Order of Kurt Vonnegut Books
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was an American author known for his science fiction and satire. He was also a critical leftist intellectual. He served in World War II as a soldier and was a POW who received a Purple Heart for what he called a “frostbite.” Vonnegut gave his works all letter grades – he gave Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five an A+, while he gave A’s to The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and Jailbird. On the flip side, he gave Happy Birthday, Wanda June and Slapstick D’s.
Kurt Vonnegut published his first novel in 1952, which was Player Piano. Below is a list of Kurt Vonnegut’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Delta Fiction Books
| Galápagos | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bluebeard | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Player Piano /Utopia 14 | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sirens of Titan | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cat's Cradle | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mother Night | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Slaughterhouse-Five | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Between Time and Timbuktu | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Breakfast of Champions | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jailbird | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Deadeye Dick | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hocus Pocus | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Timequake | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
(with Richard Lingeman)
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Canary in a Cat House | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 2BR02B | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Welcome to the Monkey House | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bagombo Snuff Box | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Armageddon in Retrospect | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Look at the Birdie | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| While Mortals Sleep | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sucker's Portfolio | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sinbad | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Palm Sunday | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Like Shaking Hands with God | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kurt Vonnegut on Mark Twain, Lincoln, Imperialist Wars and the Weather | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Man Without a Country | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Letters | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| We Are What We Pretend To Be | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| If This Isn't Nice What Is? | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pity the Reader | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Biographies & Memoirs
| Fates Worse Than Death | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Plays
(with Christopher Sergel)
| Welcome to the Monkey House | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Happy Birthday, Wanda June | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| Sun, Moon, Star | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Slaughter-House Five Books
(with Ryan North)
| Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Last Interview Books
(by Jacques Derrida, Lou Reed)
| Learning to Live Finally: The Last Interview | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Player Piano was also published as Utopia-14. The Last Interview is co-authored by Tom McCartan. Like Shaking Hands with God is co-authored by Lee Stringer.
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Canary in a Cat House is a short story collection, not a standalone novel.
I just finished reading it.
Cheers John – we’ll update the listing.
Years ago my library had a VHS tape of a Vonnegut movie about a black kid growing up in Germany after WWII. Fathered by an American GI and living in an orphanage . I didn’t steal it, but I was tempted too.