Cormac McCarthy bibliography

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
Novels↙12
Stories↙3
Plays↙2
Essays↙1
References and footnotes

A list of works by or about Cormac McCarthy, the American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. McCarthy published twelve novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and post-apocalyptic genres, as well as multiple short-stories, screenplays, plays, and an essay.

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 # Denotes an entry in The Western Family Duology
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]
  • First-edition covers of McCarthy's novels
  • The Orchard Keeper (1965)
    The Orchard Keeper (1965)
  • Outer Dark (1968)
    Outer Dark (1968)
  • Child of God (1973)
    Child of God (1973)
  • Suttree (1979)
    Suttree (1979)
  • The Road (2006)
    The Road (2006)

Short fiction

Title Publication Notes Text
"Wake for Susan" 1959 [5] [1]
"A Drowning Incident" 1960 [6] [2]
"The Dark Waters" 1965 [7] [3]

Essays

Title Publication Subject Notes Text
"The Kekulé Problem" 2017 Written for the Santa Fe Institute, it explores the origin of language. [8] [4]

Screenplays

Title Publication ISBN Link
Cities of the Plain 1978 (Unpublished)
Whales and Men Late 1980s (Unpublished)
No Country for Old Men 1987 (Unpublished)
The Gardener's Son: A Screenplay 1996 (written in 1976) ISBN 0-88001-481-4 [5]
The Counselor 2013 ISBN 978-1-4472-2764-9 [6]

Plays

Title Publication ISBN Link
The Stonemason 1995 (Written in late 1980s) ISBN 978-0-679-76280-5
The Sunset Limited 2006 ISBN 0-307-27836-0

Dramatic adaptations

Released
Television:
  • The Gardener's Son (airdate January 1977) was broadcast as part of a series for PBS. McCarthy wrote the screenplay upon request for director Richard Pearce.[9] The screenplay was published as a book in 1996.
  • An adaptation of McCarthy's play The Sunset Limited (2006) aired on HBO in February 2011, starring Tommy Lee Jones (who also directed) and Samuel L. Jackson.[10]
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

Critical studies and reviews of McCarthy's work

  • Williams, Joy (January 2023). "Great, beautiful, terrifying : on Cormac McCarthy". Reviews. Harper's Magazine. 346 (2072): 74–78.

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.

External links

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Novels
The Border Trilogy
  • All the Pretty Horses (1992)
  • The Crossing (1994)
  • Cities of the Plain (1998)
  • No Country for Old Men (2005)
  • The Road (2006)
  • The Passenger (2022)
  • Stella Maris (2022)
PlaysScreenplays
  • The Gardener's Son: A Screenplay (1996)
  • The Sunset Limited (2011)
  • The Counselor (2013)
NonfictionFilms
From original screenplays
From adapted screenplays
  • All the Pretty Horses (2000)
  • No Country for Old Men (2007)
  • The Road (2009)
  • The Sunset Limited (2011)
  • Child of God (2013)
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