John Cheever books in order
American novelist and short story writer
- Lived
- 1912–1982
- Country
- United States
- Books
- 19
John Cheever published 9 novels, 1 novella, 6 short story collections, 2 non-fiction books and 1 other book, beginning with Bullet Park (1969). The best-known is The Stories of John Cheever (1978).
Updated September 2026
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The Stories of John Cheever
John Cheever's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
The Way Some People Live (1943)
The Wapshot Chronicle (1957)
The Housebreaker of Shady Hill, and Other Stories (1958)
The Wapshot Scandal (1964)
Bullet Park (1969)
Falconer (Feb 1977)
John Cheever (1981)
The Letters of John Cheever (1988)
Collected Stories (1990)
Novellas in order
Oh, What a Paradise It Seems (1982)
Short story collections in order
The Enormous Radio, and Other Stories (1953)
Some People, Places, and Things That Will Not Appear in My Next Novel (1961)
The Brigadier and the Golf Widow (1964)
The World of Apples (1973)
The Stories of John Cheever (1978)
Selected Short Stories (1980)
Non-fiction in order
Conversations with John Cheever (1987)
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)
Other books in order
Cheever Reads (1994)
About John Cheever
John William Cheever was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; the Westchester suburbs; old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born; and Italy, especially Rome. His short stories included "The Enormous Radio", "Goodbye, My Brother", "The Five-Forty-Eight", "The Country Husband", and "The Swimmer", and he also wrote five novels: The Wapshot Chronicle ,
The Wapshot Scandal, Bullet Park (1969), Falconer (1977) and a novella, Oh What a Paradise It Seems (1982).
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
John Cheever FAQ
- How many books has John Cheever written?
- John Cheever published 9 novels, 1 novella, 6 short story collections, 2 non-fiction books and 1 other book that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read John Cheever's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Stories of John Cheever.
- What is John Cheever's last book?
- Oh, What a Paradise It Seems (1982).
- What is John Cheever's most famous book?
- The Stories of John Cheever (1978) is John Cheever's most widely read book.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.