John Barth

Quotes

• “We tell stories and listen to them because we live stories and live in them.”

• “The story of our life is not our life. It is our story.”

• “[G]ood readers read the lines and better readers read the spaces.”

• “I have remarked elsewhere that I regard the Almighty as not a bad novelist, except that He is a realist.”

• 'Tis e'er the wont of simple folk to prize the deed and o'erlook the motive, and of learned folk to discount the deed and lay open the soul of the doer.

Books by John Barth in order

Books by John Barth in the order they were published, from The Floating Opera (1956) to El plantador de tabaco (2013).

1. 1The Floating OperaThe Floating Opera1956
2. 2End of the RoadEnd of the Road1958
3. 3The Sot-weed FactorThe Sot-weed Factor1960
4. 4Giles Goat-boyGiles Goat-boy1966
5. 5Giles Goat-boy, or, The Revised New SyllabusGiles Goat-boy, or, The Revised New Syllabus1966
6. 6Lost in the FunhouseLost in the Funhouse1968
7. 7ChimeraChimera1972
8. 8LettersLetters1979
9. 9SabbaticalSabbatical1982
10. 10The Friday BookThe Friday Book1984
11. 11The Tidewater TalesThe Tidewater Tales1987
12. 12The Last Voyage of Somebody the SailorThe Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor1991
13. 13Beautiful SwimmersBeautiful Swimmers1994
14. 14Once upon a TimeOnce upon a Time1994
15. 15Further FridaysFurther Fridays1995
16. 16On with the StoryOn with the Story1996
17. 17Coming Soon!!!Coming Soon!!!2001
18. 18The Book of Ten Nights and a NightThe Book of Ten Nights and a Night2004
19. 19Where Three Roads MeetWhere Three Roads Meet2005
20. 20The DevelopmentThe Development2008
21. 21Every Third ThoughtEvery Third Thought2011
22. 22Final Fridays Essays Lectures Tributes Other Nonfiction 1995Final Fridays Essays Lectures Tributes Other Nonfiction 19952012
23. 23El plantador de tabacoEl plantador de tabaco2013