Edmund White Books in Order
Edmund White is a celebrated author known for his provocative and introspective novels, including Fanny: A Fiction, A Boy's Own Story, The Farewell Symphony, and A Married Man. He has also penned a critically acclaimed biography of Jean Genet, a seminal study of Marcel Proust, and The Flâneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris. His memoir, My Lives, offers a deeply personal and poignant exploration of his own experiences. A long-time resident of Paris, White now calls New York home and teaches at Princeton University. As a founding member of The Violet Quill, a groundbreaking gay writer's group that operated briefly from 1980-81, White continues to be a vital voice in contemporary literature, pushing boundaries and exploring the complexities of human experience.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Edmund White
- #1AmazonEdmund White's A Boy's Own Story: The Graphic Novel (With: Michael Carroll,Brian Alessandro)(2023)
- #1AmazonStates of Desire(1980)
- #2AmazonGenet(1993)
- #3AmazonThe Burning Library(1994)
- #4AmazonOur Paris: Sketches from Memory(1994)
- #5AmazonCity Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and '70s(1999)
- #6AmazonLoss within Loss: Artists in the Age of AIDS(2000)
- #7AmazonArts and Letters(2004)
- #8AmazonMy Lives(2005)
- #9AmazonRimbaud: The Double Life of a Rebel(2008)
- #10AmazonSacred Monsters(2011)
- #11AmazonInside a Pearl: My Years in Paris(2014)
- #12AmazonThe Unpunished Vice(2018)
- #13AmazonThe Loves of My Life(2025)
- #14AmazonLantern Lecture and Other Stories (By: Adam Mars-Jones)(1981)
- #15AmazonFabrications (By: Adam Mars-Jones)(1981)
- #16AmazonThe Darker Proof (With: Adam Mars-Jones)(1988)
- #17AmazonMonopolies of Loss (By: Adam Mars-Jones)(1992)
- #1AmazonAbraham Lincoln (By: Thomas Keneally)(1960)
- #2AmazonMao Zedong: A Life (By: Jonathan D. Spence)(1999)
- #3AmazonMozart: A Life (By: Peter Gay)(1999)
- #4AmazonMarcel Proust(1999)
- #5AmazonCrazy Horse (By: Larry McMurtry)(1999)
- #6AmazonSaint Augustine (By: Garry Wills)(1999)
- #7AmazonJames Joyce (By: Edna O'Brien)(1999)
- #8AmazonRosa Parks (By: Douglas Brinkley)(2000)
- #9AmazonVirginia Woolf (By: Nigel Nicolson)(2000)
- #10AmazonWoodrow Wilson (By: Louis Auchincloss)(2000)
- #11AmazonHerman Melville (By: Elizabeth Hardwick)(2000)
- #12AmazonLeonardo da Vinci: A Life (By: Sherwin B. Nuland)(2000)
- #13AmazonDante (By: R.W.B. Lewis)(2001)
- #14AmazonJane Austen: A Life (By: Carol Shields)(2001)
- #15AmazonBuddha (By: Karen Armstrong)(2001)
- #16AmazonSimone Weil (By: Francine du Plessix Gray)(2001)
- #17AmazonAndy Warhol: A Biography (By: Wayne Koestenbaum)(2001)
- #18AmazonMartin Luther King, Jr.: A Life (By: Marshall Frady)(2001)
- #19AmazonJoseph Smith (By: Robert V. Remini)(2002)
- #20AmazonWinston Churchill: A Life (By: John Keegan)(2002)
- #21AmazonPope John XXIII (By: Thomas Cahill)(2002)
- #22AmazonCharles Dickens (By: Jane Smiley)(2002)
- #23AmazonElvis Presley (By: Bobbie Ann Mason)(2002)
- #24AmazonSaint Therese of Lisieux (By: Kathryn Harrison)(2003)
- #25AmazonRobert E. Lee (By: Roy Blount Jr.)(2003)
- #26AmazonFrank Lloyd Wright: A Life (By: Ada Louise Huxtable)(2004)
- #27AmazonGeorge Herbert Walker Bush (By: Tom Wicker)(2004)
- #28AmazonNapoleon (By: Paul Johnson)(2006)
- #29AmazonJulia Child (By: Laura Shapiro)(2007)
- #30AmazonJoan of Arc (By: Mary Gordon)(2008)
- #31AmazonMartin Luther (By: Martin E. Marty)(2008)
- #32AmazonBranch Rickey: A Life (By: Jimmy Breslin)(2011)
- #33AmazonPersonal Dispatches: Writers Confront AIDS(1989)
- #34AmazonFlesh and the Word: An Anthology of Erotic Writing(1992)
- #35AmazonTwo Hearts Desire(1997)
- #36AmazonThe Vintage Book of Amnesia(2000)
- #37AmazonFresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction(2004)
- #38AmazonThe Proust Project(2004)
- #39AmazonThe Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers(2005)
- #40AmazonTales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times In Today's New York(2014)
- #41AmazonOutWrite(2022)
- #42AmazonQueer Ideas(2023)
- #1AmazonForgetting Elena(1973)
- #2AmazonNocturnes for the King of Naples(1978)
- #3AmazonCaracole(1985)
- #4AmazonThe Married Man(2000)
- #5AmazonFanny(2003)
- #6AmazonHotel de Dream(2007)
- #7AmazonJack Holmes and His Friend(2012)
- #8AmazonOur Young Man(2016)
- #9AmazonA Saint from Texas(2020)
- #10AmazonA Previous Life(2021)
- #11AmazonThe Humble Lover(2023)
- #12AmazonTerre Haute(2007)
- #13AmazonThe Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction(1991)
- #14AmazonSkinned Alive(1995)
- #15AmazonChaos(2007)
About Edmund White
Edmund White is a celebrated author known for his provocative and introspective novels, including Fanny: A Fiction, A Boy's Own Story, The Farewell Symphony, and A Married Man. He has also penned a critically acclaimed biography of Jean Genet, a seminal study of Marcel Proust, and The Flâneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris. His memoir, My Lives, offers a deeply personal and poignant exploration of his own experiences. A long-time resident of Paris, White now calls New York home and teaches at Princeton University. As a founding member of The Violet Quill, a groundbreaking gay writer's group that operated briefly from 1980-81, White continues to be a vital voice in contemporary literature, pushing boundaries and exploring the complexities of human experience.
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