Biographies

Books about the life, writing, and perspectives of Kurt Vonnegut.


Saturday Review Magazine

Article by Benjamin DeMott

May 1, 1971
(Magazine)


The Vonnegut Statement
First Edition –
First Printing

by Jerome Klinkowitz & John Somer

February – 1973
(Standard Hardcover)
Delacorte Publishing


The Vonnegut Statement
Trade Edition –
First Printing

by Jerome Klinkowitz & John Somer

1973
(Trade Paperback)
Dell Publishing


The Vonnegut Statement
Trade Edition –
Second Printing

by Jerome Klinkowitz & John Somer

1973
(Trade Paperback)
Dell Publishing


Writers of the 70s: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Mass Market Edition –
Second Printing

by Peter J. Reed

March – 1974
(Mass Market Paperback)
Warner Publishing


Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Descriptive Bibliography and Annotated Secondary Checklist
First Edition

by Asa B. Pieratt and Jerome Klinkowitz

(Standard Hardcover)
Archon Books
ISBN-10: 0208014487


Cliff’s Notes: Vonnegut’s Major Works

1974
(Booklet)
Cliff’s Notes
ISBN-13: 9780822013525
ISBN-10: 0822013525


The Vonnegut Statement
UK Mass Market Edition

by Jerome Klinkowitz & John Somer

1975
(Mass Market Paperback)
Panther / Granada Publishing


Vonnegut in America
Trade Edition — First Printing

by Jerome Klinkowitz & Donald L. Lawler

September – 1977
(Trade Paperback)
Delta Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440592440
ISBN-10: 0440592445


Kurt Vonnegut: Modern Literature Monographs
First Edition

by Tom McCartan

March – 1977
(Standard Hardcover)
Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.


Vonnegut: A Preface to His Novels
First Edition

by Richard Giannone

July – 1977
(Standard Hardcover)
Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.


Happy Birthday, Mr. Vonnegut
First Edition — First Printing
(204/500)

Compiled by Jill Krementz

November – 1982
(Standard Hardcover)
Delacorte Press


Contemporary Writers: Kurt Vonnegut
Trade Edition — Second Printing

Compiled by Jerome Klinkowitz

1983
(Trade Paperback)
Methuen Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780416334807
ISBN-10: 0416334806


Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
Trade Edition — Second Printing

by William Rodney Allen

October – 1988
(Trade Paperback)
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN-13: 9780878053582
ISBN-10: 0878053581


SANITY PLEA: Schizophrenia in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut
First Edition

by Lawrence R. Broer

January – 1989
(Standard Hardcover)
UMI Research Press
ISBN-13: 9780835718851
ISBN-10: 0835718859


Modern Critical Views: Kurt Vonnegut
First Edition — First Edition

by Harold Bloom

2000
(Standard Hardcover)
Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN-13: 9780791056554
ISBN-10: 0791056554


At Millennium’s End: New Essays on the Work of Kurt Vonnegut
Trade Edition — First Edition

by Kevin Alexander Boon

2000
(Standard Hardcover)
Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN-13: 9780791056554
ISBN-10: 0791056554


Love As Always, Kurt: Vonnegut As I Knew Him
First Edition — First Edition

by Loree Rackstraw

2009
(Standard Hardcover)
De Capo Publishing
ISBN 13: 9780306818035
ISBN 10: 0306818035


Love As Always, Kurt: Vonnegut As I Knew Him
Trade Edition

by Loree Rackstraw

2009
(Trade Paperback)
De Capo Publishing
ISBN 13: 9781615235742
ISBN 10: 1615235744


Kurt Vonnegut: A Critical Companion
First Edition — Third Printing

by Thomas F. Marvin

2009
(Standard Hardcover)
Greenwood Press
ISBN-13: 9780313314391
ISBN-10: 031331439X


Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview
First Edition — Third Printing

by Tom McCartan

2009
(Standard Hardcover)
Greenwood Press
ISBN-13: 9780313314391
ISBN-10: 031331439X


We Never Danced Cheek to Cheek: The Young Kurt Vonnegut in Indianapolis and Beyond
Trade Edition

by Majie Alford Failey

2010
(Trade Paperback)
Hawthorne Publishing
ISBN 13: 9780984145683
ISBN 10: 0984145680


Unstuck in Time: A Journey Through Kurt Vonnegut’s Life and Novels
First Edition — First Printing

by Gregory D. Sumner

2011
(Standard Hardcover)
Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13: 9781609803490
ISBN 10: 1609803493


And So it Goes – Kurt Vonnegut: A Life
First Edition — First Printing

by Charles S. Shields

2011
(Standard Hardcover)
Henry Holt Publishing
ISBN 13: 9780805086935
ISBN 10: 0805086935


God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut
First Edition — First Printing

by Bryan Young

January – 2012
(Trade Paperback)
ShineBox Publishing
ISBN 13: 9780615586342
ISBN 10: 0615586341


The Brothers Vonnegut: Science and Fiction in the House of Magic
First Edition — First Printing

by Ginger Strad

November – 2015
(Standard Hardcover)
Henry Holt Publishing
ISBN 13: 9780374117016
ISBN 10: 0374117012


The Vonnegut Encyclopedia
Revised Edition — First Printing

by Marc Leeds

2016
(Standard Hardcover)
Delacorte Press
ISBN 13: 9780385344234
ISBN 10: 0385344236


The Writer’s Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five
First Edition — First Printing

by Tom Roston

2021
(Standard Hardcover)
Abrams Press
ISBN-13: 9781419744891
ISBN 10: 1419744895