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 /td>
|
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 |