William S. Burroughs Bibliography - Novels and Other Long Fiction

Novels and Other Long Fiction

  • Junkie (aka Junky) (1953) (ISBN 0-14-200316-6 - later reprint)
  • Queer (written 1951-3; published 1985) (ISBN 0-14-008389-8)
  • Naked Lunch (1959) (ISBN 0-8021-3295-2)
  • The Nova Trilogy (1961-67):
    • The Soft Machine (1961/66) (ISBN 0-8021-3329-0)
    • The Ticket That Exploded (1962/67) (ISBN 0-8021-5150-7)
    • Nova Express (1964) (ISBN 0-8021-3330-4)
  • The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (1969) (ISBN 1-55970-211-7)
  • The Wild Boys: A Book Of The Dead (1971) (ISBN 0-8021-3331-2)
  • Port of Saints (1973) (ISBN 0-912652-64-0)
  • The Red Night Trilogy (1981-87):
    • Cities of the Red Night (1981) (ISBN 0-03-053976-5)
    • The Place of Dead Roads (1983) (ISBN 0-312-27865-9)
    • The Western Lands (1987) (ISBN 0-14-009456-3)
  • My Education: A Book of Dreams (1995) (ISBN 0-14-009454-7)
Note: Burroughs published revised and rewritten editions of several of the above novels, including The Soft Machine and The Ticket That Exploded, while reedited versions of some books such as Junkie and Naked Lunch have been published postumously.

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