John Updike

John Updike (1932-2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer and essayist. He is perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom series, including the novels Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich and a novella entitled Rabbit Remembered. He began his career as a staff writer with The New Yorker and became associated with the publication, despite only working there for two years. Besides writing more than twenty novels and many short story and poetry collections, Updike was also considered one of the best American literature and art critics of his generation. John Updike’s first book to be published was a poetry collection entitled The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures. The next year, he came out with his first short story collection, entitled The Same Door. Finally, his debut novel was the 1960 novel Rabbit, Run, which Time magazine listed as one of the 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Below is a list of John Updike’s books in order of when they were originally published: Notes: The Best American Short Stories 1984 was co-edited with Shannon Ravenel. The Best American Short Stories of the Century was co-edited alongside Katrina Kenison.