This is a bibliography of works by Donald Barthelme.

Books

Novels

TitlePublisherNotes
Snow WhiteAtheneum (1967)first published in The New Yorker on February 18, 1967[1]
The Dead FatherFarrar, Straus (1975)incorporates the short story
"A Manual for Sons"
ParadisePutnam (1986)
The KingHarper (1990)

Collections

TitlePublisherNotes
Come Back, Dr. CaligariLittle, Brown (1964)
Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural ActsFarrar, Straus (1968)
Guilty PleasuresFarrar, Straus (1968)Non-fiction
City LifeFarrar, Straus (1970)
SadnessFarrar, Straus (1972)
AmateursFarrar, Straus (1976)
Great DaysFarrar, Straus (1979)
Sixty StoriesPutnam (1981)
Overnight to Many Distant CitiesPutnam (1983)
Sam's BarDoubleday (1987)With illustrations by Seymour Chwast
Forty StoriesPutnam (1987)
The Teachings of Don B.Turtle Bay Books (1992)Satires, parodies, Fables, illustrated stories, and plays
Not-KnowingRandom House (1997)Essays and interviews
Flying to AmericaShoemaker & Hoard (2008)
Collected StoriesLibrary of America (2021)Collects seven complete books: Come Back, Dr. Caligari;
Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts; City Life;
Sadness; Amateurs; Great Days; Overnight to Many Distant Cities
;
selections from Sixty Stories and Forty Stories, and 4 uncollected stories

Children's books

TitlePublisher
The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine,
or the Hithering Thithering Djinn
Farrar, Straus (1971)

Short Works

Includes short stories, satires, parodies, fables, and illustrated stories, arranged by first date of publication.

1959–1969

TitleOriginally published inCollected in:
Pages from the Annual ReportForum, Spring 1959 (as David Reiner)Flying to America (2008)
Me and Miss MandibleContact 7, February 1961 (under the title "The Darling Little Duckling At School")Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Hiding ManFirst Person 1, spring/summer 1961Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Flying to America (2008)
The Big Broadcast of 1938New World Writing 20, 1962Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Flying to America (2008)
The Viennese Opera BallContact 10, June 1962Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Flying to America (2008)
L'LapseThe New Yorker, March 2, 1963Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Florence Green is 81Harper's Bazaar, April 1963Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Flying to America (2008)
The Piano PlayerThe New Yorker, August 31, 1963Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Flying to America (2008)
Marie, Marie, Hold on TightThe New Yorker, October 12, 1963Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Flying to America (2008)
To London and RomeGenesis West 2, Fall 1963Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Flying to America (2008)
A Shower of GoldThe New Yorker, December 28, 1963Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Sixty Stories (1981)
MarginsThe New Yorker, February 22, 1964Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Down the Line with the AnnualThe New Yorker, March 21, 1964Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Man's FaceThe New Yorker, May 30, 1964The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
A Picture History of the WarThe New Yorker, June 20, 1964Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Flying to America (2008)
The Police BandThe New Yorker, August 22, 1964Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Flying to America (2008)
For I'm the BoyCome Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Will you Tell me?Arts and LiteratureCome Back, Dr. Caligari (1964);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Joker's Greatest TriumphCome Back, Dr. Caligari (1964)The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Up, Aloft in the AirCome Back, Dr. Caligari (1964)Flying to America (2008)
The PresidentThe New Yorker, September 5, 1964Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Sixty Stories (1981)
GameThe New Yorker, July 31, 1965Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Can We TalkArt and Literature 5, Summer 1965Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Flying to America (2008)
Snap SnapThe New Yorker, August 28, 1965Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Edward and PiaThe New Yorker, September 25, 1965Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Flying to America (2008)
This Newspaper HereThe New Yorker, February 12, 1966Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Flying to America (2008)
See the Moon?The New Yorker, March 12, 1966Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Several Garlic TalesThe Paris Review, No. 37, Spring 1966
The BalloonThe New Yorker, April 16, 1966Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Games are the Enemies of Beauty,
Truth, and Sleep, Amanda Said
Mademoiselle, November 1966Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The DoltThe New Yorker, November 11, 1967Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Sixty Stories (1981)
AliceUnspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Robert Kennedy Saved from DrowningUnspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Sixty Stories (1981)
ReportUnspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Indian UprisingUnspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Sixty Stories (1981)
A Few Moments of Sleeping and WakingUnspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968);
Forty Stories (1987)
And Now Let's Hear it for
The Ed Sullivan Show!
Esquire, April 1969Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Bone BubblesThe Paris Review 48, 1969City Life (1970);
Flying to America (2008)
ParaguayThe New Yorker, September 6, 1969City Life (1970);
Sixty Stories (1981)

1970–1974

TitleOriginally published inCollected in:
Brain DamageThe New Yorker, February 21, 1970City Life (1970);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
SentenceThe New Yorker, March 7, 1970City Life (1970);
Forty Stories (1987)
A Nation of WheelsThe New Yorker, June 13, 1970Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Many Have Remarked..."Notes and Comments," The New Yorker,
June 13, 1970
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
NewsletterThe New Yorker, July 11, 1970The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Views of My Father WeepingCity Life (1970);
Sixty Stories (1981)
On AngelsCity Life (1970);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Phantom of the Opera's FriendCity Life (1970);
Sixty Stories (1981)
City LifeCity Life (1970);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Kierkegaard Unfair to SchlegelCity Life (1970);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Falling DogCity Life (1970);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Policeman's BallCity Life (1970);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Glass MountainCity Life (1970);
Sixty Stories (1981)
At the Tolstoy MuseumCity Life (1970);
Forty Stories (1987)
The ExplanationCity Life (1970);
Forty Stories (1987)
AdventureHarper's Bazaar, December 1970The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The Rise of CapitalismThe New Yorker, December 12, 1970Sadness (1972);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Death of Edward LearThe New Yorker, January 2, 1971Great Days (1979);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Story Thus Far:The New Yorker, May 1, 1971The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Critique de la Vie QuotidienneThe New Yorker, July 17, 1971Sadness (1972);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Natural HistoryHarper's, August 1971The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The Mothball FleetThe New Yorker, September 11, 1971Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Flying to America (2008)
Two Hours to Curtainpart of "Flying to America,"
The New Yorker, December 4, 1971
Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The Dragon"Notes and Comments,"
The New Yorker, February 26, 1972
Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The SandmanThe AtlanticSadness (1972);
Sixty Stories (1981)
TräumereiSadness (1972);
Sixty Stories (1981)
A City of ChurchesThe New YorkerSadness (1972);
Sixty Stories (1981)
DaumierThe New YorkerSadness (1972);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The PartyThe New YorkerSadness (1972);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The GeniusThe New Yorker, February 20, 1971Sadness (1972);
Forty Stories (1987)
Engineer-Private Paul Klee Misplaces
an Aircraft Between Milbertshofen
and Cambrai, March 1916
The New YorkerSadness (1972);
Forty Stories (1987)
DeparturesThe New YorkerSadness (1972);
Forty Stories (1987)
The CatechistThe New YorkerSadness (1972);
Forty Stories (1987)
The Flight of Pigeons from the PalaceThe New YorkerSadness (1972);
Forty Stories (1987)
The Temptation of St. AnthonyThe New YorkerSadness (1972);
Forty Stories (1987)
A FilmThe New YorkerSadness (1972);
Forty Stories (1987)
PerpetuaThe New YorkerSadness (1972);
Flying to America (2008)
SubpoenaThe New YorkerSadness (1972);
Flying to America (2008)
WrackThe New Yorker, October 21, 1972Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Flying to America (2008)
SwallowingThe New York Times, November 4, 1972Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The Sea of HesitationThe New Yorker, November 11, 1972Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Flying to America (2008)
A ManThe New Yorker, December 30, 1972Flying to America (2008)
The InaugurationHarper's, January 1973The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The Young Visitirs"Notes and Comments,"
The New Yorker, February 10, 1973
Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The Teachings of Don B.:
A Yankee Way of Knowledge
The New York Times Magazine,
February 11, 1973
Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Our Work and Why We Do ItThe New Yorker, May 5, 1973Amateurs (1976);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Educational ExperienceHarper's, June 1973Amateurs(1976), Forty Stories (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
That Cosmopolitan GirlThe New Yorker, July 16, 1973Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
An Hesitation on the Bank of the DelawareThe New Yorker, September 3, 1973Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The Angry Young ManFiction, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1973Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The Royal TreatmentThe New York Times, November 3, 1973Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The Palace"Notes and Comments," The New Yorker,
December 24, 1973
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The PhotographsThe New Yorker, January 28, 1974Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Heliotrope"Notes and Comments," The New Yorker,
April 1, 1974
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Mr. Foolfarm's JournalThe Village Voice,
May 16, 1974
Guilty Pleasures (1974);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Letters to the EditoreGuilty Pleasures (1974);
Forty Stories (1987)
The New MemberThe New Yorker, July 15, 1974Amateurs (1976);
Flying to America (2008)
Eugénie GrandetGuilty Pleasures (1974);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Bunny Image, Loss of:
The Case of Bitsy S.
Guilty Pleasures (1974)The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Nothing: A Preliminary AccountGuilty Pleasures (1974);
Sixty Stories (1981)
I Bought a Little CityThe New Yorker, November 11, 1974Amateurs (1976);
Sixty Stories (1981)
I Was Gratified This Week..."Notes and Comments," The New Yorker,
November 18, 1974
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)

1975–1979

TitleOriginally published inCollected in:
A Manual for SonsThe Dead Father (1975);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Dassaud PrizeThe New Yorker, January 12, 1976The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Monumental FollyThe Atlantic, February 1976The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
CornellJoseph Cornell Exhibition Catalogue,
February–March 1976;
Ontario Review 5, Fall/Winter 1976
Interchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The Great DebateThe New Yorker, May 3, 1976The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
At the End of the Mechanical AgeAmateurs (1976);
Sixty Stories (1981)
RebeccaAmateurs (1976);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Captured WomanAmateurs (1976);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The SergeantFiction, Vol. 3, Nos. 2+3, 1975Amateurs (1976);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The SchoolAmateurs (1976);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Great HugAmateurs (1976);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Some of Us Had Been Threatening
Our Friend Colby
The New Yorker, May 26, 1973Amateurs (1976);
Forty Stories (1987)
Porcupines at the UniversityAmateurs (1976);
Forty Stories (1987)
The WoundAmateurs (1976);
Forty Stories (1987)
110 West Sixty-First StreetAmateurs (1976);
Forty Stories (1987)
The AgreementAmateurs (1976);
Flying to America (2008)
What To Do NextAmateurs (1976)
And ThenAmateurs (1976);
Flying to America (2008)
The DiscoveryAmateurs (1976);
Flying to America (2008)
The ReferenceAmateurs (1976);
Flying to America (2008)
You Are as Brave as Vincent Van GoghAmateurs (1976);
Flying to America (2008)
I Have for Some Time..."Notes and Comments," The New Yorker,
October 10, 1977
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The CrisisThe New Yorker, October 24, 1977Great Days (1979);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The ApologyThe New Yorker, February 20, 1978Great Days (1979);
Flying to America (2008)
The New Musicthe New Yorker, June 19, 1978Great Days (1979);
Sixty Stories (1981)
How I Write My SongsThe New Yorker, November 27, 1978Sixty Stories (1981)
At Last, it is Time..."Notes and Comments," The New Yorker,
November 27, 1978
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
We dropped in at the Stanhope..."Notes and Comments",
The New Yorker, December 25, 1978
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
AriaThe New Yorker, March 12, 1979Sixty Stories (1981)
Well We All Had Our
Willie & Wade Records...
Harper's, June 1979Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Languishing, Half Deep in Summer"Notes and Comments," The New Yorker,
July 30, 1979
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Grandmother's HouseThe New Yorker, September 3, 1979Sixty Stories (1981)
Great DaysGreat Days (1979);
Forty Stories (1987)
The Question PartyGreat Days (1979)Flying to America (2008)
Cortés and MontezumaGreat Days (1979);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The ZombiesThe New Yorker, April 25, 1977Great Days (1979);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The King of JazzGreat Days (1979);
Sixty Stories (1981)
MorningGreat Days (1979);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The Abduction from the SeraglioGreat Days (1979);
Sixty Stories (1981)
On the Steps of the ConservatoryGreat Days (1979);
Sixty Stories (1981)
The LeapGreat Days (1979);
Sixty Stories (1981)
Concerning the BodyguardGreat Days (1979);
Forty Stories (1987)
BeliefGreat Days (1979);
Flying to America (2008)
Tales of the Swedish ArmyGreat Days (1979);
Flying to America (2008)

1980–1989

TitleOriginally published inCollected in:
I Wrote a Letter..."Notes and Comments," The New Yorker,
October 27, 1980
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
PepperoniThe New Yorker, December 1, 1980Forty Stories (1987)
ThailandThe New Yorker, December 29, 1980Sixty Stories (1981)
The EmperorThe New Yorker, January 26, 1981Sixty Stories (1981)
ChallengeThe New Yorker, October 5, 1981The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Donald Barthelme's
Fine Homemade Soups
The Great American
Writer's Cookbook
(1981)
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The EmeraldSixty Stories (1981)
The FarewellSixty Stories (1981)
HeroesSixty Stories (1981)
BishopSixty Stories (1981)
Kissing the PresidentThe New Yorker, August 1, 1983The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
I am, at the Moment...Interchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Now that I am Older...Interchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Speaking of the Human Body...Interchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
A Woman Seated on
a Plain Wooden Chair...
Interchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
That Guy in the Back Room...Interchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Financially, the Paper...The New YorkerInterchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
I Put a Name in an Envelope...Interchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
They Called for More Structure...Interchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
When He Came...The New YorkerInterchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
The First Thing the Baby Did Wrong...Interchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
On Our Street...The New YorkerInterchapter in
Overnight to Many Distant Cities (1983)
AffectionThe New YorkerOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
VisitorsThe New YorkerOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
LightningThe New YorkerOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
The New OwnerOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
SakreteThe New YorkerOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
Overnight to Many Distant CitiesThe New YorkerOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
The BabyOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
Captain BloodThe New YorkerOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
Conversations with GoetheThe New YorkerOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
The Palace at Four A.M.The New YorkerOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
TerminusOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Forty Stories (1987)
Henrietta and AlexandraOvernight to Many Distant Cities (1983);
Flying to America (2008)
ReturnHouston Post, March 23, 1984The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
SinbadThe New Yorker, August 27, 1984Forty Stories (1987)
The Art Of BaseballThe Spirit of Sport (1984)The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
ConstructionThe New Yorker, April 29, 1985Forty Stories (1987)
When I Didn't Win..."Notes and Comments," The New Yorker,
September 2, 1985
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Basil From Her GardenThe New Yorker, October 13, 1985
BluebeardThe New Yorker, June 16, 1986Forty Stories (1987)
More ZeroThe New Yorker, July 7, 1986The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
My Lover Said to Me..."Notes and Comments,"
The New Yorker, August 11, 1986
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
JanuaryThe New Yorker, April 6, 1987Forty Stories (1987)
Three Great MealsThe New Yorker, June 1, 1987The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The AuthorThe New Yorker, June 15, 1987The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
JawsThe New Yorker, August 17, 1987Forty Stories (1987)
ChablisThe New Yorker, December 12, 1983 Forty Stories (1987)
On the DeckThe New Yorker, January 12, 1987 Forty Stories (1987)
OpeningForty Stories (1987)
RifForty Stories (1987)
TicketsThe New Yorker, March 6, 1989Flying to America (2008)

Posthumously published stories

TitleOriginally published in
MingThe Teachings of Don B. (1992)
BlissThe Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Wasteland!The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
HeatherFlying to America (2008)
PandemoniumFlying to America (2008)

Plays

TitleNotesCollected in
The Friends of the FamilyWritten as a radio play; includes sections from
"For I'm the Boy" and "The Big Broadcast of 1938"
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
The ConservatoryWritten as a radio play; includes sections from
"On the Steps of the Conservatory" and "Great Days"
The Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Snow WhiteAdapted from the novel of the same nameThe Teachings of Don B. (1992)
Great DaysAdapted from the story of the same name
first produced off-Broadway at American Place Theater, 1983

References

  1. Daugherty, Tracy (2009). Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme. St. Martin’s Press. p. 283.
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