Stephen Dobyns

Stephen Dobyns is a poet, journalist, and bestselling literary fiction novelist. He was born in New Jersey and brought up in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Michigan. In most of his genre fiction and his poetry, Dobyns makes use of extended tropes including the absurd and ridiculous to showcase his more profound meditations on art, love, and life.

The best place to start is the Charlie Bradshaw series, the earliest of Stephen Dobyns's multi-book series: it opens with Saratoga Longshot (1976) and runs to 11 books across 1976–2017, ending with Saratoga Payback (2017). Stephen Dobyns's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Stephen Dobyns has 150 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1972 and 2022. 119 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the American Poets Continuum series with 108 books — and 31 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Stephen Dobyns's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Charlie Bradshaw (1976–2017, 11 books) and American Poets Continuum (1987–2022, 108 books).

This guide splits Stephen Dobyns's 150 books into 2 named series and 31 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: American Poets Continuum (108 books, 1987–2022); Charlie Bradshaw (11 books, 1976–2017).