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Budd Schulberg Books in Order

Budd Schulberg has written 20 books, published between 1935 and 2006. The first book is Company house (1935) and the newest is Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage (2006). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1935–2006
Pages on record
3,803 in 13 of 20 books
Reading time
63–95 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,803 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Budd Schulberg, author

Budd Schulberg (1914-2009), born Seymour Wilson Schulberg, was an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and sports writer. What Makes Sammy Run? (1941) and The Harder They Fall (1947) are the novels most associated with Schulberg. The screenplay for On the Waterfront earned Schulberg an Academy Award, and A Face in the Crowd followed in 1957. The 20 catalogued books run from Company house (1935) to Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage (2006). Subjects include Hollywood, boxing and organized crime.

How many Budd Schulberg books are there?

Budd Schulberg has 20 books, released between 1935 and 2006.

Budd Schulberg Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Budd Schulberg books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg (1941)
  2. Cover of The Harder They Fall by Budd Schulberg (1947)
  3. Cover of Some Faces in the Crowd by Budd Schulberg (1964)
  4. Cover of The Four Seasons Of Success by Budd Schulberg (1972)
  5. Cover of Everything That Moves by Budd Schulberg (1980)
  6. Cover of Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince by Budd Schulberg (1981)
  7. Cover of Love, Action, Laughter by Budd Schulberg (1990)
  8. Cover of Swan Watch by Budd Schulberg (1994)
  9. Cover of Sparring with Hemingway: And Other Legends of the Fight Game by Budd Schulberg (1995)
  10. Cover of On the Waterfront: The Play by Budd Schulberg (1998)
  11. Cover of Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage by Budd Schulberg (2006)
  1. 1
    Company house1935 · confirmed 1/4
    1935–
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  2. 2
    What Makes Sammy Run?1941 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1941303
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  3. 3
    The Harder They Fall1947 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1947343
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  4. 4
    The Disenchanted1950 · 394 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1950394
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  5. 5
    On the Waterfront1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  6. 6
    A Face in the Crowd: A Play for the Screen1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  7. 7
    Across the Everglades: A Play for the Screen1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  8. 8
    Some Faces in the Crowd1964 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964320
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  9. 9
    From the Ashes: Voices of Watts1967 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967277
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  10. 10
    Sanctuary V1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  11. 11
    The Four Seasons Of Success1972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972–
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  12. 12
    Loser & Still Champion: Muhammad Ali1973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  13. 13
    Everything That Moves1980 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980251
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  14. 14
    Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince1981 · 501 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981501
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  15. 15
    Love, Action, Laughter1990 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990323
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  16. 16
    Swan Watch1994 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994147
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  17. 17
    Sparring with Hemingway: And Other Legends of the Fight Game1995 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995256
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  18. 18
    When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport1997 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997207
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  19. 19
    On the Waterfront: The Play1998 · 113 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998113
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  20. 20
    Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage2006 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006368
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Budd Schulberg books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

20 books

20 Budd Schulberg titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Budd Schulberg books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 20 Budd Schulberg books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Budd Schulberg

Start with Company house (1935), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Budd Schulberg book?

Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage (2006) is the newest Budd Schulberg book released so far.

Is there a new Budd Schulberg book coming?

No next Budd Schulberg book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Budd Schulberg has won

Wikidata records 3 awards for Budd Schulberg. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement2008Won
  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award2005Won
  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award1989Won

Budd Schulberg at a glance

Died
Budd Schulberg died in 2009, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Budd Schulberg on record dates from 2006.
Release pace
Budd Schulberg books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
3,803 pages across the 13 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 303 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Budd Schulberg books, 5 of 20, were published in the 1990s.

What the Budd Schulberg books are about

13 of the 20 Budd Schulberg books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: boxing is tagged on 3 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.