List of works by Gore Vidal

Vidal in 2009

Gore Vidal was an American writer and screenwriter who worked in a wide variety of genres.

## Non-fiction

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### Books

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* Rocking the Boat (1963)
* Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship (1969)
* Sex, Death and Money (1969) (paperback compilation)
* Homage to Daniel Shays: Collected Essays, 1952–1972 (1972) ISBN 0-394-71950-6
* Matters of Fact and of Fiction (1977)
* Sex is Politics and Vice Versa (1979), limited edition by Sylvester & Orphanos
* Views from a Window Co-Editor (1981)
* The Second American Revolution (1983)
* Vidal In Venice (1985) ISBN 0-671-60691-3
* Armageddon? Essays 1983-1987 (1987) (UK only)
* At Home: Essays 1982-1988 (1988) (US only)
* A View From The Diner's Club: Essays 1987-1991 (1991) (UK only)
* Screening History (1992) ISBN 0-233-98803-3
* Decline and Fall of the American Empire (1992) ISBN 1-878825-00-3
* United States: Essays 1952–1992 (1993) ISBN 0-7679-0806-6 – National Book Award[1]
* Palimpsest: A Memoir. New York: Random House. 1995. ISBN 9780679440383. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
* Virgin Islands: Essays 1992-1997 (1997) (UK only)
* The American Presidency (1998) ISBN 1-878825-15-1
* Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings (1999)
* The Last Empire: Essays 1992–2000 (2001) ISBN 0-375-72639-X (there is also a much shorter UK edition)
* Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace or How We Came To Be So Hated, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002, (2002) ISBN 1-56025-405-X
* Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta, Thunder's Mouth Press, (2002) ISBN 1-56025-502-1
* Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson (2003) ISBN 0-300-10171-6
* Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia (2004) ISBN 1-56025-744-X
* Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir (2006) ISBN 0-385-51721-1
* The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal (2008) ISBN 0-385-52484-6
* Gore Vidal: Snapshots in History's Glare (2009) ISBN 0-8109-5049-9
* I Told You So: Gore Vidal Talks Politics: Interviews with Jon Wiener (2013) ISBN 978-1-61902-174-7
* Gore Vidal History of the National Security State, The Real News Network, introduction by Paul Jay (2014)
* Buckley vs. Vidal: The Historic 1968 ABC News Debates (2015) ISBN 978-1-942531-12-8

### Articles

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* "Notes on Television," The Writer, March 1957

## Fiction

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### Novels

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* Williwaw (1946) ISBN 0-226-85585-6 Also in Project Gutenberg
* In a Yellow Wood (1947)
* The City and the Pillar (1948) ISBN 1-4000-3037-4
* The Season of Comfort (1949) ISBN 0-233-98971-4
* A Search for the King (1950) ISBN 0-345-25455-4
* Dark Green, Bright Red (1950) ISBN 0-233-98913-7 (see "In the Lair of the Octopus" and Dreaming War)
* A Star's Progress (aka Cry Shame!) (1950) as "Katherine Everard"
* The Judgment of Paris (1952) ISBN 0-345-33458-2
* Death in the Fifth Position (1952) under the pseudonym Edgar Box
* Thieves Fall Out (1953) under the pseudonym Cameron Kay[2]
* Death Before Bedtime (1953) under the pseudonym Edgar Box
* Death Likes It Hot (1954) under the pseudonym Edgar Box
* Messiah (1954) ISBN 0-14-118039-0 Also at Project Gutenberg
* Julian (1964) ISBN 0-375-72706-X
* Washington, D.C. (1967), first book in his Narratives of Empire series, ISBN 0-316-90257-8
* Myra Breckinridge (1968) ISBN 1-125-97948-8
* Two Sisters (1970) ISBN 0-434-82958-7
* Burr (1973), second book in his Narratives of Empire series, ISBN 0-375-70873-1
* Myron (1974) ISBN 0-586-04300-4
* 1876 (1976), third book in his Narratives of Empire series,ISBN 0-375-70872-3
* Kalki (1978) ISBN 0-14-118037-4
* Creation (1981) ISBN 0-349-10475-1
* Duluth (1983) ISBN 0-394-52738-0
* Lincoln (1984), fourth book in his Narratives of Empire series, ISBN 0-375-70876-6
* Empire (1987), fifth book in his Narratives of Empire series ISBN 0-375-70874-X
* Hollywood (1990), sixth book in his Narratives of Empire series, ISBN 0-375-70875-8
* Live From Golgotha (1992) ISBN 0-14-023119-6
* The Smithsonian Institution (1998) ISBN 0-375-50121-5
* The Golden Age (2000), seventh and final book in his Narratives of Empire series, ISBN 0-375-72481-8

### Short story collections

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* A Thirsty Evil (1956) (short stories)
* Three by Box: The Complete Mysteries of Edgar Box (1978) ISBN 0-394-50117-9
* Clouds and Eclipses: The Collected Short Stories (2006) The anthology A Thirsty Evil (1956), with the additional short story "Clouds and Eclipses"

### Plays

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* Visit to a Small Planet (1957) ISBN 0-8222-1211-0
* The Best Man (1960)
* On the March to the Sea (1960–61, 2004)
* Romulus (adapted from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1950 play Romulus der Große) (1962)
* Weekend (1968)
* Drawing Room Comedy (1970)
* An Evening with Richard Nixon (1970) ISBN 0-394-71869-0
* On the March to the Sea (2005)

### Screenplays and teleplays

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* Climax!: A Farewell to Arms (1955); Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1955) (TV adaptations)
* The Best of Broadway (1955): TV adaptation of Stage Door
* The Catered Affair (1956)
* I Accuse! (1958)
* The Left Handed Gun (1958)
* The Scapegoat (1959)
* Ben Hur (1959) (uncredited)
* Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
* The Best Man (1964)
* Is Paris Burning? (1966)
* Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
* Caligula (1979)
* Dress Gray (1986)
* The Sicilian (1987) (uncredited)
* Billy the Kid (1989)
* Dimenticare Palermo (1989)

## References

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1. ^ "National Book Awards – 1993". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
(With acceptance speech by Vidal, read by Harry Evans.)
2. ^ Bayard, Louis (April 12, 2015), "Review: Gore Vidal's 'Thieves Fall Out', Where Pulp Fiction and Hard Reality Met", The New York Times, retrieved April 12, 2015

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List of works

Plays|

* Visit to a Small Planet (1957)
* The Best Man (1960)
* Weekend (1968)
* An Evening with Richard Nixon (1972)

Novels|

* Williwaw (1946)
* The City and the Pillar (1948)
* Dark Green, Bright Red (1950)
* Messiah (1954)
* Julian (1964)
* Washington, D.C. (1967)
* Myra Breckinridge (1968)
* Two Sisters (1970)
* Burr (1973)
* Myron (1974)
* 1876 (1976)
* Kalki (1978)
* Creation (1981)
* Duluth (1983)
* Lincoln (1984)
* Empire (1987)
* Hollywood (1990)
* Live from Golgotha: The Gospel According to Gore Vidal (1992)
* The Smithsonian Institution (1998)
* The Golden Age (2000)

Screenplays|

* The Catered Affair (1956)
* I Accuse! (1958)
* The Left Handed Gun (1958)
* The Scapegoat (1959)
* Ben Hur (1959, uncredited)
* Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
* The Best Man (1964)
* Is Paris Burning? (1966)
* Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
* Caligula (1979)
* Dress Gray (1986)
* The Sicilian (1987, uncredited)
* Billy the Kid (1989)
* The Palermo Connection (1989)

Related|

* Eugene Luther Vidal (father)
* Nina S. Gore (mother)
* Nina Auchincloss Straight (half-sister)
* Narratives of Empire

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