Thomas McGuane

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1971
  • Latest Book:
    March 2018
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Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Bushwhacked Piano

    As a citizen, Nicholas Payne is not in the least solid. As a boyfriend, he is nothing short of disastrous, and his latest flame, the patrician Ann Fitzgerald, has done a wise thing by dropping him. But Ann isn''t counting on Nicholas''s wild persi...

  • Ninety-Two in the Shade

    Tiring of the company of junkies and burn-outs, Thomas Skelton goes home to Key West to take up a more wholesome life. But things fester in America's utter South. And Skelton's plans to become a skiff guide in the shining blue subtropical waters plac...

  • Sporting Club

    When James Quinn and Vernor Stanton reunite at the Centennial Club, the scene of many a carefree childhood summer, Stanton marks the occasion by shooting his friend in the heart. The good news is that the bullet is made of wax. The bad news is that t...

  • Nobody's Angel

    A novel about a former soldier in Big Sky Country whose life is spiraling out of control, from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts, who is "among the most arresting and fascinating [writers] of his generation" (San Fra...

  • An Outside Chance

    Nineteen essays constituting an intense personal account of ten years of sporting experience range from hunting and fishing to sailing and steer roping and encompass mountains, oceans, rodeos, bird dogs, and small streams in Michigan...

  • Something to Be Desired

    A funny, rueful, and beautifully rendered portrait of American manhood on the rocks from the highly acclaimed author of Cloudbursts and Ninety-two in the Shade In life Lucien Taylor has made several mistakes, but the two most grievous are as fo...

  • To Skin a Cat

    A collection of thirteen stories of great range, verve, and humor from the highly acclaimed author of Cloudbursts and Ninety-two in the Shade Thomas McGuane's first short story collection  is "a cornucopia of McGuane's grace, humor, gust...

  • Keep the Change

    This brilliant story of one man’s struggle to change his life, from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts, is “full of wry wit and graceful depictions of family relations, first love and the stark beauty of the Montana...

  • Sons



  • Nothing but Blue Skies

    A ruefully funny novel of embattled manhood, set in Big Sky Country -- by the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts, with writing “so dazzlingly acute and seemingly effortless that it infuses Nothing but Blue Skies with...

  • Panama

    Panama is the harrowing and hilarious story of a washed-up rock star with kamikaze passion in Key West -- and is widely considered to be the most autobiographical novel of one of our most important Americal writers, the author of Ninety-two i...

  • The Cadence of Grass

    Set on the majestic stage of Montana cattle country, an unforgettable drama from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts involving blood, money, sex, vengeance, and a cross-dressing rancher "[McGuane's] sentences are li...

  • Gallatin Canyon

    From the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts -- the stories of Gallatin Canyon are rich in the wit, compassion, and matchless language for which Thomas McGuane is celebrated. Set mostly in famed Big Sky Country, McGuane ...

  • Driving on the Rim

    The unforgettable voyager of this dark comic journey is I. B. "Berl" Pickett, M.D., the die of whose uncharmed life was probably cast as soon as his mother got the bright idea to name him after Irving Berlin. The boyhood insults to any chance of norm...

  • The Bushwacked Piano

    A heroic young man is in pursuit of a spoiled rich girl, a career, and a manageable portion of the American Dream. ...

  • Some Horses

    In these nine intensely compelling essays, with a new preface, bestselling author Tom McGuane shares remarkable stories of the exceptional horses and horsemen he has known as he learned roping, cutting, dallying, and ultimately trust. He addres...

  • Crow Fair: Stories

    From one of our most deeply admired storytellers, author of the richly acclaimed "Gallatin Canyon," his first collection in nine years. Set in Thomas McGuane’s accustomed Big Sky country, with its mesmeric powers, these stories attest to the gen...

  • The Refugee

    A man sails into the Gulf from Key West in the magisterial, penultimate story from Gallatin Canyon by the acclaimed award-winning author who has been called the “Flannery O’Connor of the New West.” • A Vintage Shorts “Short S...

  • Blind Copy

    From one of our most acclaimed writers, a sumptuous gathering of his singular work in the short form--forty-five stories, including seven entirely new pieces appearing for the first time in book form. For more than four decades, Thomas McGuane has...



  • Cloudbursts

    From one of our most acclaimed writers, a sumptuous gathering of his singular work in the short form - 45 stories, including seven entirely new pieces appearing for the first time in audiobook form.

    For more than four decades, Thomas McGuan...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Thomas McGuane has published 20 books.

Thomas McGuane does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Blind Copy, was published in March 2018.

The first book by Thomas McGuane, Bushwhacked Piano, was published in March 1971.

No. Thomas McGuane does not write books in series.
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