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THE GORE VIDAL INDEX
by Harry Kloman

The Gore Vidal Index is the most comprehensive Vidal site on the Internet.

Bibliography of Gore Vidal's Major Works
*Denotes a title in the "narratives of empire" series

 

Novels
Williwaw
In a Yellow Wood
The City and the Pillar
The Season of Comfort
A Search for the King
Dark Green, Bright Red
The Judgement of Paris
Messiah
Julian
Washington, D.C.*
Myra Breckinridge
Two Sisters
Burr*
Myron
1876*
Kalki
Creation
Duluth
Lincoln*
Empire*
Hollywood*
Live from Golgotha
The Smithsonian Institution
The Golden Age*

Essays and Essay Collections
Rocking the Boat
Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship
Homage to Daniel Shays: Collected Essays, 1952-1972
Matters of Fact and Fiction: Essay 1973-1976
The Second American Revolution and Other Essays: 1976-1982
At Home: Essays: 1982-1988
Screening History
United States: Essays 1952-1992
Decline and Fall of the American Empire
The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace
Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Bush-Cheney Junta
Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson

Memoir
Palimpsest

Short Stories
A Thirsty Evil

Plays
Visit to a Small Planet
The Best Man
Romulus
Weekend
An Evening with Richard Nixon
Gore Vidal has authored 24 novels, 5 plays, numerous screenplays and short stories, more than 200 essays, and a memoir. To the left is a list of the vast majority of his works. They are arranged in categories; within each category the titles are arranged in order of publication date, earliest to most recent.

Two of Vidal's "narratives of empire" novels, Lincoln and 1876, were the subject of Time and Newsweek cover stories. Vidal's 1993 collection of essays, United States: Essay 1952-1992, won the National Book Award.

Among Vidal's novels, Creation is particularly rich. Only after reading it twice did I begin to appreciate its complexity and economy. For an exuberantly satirical Vidal, read Myra Breckinridge and Live from Golgotha. In my opinion, Lincoln and Creation are Vidal's most accomplished literary works. I also recommend Burr and The City and The Pillar.

- Scott Isebrand
New York, 2003