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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1955
  • Latest Book:
    October 2020
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Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • A postmodern masterpiece about fraud and forgery by one of the most distinctive, accomplished novelists of the last century.The Recognitions is a sweeping depiction of a world in which everything that anyone recognizes as beautiful or true or good em...



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    A great masterpiece by William Gaddis, with a new introduction by Rick Moody.

    Winner of the 1976 National Book Award, J R is a biting satire about the many ways in which capitalism twists the American spirit into something more dangerous, ye...



  • This story of raging comedy and despair centers on the tempestuous marriage of an heiress and a Vietnam veteran. From their "carpenter gothic" rented house, Paul sets himself up as a media consultant for Reverend Ude, an evangelist mounting a grand c...



  • A dazzling fourth novel by the author of The Recognitions, Carpenter’s Gothic, and JR uses his considerable powers of observation and satirical sensibilities to take on the American legal system....



  • William Gaddis published four novels during his lifetime, immense and complex books that helped inaugurate a new movement in American letters. Now comes his final work of fiction, a subtle, concentrated culmination of his art and ideas. For more than...



  • A National Book Award-winning satire about the unchecked power of American capitalism, written more than three decades before the 2008 financial crisis.At the center of J R is J R Vansant, a very average sixth grader from Long Island with t...




Award-Winning Books by William Gaddis

Frolic of His Own
1994 National Book Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William Gaddis has published 6 books.

William Gaddis does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, J R, was published in October 2020.

The first book by William Gaddis, Recognitions, was published in June 1955.

No. William Gaddis does not write books in series.