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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1969
  • Latest Book:
    January 2016
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Book List in Order: 22 titles



  • Described by Anne Tyler as "the undisputed master of the short story form," Peter Taylor imbued his stories with a powerful sense of the conflicts between the old rural society and the increasingly urbanized South. Ranging in subject from the stor...





  • Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
    "American readers demand novels, and now Peter Taylor has given them one; to say that it is every bit as good as the best of his short stories is the highest compliment it can be paid."
    THE WASHING...



  • Brannigan had pursued Lobo for years, swearing to kill him and anyApache who stood in his way. The Indians respected the courage of their white adversary and feared vengeance in his guns. It was only a matter of time before the Indian fighter and the...



  • Colorado was a half-breed, suffering the scorn of the apaches and the whites. When he killed in self-defence he knew his life would never be the same, and leaving the safety of his parents' ranch herode the land alone. When he was tested he was not f...



  • "Taylor is a master of the short story form....[His] is an extraordinary gift, too often absent in contemporary fiction."
    THE BOSTON GLOBE
    In eleven lyrical, moving, and eerie tales, and three one-act plays Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter T...




  • In 1916, a young boy, Nathan Longfort, is on the funeral train bearing the body of his grandfather, the Senator, from Washington, D.C., to Knoxville, Tennessee. The memory of this journey will haunt him for the rest of his life. On this trip, he m...






  • Gerald Dudley is an executive at a hardware company in St. Louis, living the quintessential bachelor life with his young son, Quint. He is also a man who aspires beyond his means and class. When Gerald meets the wealthy divorcée Ann Lauterbach an...



  • Amidst the death throes of the South, the traitorous Saul Fargo had led his two cousins into an ambush and left them for dead. Astonishingly, though, Jack Fargo had survived. Now, the Civil War over, Jack returned home only to find his father a broke...



  • This collection of four prose and four intimately told verse stories was first published in 1977, and the following year Peter Taylor was given the Gold Medal Award for the short story by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Set...



  • Alexander Macdonald emerges from the Gulf War with ambition. After studying, he becomes a prison doctor. Regretfully, his ambition has distanced him from his wife and deaf daughter but he has a new girlfriend and fresh hope. However, manipulative cri...



  • Would you ever cross the line? Two law students at Teesside University didn't think so, until one night their flatmate is involved in a violent incident. They make a decision to help him, and in doing so they compromise...



  • Detective Sergeant John Niven believed that he had adjusted to being adopted long ago. But a personal crisis makes him wonder about his origins, his career, and his future with his girlfriend Gill. Simultaneously, he is hunting a killer who might we...



  • SMALL time journalists with big time ambitions weave a trail of distress, mayhem, double standards, dirty tricks and binge drinking through the community they serve. The Knock is a work of fiction, set in the north of England, extrapolated from the r...



  • Watcha Gonna Do Boy...Watcha Gonna Be? Is a novel about one young man’s dream of following in his grandather’s footsteps instead of heading off to university. He is the breakaway, the one who learns, not in the feedbag university, but in the stre...



  • Watcha Gonna Do Boy...Watcha Gonna Be? is a novel about one young man's dream of following in his grandfather's footsteps instead of heading off to university. He is the breakaway, the one who learns, not in the feedbag university, but in the str...



  • Investigating the murders of three men stirs up trouble for DI Alex Graham, causing him to relive a past tragedy. Working with his old lover, DS Best, Graham must delve deep into the men's military histories to find answers. Having witnessed one kill...






  • DI Don McIntyre has been attempting to bring down Middlesbrough crime lord, Tony Pike. As he uncovers some harsh truths behind the murder of a local priest, an opportunity arises for McIntyre to nail his nemesis. Meanwhile, facts are coming to light ...



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    Jim and Aaron were brothers. Jim was dark-skinned and Aaron was white, and this created a chasm between them that widened when Jim ran off to fight in the Civil War. After the war, and fleeing from the army and hostile Comanches, Jim rides into Texas...



    • / Historical
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    Jim Gannon had paid a high price for crossing the line between those who keep the law and those who break it. Finally freed from Yuma Prison, all he wanted was to try and rebuild his life. But he gave in to temptation, a tragedy resulted and he hit r...


Award-Winning Books by Peter Taylor

Old Forest and Other Stories
1986 PEN/Faulkner Award -- Fiction
A Summons to Memphis
1987 Pulitzer Prize -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Peter Taylor has published 22 books.

Peter Taylor does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, No Easy Truth, was published in January 2016.

The first book by Peter Taylor, The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor, was published in June 1969.

No. Peter Taylor does not write books in series.