Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife."
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Women
16 editions - first published in 1978 Borrow -
Post office: a novel
15 editions - first published in 1971 Checked out -
The days run away like wild horses over the hills
11 editions - first published in 1969 Borrow -
Ham on Rye: a novel
10 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
Hollywood: a novel
9 editions - first published in 1989 Borrow -
Factotum
9 editions - first published in 1975 Checked out -
New Poems
7 editions - first published in 2003 -
Love is a dog from hell: poems, 1974-1977
7 editions - first published in 1977 Borrow -
South of No North: stories of the buried life.
7 editions - first published in 1973 Borrow -
Run with the hunted: a Charles Bukowski reader
6 editions - first published in 1993 Read -
The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems
6 editions - first published in 2007 Borrow -
Pulp
6 editions - first published in 1994 Borrow -
Mockingbird wish me luck
6 editions - first published in 1972 Borrow -
Burning in water, drowning in flame
6 editions - first published in 1974 Borrow -
The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems
6 editions - first published in 2003 Borrow -
sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the way: new poems
6 editions - first published in 2002 Borrow -
Play the piano drunk like a percussion instrument until the fingers begin to bleed a bit
5 editions - first published in 1979 Borrow -
Come On In!: new poems
5 editions - first published in 2005 Borrow -
The last night of the earth poems
5 editions - first published in 1992 Checked out -
Shakespeare never did this
5 editions - first published in 1979 Borrow -
Bone palace ballet: new poems
4 editions - first published in 1997 Borrow -
You get so alone at times that it just makes sense
4 editions - first published in 1986 Borrow -
Slouching Toward Nirvana: New Poems
4 editions - first published in 2005 Borrow -
Erections, ejaculations, exhibitions and general tales of ordinary madness
4 editions - first published in 1972 Borrow -
Fire station: [poems]
3 editions - first published in 1970 -
The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993
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Notes of a dirty old man
3 editions - first published in 1969 -
The roominghouse madrigals: early selected poems, 1946-1966
3 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow -
The captain is out to lunch and the sailors have taken over the ship
3 editions - first published in 1998 Borrow -
The night torn mad with footsteps: new poems
3 editions - first published in 2001 Borrow -
Reach for the sun
3 editions - first published in 1999 Borrow -
Dangling in the tournefortia
3 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow -
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire
3 editions - first published in 1999 Borrow -
The Continual Condition: poems
3 editions - first published in 2009 Borrow -
War all the time: poems, 1981-1984
3 editions - first published in 1984 Borrow -
Avec les damnés
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Hostage
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Hijo de Satanas
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Aufzeichnungen eines Außenseiters
2 editions - first published in 1991 -
Souvenirs d'un pas grand-chose
2 editions - first published in 1987 -
Charles Bukowski. Philip Lamantia. Harold Norse
2 editions - first published in 1969 -
La Senda del Perdedor
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The day it snowed in L.A: the adventures of Clarence Hiram Sweetmeat
2 editions - first published in 1986 -
Gold in your eye
2 editions - first published in 1986 -
Au sud de nulle part
2 editions - first published in 1986 -
Alone in a time of armies
2 editions - first published in 1985 -
Crucifix in a deathhand: new poems, 1963-65.
2 editions - first published in 1965 -
Bring me your love
2 editions - first published in 1983 -
Factotum tie-in
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Peleando a la Contra
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Der Mann mit der Ledertasche
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If we take ..
2 editions - first published in 1970 -
Preguntale Al Polvo
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Journal d'un vieux dégueulasse
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Kadinlar
2 editions - first published in 1994 -
Selected Letters
2 editions - first published in 2004 -
Das Schlimmste kommt noch oder Fast eine Jugend
2 editions - first published in 1986 -
Another Academy
2 editions - first published in 1960 -
You kissed Lilly
2 editions - first published in 1978 -
Musica de Canerias
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Living on luck: selected letters, 1960s-1970s, volume 2
2 editions - first published in 1995 Borrow -
The movie: "Barfly" : an original screenplay
2 editions - first published in 1998 Borrow -
Beerspit Night and Cursing: the correspondence of Charles Bukowski and Sheri Martinelli, 1960-1967
2 editions - first published in 2001 Borrow -
Screams from the Balcony: selected letters, 1960-1970
2 editions - first published in 1993 Borrow -
Dangling in the Tourneforka
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
La máquina de follar
1 edition - first published in 2004 -
Last Night on Earth Poems
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
The days run away like wild horses over the hill
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
Dangling in Tournefortia
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
Couple of Winos
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
Play Piano Drunk
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Hollywood, Hollywood!
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
El amor es un perro infernal
1 edition - first published in 2005 -
Istories mias thammenes zoes
1 edition - first published in 1984 -
El mundo visto desde la ventana de un 3er piso: poemas 1955/1965
1 edition - first published in 2005 -
Una de las más ardientes y otros poemas
1 edition - first published in 2004 -
Je t'aime, Albert et les autres nouvelles de Hot water music
1 edition - first published in 1988 -
Soy la orilla de un vaso que corta, soy sangre: antología poética
1 edition - first published in 1988 -
Days Run Away Like Wild Horses
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In the Shadow of the Rose
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
Bukowski in the Bathtub: Recollections of Charles Bukowski
1 edition - first published in 1997 -
A Bukowski Sampler
1 edition - first published in 1988 -
Gedichte die einer schrieb bevor er im 8. Stockwerk aus dem Fenster sprang
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Sparks
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Quando Eravamo Giovani (Universale Economica)
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Under the Influence: A Charles Bukowski Checklist
1 edition - first published in 1987 -
Nicht mit sechzig, Honey / Gedichte vom südlichen Ende der Couch
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Run with the Hunted (Charles Bukowski Reader/Audio Cassette)
1 edition - first published in 1993 -
The last generation
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Life and death in the charity ward
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
Shakespeare nunca lo hizo (Contrasenas)
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Selected Letters Volume 3
1 edition - first published in 2004 -
Die Ochsentour
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
Bukowski on Bukowski
1 edition - first published in 1998 -
There's no business
1 edition - first published in 1984 -
Ploplop No. 3: An "Antholozine" of Poetry, Prose and Artwork (Ploplop)
1 edition - first published in 1993 -
Six Poets
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
86'd
1 edition - first published in 1975 -
Das Liebesleben der Hyäne. Roman
1 edition - first published in 1989 -
The Laughing heart
1 edition - first published in 1996
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Alternative names
- Heinrich Karl Bukowski
- C. Bukowski
- Bukowski C
- Bukowski
- Charles J. Bukowski
- Charles BUKOWSKI
- BUKOWSKI C
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