John Edgar Wideman Reading Order
1 series · 60 books
John Edgar Wideman was an acclaimed American author renowned for his innovative narrative style and exploration of African-American themes. Over his prolific career from 1967 to 2008, he published 65 works, including a series and several standalone novels. Wideman gained significant recognition as the first two-time recipient of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
Standalone Novels Series
60 books
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | American histories |
| 3 | Black Boy |
| 4 | Briefs |
| 5 | Brothers and Keepers |
| 6 | Cattle Killing |
| 7 | Fanon |
| 8 | Fatheralong |
| 9 | Fever |
| 10 | Glance Away |
| 11 | God's Gym |
| 12 | Homewood Trilogy |
| 13 | Hurry Home |
| 14 | L'Incendie de Philadelphie |
| 15 | Languages of Home |
| 16 | Le rocking-chair qui bat la mesure |
| 17 | Look For Me and I'll Be Gone |
| 18 | Look for Me and Ill Be Gone |
| 19 | Lynchers |
| 20 | Motion |
| 21 | My soul has grown deep |
| 22 | Philadelphia Fire |
| 23 | Proceedings of the 2002 Spring Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division |
| 24 | Sent for You Yesterday |
| 25 | Slaveroad |
| 26 | The Situation of the Story |
| 27 | The best American short stories, 1996 |
| 28 | The homewood trilogy |
| 29 | Two Cities |
| 30 | Writing to Save a Life |
| 31 | Writing to save a life |
| 32 | You Made Me Love You |
| 33 | A glance away 1967 |
| 34 | Hurry home 1970 |
| 35 | The lynchers 1973 |
| 36 | Damballah 1981 |
| 37 | Hiding place 1981 |
| 38 | Sent for you yesterday 1983 |
| 39 | Brothers and keepers 1984 |
| 40 | Ag lance away 1986 |
| 41 | Reuben 1987 |
| 42 | Sent for You Yesterday/Brothers and Keepers 1987 |
| 43 | Philadelphia fire 1990 |
| 44 | Short stories 1992 |
| 45 | The homewood books 1992 |
| 46 | All Stories Are True/Cassettes 1993 |
| 47 | All stories are true 1993 |
| 48 | Identities 1994 |
| 49 | Ancestral House 1995 |
| 50 | The Best American Short Stories 1996 1996 |
| 51 | The Stories of John Edgar Widemann 1996 |
| 52 | The cattle killing 1996 |
| 53 | Conversations with John Edgar Wideman 1998 |
| 54 | Le massacre du bétail 1998 |
| 55 | Two cities 1998 |
| 56 | Hoop roots 2001 |
| 57 | My Soul Has Grown Deep 2001 |
| 58 | Schwarzes Blut. Roman 2002 |
| 59 | The island, Martinique 2003 |
| 60 | God's gym 2004 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has John Edgar Wideman written?
- John Edgar Wideman has written 60 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1967 to 2004.

