Bukowski checklist
You love the writing of Charles Bukowski, we know. And you want to read every word of it! Well, here at bukowski.net we have made that easy for you with this handy Bukowski checklist.
These are what they call primary publications. That's a fancy bibliographical term for publications dedicated to one author. You may quickly discover that most of the books published before 1969 or 1970 are next to impossible to find. Unfortunately that goes for plenty of books published more recently too.
But luckily for you, an amazing 43 of the books are still in print. Those should keep you busy for a while.
The other 150 or so items? Well, you're on your own there.
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Charles Bukowski Primary Publications Checklist Show me the list without broadsides, etc. (books only)
1946
Portfolio III: Twenty Tanks From Kasseldown [broadside]
1960
His Wife, The Painter [broadside]
Flower, Fist And Bestial Wail
A Signature Of Charles Bukowski Poetry
1961
Signature 2
A Charles Bukowski Album
1962
Poems And Drawings
Longshot Pomes For Broke Players
Run With The Hunted
Penny Poetry: The Priest And The Matador [broadside]
1963
Same Old Thing Shakespeare Through Mailer [broadside]
It Catches My Heart In Its Hands
1964
Grip The Walls (center section of Wormwood Review)
Coffin 1: His Wife The Painter, The Old Man On The Corner, The Paper On The Floor, Waste Basket [Broadsides]
1965
Crucifix In A Deathhand
Cold Dogs In The Courtyard
Confessions Of A Man Insane Enough To Live With Beasts
1966
True Story [broadside]
On Going Out To Get The Mail [broadside]
To Kiss The Worms Goodnight [broadside]
The Genius Of The Crowd
The Girls, For The Mercy-Mongers [broadside]
All The Assholes In The World And Mine
The Flower Lover, I Met A Genius [broadside]
1967
2 Poems
The Curtains Are Waving And People Walk Through The Afternoon Here And In Berlin And In New York City And In Mexico
1968
At Terror Street And Agony Way
Poems Written Before Jumping Out Of An 8 Story Window
1969
Notes Of A Dirty Old Man
A Bukowski Sampler
If We Take
The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills
The Nature Of The Threat And What To Do [broadside]
1970
Fire Station
Another Academy [broadside]
Chilled Green [broadside]
An Answer To A Critic Of Sorts [broadside]
1971
Post Office
1972
Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions And General Tales Of Ordinary Madness
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck [broadside]
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
Me And Your Sometimes Love Poems
1973
While The Music Played
Love Poem To Marina [broadside]
South Of No North
1974
55 Beds in the Same Direction (center section of Wormwood Review)
Burning In Water Drowning In Flame
1975
Africa, Paris, Greece
86'D [broadside]
Weather Report [broadside]
Winter [broadside]
Factotum
Face Of A Political Candidate On A Street Billboard [broadside]
1976
The Last Poem And Tough Company
Scarlet
462-0614 [broadside]
If I Suffer At This [broadside]
Art
1977
Maybe Tomorrow
What They Want
Love Is A Dog From Hell
1978
You Kissed Lilly
We'll Take Them
Women
A Note Upon A Workshop Instructor With Tiny Hairs Under His Chin [broadside]
Legs, Hips And Behind
1979
Dear Mr. Bukowski [Set Of Postcards]
A Love Poem
Play The Piano Drunk Like A Percussion Instrument Until The Fingers Begin To Bleed A Bit
Shakespeare Never Did This (City Lights)
1981
Night Work [broadside]
Dangling In The Tournefortia
1982
The Last Generation
A Fine Man A Fine Book
Ham On Rye
The Shoelace [Card]
Horsemeat
1983
Sparks
Playing It Out [broadside]
Bring Me Your Love
Hot Water Music [broadside]
Hot Water Music
The Bukowski/Purdy Letters
L'ubriacone (Barfly)
The Most Beautiful Woman In Town And Other Stories
Tales Of Ordinary Madness
Aftermath
1984
One For The Old Boy
There's No Business
Talking To My Mailbox [broadside]
War All The Time
Barfly
Horses Don't Bet On People and Neither do I
Going Modern
Blow 6
1985
Alone In A Time Of Armies
Cornered
Pig In A Pamphlet
1986
The Wedding
Gold In Your Eye
The Day It Snowed In L.A.
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense
Relentless As The Tarantula
1987
Luck
The Movie: "Barfly"
Bukowski Photographs 1977-1987
A Visitor Complains Of My Disenfranchise
1988
The Movie Critics
The Cage [broadside]
The Roominghouse Madrigals
Beauti-Ful & Other Long Poems
1989
Red
If You Let Them Kill You They Will
Hollywood
1990
We Ain't Got No Money, Honey
Septuagenarian Stew
Not Quite Bernadette
This
Warm Light [broadside]
Darkness & Ice
Upon This Most Delicate Profession [broadside]
1991
In The Morning And At Night
New Censorship Vol 2 No. 3
In The Shadow Of The Rose
A Couple Of Winos
The Bluebird [broadside]
People Poems
Husk [broadside]
Pastoral [broadside]
1992
Now
The Last Night Of The Earth Poems
The New Censorship Vol. 3 No. 1
Three Poems
Cooney New Year's Card [broadside]
1993
Those Marvelous Lunches
Bukowski. Photographs 1977-1991
Run With The Hunted
New Censorship Vol. 4 No. 2
Screams From The Balcony
1994
Between The Earthquake The Volcano And The Leopard
Pulp
French Quarter [broadside]
1995
Confession Of A Coward
Shakespeare Never Did This (Black Sparrow)
Jaggernaut
Heat Wave
Living On Luck
Fencing With The Shadows [broadside]
Body Slam [broadside]
1996
The Laughing Heart
Betting On The Muse
The Iris Prints
1997
A New War
Bone Palace Ballet
The Captain Is Out To Lunch And The Sailors Have Taken Over The Ship
1998
To Lean Back Into It
The Captain Is Out To Lunch And The Sailors Have Taken Over The Ship
The Word [broadside]
1999
The Singer
A Bukowski Poetry Contest [broadside]
Crime And Punishment [broadside]
Reach For The Sun
What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through The Fire
2000
Popcorn In The Dark
A Dead Romance [matchbook]
My Fate [matchbook]
Dark Night Poem [matchbook]
Remembering Hank On His 80th Birthday [broadside]
Open All Night
2001
Pink Silks
I Pour A Drink & Toast Love [postcard]
Beerspit Night And Cursing
The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps
Democracy [broadside]
The Cruelty Of Loveless Love
2002
The Simple Truth
Be Cool, Fool [broadside]
Sifting Through The Madness For The Word, The Line, The Way
The Simple Truth
2003
Remembering Hank On His 83rd Birthday [broadside]
Afternoons Into Night [broadside]
Poop [broadside]
Waste [broadside]
My Cats [broadside]
So You Want To Be A Writer? [broadside]
As Buddha Smiles [broadsides]
2004
The Flash Of Lightning Behind The Mountain
Our Bones [broadside]
2005
Slouching Toward Nirvana
I Shot The Cat [broadside]
Let's Have Some Fun [broadside]
Celebrating Hank On His 85th Birthday [broadside]
Coffee And Babies [broadside]
2006
Come On In!
Advice For Some Young Man In The Year 2064 a.d. [broadside]
2007
The People Look Like Flowers At Last
The Pleasures Of The Damned
2008
Portions From A Wine-Stained Notebook
Portfolio III: Twenty Tanks From Kasseldown [broadside]
1960 His Wife, The Painter [broadside] Flower, Fist And Bestial Wail A Signature Of Charles Bukowski Poetry
1961 Signature 2 A Charles Bukowski Album
1962 Poems And Drawings Longshot Pomes For Broke Players Run With The Hunted Penny Poetry: The Priest And The Matador [broadside]
1963 Same Old Thing Shakespeare Through Mailer [broadside] It Catches My Heart In Its Hands
1964 Grip The Walls (center section of Wormwood Review) Coffin 1: His Wife The Painter, The Old Man On The Corner, The Paper On The Floor, Waste Basket [Broadsides]
1965 Crucifix In A Deathhand Cold Dogs In The Courtyard Confessions Of A Man Insane Enough To Live With Beasts
1966 True Story [broadside] On Going Out To Get The Mail [broadside] To Kiss The Worms Goodnight [broadside] The Genius Of The Crowd The Girls, For The Mercy-Mongers [broadside] All The Assholes In The World And Mine The Flower Lover, I Met A Genius [broadside]
1967 2 Poems The Curtains Are Waving And People Walk Through The Afternoon Here And In Berlin And In New York City And In Mexico
1968 At Terror Street And Agony Way Poems Written Before Jumping Out Of An 8 Story Window
1969 Notes Of A Dirty Old Man A Bukowski Sampler If We Take The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills The Nature Of The Threat And What To Do [broadside]
1970 Fire Station Another Academy [broadside] Chilled Green [broadside] An Answer To A Critic Of Sorts [broadside]
1971 Post Office
1972 Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions And General Tales Of Ordinary Madness Mockingbird Wish Me Luck [broadside] Mockingbird Wish Me Luck Me And Your Sometimes Love Poems
1973 While The Music Played Love Poem To Marina [broadside] South Of No North
1974 55 Beds in the Same Direction (center section of Wormwood Review) Burning In Water Drowning In Flame
1975 Africa, Paris, Greece 86'D [broadside] Weather Report [broadside] Winter [broadside] Factotum Face Of A Political Candidate On A Street Billboard [broadside]
1976 The Last Poem And Tough Company Scarlet 462-0614 [broadside] If I Suffer At This [broadside] Art
1977 Maybe Tomorrow What They Want Love Is A Dog From Hell
1978 You Kissed Lilly We'll Take Them Women A Note Upon A Workshop Instructor With Tiny Hairs Under His Chin [broadside] Legs, Hips And Behind
1979 Dear Mr. Bukowski [Set Of Postcards] A Love Poem Play The Piano Drunk Like A Percussion Instrument Until The Fingers Begin To Bleed A Bit Shakespeare Never Did This (City Lights)
1981 Night Work [broadside] Dangling In The Tournefortia
1982 The Last Generation A Fine Man A Fine Book Ham On Rye The Shoelace [Card] Horsemeat
1983 Sparks Playing It Out [broadside] Bring Me Your Love Hot Water Music [broadside] Hot Water Music The Bukowski/Purdy Letters L'ubriacone (Barfly) The Most Beautiful Woman In Town And Other Stories Tales Of Ordinary Madness Aftermath
1984 One For The Old Boy There's No Business Talking To My Mailbox [broadside] War All The Time Barfly Horses Don't Bet On People and Neither do I Going Modern Blow 6
1985 Alone In A Time Of Armies Cornered Pig In A Pamphlet
1986 The Wedding Gold In Your Eye The Day It Snowed In L.A. You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense Relentless As The Tarantula
1987 Luck The Movie: "Barfly" Bukowski Photographs 1977-1987 A Visitor Complains Of My Disenfranchise
1988 The Movie Critics The Cage [broadside] The Roominghouse Madrigals Beauti-Ful & Other Long Poems
1989 Red If You Let Them Kill You They Will Hollywood
1990 We Ain't Got No Money, Honey Septuagenarian Stew Not Quite Bernadette This Warm Light [broadside] Darkness & Ice Upon This Most Delicate Profession [broadside]
1991 In The Morning And At Night New Censorship Vol 2 No. 3 In The Shadow Of The Rose A Couple Of Winos The Bluebird [broadside] People Poems Husk [broadside] Pastoral [broadside]
1992 Now The Last Night Of The Earth Poems The New Censorship Vol. 3 No. 1 Three Poems Cooney New Year's Card [broadside]
1993 Those Marvelous Lunches Bukowski. Photographs 1977-1991 Run With The Hunted New Censorship Vol. 4 No. 2 Screams From The Balcony
1994 Between The Earthquake The Volcano And The Leopard Pulp French Quarter [broadside]
1995 Confession Of A Coward Shakespeare Never Did This (Black Sparrow) Jaggernaut Heat Wave Living On Luck Fencing With The Shadows [broadside] Body Slam [broadside]
1996 The Laughing Heart Betting On The Muse The Iris Prints
1997 A New War Bone Palace Ballet The Captain Is Out To Lunch And The Sailors Have Taken Over The Ship
1998 To Lean Back Into It The Captain Is Out To Lunch And The Sailors Have Taken Over The Ship The Word [broadside]
1999 The Singer A Bukowski Poetry Contest [broadside] Crime And Punishment [broadside] Reach For The Sun What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through The Fire
2000 Popcorn In The Dark A Dead Romance [matchbook] My Fate [matchbook] Dark Night Poem [matchbook] Remembering Hank On His 80th Birthday [broadside] Open All Night
2001 Pink Silks I Pour A Drink & Toast Love [postcard] Beerspit Night And Cursing The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps Democracy [broadside] The Cruelty Of Loveless Love
2002 The Simple Truth Be Cool, Fool [broadside] Sifting Through The Madness For The Word, The Line, The Way The Simple Truth
2003 Remembering Hank On His 83rd Birthday [broadside] Afternoons Into Night [broadside] Poop [broadside] Waste [broadside] My Cats [broadside] So You Want To Be A Writer? [broadside] As Buddha Smiles [broadsides]
2004 The Flash Of Lightning Behind The Mountain Our Bones [broadside]
2005 Slouching Toward Nirvana I Shot The Cat [broadside] Let's Have Some Fun [broadside] Celebrating Hank On His 85th Birthday [broadside] Coffee And Babies [broadside]
2006 Come On In! Advice For Some Young Man In The Year 2064 a.d. [broadside]
2007 The People Look Like Flowers At Last The Pleasures Of The Damned
2008 Portions From A Wine-Stained Notebook