Books by Joyce Carol Oates

The scene is Grayling Island off the coast of Maine, where a young woman meets a Senator at a Fourth of July beach party. As the afternoon slips into ... More

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A haunting new novel from one of America's most prolific and respected novelists. Mudgirl is a child abandoned by her mother in the silty flats of ... More

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A sweeping, mesmerising novel of the most enduring and evocative cultural icon of the 20th century. 'Nobody has ever caught Marilyn more brilliantly ... More

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Joyce Carol Oates selects 55 unforgettable essays by the finest American writers of this century: Mark Twain, W.E.B. Du Bois, John Muir, William ... More

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The unforgettable story of the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of an American family. The Mulvaneys are seemingly blessed by everything that ... More

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From the bestselling author of Black Water comes a provocative novel of rebellion, violence, and women's revenge. In the 1950s, five young women in ... More

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Hard-hitting, page-turning and celebratory of friendship in unlikely circumstances, Joyce Carol Oates' sure touch with small town life hits home in ... More

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The first paperback reprint since 1986 of the author's favorite among her several acclaimed and controversial Gothic novels. In "Mysteries of ... More

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"My husband died, my life collapsed." On a February morning in 2008, Joyce Carol Oates drove her ailing husband, Raymond Smith, to the emergency ... More

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Oates pens a mesmerizing portrayal of Jesse Vogel: his tragic childhood, his pursuit of a career in neurosurgery, and his loss of his daughter to the ... More

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Searingly honest, emotionally wrenching, and ultimately redemptive, this novel of an inspiring journey of self-discovery and hope by bestselling ... More

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A novel of tremendous sweep and pace about the American family in crisis -- but also about America itself in the mid-20th century. This novel is the ... More

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The Bellefleurs live in a region not unlike the Adirondacks in an enormous mansion on the shores of mythic Lake Noir. A prolific and eccentric group, ... More

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This eerie tale of psychological horror sees the real inhabitants of turn-of-the-century Princeton fall under the influence of a supernatural power. ... More

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Loretta Wendall and her two children experience violence and poverty in Detroit from the Depression in the 1930s to the riots of 1967.

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A tender, hilarious novel about contemporary America. With 'Middle Age' Joyce Carol Oates has been acclaimed as one of the most important writers of ... More

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'A writer of extraordinary strengths' Guardian Set in the mythical small city of Sparta, New York, this searing, vividly rendered exploration of the ... More

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Daddy Love, aka Reverend Chester Cash, has for years abducted, tortured, and raped young boys. His latest victim is Robbie, now renamed 'Gideon,' and ... More

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Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of 59 tales that combines classic works with many "different, ... More

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Featuring contributions by Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Stephen King, Anne Rice, and many others, this definitive collection of chilling American fiction ... More

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An exploration of one man's ride to success and the price it exacts from him.

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Readers will find "small, hard gems" ("New York Times Book Review") in this new collection of short stories from bestselling and award-winning author ... More

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One day an 11-year-old girl disappears. She was playing with friends from school. The crop is strengthened by her blood...Marissa is an innocent girl ... More

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Jonathan Safran Foer and Robert Pinsky join Joyce Carol Oates and other illustrious writers to explore Jersey noir.

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