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Irwin Shaw Books in Order

26 books are credited to Irwin Shaw, published between 1935 and 2002; 2 of them appeared after Irwin Shaw's death in 1984. The first book is Bury the Dead (1935) and the newest is Welcome to the city and other stories (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
26
Published
1935–2002
Pages on record
5,374 in 15 of 26 books
Reading time
90–134 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,374 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 26 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Irwin Shaw, author of the Rich Man, Poor Man series

Irwin Shaw (1913-1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer whose books have sold more than 14 million copies. The Young Lions (1948) follows three soldiers through the Second World War and was filmed under the same title with Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift. Rich Man, Poor Man (1970) traces two brothers and a sister through the post-war decades and became a 1976 miniseries with Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte and Susan Blakely. The catalogue holds 26 titles, from Bury the Dead (1935) to Welcome to the City and Other Stories (2002), with short story collections making up much of the list.

How many Irwin Shaw books are there?

Irwin Shaw has 26 books, released between 1935 and 2002. 2 of them were published after Irwin Shaw's death in 1984. 2 of them belong to the Rich Man, Poor Man series.

Irwin Shaw Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 26 Irwin Shaw 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 Mixed Company by Irwin Shaw (1950)
  2. Cover of The Troubled Air by Irwin Shaw (1951)
  3. Cover of Voices of a Summer Day by Irwin Shaw (1951)
  4. Cover of Tip on a Dead Jockey by Irwin Shaw (1957)
  5. Cover of Love on a Dark Street by Irwin Shaw (1965)
  6. Cover of Nightwork by Irwin Shaw (1975)
  7. Cover of Beggarman, Thief by Irwin Shaw, book 2 of the Rich Man, Poor Man series (1977)
  8. Cover of Paris! Paris! by Irwin Shaw (1977)
  9. Cover of Short Stories by Irwin Shaw (1978)
  10. Cover of The Top of the Hill by Irwin Shaw (1979)
  11. Cover of Acceptable Losses by Irwin Shaw (1982)
  12. Cover of Retreat by Irwin Shaw (1988)
  1. 1
    Bury the Dead1935 · confirmed 2/4
    1935–
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  2. 4
    The Young Lions1948 · 665 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948665
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  3. 5
    Mixed Company1950 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1950416
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  4. 6
    The Troubled Air1951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  5. 7
    Voices of a Summer Day1951 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1951253
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  6. 8
    Lucy Crown1956 · confirmed 2/4
    1956–
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  7. 9
    Tip on a Dead Jockey1957 · confirmed 2/4
    1957–
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  8. 10
    Two Weeks In Another Town1960 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1960416
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  9. 11
    Selected Short Stories of Irwin Shaw1961 · confirmed 2/4
    1961–
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  10. 12
    In the Company of Dolphins1964 · confirmed 2/4
    1964–
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  11. 13
    Love on a Dark Street1965 · confirmed 2/4
    1965–
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  12. 14
    Rich Man, Poor ManRich Man, Poor Man #11969 · 635 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969635
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  13. 15
    Whispers In Bedlam1972 · 169 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1972169
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  14. 16
    Evening In Byzantium1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  15. 17
    God Was Here But He Left Early1973 · 268 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973268
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  16. 18
    Nightwork1975 · 344 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975344
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  17. 19
    Beggarman, ThiefRich Man, Poor Man #21977 · 436 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977436
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  18. 20
    Paris! Paris!1977 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977211
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  19. 21
    Short Stories1978 · 756 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978756
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  20. 22
    The Top of the Hill1979 · 346 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979346
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  21. 23
    Bread Upon the Waters1981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981–
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  22. 24
    Acceptable Losses1982 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982309
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  23. 25
    Retreat1988 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988128
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Irwin Shaw 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.

Rich Man, Poor Man in order

2 books
  1. 1. Rich Man, Poor Man
  2. 2. Beggarman, Thief

Standalone books

24 books

24 Irwin Shaw titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Irwin Shaw books in order?

You only need to read Irwin Shaw books in order within the Rich Man, Poor Man series, which holds 2 of the 26 Irwin Shaw books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Irwin Shaw

Start with Bury the Dead (1935), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Irwin Shaw book?

Welcome to the city and other stories (2002) is the newest Irwin Shaw book released so far.

Is there a new Irwin Shaw book coming?

No next Irwin Shaw 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 Irwin Shaw has won

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

  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award1981Won
  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award1978Won
  • O. Henry Award1944Won

Irwin Shaw at a glance

Died
Irwin Shaw died in 1984, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Irwin Shaw are still being published after Irwin Shaw's death in 1984; the newest appeared in 2002.
Release pace
Irwin Shaw books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
5,374 pages across the 15 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Irwin Shaw books, 8 of 26, were published in the 1970s.

What the Irwin Shaw books are about

16 of the 26 Irwin Shaw books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 6 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.