Order of John Updike Books

John Updike (1932-2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, and essayist. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom series, which includes the novels Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich, and the novella Rabbit Remembered. Updike began his career as a staff writer for The New Yorker, where he became closely associated with the publication, despite only spending two years there. In addition to writing over twenty novels and numerous collections of short stories and poetry, he was regarded as one of the leading American literature and art critics of his time. His first published book was a poetry collection titled The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures. The following year, he released his first short story collection, The Same Door. His debut novel, Rabbit, Run, was published in 1960 and was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Below is a list of John Updike’s books in the order of their original publication.