Dennis Cooper

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books
  • First Book:
    December 1993
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Frisk

    Second in the award-winning George Miles Cycle, “as intense a dissection of human relationships and obsession that modern literature has ever attempted” (The Guardian).   When Dennis is thirteen, he sees a series of photographs of a boy appa...

  • Closer

  • Wrong

    By daring to use death to look at life, Cooper gives us a new perspective on our deepest fears and needs. This collection of stories provides an overview of his evolution and, as William T. Vollmann wrote in The New York Times Book Review, a portrait...

  • Try

    Third in the George Miles Cycle: “It is finally time to admit that Cooper -- whose work is constantly compared to Genet, Baudelaire, etc. -- is like no other” (Paper).   Simultaneously deadpan and queasily raw, Try is the story of Ziggy, the...

  • Dream Police

    "With each new novel, Dennis Cooper''s reputation as the most daring and distinctive writer working in America today is cemented. To anyone familiar with this writer - whom the New York Times calls taut, chillingly ironic,"" the Washington Post Boo...

  • Guide

    A brilliant novel of LA’s underground from the author of Closer, “the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction” (Bret Easton Ellis).   Chris is a young porn star who wants to experience death at someone else’s hand; Mason has ...

  • Period

    The final novel in the award-winning George Miles Cycle. “A triumphant finale to one of the most intense series of novels ever written” (Mondo).   The stunning conclusion to Dennis Cooper’s five-book cycle, Period earned its author the acc...

  • My Loose Thread

  • God Jr.



  • The Sluts

  • The Anal-Retentive Line Editor

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • Ash Gray Proclamation

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • The Boy on the Far Left

    [A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction. Bret Easton Ellis Internationally acclaimed writer D...

  • The Brainiacs

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • Brian aka "Bear"

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • Graduate Seminar

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • The Guro Artists

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • The Hostage Drama

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • Jerk

    [A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction. Bret Easton Ellis Internationally acclaimed writer D...



  • Knife/Tape/Rope

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • The Noll Dynasty

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • Oliver Twink

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • One Night in 1979 I Did Too Much Coke and Couldn't Sleep

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • Santa Claus vs. Johnny Crawford

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • Three Boys Who Thought Experimental Fiction Was For Pussies

    [A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction. Bret Easton Ellis Internationally acclaimed writer D...

  • Ugly Man

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton EllisInternationally acclaimed w...

  • The Worst

    “[A] brilliant, triumphantly lurid writer as well as a supremely talented, elegant stylist whose prose is smart and nervy. He might also be the last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction.” -- Bret Easton Ellis

    Internationally a...

  • Horror Hospital Unplugged

    Sexually confused and more than a little lost, Trevor Machine, teenage front man for up-and-coming indie rockers Horror Hospital, walks a rocky road toward fame and fortune. But making it to the top may mean gambling away every last trace of his inte...

  • The Marbled Swarm

    The Marbled Swarm is Dennis Cooper's most haunting work to date. In secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind of our narrator, a mystery perpetually takes shape -- and the most compelling clue to its final nature is "the marbled swarm" ...



  • I Wished

Award-Winning Books by Dennis Cooper

The Sluts
2005 Lambda Literary Award -- Gay Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dennis Cooper has published 30 books.

Dennis Cooper does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, I Wished, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Dennis Cooper, Frisk, was published in December 1993.

No. Dennis Cooper does not write books in series.
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