John O'Hara

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First appearance of works in book form

1934

Appointment in Samarra Novel

1935

The Doctor's Son and Other Stories Thirty-seven stories

First book appearance of "The Doctor's Son", "Mary", "Mr. Sidney Gainsborough: Quality Pictures", "Hotel Kid", "Dr. Wyeth's Son", "The Public Career of Mr. Seymour Harrisburg", "In the Morning Sun", "It Must Have Been Spring", "Over the River and Through the Wood"

BUtterfield 8 Novel

1938

Hope of Heaven Novel (London edition adds stories)

First book appearance of Hope of Heaven, "Sidesaddle", "Saffercisco", "Price's Always Open", "Can You Carry Me?", "Lunch Tuesday", "The Cold House", "Days", "Are We Leaving Tomorrow?", "The Gentleman in  the Tan Suit", "Most Gorgeous Thing", "I Could Have Had a Yacht", "Ice Cream", "Brother"

1939

Files On Parade Thirty-five stories

First book appearance of "Trouble in 1949", "No Mistakes", "Richard Wagner: Public Domain?", "Invite", "The Ideal Man", "Do You Like It Here?"

1940

Pal Joey Novella

1945

Pipe Night Thirty-one stories

First book appearance of "Walter T. Carriman", "Now We Know", "Too Young", "Summer's Day", "Radio", "The King of the Desert", "Bread Alone", "Patriotism", "A Respectable Place", "The Magical Numbers", "Graven Image", "Adventure on the Set", "Fire!", "The Next-to-Last Dance of the Season", "Where's the Game?", "Mrs. Whitman"

1947

Hellbox Stories

First book appearance of "Pardner", "War Aims", "Secret Meeting", "Drawing Room B", "The Decision", "Everything Satisfactory", "The Moccasins", "Doctor and Mrs. Parsons", "Other Women's Households", "A Phase of Life"

1949

A Rage to Live Novel

1951

The Farmer's Hotel Novel

1953

Sweet and Sour Columns

1955

Ten North Frederick Novel

1956

A Family Party Novel

1958

From the Terrace Novel

1960

Sermons and Soda-water Three novellas

The Girl on the Baggage Truck, Imagine Kissing Pete, We're Friends Again

Ourselves to Know Novel

1961

Assembly Twenty-six stories

First book appearance of "Mrs. Stratton of Oak Knoll", "The Pioneer Hep-Cat", "The Girl from California", "You Can Always Tell Newark", "Mary and Norma", "The Cellar Domain", "In a Grove", "A Case History"

Five Plays Five plays

The Farmers Hotel, The Searching Sun, The Champagne Pool, Veronique, The Way It Was

1962

The Big Laugh Novel

The Cape Cod Lighter Stories

First book appearance of "The Bucket of Blood", "Claude Emerson, Reporter", "The First Day", "Judge Dulrumple", "Money", "Pat Collins", "Winter Dance", "Your Fah Neefah Neeface"

1963

Elizabeth Appleton Novel

The Hat on the Bed Twenty-four stories

First book appearance of "Agatha", "Aunt Anna", "Eminent Domain", "Exterior: with Figure", "The Flatted Saxophone", "The Friends of Miss Julia", "The Glendale People", "The Locomobile", "The Manager", "The Man on the Tractor", "the Mayor", "Ninety Minutes Away", "Yucca Knolls"

1964

The Horse Knows the Way Stories

First book appearance of "All Tied Up", "The Answer Depends", "At the Window", "Aunt Fran", "The Bonfire", "Clayton Bunter", "The Hardware Man", "The House on the Corner", "The Madeline Wherry Case", "The Victim", "What's the Good of Knowing?", "Zero"

The Lockwood Concern Novel

1966

Waiting for Winter Twenty-one stories

First book appearance of "Afternoon Waltz", "Andrea", "Fatimas and Kisses", "Flight", "The Gambler", "The General", "A Good Location", "James Francis and the Star", "Natica Jackson", "The Neighbourhood", "The Way to Majorca", "Yostie"

My Turn Columns

1967

The Instrument Novel

1968

And Other Stories Twelve stories

First book appearance of "Barred", "The Farmer", "A Few Trips and Some Poetry", "The Gangster", "How Old, How Young", "We'll Have Fun"

1969

Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian's Story Novel

1970

The Ewings Novel

1972

The Second Ewings Novel

The Time Element and Other Stories Thirty-four stories

incl. "The Lady Takes an Interest", "Eileen", "The Industry and the Professor"

1974

Good Samaritan and Other Stories Fourteen stories

First book appearance of "The Sun Room", "Malibu From the Sky", "Christmas Poem"

1976

An Artist Is His Own Fault: John O'Hara on Writers and Writing Essays

1978

Selected Letters of John O'Hara Letters

1979

Two by O'Hara

First book appearance of The Man Who Could Not Lose (screen treatment), Far from Heaven (play).

 

Critique • Works • Views and quotes

See also:

Willa Cather

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ernest Hemingway

John Steinbeck

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Appointment in Samarra

Selected Short Stories of John O'Hara

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