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Norman Mailer Books in Order

56 books are credited to Norman Mailer, published between 1948 and 2016; 4 of them appeared after Norman Mailer's death in 2007. The first book is The Naked and the Dead (1948) and the newest is Ten Thousand Words a Minute (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Norman Mailer also publishes as Andreas Wilson.

Books
56
Published
1948–2016
Pages on record
15,891 in 37 of 56 books
Reading time
265–397 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 15,891 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 37 of 56 titles with a page count on record.

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Norman Mailer (January 31, 1923 to November 10, 2007), born Nachem Malech Mailer, was an American writer, journalist and filmmaker. Over more than six decades Mailer produced 11 bestsellers, with at least one in each of the seven decades after the Second World War. The Naked and the Dead (1948) brought early fame. The Armies of the Night (1968), a nonfiction novel, won both the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and the National Book Award, and The Executioner's Song (1979) won the Pulitzer for fiction. An American Dream and The Fight are other well-known works. The catalogue lists 56 titles, including Barbary Shore (1952), The Deer Park (1955) and Advertisements for Myself (1959).

How many Norman Mailer books are there?

Norman Mailer has 56 books, released between 1948 and 2016. 4 of them were published after Norman Mailer's death in 2007.

Norman Mailer Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 56 Norman Mailer 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 The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer (1948)
  2. Cover of Barbary Shore by Norman Mailer (1952)
  3. Cover of The Deer Park by Norman Mailer (1955)
  4. Cover of Advertisements for Myself by Norman Mailer (1959)
  5. Cover of Why Are We at War? by Norman Mailer (1968)
  6. Cover of The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer (1968)
  7. Cover of A Fire on the Moon by Norman Mailer (1970)
  8. Cover of Prisoner of Sex by Norman Mailer (1971)
  9. Cover of The Faith of Graffiti by Norman Mailer (1974)
  10. Cover of Some Honorable Men: Political Conventions, 1960-1972 by Norman Mailer (1976)
  11. Cover of The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (1979)
  12. Cover of Pieces by Norman Mailer (1982)
  13. Cover of Essential Mailer by Norman Mailer (1982)
  14. Cover of Pontifications by Norman Mailer (1982)
  15. Cover of Harlot's Ghost by Norman Mailer (1991)
  16. Cover of How the Wimp Won the War by Norman Mailer (1992)
  17. Cover of Oswald's Tale by Norman Mailer (1995)
  18. Cover of Portrait of Picasso As a Young Man by Norman Mailer (1995)
  19. Cover of The Gospel According to the Son by Norman Mailer (1997)
  20. Cover of Into the Mirror: The Life of Robert P. Hanssen by Norman Mailer (2002)
  21. Cover of Modest Gifts by Norman Mailer (2003)
  22. Cover of The Spooky Art by Norman Mailer (2003)
  23. Cover of The Big Empty by Norman Mailer (2006)
  24. Cover of The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer (2007)
  1. 1
    The Naked and the Dead1948 · 559 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948559
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  2. 2
    Barbary Shore1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
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  3. 3
    The Deer Park1955 · 375 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955375
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  4. 4
    Advertisements for Myself1959 · 532 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1959532
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  5. 5
    The White Negro1959 · 27 pages · confirmed 2/4
    195927
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  6. 6
    Deaths for the Ladies1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  7. 7
    The Presidential Papers1963 · confirmed 2/4
    1963–
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  8. 8
    Cannibals and Christians1966 · 409 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966409
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  9. 9
    An American Dream1966 · confirmed 2/4
    1966–
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  10. 10
    Bull Fight: A Photographic Narrative1967 · confirmed 2/4
    1967–
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  11. 11
    Miami and the Siege of Chicago1968 · 238 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968238
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  12. 12
    Why Are We at War?1968 · 111 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968111
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  13. 13
    The Armies of the Night1968 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968320
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  14. 14
    Why Are We in Vietnam?1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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  15. 15
    A Fire on the Moon1970 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970432
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  16. 16
    Prisoner of Sex1971 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971240
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  17. 17
    Maidstone1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  18. 18
    St. George and the Godfather1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  19. 19
    Existential Errands1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  20. 20
    Marilyn1973 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973336
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  21. 21
    The Faith of Graffiti1974 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974128
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  22. 22
    Watching My Name Go By1974 · confirmed 2/4
    1974–
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  23. 23
    The Fight1975 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975234
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  24. 24
    Genius & Lust1976 · 492 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976492
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  25. 25
    Some Honorable Men: Political Conventions, 1960-19721976 · 499 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976499
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  26. 26
    A Transit To Narcissus: A Facsimile of the Original Typescript1978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978–
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  27. 27
    The Executioner's Song1979 · 1136 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19791136
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  28. 28
    The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer1980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980–
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  29. 29
    Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling with Dots1980 · 102 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980102
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  30. 30
    Of Women and Their Elegance1980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980–
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Norman Mailer 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.

Nation in order

1 book
  1. 14. The Good, the Bad and the Dolce Vita

Standalone books

55 books

55 Norman Mailer titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Norman Mailer books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 56 Norman Mailer books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Norman Mailer

Start with The Naked and the Dead (1948), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Norman Mailer book?

Ten Thousand Words a Minute (2016) is the newest Norman Mailer book released so far.

Is there a new Norman Mailer book coming?

No next Norman Mailer 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 Norman Mailer has won

Wikidata records 7 awards and 4 nominations for Norman Mailer. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award1996Won
  • Helmerich Award1992Won
  • Emerson-Thoreau Medal1989Won
  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award1982Won
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1980Wonfor The Executioner's Song
  • National Book Award1969Won
  • Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction1969Wonfor The Armies of the Night
  • Neustadt International Prize for Literature1994Shortlisted
  • Hammett Prize1991Shortlistedfor Harlot's Ghost
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1980Shortlistedfor The Executioner's Song
  • National Book Award for Fiction1968Shortlistedfor Why Are We in Vietnam?

Norman Mailer at a glance

Died
Norman Mailer died in 2007, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Norman Mailer are still being published after Norman Mailer's death in 2007; the newest appeared in 2016.
Release pace
Norman Mailer books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
15,891 pages across the 37 of 56 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Norman Mailer books, 13 of 56, were published in the 1970s.

What the Norman Mailer books are about

38 of the 56 Norman Mailer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 4 of 38. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.