Guide to Joyce Carol Oates
Explore the definitive guide to Joyce Carol Oates, featuring a curated list of her must-read books. Discover her literary masterpieces and delve into her profound storytelling.

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The Gravedigger's Daughter
by Joyce Carol Oates
From one of the greatest literary forces of our time, an intensely realized and masterful epic of a young womans struggle for identity and survival …
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The Falls
by Joyce Carol Oates
It is 1950 and, after a disastrous honeymoon night, Ariah Erskine's young husband throws himself into the roaring waters of Niagara Falls. Ariah, "the Widow …

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We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates
An Oprah Book Club® selection A New York Times Notable Book The Mulvaneys are blessed by all that makes life sweet. But something happens on …
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Blonde
by Joyce Carol Oates
A fictional recreation of the life of Marilyn Monroe recounts the tale of her rise to stardom, as seen from Marilyn's perspective.
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Zombie
by Joyce Carol Oates
After Quentin P, a convicted sex offender, is paroled, he embarks on a series of murders, in a chilling book that is told from Quentin's …
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Big Mouth & Ugly Girl
by Joyce Carol Oates
Big Mouth No I did not. I did not, I did not. I did not say those things, and I did not plan those things. …
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Missing Mom
by Joyce Carol Oates
Nikki Eaton, single, thirty-one, sexually liberated, and economically self-supporting, has never particularly thought of herself as a daughter. Yet, following the unexpected loss of her …
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Black Water
by Joyce Carol Oates
The Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel from the author of the New York Times bestselling novel We Were the Mulvaneys “Its power of evocation is remarkable.” —The …

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The Female of the Species
by Joyce Carol Oates
A collection of short works includes "So Help Me God," in which a young wife wonders about the identity of a flirtatious caller, and "Madison …
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I'll Take You There
by Joyce Carol Oates
"Anellia" is a young student who, though gifted with a penetrating intelligence, is drastically inclined to obsession. Funny, mordant, and compulsive, she falls passionately in …

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Foxfire
by Joyce Carol Oates
New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates’s strongest and most unsparing novel yet—an always engrossing, often shocking evocation of female rage, gallantry, and grit. …
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My Heart Laid Bare
by Joyce Carol Oates
Mythic in scope and ballad-like in the telling, "My Heart Laid Bare" is the sweeping saga of the fortunes and misfortunes of a family of …
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