Another Roadside Attraction
Robbins's first novel and the earliest major entry point into his fiction.
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Tom Robbins Books in Order
Tom Robbins (1932–2025) was an American novelist and essayist whose work combines comic invention, mythology, social satire, eroticism, and philosophical speculation. He wrote eight novels, a novella, a collection of shorter writings, a memoir, and an early art monograph.
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Novels (9)
- Another Roadside Attraction
novel · 1971
What if the Second Coming didn't quite come off as advertised? What if "the Corpse" on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it is--what does that portend for the future western civilization? And what if a young…
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
novel · 1976
The whooping crane rustlers are girls. Young girls. Cowgirls, as a matter of fact, all "bursting with dimples and hormones"--and the FBI has never seen anything quite like them. Yet their rebellion at the Rubber Rose Ranch is almost…
- Still Life with Woodpecker
novel · 1980
- List item Still Life with Woodpecker is a sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between…
- Jitterbug Perfume
novel · 1984
Jitterbug Perfume is an epic.Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight (Paris time).It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor…
- Skinny Legs and All
novel · 1990
An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations.... It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it's the axis around which spins the long-awaited new Tom Robbins novel, a gutsy, fun-loving,…
- Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
novel · 1994
Get ready for “the ride of your life” (Entertainment Weekly) with this blazingly original novel from the New York Times bestselling author hailed by Financial Times as “one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world.”…
- Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
novel · 2000
Switters is a contradiction for all seasons: an anarchist who works for the government; a pacifist who carries a gun; a vegetarian who sops up ham gravy; a cyberwhiz who hates computers; a man who, though obsessed with the preservation of…
- Villa Incognito
novel · 2003
Imagine that there are American MIAs who chose to remain missing after the Vietnam War. Imagine that there is a family in which four generations of strong, alluring women have shared a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from…
- B Is for Beer
novella · 2009
In this story for both children and adults, kindergartner Gracie decides to find out just what beer is and why her father likes it so much. Along the way she discovers more than she probably expected.
Nonfiction (1)
- Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life
memoir · 2014
Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins' legendary memoir--wild tales of his life and times, both at home and around the globe. Tom Robbins’ warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels—including Still Life With…
Other (2)
- Guy Anderson
monograph · 1965
- Wild Ducks Flying Backward: The Short Writings of Tom Robbins
collection · 2005
Known for his meaty seriocomic novels--expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow--Tom Robbins has also published over the years a number of short pieces, predominantly nonfiction. His travel articles, essays, and…
