William S. Burroughs Reading Order
1 series · 181 books
William S. Burroughs was a prominent American author and visual artist known for his groundbreaking contributions to the Beat Generation and postmodern literature. With a distinctive style that often embraced experimental narrative structures, he penned around 200 books, including a celebrated series and various stand-alone novels. His most notable work, "Naked Lunch," has left an indelible mark on both literary and popular culture.
Standalone Novels Series
181 books
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Academy 23 |
| 2 | Adding Machine |
| 3 | Ah Pook is here, and other texts |
| 4 | Ali's smile |
| 5 | And the hippos were boiled in their tanks |
| 6 | Anti-junk |
| 7 | Apomorphine |
| 8 | Arabolge |
| 9 | At the front - critical reception |
| 10 | Beat! |
| 11 | Between spaces |
| 12 | Blade runner |
| 13 | Boards syndicates governments of the earth pay |
| 14 | Bruce Weber : an exhibition |
| 15 | Burroughs |
| 16 | Burroughs Live |
| 17 | Burroughs, Pélieu, Kaufman |
| 18 | Cat Inside |
| 19 | Ciplak Solen |
| 20 | City Lights Journal |
| 21 | Cobble stone gardens |
| 22 | Cursed from Birth |
| 23 | Datchi Shurutsu saigo no kotoba |
| 24 | Dead aim |
| 25 | Die Elektronische Revolution |
| 26 | Die Vier Apokalyptischen Reiter |
| 27 | Early routines |
| 28 | El fantasma accidental |
| 29 | El fantasma de l'oportunitat |
| 30 | El lugar de los caminos muertos |
| 31 | Electronic Revolution/Die Elektronische Revolution |
| 32 | Electronic revolution, 1970-71 |
| 33 | Electronische revolutie |
| 34 | Elektro Devrim 8 |
| 35 | Entre chats |
| 36 | Everything Lost |
| 37 | Everything lost |
| 38 | Exterminateur! |
| 39 | Exterminator! A novel |
| 40 | File ticker tape |
| 41 | Gato encerrado |
| 42 | Ghost of Chance |
| 43 | Ghost of chance |
| 44 | Havre des saints |
| 45 | Helnwein - Kindskopf - Head of a Child |
| 46 | Hysteria caused by events leading to the Lindbergh trial |
| 47 | In Youth Is Pleasure |
| 48 | Interzone |
| 49 | Jack Kerouac |
| 50 | Job |
| 51 | Just say no to drug hysteria |
| 52 | Kentucky Ham |
| 53 | La Fille aux cheveux verts |
| 54 | La foire aux atrocités |
| 55 | La morbida macchina |
| 56 | La révolution electronique |
| 57 | Las Cartas de La Ayahuasca |
| 58 | Lasers (The Inside Story) |
| 59 | Last Words |
| 60 | Last Words of Dutch Schultz Edition |
| 61 | Last Words: Qui Vivre Verra |
| 62 | Last words |
| 63 | Le Complot |
| 64 | Le Havre des saints |
| 65 | Le festin nu |
| 66 | Le job |
| 67 | Les Garçons sauvages |
| 68 | Les garçons sauvages |
| 69 | Les lettres du yage |
| 70 | Les terres occidentales |
| 71 | Letter from a master addict to dangerous drugs |
| 72 | Letters, 1945-59 |
| 73 | Lettre d'un maître intoxiqué aux drogues dangereuses |
| 74 | Lettres du yage |
| 75 | Los chicos salvajes |
| 76 | Maquina Blanda, La |
| 77 | Mayfair Acadamy series more or less |
| 78 | Mummies |
| 79 | My Education |
| 80 | Naked Lunch |
| 81 | Naked lunch |
| 82 | Naked scientology |
| 83 | Narkotyki |
| 84 | New Writing and Writers |
| 85 | Nova Express |
| 86 | Nova Express. |
| 87 | Oeuvre croisée |
| 88 | Painting and Guns |
| 89 | Paper Cloud Thick Pages (Art Random Series, No 102) |
| 90 | Patlamis Bilet |
| 91 | Place of Dead Roads |
| 92 | Port of saints |
| 93 | Proclaim present time over |
| 94 | Prostranstvo mertvykh dorog |
| 95 | RE/Search 4/5 |
| 96 | Radiert die Worte aus |
| 97 | Re/search #4/5 |
| 98 | Rebels and Devils |
| 99 | Roosevelt after inauguration and other atrocities |
| 100 | Rub Out The Words Letters Of William Burroughs 19591974 |
| 101 | Rub Out The Words The Letters Of William S Burroughs 19591974 |
| 102 | Rub Out the Words |
| 103 | Rules of Duel |
| 104 | Shotgun paintings |
| 105 | Snack .... |
| 106 | Snack... |
| 107 | Soft Machine (Calderbooks) |
| 108 | Son Sozler |
| 109 | Special Burroughs issue |
| 110 | Speed |
| 111 | Speed and Kentucky Ham |
| 112 | Stiletto One |
| 113 | Strade Morte |
| 114 | Strange Amazing and Mysterious Places |
| 115 | Tape recorder mutations |
| 116 | Textes |
| 117 | Th e seven deadly sins |
| 118 | The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men |
| 119 | The Black rider |
| 120 | The Burroughs file |
| 121 | The Cat Inside |
| 122 | The Coldspring News |
| 123 | The Electronic Revolution |
| 124 | The Fenris Wolf 1-3 |
| 125 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| 126 | The Job |
| 127 | The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I |
| 128 | The Letters of William S.Burroughs, 1945-59 |
| 129 | The Moroccan; James Brown |
| 130 | The Moving times |
| 131 | The Ticket That Exploded |
| 132 | The Yage Letters |
| 133 | The adding machine |
| 134 | The book of breeething |
| 135 | The cat inside |
| 136 | The dead child |
| 137 | The job |
| 138 | The last words of Dutch Schultz |
| 139 | The letters of William S. Burroughs |
| 140 | The retreat diaries |
| 141 | The seven deadly sins |
| 142 | The soft machine |
| 143 | The ticket that exploded |
| 144 | The western lands |
| 145 | Third Mind |
| 146 | Time |
| 147 | Tiquet Que Exploto, El |
| 148 | Tornado alley |
| 149 | Uncommon Quotes |
| 150 | Vahsi Oglanlar |
| 151 | Western Lands, the |
| 152 | What in Horton Hotel Rue Vernet Gen-San Marino Zaliola the swan last day de Cobo Princi e di castel-hos it-cicale von Keop en Countesse Gay Gudewill Count Hell does that mean????????? |
| 153 | When Men in Black Attack |
| 154 | White Subway |
| 155 | Wild Boys |
| 156 | William Burroughs Reader |
| 157 | William Burroughs counter display |
| 158 | William Burroughs, Claude Pélieu, Bob Kaufman |
| 159 | William S. Burroughs |
| 160 | William S. Burroughs ; Brion Gysin ; and, Throbbing Gristle |
| 161 | William S. Burroughs' "The revised Boy Scout manual" |
| 162 | Word Virus |
| 163 | Word virus |
| 164 | Yonki |
| 165 | Yonqui |
| 166 | Yonqui ; El almuerzo desnudo ; Queer |
| 167 | You can't win |
| 168 | Yumusak Makine |
| 169 | Çıplak Şölen |
| 170 | וההיפופוטמים התבשלו בתוך הבריכות שלהם |
| 171 | ジャンキー |
| 172 | 麻薬書簡 |
| 173 | Dead Fingers Talk 1970 |
| 174 | Book of Breeething 1980 |
| 175 | The Soft Machine; Nova Express; The Wild Boys 1981 |
| 176 | Cities of the Red Night 1982 |
| 177 | Apocalypse 1988 |
| 178 | Seven Deadly Sins 1991 |
| 179 | Almuerzo Desnudo 2003 |
| 180 | La Maquina Blanda 2004 |
| 181 | Evil River 2007 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has William S. Burroughs written?
- William S. Burroughs has written 181 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1970 to 2007.

