Robert Olen Butler Books in Order
Robert Olen Butler is widely regarded as one of America's most accomplished writers. He has published sixteen novels, including The Alleys of Eden, Sun Dogs, Countrymen of Bones, On Distant Ground, Wabash, The Deuce, They Whisper, The Deep Green Sea, Mr. Spaceman, Fair Warning, Hell, A Small Hotel, The Hot Country, The Star of Istanbul, The Empire of Night, and Perfume River. His six volumes of short fiction showcase his mastery of the genre, with notable collections such as Tabloid Dreams, Had a Good Time, Severance, Intercourse, Weegee Stories, and A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, which won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A celebrated lecturer on the creative process, Butler's work has been widely recognized with prestigious awards, including the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award, the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award, and two National Magazine Awards in Fiction. His stories have appeared in esteemed publications like The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's, and The Atlantic Monthly.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Robert Olen Butler
- #1AmazonThe Best Small Fictions 2015(2015)
- #1AmazonThe Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)(2012)
- #2AmazonPronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)(2012)
- #3AmazonThe Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)(2012)
- #4AmazonThe Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)(2012)
- #5AmazonAn Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2012)
- #6AmazonDeath Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)(2012)
- #7AmazonThe Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)(2013)
- #8AmazonRides a Stranger (By: David Bell)(2013)
- #9AmazonThe Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)(2013)
- #10AmazonThe Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)(2013)
- #11AmazonThe Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2014)
- #12AmazonWhat's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)(2014)
- #13AmazonRemaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)(2014)
- #14AmazonThe Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)(2014)
- #15AmazonThe Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)(2014)
- #16AmazonBook Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2014)
- #17AmazonThe Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)(2014)
- #18AmazonIt's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)(2014)
- #19AmazonThe Scroll (By: Anne Perry)(2014)
- #20AmazonThe Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)(2015)
- #21AmazonThe Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)(2015)
- #22AmazonCondor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)(2015)
- #23AmazonMystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)(2015)
- #24AmazonEvery Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)(2015)
- #25AmazonFrom the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)
- #26AmazonThe Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)(2016)
- #27AmazonCitadel (By: Stephen Hunter)(2016)
- #28AmazonReconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)(2016)
- #29AmazonDead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)(2016)
- #30AmazonThe Haze (By: James W. Hall)(2016)
- #31AmazonHoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)(2017)
- #32AmazonThe Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)(2018)
- #33AmazonSeven Years (By: Peter Robinson)(2018)
- #34AmazonThe Hemingway Valise(2018)
- #35AmazonThe Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)(2018)
- #36AmazonThe Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)(2020)
- #37AmazonThe Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)(2022)
- #38AmazonThe Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)(2022)
- #39AmazonThe Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)(2022)
- #1AmazonNew Stories from the South (By: Shannon Ravenel)(1988)
- #2AmazonNew Stories from the South 1992 (By: Shannon Ravenel)(1992)
- #3AmazonNew Stories from the South 1993 (By: Shannon Ravenel)(1993)
- #4AmazonNew Stories from the South 1994 (By: Shannon Ravenel)(1994)
- #5AmazonNew Stories from the South 1995 (By: Shannon Ravenel)(1995)
- #6AmazonNew Stories from the South 1996 (By: Shannon Ravenel)(1996)
- #7AmazonNew Stories from the South 1997(1997)
- #8AmazonNew Stories from the South 1998 (By: Padgett Powell)(1998)
- #9AmazonNew Stories from the South 1999 (By: Tony Earley)(1999)
- #10AmazonNew Stories from the South 2000 (By: Ellen Douglas)(2000)
- #11AmazonNew Stories from the South 2001 (By: Lee Smith)(2001)
- #12AmazonNew Stories from the South 2003 (By: Shannon Ravenel)(2003)
- #13AmazonNew Stories from the South 2004 (By: Allan Gurganus)(2004)
- #14AmazonNew Stories from the South, 2005 (By: Jill McCorkle)(2005)
- #15AmazonBest of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South (By: Shannon Ravenel)(2005)
- #16AmazonNew Stories from the South 2006 (By: Allan Gurganus,Kathy Pories)(2006)
- #17AmazonNew Stories from the South 2007 (By: Allan Gurganus)(2007)
- #18AmazonNew Stories from the South 2008 (By: Z.Z. Packer)(2008)
- #19AmazonNew Stories from the South 2009 (By: Madison Smartt Bell)(2009)
- #20AmazonNew Stories from the South 2010 (By: Amy Hempel)(2010)
- #21AmazonThe Best American Short Stories 1991(1991)
- #22AmazonThe Best American Short Stories 1994(1994)
- #23AmazonYear's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection(1996)
- #24AmazonThe Best American Erotica 1996(1996)
- #25AmazonThe Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction(1999)
- #26AmazonThe Good Parts(2000)
- #27AmazonFull Frontal Fiction: The Best of Nerve.com(2000)
- #28AmazonListening For God, Vol. 4(2002)
- #29AmazonA Very Southern Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writers(2003)
- #30AmazonThe Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles(2004)
- #31AmazonThe Future Dictionary of America(2004)
- #32AmazonThe 2004 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories(2005)
- #33AmazonVerb, An Audioquarterly, Volume 1, No. 1(2005)
- #34AmazonThe 2005 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories(2006)
- #35AmazonThe 2007 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories(2007)
- #36AmazonSelected Shorts: Wartime Lives(2007)
- #37AmazonThe New Granta Book of the American Short Story(2007)
- #38AmazonThe 2008 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories(2008)
- #39AmazonThe 2009 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories(2011)
- #40AmazonAstoria to Zion(2013)
- #41AmazonIn Sunlight or In Shadow(2016)
- #42AmazonThe Best Peace Fiction(2021)
- #1AmazonFrom Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction(2005)
- #1AmazonThe Alleys of Eden(1981)
- #2AmazonSun Dogs(1982)
- #3AmazonCountrymen of Bones(1983)
- #4AmazonOn Distant Ground(1985)
- #5AmazonWabash(1987)
- #6AmazonThe Deuce(1989)
- #7AmazonThey Whisper(1994)
- #8AmazonThe Deep Green Sea(1998)
- #9AmazonMr. Spaceman(2000)
- #10AmazonFair Warning(2002)
- #11AmazonHell(2009)
- #12AmazonA Small Hotel(2011)
- #13AmazonPerfume River(2016)
- #14AmazonLate City(2021)
- #15AmazonJealous Husband Returns in the Form of a Parrot(1996)
- #16AmazonThe Hemingway Valise(2018)
- #17AmazonA Good Scent from a Strange Mountain(1992)
- #18AmazonTabloid Dreams(1996)
- #19AmazonHad a Good Time(2004)
- #20AmazonSeverance(2006)
- #21AmazonIntercourse(2008)
About Robert Olen Butler
Robert Olen Butler is widely regarded as one of America's most accomplished writers. He has published sixteen novels, including The Alleys of Eden, Sun Dogs, Countrymen of Bones, On Distant Ground, Wabash, The Deuce, They Whisper, The Deep Green Sea, Mr. Spaceman, Fair Warning, Hell, A Small Hotel, The Hot Country, The Star of Istanbul, The Empire of Night, and Perfume River. His six volumes of short fiction showcase his mastery of the genre, with notable collections such as Tabloid Dreams, Had a Good Time, Severance, Intercourse, Weegee Stories, and A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, which won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A celebrated lecturer on the creative process, Butler's work has been widely recognized with prestigious awards, including the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award, the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award, and two National Magazine Awards in Fiction. His stories have appeared in esteemed publications like The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's, and The Atlantic Monthly.
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