It looks like you're offline.
Donate
English (en) Change Website Language
Open Library logo
additional options menu
Last edited by AgentSapphire
May 9, 2023 | History
Edit

John Updike

Prof. John Updike, American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic

Photo of John Updike

American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

Born 18 March 1932
Died 27 January 2009

1150 works Add another?

Showing all works by author. Would you like to see only ebooks?

  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: Gold

    Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_y2m9 Cover of edition prenticehalllite09koel First published in 1994 — 7 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Odd jobs: essays and criticism

    Cover of edition oddjobsessayscri00updi First published in 1991 — 7 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Assorted prose.

    First published in 1965 — 7 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Telephone poles and other poems

    First published in 1963 — 7 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Bech at bay: a quasi-novel

    Cover of edition bechatbayquasin00updi Cover of edition bechatbayquasino00updi_0 First published in 1998 — 7 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: A kentaur: regény

    First published in 1966 — 6 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Pigeon feathers, and other stories

    First published in 1962 — 6 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Hasenherz: Roman

    First published in 1962 — 6 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

    Cover of edition penguinbookofame0000unse_g1f8 Cover of edition penguinbookofame0000coch First published in 1971 — 6 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Licks of love: short stories and a sequel

    Cover of edition rabbitremembered00updi First published in 2000 — 6 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The widows of Eastwick

    Cover of edition widowsofeastwick00updi Cover of edition widowsofeastwick00updi First published in 2008 — 6 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Terrorist: A Novel

    Cover of edition terrorist00updi First published in 2006 — 6 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Villages

    Cover of edition villages0000updi_f0o8 Cover of edition villages00john Cover of edition villages00updi Cover of edition villages0000updi First published in 2004 — 6 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Museums and women, and other stories.

    Cover of edition museumswomenot00john Cover of edition museumswomenothe00updi First published in 1972 — 6 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Best Short Stories: Advanced Level

    Cover of edition bestshortstories0000harr Cover of edition bestshortstories0000unse_e5c3 First published in 1980 — 5 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Ehepaare: Roman

    First published in 1969 — 5 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Corri, coniglio: romanzo

    First published in 1961 — 5 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Brazil

    First published in 1994 — 5 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Terrorist

    First published in 2006 — 5 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Casais trocados

    First published in 1968 — 5 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
Photo of John Updike

American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

Born 18 March 1932
Died 27 January 2009

Subjects

Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Harry Angstrom (Fictitious character), Middle class men, Social life and customs, Literature, American Short stories, American poetry, Poetry, American literature, Fiction, short stories (single author), Man-woman relationships, Adultery, Autobiographical memory, Families, History, History and criticism, Manners and customs, Older women, Terrorism, Women painters, American fiction, Egyptian Americans, Fiction, general, Interviewing

Places

United States, Massachusetts, New England, Vermont, Denmark, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, England, Alabama, India, Owl Creek Bridge, Brazil, Calcutta, Jefferson, Mallard residence, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Salem Village, Surrey, Wall Street, Yoknapatawpha County, Africa, Connecticut, Ipswich (Mass.)

People

John Updike, John Updike (1932-2009), Devil, John H. Watson, Peyton Farquhar, Sherlock Holmes, Bartleby, Brently Mallard, Cicero, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Ethelred, Faith Brown, Ginger Nut, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Homer Barron, James Buchanan (1791-1868), John Jacob Astor, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Madeline Usher, Mr. Grierson

Time

20th century, 19th century, 1600s, 1861-65, Antebellum era, 1241-1397, 1861-1865, American Civil War, 1692, 1974-1977, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1890, 1940s-1960s, 1950's, 20e siècle, 21st century, Civil War, December, Early Twenty-first Century, Geschichte 1940-1990, Geschichte 2000, Xian dai, carnival, the mid 1980s

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

Links outside Open Library

Alternative names

  • John Updike
  • UPDIKE,J
  • J Updike
  • dust jacket design by author John Updike
  • John UPDIKE
  • John. Updike

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
May 9, 2023 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
April 25, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
April 22, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
April 22, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import