Lipton's: A Marijuana Journal
journal · First published 2024
Author guide
Norman Mailer Books in Order
Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923–2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, biographer, and filmmaker. He helped establish New Journalism and wrote major works of fiction, creative nonfiction, political reportage, literary criticism, biography, poetry, and drama. His honors included two Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
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Catalog record updated .
Norman Mailer's Newest Book
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Start with one of these
The Naked and the Dead
The landmark debut novel and foundational entry point to Mailer's fiction.
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History
A concise, prizewinning example of Mailer's pioneering creative nonfiction.
The Executioner's Song
His Pulitzer Prize-winning true-crime narrative and one of his most widely acclaimed works.
Advertisements for Myself
A broad autobiographical and literary self-portrait spanning fiction, essays, criticism, and cultural commentary.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (22)
- The Naked and the Dead
novel · 1948
- Barbary Shore
novel · 1951
- The Deer Park
novel · 1955
- An American Dream
novel · 1965
- Why Are We in Vietnam?
novel · 1967
- The Bullfight: A Photographic Narrative with Text by Norman Mailer
graphic-nonfiction · 1967
- The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History
creative-nonfiction · 1968
- Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968
creative-nonfiction · 1968
- Of a Fire on the Moon
creative-nonfiction · 1971
- King of the Hill: Norman Mailer on the Fight of the Century
creative-nonfiction · 1971
- St. George and the Godfather
creative-nonfiction · 1972
- The Faith of Graffiti
graphic-nonfiction · 1974
- The Fight
creative-nonfiction · 1975
- A Transit to Narcissus
novel · 1978
- The Executioner's Song
creative-nonfiction · 1979
- Of Women and Their Elegance
novel · 1980
- Ancient Evenings
novel · 1983
- Tough Guys Don't Dance
novel · 1984
- Harlot's Ghost
novel · 1991
- Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery
creative-nonfiction · 1995
- The Gospel According to the Son
novel · 1997
- The Castle in the Forest
novel · 2007
Nonfiction (4)
- Marilyn: A Biography
biography · 1973
- Genius and Lust: A Journey through the Major Writings of Henry Miller
literary-criticism · 1976
- Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man: An Interpretive Biography
biography · 1995
- Lipton's: A Marijuana Journal
journal · 2024
Short fiction (1)
- The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer
short-story-collection · 1967
Essays and speeches (8)
- The Presidential Papers
essay-collection · 1963
- Cannibals and Christians
essay-collection · 1966
- The Prisoner of Sex
essay · 1971
- Existential Errands
essay-collection · 1972
- Pieces and Pontifications
essay-collection · 1982
- The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing
essay-collection · 2003
- Why Are We at War?
essay · 2003
Poetry (2)
- Deaths for the Ladies (and Other Disasters)
poetry-collection · 1962
- Modest Gifts: Poems and Drawings
poetry-collection · 2003
Plays (2)
- The Deer Park: A Play
play · 1967
- Maidstone: A Mystery
screenplay · 1971
Other (4)
- Advertisements for Myself
miscellany · 1959
- Norman Mailer's Letters on An American Dream, 1963-1969
letters · 2004
- On God: An Uncommon Conversation
dialogue · 2007