Stephen Dobyns Books in Order
Stephen Dobyns is a versatile and accomplished author known for his genre-bending works that seamlessly blend the absurd and the profound. Born of a nomadic upbringing, his experiences traversing the American landscape have informed his writing. A product of Shimer College and Wayne State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree, Dobyns further honed his craft at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, graduating in 1967. Prior to his literary career, he worked as a journalist for the Detroit News, honing his narrative voice and storytelling skills. As a sought-after instructor, Dobyns has taught at esteemed institutions such as Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Iowa, and Boston University.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Stephen Dobyns
- #1AmazonGood Woman (By: Lucille Clifton)(1987)
- #2AmazonNext (By: Lucille Clifton)(1987)
- #3AmazonThe City in Which I Love You (By: Li-Young Lee)(1990)
- #4AmazonQuilting (By: Lucille Clifton)(1991)
- #5AmazonWhat We Carry (By: Dorianne Laux)(1994)
- #6AmazonRed Suitcase (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)(1994)
- #7AmazonThe Terrible Stories (By: Lucille Clifton)(1996)
- #8AmazonFuel (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)(1998)
- #9AmazonTell Me (By: Kim Addonizio)(2000)
- #10AmazonBlessing the Boats (By: Lucille Clifton)(2000)
- #11AmazonSmoke (By: Dorianne Laux)(2000)
- #12AmazonBook of My Nights (By: Li-Young Lee)(2001)
- #13AmazonMules of Love (By: Ellen Bass)(2002)
- #14AmazonThe Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande (By: Ray Gonzalez)(2002)
- #15AmazonLove Song with Motor Vehicles (By: Alan Michael Parker)(2003)
- #16AmazonThe Owner of the House (By: Louis Simpson)(2003)
- #17AmazonThe Orchard (By: Brigit Pegeen Kelly)(2004)
- #18AmazonThe Rooster's Wife (By: Russell Edson)(2005)
- #19AmazonPostcards from the Interior (By: Wyn Cooper)(2005)
- #20AmazonYou & Yours (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)(2005)
- #21AmazonDarling Vulgarity (By: Michael Waters)(2006)
- #22AmazonNot for Specialists (By: W.D. Snodgrass)(2006)
- #23AmazonSlope of the Child Everlasting (By: Laurie Kutchins)(2007)
- #24AmazonSleeping With Houdini (By: Nin Andrews)(2007)
- #25AmazonThe Fortieth Day (By: Kazim Ali)(2008)
- #26AmazonElephants & Butterflies (By: Alan Michael Parker)(2008)
- #27AmazonVoices (By: Lucille Clifton)(2008)
- #28AmazonAnd (By: Michael Blumenthal)(2009)
- #29AmazonCarpathia (By: Cecilia Woloch)(2009)
- #30AmazonSeasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone (By: Matthew Shenoda)(2009)
- #31AmazonSharp Stars (By: Sharon Bryan)(2009)
- #32AmazonChaos is the New Calm (By: Wyn Cooper)(2010)
- #33AmazonLong Lens (By: Peter Makuck)(2010)
- #34AmazonBurning of the Three Fires (By: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont)(2010)
- #35AmazonDiwata ) (By: Barbara Jane Reyes)(2010)
- #36AmazonSasha Sings the Laundry on the Line (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)(2010)
- #37AmazonKingdom Animalia (By: Aracelis Girmay)(2011)
- #38AmazonYour Father on the Train of Ghosts (By: G.C. Waldrep,John Gallaher)(2011)
- #39AmazonEnnui Prophet (By: Christopher Kennedy)(2011)
- #40AmazonTransfer (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)(2011)
- #41AmazonGospel Night (By: Michael Waters)(2011)
- #42AmazonThe Hands of Strangers (By: Janice N. Harrington)(2011)
- #43AmazonTrue Faith (By: Ira Sadoff)(2012)
- #44AmazonThe Reindeer Camps (By: Barton Sutter)(2012)
- #45AmazonTo Keep Love Blurry (By: Craig Morgan Teicher)(2012)
- #46AmazonThe Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (By: Kevin Young,Toni Morrison,Lucille Clifton,Michael S. Glaser)(2012)
- #47AmazonTheophobia (By: Bruce Beasley)(2012)
- #48AmazonThe Book of Goodbyes (By: Jillian Weise)(2013)
- #49AmazonNo Need of Sympathy (By: Fleda Brown)(2013)
- #50AmazonRefuge (By: Adrie Kusserow)(2013)
- #51AmazonBirth Marks (By: Jim Daniels)(2013)
- #52AmazonThere's a Box in the Garage You Can Beat With a Stick (By: Michael Teig)(2013)
- #53AmazonThe Keys to the Jail (By: Keetje Kuipers)(2014)
- #54AmazonAll You Ask For is Longing (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)(2014)
- #55AmazonWhat He Took (By: Wendy Mnookin)(2014)
- #56AmazonCopia (By: Erika Meitner)(2014)
- #57AmazonThe Chair (By: Richard Garcia)(2014)
- #58AmazonIn a Landscape (By: John Gallaher)(2014)
- #59AmazonFanny Says (By: Nickole Brown)(2015)
- #60AmazonTestament (By: G.C. Waldrep)(2015)
- #61AmazonWhy God is a Woman (By: Nin Andrews)(2015)
- #62AmazonBroken Hallelujahs (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)(2015)
- #63AmazonAntidote for Night (By: Marsha De LA O)(2015)
- #64AmazonI'm No Longer Troubled by the Extravagance (By: Rick Bursky)(2015)
- #65AmazonBeautiful Wall (By: Ray Gonzalez)(2015)
- #66AmazonThe Black Maria (By: Aracelis Girmay)(2016)
- #67AmazonCelestial Joyride (By: Michael Waters)(2016)
- #68AmazonWhereso (By: Karen Volkman)(2016)
- #69AmazonStruggling Times (By: Louis Simpson)(2016)
- #70AmazonThe Day's Last Light Reddens the Leaves of the Copper Beech(2016)
- #71AmazonThe End of Pink (By: Kathryn Nuernberger)(2016)
- #72AmazonPrimitive (By: Janice N. Harrington)(2016)
- #73AmazonMandatory Evacuation (By: Makuck Peter)(2016)
- #74AmazonThe Trembling Answers (By: Craig Morgan Teicher)(2017)
- #75AmazonBye-Bye Land (By: Christian Barter)(2017)
- #76AmazonSky Country (By: Christine Kitano)(2017)
- #77AmazonThe Smoke of Horses (By: Charles Rafferty)(2017)
- #78AmazonAll Soul Parts Returned (By: Bruce Beasley)(2017)
- #79AmazonThe Second O of Sorrow ) (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)(2018)
- #80AmazonHoly Moly Carry Me (By: Erika Meitner)(2018)
- #81AmazonClues from the Animal Kingdom ) (By: Christopher Kennedy)(2018)
- #82AmazonDresses from the Old Country ) (By: Laura Read)(2018)
- #83AmazonIn Country (By: HughMartin)(2018)
- #84AmazonThe Tiny Journalist (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)(2019)
- #85AmazonAll Its Charms (By: Keetje Kuipers)(2019)
- #86AmazonNight Angler (By: Geffrey Davis)(2019)
- #87AmazonThe Human Half (By: Deborah Brown)(2019)
- #88AmazonCyborg Detective (By: Jillian Weise)(2019)
- #89AmazonOn the Shores of Welcome Home (By: Bruce Weigl)(2019)
- #90AmazonRue (By: Kathryn Nuernberger)(2020)
- #91AmazonYear of the Dog (By: Deborah Paredez)(2020)
- #92AmazonLet's Become a Ghost Story (By: Rick Bursky)(2020)
- #93AmazonBrand New Spacesuit (By: John Gallaher)(2020)
- #94AmazonMercy (By: Lucille Clifton)(2020)
- #95AmazonHow to Carry Water (By: Lucille Clifton,Aracelis Girmay)(2020)
- #96AmazonCaw (By: Michael Waters)(2020)
- #97AmazonLetters to a Young Brown Girl (By: Barbara Jane Reyes)(2020)
- #98AmazonMother Country (By: Elana Bell)(2020)
- #99AmazonI Am Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World (By: Kendra DeColo)(2021)
- #100AmazonThe Naomi Letters (By: Rachel Mennies)(2021)
- #101AmazonDiamonds (By: Camille Guthrie)(2021)
- #102AmazonUseful Junk (By: Erika Meitner)(2022)
- #103AmazonField Notes from the Flood Zone (By: Heather Sellers)(2022)
- #104AmazonA Season in Hell with Rimbaud (By: Dustin Pearson)(2022)
- #105AmazonYour Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (By: Chen Chen)(2022)
- #106AmazonA Tinderbox in Three Acts (By: Cynthia Dewi Oka)(2022)
- #107AmazonLittle Mr. Prose Poem (By: Charles Simic,Russell Edson,Craig Morgan Teicher)(2022)
- #108AmazonThe Dug-Up Gun Museum (By: Ben Follows)(2022)
- #1AmazonSaratoga Longshot(1976)
- #2AmazonSaratoga Swimmer(1981)
- #3AmazonSaratoga Headhunter(1985)
- #4AmazonSaratoga Snapper(1986)
- #5AmazonSaratoga Bestiary(1988)
- #6AmazonSaratoga Hexameter(1990)
- #7AmazonSaratoga Haunting(1993)
- #8AmazonSaratoga Backtalk(1994)
- #9AmazonSaratoga Fleshpot(1995)
- #10AmazonSaratoga Strongbox(1998)
- #11AmazonSaratoga Payback(2017)
- #1AmazonBest Words, Best Order(1996)
- #2AmazonNext Word, Better Word(2011)
- #3AmazonConcurring Beasts(1972)
- #4AmazonGriffon(1976)
- #5AmazonHeat Death(1980)
- #6AmazonThe Balthus Poems(1982)
- #7AmazonCemetery Nights(1987)
- #8AmazonBody Traffic(1990)
- #9AmazonVelocities(1994)
- #10AmazonCommon Carnage(1996)
- #11AmazonBlack Dog, Red Dog(1997)
- #12AmazonPallbearers Envying the One Who Rides(1999)
- #13AmazonEating Naked(2000)
- #14AmazonThe Porcupine's Kisses(2002)
- #15AmazonMystery, So Long(2005)
- #16AmazonWinter's Journey(2010)
- #17AmazonThe Day's Last Light Reddens the Leaves of the Copper Beech(2016)
- #1AmazonA Man Of Little Evils(1973)
- #2AmazonDancer with One Leg(1983)
- #3AmazonCold Dog Soup(1985)
- #4AmazonA Boat Off the Coast(1987)
- #5AmazonThe Two Deaths of Senora Puccini(1988)
- #6AmazonThe House on Alexandrine(1990)
- #7AmazonAfter Shocks/Near Escapes(1991)
- #8AmazonThe Wrestler's Cruel Study(1993)
- #9AmazonThe Church of Dead Girls(1997)
- #10AmazonBoy in the Water(1999)
- #11AmazonThe Burn Palace(2013)
- #12AmazonIs Fat Bob Dead Yet?(2015)
About Stephen Dobyns
Stephen Dobyns is a versatile and accomplished author known for his genre-bending works that seamlessly blend the absurd and the profound. Born of a nomadic upbringing, his experiences traversing the American landscape have informed his writing. A product of Shimer College and Wayne State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree, Dobyns further honed his craft at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, graduating in 1967. Prior to his literary career, he worked as a journalist for the Detroit News, honing his narrative voice and storytelling skills. As a sought-after instructor, Dobyns has taught at esteemed institutions such as Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Iowa, and Boston University.
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