John Edgar Wideman Reading Order
1 series · 65 books
John Edgar Wideman is an acclaimed American writer who has distinguished himself across novels, short stories, memoirs, and essays since the late 1960s. A two-time winner of the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award, he is recognized for his innovative narrative structures and his deep exploration of African-American identity and culture. His body of work, spanning multiple decades, combines formal experimentation with profound examinations of community, family, and historical consciousness.
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Standalone Novels Series
Complete65 books
John Edgar Wideman's collection of 65 standalone novels spans from 1967 to 2008 and should be read in publication order beginning with A Glance Away. Though each novel stands independently, reading them chronologically through their release dates provides the fullest appreciation of Wideman's evolving literary vision across four decades. This complete series encompasses works ranging from psychological explorations to historical narratives, reflecting the author's varied interests and thematic concerns throughout his career.
Start with A glance away, the first of 65 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | American histories |
| 3 | Black Boy |
| 4 | Briefs |
| 5 | Brothers and Keepers |
| 6 | Brothers and Keepers |
| 7 | Cattle Killing |
| 8 | Fanon |
| 9 | Fatheralong |
| 10 | Fever |
| 11 | Glance Away |
| 12 | God's Gym |
| 13 | Homewood Trilogy |
| 14 | Hurry Home |
| 15 | L'Incendie de Philadelphie |
| 16 | Languages of Home |
| 17 | Le rocking-chair qui bat la mesure |
| 18 | Look For Me and I'll Be Gone |
| 19 | Look for Me and Ill Be Gone |
| 20 | Lynchers |
| 21 | Motion |
| 22 | My soul has grown deep |
| 23 | Philadelphia Fire |
| 24 | Proceedings of the 2002 Spring Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division |
| 25 | Sent for You Yesterday |
| 26 | Slaveroad |
| 27 | The Situation of the Story |
| 28 | The best American short stories, 1996 |
| 29 | The homewood trilogy |
| 30 | Two Cities |
| 31 | Writing to Save a Life |
| 32 | Writing to save a life |
| 33 | You Made Me Love You |
| 34 | A glance away 1967 |
| 35 | Hurry home 1970 |
| 36 | The lynchers 1973 |
| 37 | Damballah 1981 |
| 38 | Hiding place 1981 |
| 39 | Sent for you yesterday 1983 |
| 40 | Brothers and keepers 1984 |
| 41 | Ag lance away 1986 |
| 42 | Reuben 1987 |
| 43 | Sent for You Yesterday/Brothers and Keepers 1987 |
| 44 | Fever 1989 |
| 45 | Philadelphia fire 1990 |
| 46 | Short stories 1992 |
| 47 | The homewood books 1992 |
| 48 | All Stories Are True/Cassettes 1993 |
| 49 | All stories are true 1993 |
| 50 | Fatheralong 1994 |
| 51 | Identities 1994 |
| 52 | Ancestral House 1995 |
| 53 | The Best American Short Stories 1996 1996 |
| 54 | The Stories of John Edgar Widemann 1996 |
| 55 | The cattle killing 1996 |
| 56 | Conversations with John Edgar Wideman 1998 |
| 57 | Le massacre du bétail 1998 |
| 58 | Two cities 1998 |
| 59 | 20 2001 |
| 60 | Hoop roots 2001 |
| 61 | My Soul Has Grown Deep 2001 |
| 62 | Schwarzes Blut. Roman 2002 |
| 63 | The island, Martinique 2003 |
| 64 | God's gym 2004 |
| 65 | Fanon 2008 |
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