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📚 All Book Series by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Report on the Barnhouse Effect (Short Story)
Series opener · book 1 of 25 · published 1950
Who Am I This Time? For Romeos and Juliets (Short Story)
Book 9 of 25 · published 1970
Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut (Short Story)
Book 24 of 25 · published 2013 Co-authored · Richard Lingeman
Kurt Vonnegut on Mark Twain, Lincoln, Imperialist Wars and the Weather (Short Story)
Book 4 of 9 · published 2004
Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2020
Welcome to the Monkey House (Short Story)
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1968 Co-authored · Christopher Sergel
Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade
Single-title series · published 2020
Learning to Live Finally: The Last Interview (Short Story)
Single-title series · published 2005 Anthology · Jacques Derrida
Roman Polanski
Series opener · book 1 of 127 · published 1986 Anthology · Paul Cronin
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
Book 2 of 127 · published 1988 Co-authored · William Rodney Allen
Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews
Book 3 of 127 · published 1998 Anthology · David Sterritt
Clint Eastwood
Book 5 of 127 · published 1999 Anthology · Robert E. Kapsis, Kathie Coblentz
Pedro Almodovar: Interviews
Book 30 of 127 · published 2004 Anthology · Paula Willoquet-Maricondi
Francis Ford Coppola
Book 34 of 127 · published 2004 Anthology · Gene D. Phillips, Francis Ford Coppola
Fred Zinnemann: Interviews
Book 36 of 127 · published 2004 Anthology · Gabriel Miller
The Coen Brothers: Interviews
Book 43 of 127 · published 2006 Anthology · William Rodney Allen
Francois Truffaut: Interviews
Book 48 of 127 · published 2008 Anthology · François Truffaut, Ronald Bergan
Errol Morris: Interviews
Book 56 of 127 · published 2009 Anthology · Errol Morris, Livia Bloom
Albert and David Maysles
Book 60 of 127 · published 2010 Anthology · Keith Beattie
Ang Lee: Interviews
Book 93 of 127 · published 2016 Anthology · Karla Rae Fuller
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Book 94 of 127 · published 2016 Anthology · Steven Woodward
Bertrand Tavernier
Book 97 of 127 · published 2016 Anthology · T. Jefferson Kline
Paul Verhoeven
Book 98 of 127 · published 2016 Anthology · Margaret Barton-Fumo
Fred Schepisi: Interviews
Book 102 of 127 · published 2017 Anthology · Tom Ryan
Margarethe von Trotta
Book 104 of 127 · published 2018 Anthology · Monika Raesch
Steven Spielberg
Book 109 of 127 · published 2019 Anthology · Lester D. Friedman
William Friedkin
Book 113 of 127 · published 2020 Anthology · Christopher Lane
Jonas Mekas
Book 115 of 127 · published 2020 Anthology · Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker
Christian Petzold
Latest in the series · book 127 of 127 · published 2023 Anthology · Jaimey Fisher
Learning To Live Finally (Short Story)
Series opener · book 1 of 41 · published 2005 Anthology · Jacques Derrida
Roberto Bolaño (Short Story)
Book 2 of 41 · published 2009 Anthology · Roberto Bolaño
Hannah Arendt (Short Story)
Book 5 of 41 · published 2013 Anthology · Hannah Arendt
David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words
Book 6 of 41 · published 2014 Anthology · David Foster Wallace
James Baldwin (Short Story)
Book 7 of 41 · published 2014 Anthology · James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe
Ray Bradbury (Short Story)
Book 8 of 41 · published 2014 Anthology · Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller
Gabriel García Márquez (Short Story)
Book 9 of 41 · published 2015 Anthology · Gabriel García Márquez
Ernest Hemingway (Short Story)
Book 11 of 41 · published 2015 Anthology · Ernest Hemingway
Oliver Sacks (Short Story)
Book 15 of 41 · published 2016 Anthology · Oliver Sacks
Jane Jacobs (Short Story)
Book 16 of 41 · published 2016 Anthology · Jane Jacobs
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Short Story)
Book 18 of 41 · published 2017 Anthology · Martin Luther King Jr.
Christopher Hitchens
Book 19 of 41 · published 2017 Anthology · Christopher Hitchens
Hunter S. Thompson
Book 20 of 41 · published 2018 Anthology · Hunter S. Thompson
Billie Holiday (Short Story)
Book 25 of 41 · published 2019 Anthology · Billie Holiday
Anthony Bourdain (Short Story)
Book 26 of 41 · published 2019 Anthology · Anthony Bourdain, Helen Rosner
Frida Kahlo (Short Story)
Book 29 of 41 · published 2020 Anthology · Frida Kahlo
Marilyn Monroe (Short Story)
Book 30 of 41 · published 2020 Anthology · Melville House, Sady Doyle
Shirley Chisholm (Short Story)
Book 32 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Shirley Chisholm
The Last Interview (Short Story)
Book 33 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Fred Rogers
Fred Rogers (Short Story)
Book 34 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Fred Rogers
Johnny Cash (Short Story)
Book 35 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Johnny Cash
Janet Malcolm (Short Story)
Book 37 of 41 · published 2022 Anthology · Melville House
Octavia E. Butler
Latest in the series · book 41 of 41 · published 2023 Anthology · Melville House
Meet Me in St. Louis (Short Story)
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1941 Anthology · Christopher Sergel, Sally Benson
Cheaper by the Dozen
Book 2 of 3 · published 1950 Anthology · Christopher Sergel
Welcome to the Monkey House (Short Story)
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1968 Co-authored · Christopher Sergel
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
Series opener · book 1 of 97 · published 1969
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
Book 41 of 97 · published 1994
Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald (Short Story)
Book 78 of 97 · published 2003
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
Latest in the series · book 97 of 97 · published 2023
Report on the Barnhouse Effect (Short Story)
Series opener · book 1 of 25 · published 1950
Who Am I This Time? For Romeos and Juliets (Short Story)
Book 9 of 25 · published 1970
Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut (Short Story) ( With: Richard Lingeman)
Book 24 of 25 · published 2013
Kurt Vonnegut on Mark Twain, Lincoln, Imperialist Wars and the Weather (Short Story)
Book 4 of 9 · published 2004
Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2020
Welcome to the Monkey House (Short Story) ( With: Christopher Sergel)
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1968
Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade
Single-title series · published 2020
Learning to Live Finally: The Last Interview (Short Story) ( By: Jacques Derrida)
Single-title series · published 2005
Roman Polanski ( By: Paul Cronin)
Series opener · book 1 of 127 · published 1986
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut ( With: William Rodney Allen)
Book 2 of 127 · published 1988
Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews ( By: David Sterritt)
Book 3 of 127 · published 1998
Clint Eastwood ( By: Robert E. Kapsis, Kathie Coblentz)
Book 5 of 127 · published 1999
Pedro Almodovar: Interviews ( By: Paula Willoquet-Maricondi)
Book 30 of 127 · published 2004
Francis Ford Coppola ( By: Gene D. Phillips, Francis Ford Coppola)
Book 34 of 127 · published 2004
Fred Zinnemann: Interviews ( By: Gabriel Miller)
Book 36 of 127 · published 2004
The Coen Brothers: Interviews ( By: William Rodney Allen)
Book 43 of 127 · published 2006
Francois Truffaut: Interviews ( By: François Truffaut, Ronald Bergan)
Book 48 of 127 · published 2008
Errol Morris: Interviews ( By: Errol Morris, Livia Bloom)
Book 56 of 127 · published 2009
Jonas Mekas ( By: Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker)
Book 115 of 127 · published 2020
Christian Petzold ( By: Jaimey Fisher)
Latest in the series · book 127 of 127 · published 2023
Learning To Live Finally (Short Story) ( By: Jacques Derrida)
Series opener · book 1 of 41 · published 2005
Roberto Bolaño (Short Story) ( By: Roberto Bolaño)
Book 2 of 41 · published 2009
David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words ( By: David Foster Wallace)
Book 6 of 41 · published 2014
James Baldwin (Short Story) ( By: James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe)
Book 7 of 41 · published 2014
Ray Bradbury (Short Story) ( By: Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller)
Book 8 of 41 · published 2014
Gabriel García Márquez (Short Story) ( By: Gabriel García Márquez)
Book 9 of 41 · published 2015
Ernest Hemingway (Short Story) ( By: Ernest Hemingway)
Book 11 of 41 · published 2015
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Short Story) ( By: Martin Luther King Jr.)
Book 18 of 41 · published 2017
Christopher Hitchens ( By: Christopher Hitchens)
Book 19 of 41 · published 2017
Billie Holiday (Short Story) ( By: Billie Holiday)
Book 25 of 41 · published 2019
Anthony Bourdain (Short Story) ( By: Anthony Bourdain, Helen Rosner)
Book 26 of 41 · published 2019
Marilyn Monroe (Short Story) ( By: Melville House, Sady Doyle)
Book 30 of 41 · published 2020
Shirley Chisholm (Short Story) ( By: Shirley Chisholm)
Book 32 of 41 · published 2021
The Last Interview (Short Story) ( By: Fred Rogers)
Book 33 of 41 · published 2021
Janet Malcolm (Short Story) ( By: Melville House)
Book 37 of 41 · published 2022
Octavia E. Butler ( By: Melville House)
Latest in the series · book 41 of 41 · published 2023
Meet Me in St. Louis (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Sergel, Sally Benson)
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1941
Welcome to the Monkey House (Short Story) ( With: Christopher Sergel)
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1968
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
Series opener · book 1 of 97 · published 1969
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
Book 41 of 97 · published 1994
Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald (Short Story)
Book 78 of 97 · published 2003
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
Latest in the series · book 97 of 97 · published 2023
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Book 6 of 28 · published 1980
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
Book 12 of 28 · published 1994
Louder than Bombs: Interviews from The Progressive Magazine
Book 19 of 28 · published 2004
The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction
Book 25 of 28 · published 2013
The Ultimate Short Story Bundle
Latest in the series · book 28 of 28 · published 2020
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Kurt Vonnegut Jr.?
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. has 694 books catalogued in this guide spanning 1941–2023, across 28 named series.
Which Kurt Vonnegut Jr. series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Christopher Sergel Plays with Christopher Sergel series, the earliest of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s multi-book series: it opens with Meet Me in St. Louis (Short Story) (1941) and runs to 3 books across 1941–1968, ending with Welcome to the Monkey House (Short Story) (1968). Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Kurt Vonnegut Jr. written?
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. has 694 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1941 and 2023. 666 of them belong to 28 named series — the largest being the Conversations With Filmmakers Series with Christopher Lane, Billy Wilder, Kevin J. Hayes, John C. Tibbetts, Gene D. Phillips, George Lucas, Robert Altman, Brent Dunham, Jane Campion, Michael Doyle, Damon Smith, Mark W. Estrin, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Emmet Long, David Schwartz, T.J. Morris, Sidney Gottlieb, Gerald Peary, Constantine Nasr, Barry Keith Grant, Jaimey Fisher, William Baer, Linda M. Willem, Christopher Beach, Chris Campion, Kevin W. Sweeney, Errol Morris, David Sterritt, Tony Williams, David Lazar, Frances K. Gateward, Steven Woodward, Lester D. Friedman, George Cukor, T. Jefferson Kline, Gary Bettinson, Martin F. Norden, Karla Rae Fuller, William Rodney Allen, Julie Levinson, Zachary Ingle, Sidney Lumet, Diane Carson, Fabien S. Gerard, Howie Movshovitz, Marguerite Gras, Dan Fainaru, Gabriel Miller, Laurence F. Knapp, Jan Lumholdt, Paula Willoquet-Maricondi, Edwin T. Arnold, Paul Cronin, Kristian Fraga, Scott Breivold, Andrei Tarkovsky, Raphael Shargel, Brian Dauth, Annett Busch, Robert E. Kapsis, Craigh Barboza, Steven Organ, Richard A. Barney, Keith Beattie, Nick Dawson, D.K. Holm, James Egan, Laurence Raw, Andrew Dickos, Fiona Handyside, Carole Zucker, Mario Falsetto, Peter Keough, Eric Ames, Julia Leyda, Tom Ryan, Eric Kohn, Peter Tonguette, Trent Griffiths, Anthony Kaufman, Gabriella Oldham, Margaret Barton-Fumo, Robert Ribera, Suranjan Ganguly, Monika Raesch, Holly Willis, Drew Todd, Janice D. Hamlet, Shannon Blake Skelton, Colin Root, Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker, Christina Baker, Lynn A Higgins, Sonia Misra, Ehsan Khoshbakht, Amy N. Monaghan, Kathie Coblentz, François Truffaut, Ronald Bergan, Livia Bloom series with 127 books — and 28 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Christopher Sergel Plays with Christopher Sergel (1941–1968, 3 books), Christopher Sergel Plays with Christopher Sergel (1941–1968, 3 books) and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Short Stories/Novellas (1950–2016, 25 books), plus 23 more.
How are Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s books organised into series?
This guide splits Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s 694 books into 28 named series and 28 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Conversations With Filmmakers Series with Christopher Lane, Billy Wilder, Kevin J. Hayes, John C. Tibbetts, Gene D. Phillips, George Lucas, Robert Altman, Brent Dunham, Jane Campion, Michael Doyle, Damon Smith, Mark W. Estrin, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Emmet Long, David Schwartz, T.J. Morris, Sidney Gottlieb, Gerald Peary, Constantine Nasr, Barry Keith Grant, Jaimey Fisher, William Baer, Linda M. Willem, Christopher Beach, Chris Campion, Kevin W. Sweeney, Errol Morris, David Sterritt, Tony Williams, David Lazar, Frances K. Gateward, Steven Woodward, Lester D. Friedman, George Cukor, T. Jefferson Kline, Gary Bettinson, Martin F. Norden, Karla Rae Fuller, William Rodney Allen, Julie Levinson, Zachary Ingle, Sidney Lumet, Diane Carson, Fabien S. Gerard, Howie Movshovitz, Marguerite Gras, Dan Fainaru, Gabriel Miller, Laurence F. Knapp, Jan Lumholdt, Paula Willoquet-Maricondi, Edwin T. Arnold, Paul Cronin, Kristian Fraga, Scott Breivold, Andrei Tarkovsky, Raphael Shargel, Brian Dauth, Annett Busch, Robert E. Kapsis, Craigh Barboza, Steven Organ, Richard A. Barney, Keith Beattie, Nick Dawson, D.K. Holm, James Egan, Laurence Raw, Andrew Dickos, Fiona Handyside, Carole Zucker, Mario Falsetto, Peter Keough, Eric Ames, Julia Leyda, Tom Ryan, Eric Kohn, Peter Tonguette, Trent Griffiths, Anthony Kaufman, Gabriella Oldham, Margaret Barton-Fumo, Robert Ribera, Suranjan Ganguly, Monika Raesch, Holly Willis, Drew Todd, Janice D. Hamlet, Shannon Blake Skelton, Colin Root, Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker, Christina Baker, Lynn A Higgins, Sonia Misra, Ehsan Khoshbakht, Amy N. Monaghan, Kathie Coblentz, François Truffaut, Ronald Bergan, Livia Bloom (127 books, 1986–2023); Conversations With Filmmakers Series with Christopher Lane, Billy Wilder, Kevin J. Hayes, John C. Tibbetts, Gene D. Phillips, George Lucas, Robert Altman, Brent Dunham, Jane Campion, Michael Doyle, Damon Smith, Mark W. Estrin, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Emmet Long, David Schwartz, T.J. Morris, Sidney Gottlieb, Gerald Peary, Constantine Nasr, Barry Keith Grant, Jaimey Fisher, William Baer, Linda M. Willem, Christopher Beach, Chris Campion, Kevin W. Sweeney, Errol Morris, David Sterritt, Tony Williams, David Lazar, Frances K. Gateward, Steven Woodward, Lester D. Friedman, George Cukor, T. Jefferson Kline, Gary Bettinson, Martin F. Norden, Karla Rae Fuller, William Rodney Allen, Julie Levinson, Zachary Ingle, Sidney Lumet, Diane Carson, Fabien S. Gerard, Howie Movshovitz, Marguerite Gras, Dan Fainaru, Gabriel Miller, Laurence F. Knapp, Jan Lumholdt, Paula Willoquet-Maricondi, Edwin T. Arnold, Paul Cronin, Kristian Fraga, Scott Breivold, Andrei Tarkovsky, Raphael Shargel, Brian Dauth, Annett Busch, Robert E. Kapsis, Craigh Barboza, Steven Organ, Richard A. Barney, Keith Beattie, Nick Dawson, D.K. Holm, James Egan, Laurence Raw, Andrew Dickos, Fiona Handyside, Carole Zucker, Mario Falsetto, Peter Keough, Eric Ames, Julia Leyda, Tom Ryan, Eric Kohn, Peter Tonguette, Trent Griffiths, Anthony Kaufman, Gabriella Oldham, Margaret Barton-Fumo, Robert Ribera, Suranjan Ganguly, Monika Raesch, Holly Willis, Drew Todd, Janice D. Hamlet, Shannon Blake Skelton, Colin Root, Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker, Christina Baker, Lynn A Higgins, Sonia Misra, Ehsan Khoshbakht, Amy N. Monaghan, Kathie Coblentz, François Truffaut, Ronald Bergan, Livia Bloom (127 books, 1986–2023); Literary Conversations (97 books, 1969–2023); The Last Interview (41 books, 2005–2023); Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Short Stories/Novellas (25 books, 1950–2016), plus 23 further series.