Kurt Vonnegut bibliography explained

Author:Kurt Vonnegut
Novel:14
Story:123
Collection:16
Article:81
Poem:1
Poemlink:Other works
Interview:2
Play:7
Option:3
Optionname:Other works
Optionlink:Other works
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The bibliography of Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) includes essays, books and fiction, as well as film and television adaptations of works written by the Indianapolis-born author. Vonnegut began his literary career with science fiction short stories and novels, but abandoned the genre to focus on political writings and painting in his later life.

Novels

TitleDateNotes
Player PianoPublished as Utopia 14 in 1954, published again as Player Piano in 1966
Nominated for a Hugo Award
Mother NightAdapted as a film in 1996
Cat's CradleNominated for a Hugo Award
Later adapted as a musical with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken; additional lyrics by Dennis Green
Nominated for Nebula and Hugo Awards, adapted as a film in 1972, adapted as a graphic novel in 2020
Adapted as a film in 1999
Adapted as a film in 1984
Jailbird
Deadeye Dick
Hocus Pocus
Timequake

Collections

TitleDateNotes
Short stories
Short stories; contains all but one story from Canary in a Cathouse
Essays and assorted works
Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical CollageShort stories, essays, and assorted works
Nothing Is Lost Save Honor: Two EssaysLimited edition of two essays
Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical CollageEssays and assorted works
Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short FictionShort stories
God Bless You, Dr. KevorkianFictional interviews originally presented as radio monologues
Essays
Short stories and essays
Short stories
While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short FictionShort stories
Collection of his writings as editor of his college newspaper; available as Amazon eBook
Collection of two previously unpublished novellas
A collection of previously unpublished works
Commencement speeches

Plays

TitleDateNotes
PenelopeLater revised as Happy Birthday, Wanda June and reprinted in 1970. Adapted as a film in 1971
Published in Better Homes and Gardens
FortitudeOne act, published in Playboy; collected in Human-Machines: An Anthology of Stories About Cyborgs, New York: Vintage, 1975. Adapted in episode five of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
Happy Birthday, Wanda June1971
RequiemWith music by Edgar David Grana
Make Up Your Mind
Miss TemptationAdapted by David Cooperman
L'Histoire du SoldatA reworked libretto that Vonnegut made into a tale about World War II Private Eddie Slovik, the first soldier in the United States military to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.

Short stories

TitleDateNotes
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in Worlds of If, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Cosmopolitan, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House
Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode three of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in Cosmopolitan, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published as a Kindle Single by Rosetta Books, originally written in the 1940s and submitted to McCalls and The Saturday Evening Post
Published in Again, Dangerous Visions, collected in Palm Sunday
Published in Galaxy Science Fiction, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House with the title "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Cape Cod Compass, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Ladies Home Journal, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted as the television film Displaced Person
Published in Esquire, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Collier's Magazine, revised and collected in Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode four of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode two of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Cosmopolitan, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Collier's Magazine, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode seven of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in Ladies Home Journal, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Collected in Canary in a Cat House, revised and published again in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted as a television film in 1995; a short film in 2006; and a second short film entitled 2081 in 2009
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Monocle, with Karla Kuskin
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Collected in Welcome to the Monkey House, originally intended for publication in The Saturday Evening Post in 1963, but canceled after the John F. Kennedy assassination
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House
June 2009 . Little drops of water . Harper's Magazine . 318 . 1909 . 64. Reprinted in Look at the Birdie.
Published in Ladies Home Journal, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Redbook, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in Cosmopolitan, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House
Serialized on bottles of Denver Public Libation Ale, made by Wynkoop Brewing Company
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House
Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode six of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House as "Who Am I This Time?", adapted as a film in 1983 and a radio drama in 2008
Published in Cosmopolitan, adapted in 1975 for a short film titled Next Door, and, in 1991, adapted in the first episode of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Cosmopolitan, revised and collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Argosy, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box with the title "A Present for Big Saint Nick"
Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Argosy, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in Cosmopolitan, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in Galaxy Science Fiction, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in Playboy, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in While Mortals Sleep
Published in Complete Stories
Published in Complete Stories
Published in Complete Stories
Published in Complete Stories
Published in Complete Stories

Articles

TitleDateNotes
Introduction to Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in The Montreal Gazette
Published in In These Times
(English: "The Poor Interpreters")Published in The Atlantic Monthly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in The New York Times
Obituary for his brother, published in The New York Times
Book introduction published in Palm Sunday
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Address at Rededication of Whaton College Library, 1973 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in American Film
Treatment for a musical comedy based on Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, published in Palm Sunday
Published in Bagombo Snuff Box
Published in In These Times
Letter published in Palm Sunday
Letter published in Palm Sunday, book excerpt published in The New York Times on as "Books into Ashes"
Published in In These Times
Published in In These Times
Published in In These Times
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in Man Without a Country
Review of Prize Stories 1966: The O. Henry Awards, edited by Richard Poirier and William Abrahams, published in The New York Times Book Review
Published in Esquire
Introduction to an edition of Slaughterhouse-Five, published in Palm Sunday
Published in In These Times
Review of Once a Greek... by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, published in The New York Times Book Review
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Review of Any God Will Do by Richard Condon, published in The New York Times Book Review
Published in In These Times
Lecture at St. John the Divine, New York City, May 23, 1982, published in Nothing Is Lost Save Honor
Speech published in Palm Sunday
Published in A Saucer of Loneliness, Volume VII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
Speech published in Palm Sunday
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in In These Times
Published in The Nation
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in Man Without a Country
Commencement address published in Palm Sunday
Essay published in Palm Sunday
Review of Games People Play by Eric Berne, published in Life
Speech published in Palm Sunday
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in In These Times
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Review of The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby by Tom Wolfe, published in The New York Times Book Review
Edition published by The Easton Press
Edition published by The Easton Press
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Funerary speech published in Palm Sunday
Rejected introduction to an edition of Swift's Gulliver's Travels, published in Palm Sunday
Published in In These Times
Speech, published in Armageddon in Retrospect
Published in Playboy
Review of The Random House Dictionary, published in The New York Times Book Review, collected in Wampeters, Foma and Granfaloons as "New Dictionary"
Funerary speech published in Palm Sunday
LetterLetter published in Science Fiction Review
Letter published in Look at the Birdie
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect
first version 1989, revised version 2009Letter published in German: Die Rolle des Religiösen in den Romanen von Kurt Vonnegut (English: The Role of Religion in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut, /) by Helena Bertram Countess von Nimcz zu Caldaha M.A.
Published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Introduction to a paperback compilation of Céline's final three novels, published in Palm Sunday
Speech published in Palm Sunday
Review of The Boss by Goffredo Parise, published in The New York Times Book Review
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Speech published in Palm Sunday
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in Forbes
Published in The Guardian
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Sermon published in Palm Sunday
Address to the American Physical Society, published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Playboy interviewPublished in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in North American Review
Published in In These Times
Speech published in Palm Sunday
Published in Man Without a Country
Published in The New York Times Book Review, collected in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Review of Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman, published in Life
Self-interviewPublished in The Paris Review, collected in Palm Sunday
Something Happened by Joseph HellerBook review published in Palm Sunday
Published in In These Times
Published in In These Times
Published in In These Times
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Commencement address published in Palm Sunday
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Essay published in Palm Sunday
Review of Absent Without Leave by Heinrich Böll, published in The New York Times Book Review
Address to the Graduating Class at Bennington College, 1970 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Speech published in Palm Sunday
Address to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1971 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Essay published in Palm Sunday
Essay published in Palm Sunday
Published in The Humanist
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in Utne Reader
Speech published in Palm Sunday
Published in Rolling Stone
Published in Nothing Is Lost Save Honor
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
Published in Venture-Traveler's World, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House with the title "Where I Live"
Published in In These Times

Interviews

TitleDateNotes
Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation About WritingA conversation between Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer, moderated by Ross Klavan
Interview with Joel Bleifuss published in In These Times

Other works

TitleDateNotes
Poem published in The New York Times Magazine
Between Time and Timbuktu or, Prometheus-5: A Space FantasyWritten for the National Educational Television Network and based on materials by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Sun Moon StarChildren's book illustrated by Ivan Chermayeff
Pity the Reader: On Writing with StyleA guide to writing, a posthumous collaboration written and edited by Suzanne McConnell

Library of America Collection

TitleDateNotes
Novels & Stories 1950–1962Player Piano - The Sirens of Titan - Mother Night - Stories (Report on the Barnhouse Effect - EPICAC - Unready to Wear - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Harrison Bergeron - 2BR02B) - Appendix (Science Fiction - Introduction to "Bagombo Snuff Box"), ed. Sidney Offit
Novels & Stories 1963–1973Cat's Cradle - God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - Slaughterhouse-Five - Breakfast of Champions - Stories (Welcome to the Monkey House - Fortitude - The Big Space Fuck) - Appendix (Address to the American Physical Society, New York City, February 5, 1969 - Letter from PFC Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to his family, May 29, 1945 - Wailing Shall Be in All Streets - A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's limited edition of "Slaughterhouse-Five" - Preface to the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of "Slaughterhouse-Five"), ed. Sidney Offit
Novels 1976-1985Slapstick - Jailbird - Deadeye Dick - Galápagos - Appendix (A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's signed first edition of "Slapstick" - Address to the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, October 5, 1988 - A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's signed first edition of "Jailbird" - Four excerpts from "Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of 1980s" - Lecture at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, May 23, 1982 - A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's signed first edition of "Galápagos"), ed. Sidney Offit
Novels 1987-1997Bluebeard - Hocus Pocus - Timequake - Appendix (A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's signed first edition of "Bluebeard" - Four essays on artists - Origami Express: Author's note on the illustrations for "A Man Without a Country," by Kurt Vonnegut - A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's signed first edition of "Hocus Pocus" - The Last Tasmanian - Talk prepared for delivery at Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis, April 27, 2007), ed. Sidney Offit

Film and television adaptations

TitleDateNotes
Feature film for which Vonnegut also wrote the screenplay
Feature film
Film adaptation for which Vonnegut served as advisor and contributor
Feature film
Episode of PBS' American Playhouse series
Feature film
Displaced PersonEpisode of the American anthology television series American Playhouse
1991-1993Canadian television anthology series. Vonnegut hosted the series himself
Television movie
Feature film
Feature film
Short film based on Vonnegut's short story Harrison Bergeron
Short film

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