James Dickey Reading Order
1 series ยท 126 books
James Dickey was an acclaimed American poet and novelist whose career spanned from the early 1960s until his death in 2003. Appointed the 18th U.S. Poet Laureate in 1966, he earned major literary honors including the National Book Award for Poetry and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His body of work blends intense, visceral imagery with explorations of human experience and nature, demonstrated across his numerous standalone novels and poetry collections.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete126 books
Start with Drowning With Others, the first of 126 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4th Quarter Playbook |
| 2 | Babel to Byzantium |
| 3 | Babel to Byzantium |
| 4 | Babel to Byzantium |
| 5 | Babel to Byzantium Poets and Poetry Now |
| 6 | Babel to Byzantium; poets & poetry now |
| 7 | Buckdancer's Choice |
| 8 | Buckdancer's Choice |
| 9 | DELIVERANCE |
| 10 | DELIVRANCE |
| 11 | Death, and the day's light |
| 12 | Deliverance |
| 13 | Deliverance |
| 14 | Deliverance |
| 15 | Deliverance (1972) |
| 16 | Deliverance, A Novel by James Dickey |
| 17 | Drowning with Others |
| 18 | Drowning with Others; Poems |
| 19 | Drowning with others |
| 20 | Eagle's Mile |
| 21 | Flight or Fright |
| 22 | Flussfahrt |
| 23 | From the green horseshoe |
| 24 | Helmets |
| 25 | It's All True! |
| 26 | James Dickey |
| 27 | James Dickey reads his poetry |
| 28 | Jericho |
| 29 | La Violencia Esta En Nosotros |
| 30 | La-bas au nord (French Edition) |
| 31 | Metaphor as Pure Adventure |
| 32 | Metaphor as pure adventure |
| 33 | Poems |
| 34 | Poems |
| 35 | Poems, 1957-1967 |
| 36 | Poems, 1957-1967 |
| 37 | Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level |
| 38 | Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Reader's Companion -- Bronze Level |
| 39 | Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze |
| 40 | Prentice Hall Literature--Sample Selections--Bronze |
| 41 | Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience |
| 42 | Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze |
| 43 | Reader's Companion--Bronze Level |
| 44 | Saints and Settlers |
| 45 | Sorties |
| 46 | Spinning the crystal ball |
| 47 | Spinning the crystal ball |
| 48 | The Eye-Beaters, Blood, Victory, Madness, Buckhead, and Mercy |
| 49 | The Suspect In Poetry |
| 50 | The achievement of James Dickey |
| 51 | The achievement of James Dickey |
| 52 | The claim |
| 53 | The complete poems of James Dickey |
| 54 | The one voice of James Dickey |
| 55 | The sentence |
| 56 | The starry place between the antlers : why I live in South Carolina |
| 57 | The water-bug's mittens |
| 58 | To the White Sea |
| 59 | Whole Motion |
| 60 | Wild |
| 61 | Wild Strawberries |
| 62 | Wybawienie |
| 63 | ืืืจืื ืืืืืืืช |
| 64 | Drowning With Others 1962 |
| 65 | Helmets 1964 |
| 66 | Helmets, poems 1964 |
| 67 | The suspect in poetry 1964 |
| 68 | Two Poems of the Air 1964 |
| 69 | A private brinksmanship 1965 |
| 70 | Buckdancer's choice 1965 |
| 71 | Poems, 1957 1967 |
| 72 | Poems, 1957-1967 1967 |
| 73 | Spinning the crystal ball 1967 |
| 74 | Babel to Byzantium 1968 |
| 75 | James Dickey Poems 1957-1967 1968 |
| 76 | Metaphor as pure adventure 1968 |
| 77 | Poems 1968 |
| 78 | The achievement of James Dickey: a comprehensive selection of his poems with a critical introduction 1968 |
| 79 | Deliverance 1970 |
| 80 | Self-interviews 1970 |
| 81 | The eye-beaters, blood, victory, madness, buckhead, and mercy 1970 |
| 82 | Babel to Byzantium Poets and Poetry Now 1971 |
| 83 | Exchanges 1971 |
| 84 | Sorties 1971 |
| 85 | James Dickey Reads His Poetry and Prose (Swc 13331) 1972 |
| 86 | The zodiac 1976 |
| 87 | God's images 1977 |
| 88 | The owl king 1977 |
| 89 | The strength of fields 1977 |
| 90 | The enemy from Eden 1978 |
| 91 | Tucky the hunter 1978 |
| 92 | Veteran birth 1978 |
| 93 | Head-Deep in Strange Sounds 1979 |
| 94 | In pursuit of the grey soul 1979 |
| 95 | Poems of James Dickey (984) 1979 |
| 96 | The water-bug's mittens 1979 |
| 97 | Scion 1980 |
| 98 | Eagle's Mile 1981 |
| 99 | Falling, may day sermon, and other poems 1981 |
| 100 | The early motion 1981 |
| 101 | The starry place between the antlers 1981 |
| 102 | Puella 1982 |
| 103 | False Youth 1983 |
| 104 | False youth--four seasons 1983 |
| 105 | For a Time and Place 1983 |
| 106 | Intervisions 1983 |
| 107 | Night hurdling 1983 |
| 108 | The central motion 1983 |
| 109 | Bronwen, the traw, and the shape-shifter 1986 |
| 110 | Alnilam 1987 |
| 111 | From the Green Horseshoe 1987 |
| 112 | Summons 1988 |
| 113 | Wayfarer 1988 |
| 114 | The voiced connections of James Dickey 1989 |
| 115 | Deliverance (The Armchair Detective Library) 1991 |
| 116 | The Whole Motion 1992 |
| 117 | To the White Sea 1993 |
| 118 | To the White Sea (Delta World War II Library) 1994 |
| 119 | Striking in 1996 |
| 120 | Deliverance (Bloomsbury Film Classics) 1998 |
| 121 | James Dickey 1998 |
| 122 | Crux 1999 |
| 123 | The James Dickey reader 1999 |
| 124 | Liberacion 2002 |
| 125 | Classes on modern poets and the art of poetry 2003 |
| 126 | The one voice of James Dickey 2003 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has James Dickey written?
- James Dickey has written 126 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1962 to 2003.
- Are James Dickey's series complete?
- James Dickey has 1 completed series.