Cormac McCarthy bibliography

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

Cormac McCarthy
bibliography

McCarthy in 1973
Novels↙	10
Stories↙	3
Plays↙	2
Essays↙	1
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

• First-edition covers of McCarthy's first four novels
• 
  The Orchard Keeper (1965)
• 
  Outer Dark (1968)
• 
  Child of God (1973)
• 
  Suttree (1979)

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Key

	Denotes a work that have not yet been released
#	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 #	1992	ISBN 0-679-74439-8
The Crossing #	1994	ISBN 0-679-76084-9
Cities of the Plain #	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

Short fiction

Title	Publication	Notes	Text
"Wake for Susan"	1959	[3]
"A Drowning Incident"	1960	[4]
The Dark Waters	1965	[5]

Essays

Title	Publication	Subject	Notes	Text
"The Kekulé Problem"	2017	Written for the Santa Fe Institute, it explores the origin of language.	[6]

Screenplays

Title	Publication	ISBN	Link
The Gardener's Son	1996	ISBN 0-88001-481-4
The Counselor	2013	ISBN 978-1-4472-2764-9

Unpublished

Title	Completed
The Sunset Limited	2011

Plays

Title	Publication	ISBN	Link
The Stonemason	1995	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.[7]
• 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.[8]

Feature films:

• McCarthy's 1992 novel All the Pretty Horses was made into a 2000 film directed by Billy Bob Thornton, starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz.
• McCarthy's 2005 novel No Country for Old Men was adapted into a 2007 Academy Award-winning film directed by the Coen brothers and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem.
• A 2009 film based on the 2006 novel The Road was directed by John Hillcoat and adapted by Joe Penhall.[9] The leading roles include Viggo Mortensen as the father,[10] Kodi Smit-McPhee as the boy, Charlize Theron as the wife,[11] and Robert Duvall as the old man. The film opened on November 25, 2009 to mostly positive reviews.[12]
• A 2013 film adaptation of McCarthy's 1973 novel Child of God, directed by James Franco, premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.[13]

Short films:

• In 2009, Outer Dark was made into a 15-minute short film (directed by Stephen Imwalle)[14] released on the U.S. festival circuit.

Rumored

• A film adaptation of Blood Meridian has been rumored for years; James Franco, Todd Field, Scott Rudin, and Ridley Scott have been connected at one point or another to the project, which has fallen through at least twice.[15][16]

See also

• List of awards received by Cormac McCarthy

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. McCormack, McCarthy (February 2, 2011) [October 1959]. "Wake for Susan". The Phoenix. pp. 3–6. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
4. McCarthy, Cormac (March 1960). "A Drowning Incident". The Phoenix. pp. 3–4.
5. McCarthy, Cormac (Spring 1965). "The Dark Waters". The Sewanee Review. pp. 210–16. JSTOR 27541110.
6. McCormack, McCarthy (April 17, 2017) [April 2017]. "The Kekulé Problem". Nautilus. pp. 3–6. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
7. Woodward, Richard B. (April 19, 1992). "Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction – Biography". The New York Times. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
8. Maerz, Melissa (January 9, 2011). "Midseason Television preview: 'The Sunset Limited'". Los Angeles Times.
9. "John Hillcoat Hits The Road". Empire Online UK.
10. "Is Guy Pearce Going on 'The Road'?". Cinematical.com. November 5, 2007. Archived from the original on March 11, 2008.
11. Staff (January 15, 2008). "Theron Hits The Road". Sci Fi Wire. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2006.
12. Zeitchik, Steven (October 18, 2008). "Road rerouted into 2009 release schedule". The Hollywood Reporter. Reuters.
13. Rooney, David (August 31, 2013). "Child of God: Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
14. "Outer Dark (2009)". imdb.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
15. 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.
16. Anderton, Ethan. "James Franco Maybe Adapting 'As I Lay Dying' & 'Blood Meridian'". firstshowing.net. Retrieved September 28, 2011.

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