Bernard Malamud bibliography
This is a bibliography of works by Bernard Malamud.
Novels
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Natural | 1952 | |
| The Assistant | 1957 | |
| A New Life | 1961 | |
| The Fixer | 1966 | received the 1967 National Book Award and 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition | 1969 | |
| The Tenants | 1971 | |
| Dubin's Lives | 1979 | |
| God's Grace | 1982 | |
| The People | Unfinished; appears in The People and Uncollected Stories (1989) |
Collections
| Title | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Magic Barrel | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1958) | received 1959 National Book Award |
| Idiots First | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1963) | |
| A Malamud Reader | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1967) | |
| Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1969) | classified as a novel of linked stories |
| Rembrandt's Hat | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1973) | |
| Two Fables | Banyan Press (1978) | Limited edition publication by Bennington College |
| The Stories of Bernard Malamud | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1983) | |
| The People and Uncollected Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1989) | |
| The Complete Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1997) |
Short Stories
| Title | Original publication / Date Written | Collected in: |
|---|---|---|
| Armistice | Written 1940 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Spring Rain | Written 1942 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Grocery Store | Written 1943 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Benefit Performance | Threshold, February 1943. | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Place Is Different Now | American Prefaces, Spring 1943 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Steady Customer | New Threshold, August 1943 | The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Literary Life of Laban Goldman | Assembly, November 1943 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Cost of Living | Harper's Bazaar, March 1950 | Idiots First (1963); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Prison | Commentary, September 1950 | The Magic Barrel (1958); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The First Seven Years | Partisan Review, September-October 1950 |
The Magic Barrel (1958); A Malamud Reader (1967); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Death of Me | World Review, April 1951 | Idiots First (1963); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Bill | Commentary, April 1951 | The Magic Barrel (1958); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Loan | Commentary, July 1952 | The Magic Barrel (1958); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| A Confession of Murder | Written 1952 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Riding Pants | Written 1953 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Girl of My Dreams | American Mercury, January 1953 | The Magic Barrel (1958); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Magic Barrel | Partisan Review, November 1954 | The Magic Barrel (1958); A Malamud Reader (1967); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Mourners | Discovery, January 1955 | The Magic Barrel (1958); A Malamud Reader (1967); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Angel Levine | Commentary, December 1955 | The Magic Barrel (1958); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| A Summer's Reading | The New Yorker, September 1956 | The Magic Barrel (1958); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Take Pity | America, September 1956 | The Magic Barrel (1958); A Malamud Reader (1967); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Elevator | Paris Review, Fall 1989 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| An Apology | Commentary, November 1957 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Last Mohican | Partisan Review, Spring 1958 | The Magic Barrel (1958); A Malamud Reader (1967); Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition (1969); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Lady of the Lake | - | The Magic Barrel (1958); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Behold the Key | Commentary, May 1958 | The Magic Barrel (1958); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Maid's Shoes | Partisan Review, Winter 1959 | Idiots First (1963); A Malamud Reader (1967); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Idiots First | Commentary, December 1961 | Idiots First (1963); A Malamud Reader (1967); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Still Life | Partisan Review, Winter 1962 | Idiots First (1963); Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition (1969); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Suppose a Wedding | New Statesman, February 1963 | Idiots First (1963); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Life Is Better Than Death | Esquire, May 1963 | Idiots First (1963); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Jewbird | The Reporter, April 1963 | Idiots First (1963); A Malamud Reader (1967); Two Fables (1978); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Black Is My Favorite Color | The Reporter, July 1963 | Idiots First (1963); A Malamud Reader (1967); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Naked Nude | Playboy, August 1963 | Idiots First (1963); Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition (1969); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The German Refugee | Saturday Evening Post, September 1963 | Idiots First (1963); A Malamud Reader (1967); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| A Choice of Profession | Commentary, September 1963 | Idiots First (1963); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| A Pimp's Revenge | Playboy, September 1968 | Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition (1969); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Man in the Drawer | The Atlantic, April 1968 | Rembrandt's Hat (1973); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| My Son the Murderer | Esquire, November 1968 | Rembrandt's Hat (1973); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Pictures of the Artist | The Atlantic, December 1968 | Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition (1969); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| An Exorcism | Harper's, December 1968 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Glass Blower of Venice | - | Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition (1969); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| God's Wrath | The Atlantic, February 1972 | The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Talking Horse | The Atlantic, August 1972 | Rembrandt's Hat (1973); Two Fables (1978); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Letter | Esquire, August 1972 | Rembrandt's Hat (1973); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Silver Crown | Playboy, December 1972 | Rembrandt's Hat (1973); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Notes from a Lady at a Dinner Party | Harper's, February 1973 | Rembrandt's Hat (1973); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| In Retirement | The Atlantic, March 1973 | Rembrandt's Hat (1973); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Rembrandt's Hat | The New Yorker, March 1973 | Rembrandt's Hat (1973); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| A Wig | The Atlantic, January 1980 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| The Model | The Atlantic, August 1983 | The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| A Lost Grave | Esquire, May 1985 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Zora's Noise | GQ, January 1985 | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| In Kew Gardens | Partisan Review, Fall 1984 - Winter 1985 |
The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |
| Alma Redeemed | Commentary, July 1984. | The People and Uncollected Stories (1989); The Complete Stories (1997) |