Bibliography
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Novels
- First Light (1987). An eminent astrophysicist and her brother, a small-town Buick salesman, discover how they grew so far apart and the bonds of love that still keep them together.
- Shadow Play (1993). As his wife does gymnastics and magic tricks, his crazy mother invents her own vocabulary, and his aunt writes her own version of the Bible, Five Oaks Assistant City Manager Wyatt Palmer tries to live a normal life and nearly succeeds, but...
- The Feast of Love (2000) (Pantheon Books), a reimagined Midsummer Night's Dream, a story told through the eyes of several different people. Nominated for the National Book Award. A film version of the book, starring Morgan Freeman, Fred Ward and Greg Kinnear and directed by Robert Benton, was released in 2007.
- Saul and Patsy (2003). A teacher's marriage and identity are threatened by a dangerously obsessed teenage boy at his school.
- The Soul Thief (2008). A graduate student's complicated relationships lead to a disturbing case of identity theft, which ultimately leads the man to wonder if he really is who he thinks he is.
- The Sun Collective (2020, Pantheon Books). The lives of two very different couples—one retired, one in their twenties—intersect in Minneapolis around an anti-capitalist collective arguing for revolution, as an underground group of extremists wage war on the homeless.
- Blood Test (2024) (Pantheon), Brock Hobson, an insurance salesman and Sunday-school teacher, finds his equilibrium disturbed by the results of a predictive blood test.
Short fiction
- Collections
- Harmony of the World (1984). Winner of the Associated Writing Programs Award.
- Through the Safety Net (1985)
- A Relative Stranger (1990)
- Believers (1997)
- Gryphon: New and Selected Stories (2011)
- There's Something I Want You to Do: Stories (February 2015)
- Stories
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Created things | 1992 | Baxter, Charles (November 1992). "Created things". Harper's Magazine. 285 (1710). | ||
Non-fiction
- Baxter, Charles (Fall 1994). "Dysfunctional narratives". Ploughshares.
- Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction (1997)
- The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot (2007). Winner of the 2008 Minnesota Book Award for General Non-fiction.
- Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature (2022)
Poetry collections
- Chameleon (1970)
- The South Dakota Guidebook (1974)
- Imaginary Paintings (1989)
Edited works
- The Business of Memory (1999)
- Best New American Voices 2001 (2001)
- Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life (2001)
- A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations (2004)
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- Bibliography notes
- ↑ "The Feast Of Love (review)". Archived from the original on May 9, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ↑ Peschel, Joseph (April 20, 2008). "Review: The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter" (PDF). The Kansas City Star. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 14, 2014.
- ↑ Briefly reviewed in the January 4&11, 2021 issue Archived April 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine of The New Yorker, p.75.
- ↑ "Blood Test". Penguin Random House Higher Education. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ↑ Peschel, Joseph (January 16, 2011). "Review: Gryphon by Charles Baxter" (PDF). The Kansas City Star. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Fiction Book Review: There's Something I Want You to Do by Charles Baxter. Pantheon, $24.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-101-87001-3". Publishersweekly.com. November 17, 2014. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ↑ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
- ↑ Extract published as: Baxter, Charles (November 1994). "No-fault fiction : blame the Presidents". Readings. Harper's Magazine. 289 (1734): 13–15.
