![]() McCarthy in 1973 | |
Novels ↙ | 12 |
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Stories ↙ | 3 |
Plays ↙ | 2 |
Essays ↙ | 1 |
References and footnotes |
A list of works by or about Cormac McCarthy, the American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. McCarthy published twelve novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and post-apocalyptic genres, as well as multiple short-stories, screenplays, plays, and an essay.
In 1985, he published Blood Meridian, which received a lukewarm response. The novel has since gained great esteem and is often seen as his magnum opus — some have even labelled it the Great American Novel. [1]
# | Denotes an entry in The Border Trilogy | # | Denotes an entry in The Passenger Series |
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Title | Notes | Publication | ISBN | Ref(s) |
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The Orchard Keeper | 1965 | ISBN 0-679-72872-4 | ||
Outer Dark | 1968 | ISBN 0-679-72873-2 | ||
Child of God | 1973 | ISBN 0-679-72874-0 | ||
Suttree | 1979 | ISBN 0-679-73632-8 | ||
Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West | 1985 | ISBN 0-679-72875-9 | ||
All the Pretty Horses | Book 1 in the Border Trilogy | 1992 | ISBN 0-679-74439-8 | |
The Crossing | Book 2 in the Border Trilogy | 1994 | ISBN 0-679-76084-9 | |
Cities of the Plain | Book 3 in the Border Trilogy | 1998 | ISBN 0-679-74719-2 | |
No Country for Old Men | 2005 | ISBN 0-375-70667-4 | [2] | |
The Road | 2006 | ISBN 0-307-38789-5 | ||
The Passenger | Book 1 in The Passenger Series | 2022 | ISBN 0-307-26899-3 | [3] |
Stella Maris | Book 2 in The Passenger Series | 2022 | ISBN 0-307-26900-0 | [3] |
Title | Publication | Notes | Text |
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"Wake for Susan" | 1959 | [4] | |
"A Drowning Incident" | 1960 | [5] | |
"The Dark Waters" | 1965 | [6] |
Title | Publication | Subject | Notes | Text |
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"The Kekulé Problem" | 2017 | Written for the Santa Fe Institute, it explores the origin of language. | [7] |
Title | Publication | ISBN | Link |
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Cities of the Plain | 1978 (Unpublished) | ||
Whales and Men | Late 1980s (Unpublished) | ||
No Country for Old Men | 1987 (Unpublished) | ||
The Gardener's Son: A Screenplay | 1996 (written in 1976) | ISBN 0-88001-481-4 | |
The Counselor | 2013 | ISBN 978-1-4472-2764-9 |
Title | Publication | ISBN | Link |
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The Stonemason | 1995 (Written in late 1980s) | ISBN 978-0-679-76280-5 | |
The Sunset Limited | 2006 | ISBN 0-307-27836-0 |
McCarthy's descriptive powers make him the best prose stylist working today, and this book the Great American Novel.