Order of Winston Groom Books
Winston Groom was an American author of both fiction and non-fiction. He is best known for his novel Forrest Gump, which was adapted to the Academy Award-winning film by Robert Zemeckis. Groom originally wanted to take after his father and become a lawyer, but ended up choosing to become a writer. He served in the U.S. Army in the ’60s and went to Vietnam. Upon his return, Winston worked as a journalist and then transitioned to being a novelist. Forrest Gump, his most famous work, sold 1.7 million copies worldwide.
Winston Groom began his career as an author in 1978 with the novel Better Times Than These. Winston Groom passed on September 17th, 2020. Below is a list of Winston Groom’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Forrest Gump Books
| Forrest Gump | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gump & Co. | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Forrest Gump Non-Fiction Books
| Gumpisms | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Cookbook | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Better Times Than These | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| As Summer Dies | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Conversations With the Enemy | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Only | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gone the Sun | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Such a Pretty, Pretty Girl | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| El Paso | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Shrouds of Glory | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Crimson Tide | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Storm in Flanders | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 1942 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Patriotic Fire | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vicksburg, 1863 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kearny's March | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shiloh, 1862 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ronald Reagan Our 40th President | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Aviators | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Generals | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Allies | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Patriots | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Note: Conversations with the Enemy was co-authored by Duncan Spencer.
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