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Paul Auster (1947–2024) was an American writer whose work ranged across poetry, novels, memoir, essays, biography, drama, screenwriting, graphic literature, and literary correspondence. His best-known fiction includes The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, Leviathan, The Book of Illusions, and 4 3 2 1. He also wrote the memoirs The Invention of Solitude, Hand to Mouth, Winter Journal, and Report from the Interior; the biography Burning Boy; and screenplays including Smoke, Blue in the Face, and Lulu on the Bridge. He translated and edited French literature early in his career, but those translation-only and editor-only publications are excluded here.
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City of Glass
The opening volume of The New York Trilogy and Auster's breakthrough novel.
Moon Palace
A widely accessible standalone novel that introduces Auster's recurring themes of chance, identity, and literary invention.
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Books by series
trilogy · complete
The New York Trilogy
A linked trilogy of metafictional detective novels consisting of City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (21)
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Squeeze PlayAmazon ↗novel · 1982
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In the Country of Last ThingsAmazon ↗novel · 1987
- Moon PalaceAmazon ↗
novel · 1989
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Auggie Wren's Christmas StoryAmazon ↗novella · 1990
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The Music of ChanceAmazon ↗novel · 1990
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LeviathanAmazon ↗novel · 1992
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Mr. VertigoAmazon ↗novel · 1994
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TimbuktuAmazon ↗novel · 1999
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The Book of IllusionsAmazon ↗novel · 2002
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The Story of My TypewriterAmazon ↗illustrated-nonfiction · 2002
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Oracle NightAmazon ↗novel · 2003
- Paul Auster's City of GlassAmazon ↗
graphic-novel · 2004
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The Brooklyn FolliesAmazon ↗novel · 2005
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Travels in the ScriptoriumAmazon ↗novel · 2006
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Man in the DarkAmazon ↗novel · 2008
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InvisibleAmazon ↗novel · 2009
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Sunset ParkAmazon ↗novel · 2010
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4 3 2 1Amazon ↗novel · 2017
- Long Live King Kobe: Following the Murder of Tyler Kobe NicholsAmazon ↗
illustrated-nonfiction · 2022
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Bloodbath NationAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2023
- BaumgartnerAmazon ↗
novel · 2023
Nonfiction (5)
Short fiction (1)
- The Red Notebook and Other WritingsAmazon ↗
essay-and-story-collection · 1995
Essays and speeches (2)
Poetry (7)
- UnearthAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1974
- Wall WritingAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1976
- EffigiesAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1977
- Fragments from ColdAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1977
- Facing the MusicAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1980
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White SpacesAmazon ↗poetry-and-prose · 1980
- Autobiography of the EyeAmazon ↗
poetry-and-prose · 1993
