in California |
| 131 | Portrait of a man unknown |
| 132 | Punch-drunk in America |
| 133 | Père Goriot |
| 134 | Rare 1984 ~ Lincoln ~ Gore Vidal ~ Hardcover ~ Dust Jacket |
| 135 | Ravello |
| 136 | Ravello and its beauties |
| 137 | Rinkitink in Oz |
| 138 | Rita Maritt |
| 139 | Romano Parmeggiani |
| 140 | Schuld... |
| 141 | Se controlli i media è fatta |
| 142 | Se zōntanē metadosē ap'to Golgotha |
| 143 | Season Of Comfort by Gore Vidal (1997-11-06) |
| 144 | Sexualidade e criação literária |
| 145 | Skandální život Aarona Burra |
| 146 | So cold the night |
| 147 | Sonhando a guerra |
| 148 | Speaking of marriage |
| 149 | Speculations |
| 150 | Stories of Sicily |
| 151 | Superstar murder? |
| 152 | Tangeri |
| 153 | Temptation in the desert |
| 154 | The Best Man |
| 155 | The Conrad companion |
| 156 | The John F. Johnson journal of 1902 |
| 157 | The Judgement of Paris (New edition) |
| 158 | The Other Persuasion |
| 159 | The Ring of the Nibelung of Richard Wagner |
| 160 | The best man |
| 161 | The brigadier and the golf widow |
| 162 | The burning cactus |
| 163 | The case of Lynne Stewart |
| 164 | The centre of the green |
| 165 | The city and the pillar |
| 166 | The companion guide to Venice |
| 167 | The complete poems of Cavafy |
| 168 | The crackling of thorns |
| 169 | The creed of Christ |
| 170 | The empty canvas |
| 171 | The fool hath said |
| 172 | The gentleman was a thief |
| 173 | The ghost city |
| 174 | The ladies in the library and other stories |
| 175 | The narrow corner |
| 176 | The pillars of religion: ignorance, indoctrination, inadequacy |
| 177 | The plant hunters |
| 178 | The rape of Ganymede |
| 179 | The sardonic verses |
| 180 | The truth will not help us |
| 181 | Twee zusters |
| 182 | Um momento de louros verdes |
| 183 | Un garçon près de la rivière |
| 184 | Una vita per l'arte |
| 185 | Vademecum del turista |
| 186 | Vereinigte Staaten von Amnesia |
| 187 | Vie de Bohème |
| 188 | Vit︠s︡e-prezident Bėrr |
| 189 | Washington D.C. |
| 190 | Washington, D.C. |
| 191 | Washinton, D. C. |
| 192 | When does the fun start? |
| 193 | Вашингтон, округ Колумбия |
| 194 | Демократия |
| 195 | Сътворението |
| 196 | アーロン・バアの英雄的生涯 |
| 197 | ワシントンDC |
| 198 | 大予言者カルキ |
| 199 | 永恆的媚拉 |
| 200 | Le journal d'une femme de chambre 2001 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Gore Vidal written?
- Gore Vidal has written 200 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 2001 to 2001.
- Are Gore Vidal's series complete?
- Gore Vidal has 1 completed series.