Jack Kerouac’s Books

This is a listing of Jack Kerouac’s books, arranged by their date of publication. We’ve also noted the date(s) when the book was written. If the book covers a particular period of time, we’ve noted the approximate dates.

Book	Published	Written	Time Covered
The Town and the City	1950	1946-1949	1935-1946, Lowell, MA & NY
On the Road	1957	1948-1956	1946-50, Various Road Trips
The Subterraneans	1958	Oct. 1953	Summer 1953, NY
The Dharma Bums	1958	Nov. 1957	1955-1956, West Coast, N. Carolina
Dr. Sax	1959	July 1952	1930-1936, Lowell, MA
Maggie Cassidy	1959	early 1953	1938-1939, Lowell, MA
Mexico City Blues: 242 Choruses	1959	Aug. 1955	n/a
Book of Dreams	1960	1952-60	n/a
Tristessa	1960	1955-1956	1955-1956, Mexico City
Visions of Cody	1960	1951-1952	1946-1952, Various Road Trips
The Scripture of the Golden Eternity	1960	May 1956	n/a
Lonesome Traveler (Kerouac, Jack)	1960	compiled in 1960	n/a
Pull My Daisy	1961	March 1959	n/a
Big Sur	1962	Oct. 1961	Summer 1960, Big Sur
Visions of Gerard	1963	Jan. 1956	1922-1926, Lowell, MA
Desolation Angels	1965	1956 & 1961	1956-1957 West Coast, Mexico, Tangier, NY
Satori in Paris	1966	1965	June 1965, Paris & Brittany
Vanity of Duluoz	1968	1968	1939-1946, Lowell, MA & NY
Pic	1971	1951 & 1969	n/a
Scattered Poems	1971	1945-1968	n/a
Old Angel Midnight	1973	1956	n/a
Trip Trap: Haiku on the Road (with Albert Saijo & Lew Welch)	1973	1959	n/a
Heaven and Other Poems	1977	1957-1962	n/a
San Francisco Blues	1991	April 1954	n/a
Pomes All Sizes	1992	compiled in 1960	n/a
Good Blonde and Others	1993	1955	n/a
Book of Blues	1995	various	n/a
Some of the Dharma	1997	1954-1955	n/a
Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings	1999	1936-1943	Various
Orpheus Emerged	2000 (e-book & audio only), 2002 (book)	1944-1945	n/a
Book of Dreams	2001	1952-60	enlarged edition
Book of Haikus	2003
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks	2010	1945	1944
The Sea Is My Brother	2012	1942	1942