Richard Brautigan bibliography

This is a list of publications by Richard Brautigan (1935-1984), an American writer known for his poetry, novels, and short stories.

Poetry collections

• The Return of the Rivers. San Francisco: Inferno Press. 1957.
• The Galilee Hitch-Hiker. San Francisco: White Rabbit Press. 1958.
• Lay the Marble Tea. San Francisco: Carp Press. 1959.
• The Octopus Frontier. San Francisco: Carp Press. 1960.
• All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace. San Francisco: The Communication Company. 1967.
• Please Plant This Book. Santa Barbara: Graham Mackintosh. 1968.
• The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster. San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation. 1969.
• Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt. New York: Delacorte Press. 1970. ISBN 0-385-28863-8.
• Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1976. ISBN 0-671-22263-5.
• June 30th, June 30th. New York: Delacorte Press. 1978. ISBN 0-385-28495-0.

Novels

Brautigan published ten novels, with an eleventh published after his death, and a twelfth identified but unpublished.

• A Confederate General from Big Sur. New York: Grove Press. 1964. ISBN 0-224-61923-3.
• Trout Fishing in America. San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation. 1967. ISBN 0-395-50076-1.
• In Watermelon Sugar. San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation. 1968. ISBN 1-131-52372-5.
• The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1971. ISBN 0-671-20872-1.
• The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1974. ISBN 0-671-21809-3.
• Willard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse Mystery. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1975. ISBN 0-671-22065-9.
• Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1976. ISBN 0-671-22331-3.
• Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942. New York: Delacorte Press. 1977. ISBN 0-440-02146-4.
• So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away. New York: Delacorte Press. 1982. ISBN 0-440-08195-5.
• An Unfortunate Woman: A Journey. New York: St. Martins Press. 2000. ISBN 0-312-26243-4.
  • Written in 1982 and first published, posthumously, in France in 1994, as Cahier d'un Retour de Troie, published by Christian Bourgois.

Unpublished

• The God of the Martians. Unpublished. 1955–1956.

Other collections

• Revenge of the Lawn. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1971. ISBN 0-671-20960-4.
  • Collection of short stories.
• The Tokyo-Montana Express. New York: Delacorte Press. 1980. ISBN 0-440-08770-8.
  • Collection of short stories.
• The Edna Webster Collection of Undiscovered Writings. New York: Mariner Books. 1999. ISBN 978-0-395-97469-8.
  • Materials Brautigan gave to Edna Webster, including stories and poems, published posthumously.

Other media

• Listening to Richard Brautigan (Record). Harvest Records. 1970. ST-424.
  • Album recorded at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco, intended for the Beatles Zapple Records (1969) but the label was closed down by Allen Klein.