Cormac McCarthy bibliography

Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. McCarthy has written twelve novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and post-apocalyptic genres, as well as multiple short-stories, screenplays, plays, and an essay.

Cormac McCarthy
bibliography
Photo portrait of a man with medium-length hair and a mustache crossing his arms and standing in front of a tree and a wooden shed
McCarthy in 1973
Novels12
Stories3
Plays2
Essays1
References and footnotes

In 1985, he published Blood Meridian, which received a lukewarm response. The novel has since gained great esteem and is often seen as his magnum opus — some have even labelled it the Great American Novel.[1]

Novels

# Denotes an entry in The Border Trilogy
Title Publication ISBN Ref(s)
The Orchard Keeper 1965 ISBN 0-679-72872-4
Outer Dark 1968 ISBN 0-679-72873-2
Child of God 1973 ISBN 0-679-72874-0
Suttree 1979 ISBN 0-679-73632-8
Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West 1985 ISBN 0-679-72875-9
All the Pretty Horses # 1 1992 ISBN 0-679-74439-8
The Crossing # 2 1994 ISBN 0-679-76084-9
Cities of the Plain # 3 1998 ISBN 0-679-74719-2
No Country for Old Men 2005 ISBN 0-375-70667-4 [2]
The Road 2006 ISBN 0-307-38789-5
The Passenger 2022 ISBN 0-307-26899-3 [3]
Stella Maris 2022 ISBN 0-307-26900-0 [4]

Short fiction

TitlePublicationNotesText
"Wake for Susan"1959[5]
"A Drowning Incident"1960[6]
"The Dark Waters"1965[7]

Essays

TitlePublicationSubjectNotesText
"The Kekulé Problem"2017Written for the Santa Fe Institute, it explores the origin of language.[8]

Screenplays

TitlePublicationISBNLink
Cities of the Plain1978 (Unpublished)
Whales and MenLate 1980s (Unpublished)
No Country for Old Men1987 (Unpublished)
The Gardener's Son: A Screenplay1996 (written in 1976)ISBN 0-88001-481-4
The Counselor2013ISBN 978-1-4472-2764-9

Plays

TitlePublicationISBNLink
The Stonemason1995 (Written in late 1980s)ISBN 978-0-679-76280-5
The Sunset Limited2006ISBN 0-307-27836-0

Dramatic adaptations

Released
Television:
Feature films:
Short films:
  • In 2009, Outer Dark was made into a 15-minute short film (directed by Stephen Imwalle)[15] released on the U.S. festival circuit.
Rumored

See also

References

  1. Dalrymple, William. "Blood Meridian is the Great American Novel". Reader's Digest. McCarthy's descriptive powers make him the best prose stylist working today, and this book the Great American Novel.
  2. Wood, James (July 18, 2005). "Red Planet". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  3. Alter, Alexandra (March 8, 2022). "Sixteen Years After 'The Road,' Cormac McCarthy Is Publishing Two New Novels". The New York Times. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  4. Alter, Alexandra (March 8, 2022). "Sixteen Years After 'The Road,' Cormac McCarthy Is Publishing Two New Novels". The New York Times. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  5. McCormack, McCarthy (February 2, 2011) [October 1959]. "Wake for Susan". The Phoenix. pp. 3–6. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  6. McCarthy, Cormac (March 1960). "A Drowning Incident". The Phoenix. pp. 3–4.
  7. McCarthy, Cormac (Spring 1965). "The Dark Waters". The Sewanee Review. pp. 210–16. JSTOR 27541110.
  8. McCormack, McCarthy (April 20, 2017). "The Kekulé Problem". Nautilus. pp. 3–6. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  9. Woodward, Richard B. (April 19, 1992). "Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction – Biography". The New York Times. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
  10. Maerz, Melissa (January 9, 2011). "Midseason Television preview: 'The Sunset Limited'". Los Angeles Times.
  11. "John Hillcoat Hits The Road". Empire Online UK.
  12. "Is Guy Pearce Going on 'The Road'?". Cinematical.com. November 5, 2007. Archived from the original on March 11, 2008.
  13. Staff (January 15, 2008). "Theron Hits The Road". Sci Fi Wire. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2006.
  14. Rooney, David (August 31, 2013). "Child of God: Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  15. "Outer Dark (2009)". imdb.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  16. Staskiewicz, Keith. "EW exclusive: James Franco talks directing William Faulkner, and how Jacob from 'Lost' helped him land 'Blood Meridian'". ew.com. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  17. Anderton, Ethan (3 January 2011). "James Franco Maybe Adapting 'As I Lay Dying' & 'Blood Meridian'". firstshowing.net. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
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