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Joyce Carol Oates is the acclaimed author of novels, short story collections, poetry volumes, plays, essays, and criticism, including the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. She is one of the most prolific writers in American literary history. Among her many honors are the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the National Book Award. Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978. 

 

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The Frenzy

The Frenzy

June 16, 2026
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The Massacre at Mount Pitcairn

January 19, 2027

Series

The Wonderland Quartet

A Literary Fiction series (1967 - 1971)

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  • Class-struck family sagas driven by ambition
  • Unsettling female narrators circling childhood damage
  • American social change refracted through intimate family fallout
A Garden of Earthly Delights
1

A Garden of Earthly Delights

Expensive People
2

Expensive People

them
3

them

Wonderland
4

Wonderland

Standalone Fiction

By the North Gate

By the North Gate

Short story collection
With Shuddering Fall

With Shuddering Fall

Upon the Sweeping Flood and Other Stories

Upon the Sweeping Flood and Other Stories

Short story collection
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

Short story
Wild Saturday

Wild Saturday

Short story collection
Wheel of Love and Other Stories

Wheel of Love and Other Stories

Short story collection
The Perfectionist

The Perfectionist

Script
Marriages and Infidelities

Marriages and Infidelities

Short story collection
Do With Me What You Will

Do With Me What You Will

Triumph of the Spider Monkey

Triumph of the Spider Monkey

Assassins

Assassins

The Seduction and Other Stories

The Seduction and Other Stories

Short story collection
The Hungry Ghosts

The Hungry Ghosts

Short story collection
The Poisoned Kiss

The Poisoned Kiss

Short story collection
Crossing the Border

Crossing the Border

Short story collection
Childwold

Childwold

The Goddess & Other Women

The Goddess & Other Women

Short story collection
Night-Side

Night-Side

Short story collection
All The Good People I've Left Behind

All The Good People I've Left Behind

Short story collection
Son of the Morning

Son of the Morning

Unholy Loves

Unholy Loves

Cybele

Cybele

Three Plays

Three Plays

Short story collection
Bellefleur

Bellefleur

Sentimental Education

Sentimental Education

Short story collection
A Bloodsmoor Romance

A Bloodsmoor Romance

Last Days

Last Days

Short story collection
The Devil’s Half Acre

The Devil’s Half Acre

Short story
Mysteries of Winterthurn

Mysteries of Winterthurn

Short story collection
Solstice

Solstice

Raven's Wing

Raven's Wing

Short story collection
Marya

Marya

You Must Remember This

You Must Remember This

Lives of the Twins

Lives of the Twins

The Assignation

The Assignation

Short story collection
Soul/Mate

Soul/Mate

American Appetites

American Appetites

Nemesis

Nemesis

Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart

Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart

I Lock My Door upon Myself

I Lock My Door upon Myself

Short story
Heat

Heat

Short story collection
Second Nature

Second Nature

Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes

Black Water

Black Water

Novella
Foxfire

Foxfire

Where Is Here

Where Is Here

Short story collection
Haunted

Haunted

Short story collection
What I Lived For

What I Lived For

You Can't Catch Me

You Can't Catch Me

Zombie

Zombie

The Collector of Hearts

The Collector of Hearts

Short story collection
Demon

Demon

Short story collection
Will You Always Love Me?

Will You Always Love Me?

Short story collection
We Were the Mulvaneys

We Were the Mulvaneys

Man Crazy

Man Crazy

Double Delight

Double Delight

New Plays

New Plays

Short story collection
My Heart Laid Bare

My Heart Laid Bare

Short story
Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon

Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon

Broke Heart Blues

Broke Heart Blues

Blonde

Blonde

The Barrens

The Barrens

Beasts

Beasts

Novella
Faithless

Faithless

Short story collection
Middle Age

Middle Age

Take Me, Take Me with You

Take Me, Take Me with You

The Bloodstained Bridal Gown

The Bloodstained Bridal Gown

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl

I'll Take You There

I'll Take You There

Small Avalanches and Other Stories

Small Avalanches and Other Stories

Short story collection
Rape

Rape

Novella
The Tattooed Girl

The Tattooed Girl

Freaky Green Eyes

Freaky Green Eyes

The Falls

The Falls

I Am No One You Know

I Am No One You Know

Short story collection
Sexy

Sexy

The Female Of The Species

The Female Of The Species

Short story collection
The Stolen Heart

The Stolen Heart

Missing Mom

Missing Mom

Blood Mask

Blood Mask

After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away

After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away

Black Girl/White Girl

Black Girl/White Girl

High Lonesome

High Lonesome

Short story collection
The Museum Of Dr. Moses

The Museum Of Dr. Moses

Short story collection
The Gravedigger's Daughter

The Gravedigger's Daughter

My Sister, My Love

My Sister, My Love

Dear Husband

Dear Husband

Short story collection
Little Bird of Heaven

Little Bird of Heaven

Wild Nights!

Wild Nights!

A Fair Maiden

A Fair Maiden

Sourland

Sourland

Short story collection
Give Me Your Heart

Give Me Your Heart

Short story collection
The Corn Maiden

The Corn Maiden

Short story collection
Mudwoman

Mudwoman

Spotted Hyenas

Spotted Hyenas

Short story
Patricide

Patricide

Novella
Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You

Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You

Black Dahlia & White Rose

Black Dahlia & White Rose

Short story collection
Daddy Love

Daddy Love

Carthage

Carthage

The Accursed

The Accursed

Evil Eye

Evil Eye

Short story collection
High Crime Area

High Crime Area

Short story collection
Lovely, Dark, Deep

Lovely, Dark, Deep

Short story collection
The Sacrifice

The Sacrifice

Mystery, Inc.

Mystery, Inc.

Short story
Jack of Spades

Jack of Spades

The Man Without a Shadow

The Man Without a Shadow

The Doll-Master

The Doll-Master

Short story collection
A Book of American Martyrs

A Book of American Martyrs

Dis Mem Ber

Dis Mem Ber

Short story collection
The Sign of the Beast

The Sign of the Beast

Short story
Beautiful Days

Beautiful Days

Short story collection
Night-Gaunts

Night-Gaunts

Short story collection
Hazards of Time Travel

Hazards of Time Travel

My Life as a Rat

My Life as a Rat

Pursuit

Pursuit

Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.

Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.

Cardiff, by the Sea

Cardiff, by the Sea

Short story collection
Night, Neon

Night, Neon

Short story collection
The (Other) You

The (Other) You

Short story collection
Breathe

Breathe

Extenuating Circumstances

Extenuating Circumstances

Short story collection
Babysitter

Babysitter

48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister

48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister

Zero-Sum

Zero-Sum

Short story collection
Butcher

Butcher

Flint Kill Creek

Flint Kill Creek

Short story collection
Fox

Fox

Double Trouble

Double Trouble

The Frenzy

The Frenzy

Short story collection
The Massacre at Mount Pitcairn

The Massacre at Mount Pitcairn

Short story collection

Standalone Non-fiction

Woman Writer

Woman Writer

Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates

Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates

Telling Stories

Telling Stories

Where I've Been, and Where I'm Going

Where I've Been, and Where I'm Going

The Faith of a Writer

The Faith of a Writer

Uncensored

Uncensored

The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates

The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates

A Widow's Story

A Widow's Story

The Lost Landscape

The Lost Landscape

Soul at the White Heat

Soul at the White Heat

Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

Works of Poetry

Anonymous Sins

Anonymous Sins

Love and its derangements; poems

Love and its derangements; poems

Cupid & Psyche

Cupid & Psyche

Angel Fire

Angel Fire

The Fabulous Beasts

The Fabulous Beasts

Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money

Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money

Invisible Woman

Invisible Woman

Time Traveler

Time Traveler

Tenderness

Tenderness

American Melancholy

American Melancholy

Children & Middle Grade Books

Come Meet Muffin!

Come Meet Muffin!

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