Inventory: C

G. Cabrera Infante — 20th Century Cuban Author

  • Three Trapped Tigers, Novel, 2021

James M. Cain

  • The Postman Always Rings Twice, Novel, 2001
  • Double Indemnity, Novel, 2007
  • Mildred Pierce, Novel, 2007
  • The Cocktail Waitress, Novel, 2022

Roberto Calasso — 20/21st Century Italian Author

  • The Ruin of Kasch, Essay, 2022

Calderon

  • Life Is a Dream, Drama, 1967

Erskine Caldwell — 20th Century American Novelist

  • Tobacco Road, Novel, 1993
  • God’s Little Acre, Novel, 1998
  • Journeyman, Novel, 2021

Italo Calvino — 20th Century Italian Author [OULIPO]

  • Under the Jaguar Sun, Story Collection, 1998
  • If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Novel, 1998/2006
  • Mr. Palomar, Novel, 2001
  • The Road to Giovanni, Story Collection, 2001
  • The Path to the Spiders’ Nests, Novel, 2006
  • Invisible Cities, Novel, 2008
  • Cosmicomics, Story Collection, 2009
  • The Nonexistent Knight, Novel, 2011
  • The Cloven Viscount, Short Novel, 2012
  • The Baron In the Trees, Novel, 2012
  • Difficult Loves, Short Stories, 2012
  • The Queen’s Necklace, Short Stories, 2014
  • Why Read the Classics?, Essay Collection, 2022

F. E. Campbell

  • Drusilla, Novel, 2016

Joseph Campbell

  • Myths to Live By, non-fiction, 2006

Robert Campbell

  • The Junkyard Dog, Novel (Mystery), 1993

Albert Camus — 20th Century French Author

  • L’Etranger, Novel, 1965 [French]
  • The Stranger, Novel, 2006 [L’Etranger]
  • The Plague, Novel, 1970/2006 [La Peste]
  • The Fall, Novel, 1998
  • The Myth of Sysiphus, Essay, 2006

Elias Canetti — 20th Century German Author

  • Auto da-Fé, Novel, 1999

Karel Capek — 20th Century Czech Author

  • War With the Newts, Novel, 1997
  • Wayside Crosses, Story Collection, 2003
  • Painful Tales, Story Collection, 2003
  • R.U.R., Drama, 2021

Mary Caponegro — 20th century American writer

  • The Star Café:  Stories, Story Collection, 2012
  • Sebastian, Short Novel, 2013

Truman Capote — 20th Century American Author

  • A Christmas Memory, Short Novel, 1963
  • In Cold Blood, Non-Fiction Novel, 1972
  • Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Short Novel, 1974

John Carey — 21st Century British Poet

  • A Little History of Poetry, Essay (Poetry), 2021

Peter Carey — 20th Century Australian Author

  • Jack Maggs, Novel, 1999
  • The True History of the Kelly Gang, Novel, 2005

Clancy Carlyle — 20th Century American Author

  • The Paris Pilgrims, Historical Novel, 2002

Don Carpenter — 20th Century American Author

  • Hard Rain Falling, Novel, 2022

Alejo Carpentier — 20th Century Cuban Author

  • The Chase, Novel, 2008
  • The Kingdom of This World, Novel, 2008

Carroll

  • The Luke Poems, Poetry Collection

Carrol

  • Family Trade, Novel (Popular Fiction)
  • Mortal Friends, Novel (Popular Fiction)

Jonathan Carroll — 20th Century American Novelist

  • White Apples, Novel (Fantasy), 2006
  • Outside the Dog Museum, Novel (Fantasy), 2006
  • The Marriage of Sticks, Novel (Fantasy), 2006
  • After Silence, Novel (Fantasy), 2006

Lewis Carroll — 19th Century English Mathematician and Author

  • Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Novel (Fantasy), 1966/2007
  • Through the Looking Glass, Novel (Fantasy), 1966/2007
  • Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, Novel (Fantasy), 2007

Angela Carter

  • Sea-Cat and Dragon King, Juvenile, 2003
  • Sleeping Beauty & Other Favourite Fairy Tales, Story Collection, 2003
  • The Magic Toyshop, Novel, 2003
  • The Bloody Chamber, Story Collection, 2003
  • The Infernal Desire Machine of Doctor Hoffman, Novel, 2007
  • Nights at the Circus, Novel, 2007/2010
  • Wise Children, Novel, 2008
  • Come Unto These Yellow Sands, Drama, 2010
  • The Company of Wolves, Drama, 2010
  • Vampirella, Drama, 2010
  • Puss In Boots, Drama, 2010
  • The Passion of New Eve, Novel, 2010

Jimmy Carter

  • Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis, Non-Fiction, 2005

Raymond Carver — 20th Century American Writer

  • Cathedral, Short Stories, 2019/2020

James Carville

  • Had Enough? A Handbook for Fighting Back, Non-Fiction, 2004

Adolfo Bioy Casares — 20th Century Argentine Author

  • The Invention of Morel, Short Novel, 2008
  • Asleep In the Sun, Novel, 2011

Casey

  • Obscenities, Poetry Collection

Joseph Cassara — 21st Century American Author

  • The House of Impossible Beauties, Novel, 2020

Cassity

  • Watchboy, What of the Night, Poetry Collection

Baldassare Castiglione — Sixteenth Century Italian Author

  • The Book of the Courtier, Essay, 2020

Elaine Castillo — 21st Century Filipino/American Author

  • America Is Not the Heart, Novel, 2021

Willa Cather

  • O Pioneers, Novel, 1993
  • My Antonia, Novel, 1993
  • Death Comes to the Archbishop, Novel, 1998
  • The Song of the Lark, Novel, 2001
  • A Lost Lady, Novel, 2003
  • Lucy Gayheart, Novel, 2004
  • Shadows on the Rock, Novel, 2004

Catling

  • The Experiment, Novel (Popular Fiction)

Dick Cavett — 20th Century Television Personality

  • Cavett, Biography, 1974

Camilo José Cela — 20th Century Spanish Author

  • The Family of Pascual Duarte, Novel, ?
  • The Hive , Novel, 2020

Louis-Ferdinand Céline — 20th Century French Author

  • Journey to the End of Night, Novel, 1997
  • Death on the Installment Plan, Novel, 1999
  • Guignol’s Band, Novel, 2001
  • Fable For Another Time, Novel, 2011
  • Normance, Novel, 2012
  • Conversation with Professor Y, Novel, 2012
  • Castle To Castle, Novel, 2015

Blaise Cendrares — 20th Century French Author [Frédéric Sauser]

  • Moravagine, Novel, 2008
  • Gold: Being the Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter, Novel, 2014

C. W. Ceram — 20th Century Polish Popular Historian [pseudonym]

  • The First American, Non-Fiction (History)
  • Gods, Graves and Scholars, Non-Fiction (History)

Miguel de Cervantes

  • Exemplary Novels, Short Novel Collection, 1968
  • Don Quixote Part I, Novel, 1968/2004
  • Don Quixote Part II, Novel, 1968

Adam Cesare — 20th Century American Author

  • Tribesmen: A Novella of Supernatural Cannibal Horror, Novel, 2020

Michael Chabon — 21st Century American Writer

  • The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Novel, 2002
  • Wonder Boys, Novel, 2002
  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Novel, 2003
  • Werewolves In Their Youth, Story Collection, 2004
  • The Final Solution, novel, 2004
  • McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories, Story Collection, 2007 [ed.]
  • The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, Novel, 2009

James Champy — 20th Century Business Hyp Guru

  • Re-Engineering the Corporation, Non-Fiction (Business)

Raymond Chandler — 20th Century American Mystery Writer

  • The Big Sleep, Novel (Mystery), 1988
  • Farewell My Lovely, Novel (Mystery), 1988
  • The Lady In the Lake, Novel (Mystery), 1988
  • The Little Sister, Novel (Mystery), 1988
  • The Long Goodbye, Novel (Mystery), 1988
  • The High Window, Novel (Mystery), 1988
  • Playback, Novel (Mystery), 2006
  • Killer In the Rain, Short Novel (Mystery), 2012
  • Trouble Is My Business, Short Novel (Mystery), 2012
  • Finger Man, Short Novel (Mystery), 2012
  • Goldfish, Short Novel (Mystery), 2012
  • Red Wind, Short Novel (Mystery), 2012

Bandula Chandraratna

  • An Eye For An Eye, Novel, 2004

Alexandra Chang — 21st Century Chinese/American Author

  • Days of Distraction, Novel, 2020

Lan Samantha Chang

  • Hunger, Story Collection, 2002

Garry Charles

  • Are These Eyeballs?, Story Collection, 2014

Henri Charriere

  • Papillon, Novel, 1973

Robert Chartham

  • The Sensuous Couple, Non-Fiction (Erotica), 1972

Jerome Charyn — 21st Century American Author

  • Jerzy: A Novel, Novel, 2017

Geoffrey Chaucer — Middle-English Poet

  • The House of Fame, 1968, Poem
  • Parliament of Fowles, 1968, Poem
  • Troilus and Crisyde, 1968, Poem
  • Canterbury Tales, 1969, Story Collection (Poem)

Chantal Chawaf

  • Redemption, Short Novel, 2011

Amit Chaudhuri

  • Real Time, Story Collection, 2002
  • Odysseus Abroad, Novel, 2018

Stephen Chbosky

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Novel, 2003

John Cheever — 20th Century American Author

  • The Wapshot Chronicle, Novel, 1997
  • The Wapshot Scandal, Novel, 1997
  • Bullet Park, Novel, 2001
  • Thirteen Uncollected Stories, Story Collection, 2002
  • Falconer, Novel, 2013

Anton Chekhov

  • Cherry Orchard, Drama, 1968
  • Uncle Vanya, Drama, 2002
  • The Undiscovered Chekhov: Thirty-Eight New Stories, Short Story Collection, 2002
  • Chekhov: The Comic Stories, Short Story Collection, 2002
  • The Shooting Party, Novel, 2020

Chen Qiufan — 21st Century Chinese Science Fiction Author

  • The Ancestral Temple in a Box, Story, 2021

C. K. Chesterton – 20th Century British Novelist

  • The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Novel, 2015

Tracy Chevalier

  • Girl with a Pearl Earring, Novel, 2001

Eric Chevillard

  • On the Ceiling, Novel, 2002
  • Palafox, Novel, 2012
  • Prehistoric Times, Novel, 2013

Doug Chiang

  • Robota, Novel, 2017 [with Orson Scott Card]

Lee Child — 20/21st Century British Author [James Dover Grant]

  • The Enemy, Novel, 2022
  • Night School, Novel, 2022
  • Running Blind, Novel, 2022

Erskine Childers — 20th Century British Author

  • Riddle of the Sands, Novel, 2014

Chilson

  • The Shores of Kansas, Novel (Science Fiction), 1977

Margaret Cho — 21st Century Actress, Comedienne and Author

  • I’m the One That I Want, Autobiography, 2022

Kate Chopin — 19th Century American Author

  • The Awakening, 1998, Novel

Mohamed Choukri — 20th Century Moroccan Author

  • For Bread Alone, Novel, 2018

Agatha Christie — 20th Century English Mystery Writer & Playwright

  • Curtain, Novel (Mystery), 1980
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Novel (Mystery), 1980
  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Novel (Mystery), 2013
  • And Then There Were None, Novel (Mystery), 2020
  • The Pale Horse, Novel (Mystery), 2020
  • T Bertram’s Hotel, Novel (Mystery), 2023

Louis Chude-Sokei — 21st Century Igbu/American Author

  • Floating in a Most Peculiar Way, Biography/Memoir, 2022

 Maxine Mei-Fung Chung — 21st Century Psychiatrist and Author

  • The Eighth Girl: A Novel, Novel, 2020

Colley Cibber

  • Love’s Last Shift, 1967, Drama

Sandra Cisneros

  • The House on Mango Street, Short Novel, 2003

Hélène Cixous — 20th Century French Writer, Philosopher

  • The Day I Wasn’t There, Novel, 2009

Jack Clark

  • Hard Case Crime: Nobody’s Angel, Novel, 2020

Robert Clark — 21st Century American Author

  • Love Among the Ruins, Novel, 2021

Walter Van Tilburg Clark — 20th Century American Author

  • The Ox-Bow Incident, Novel, 2021

Arthur C. Clarke

  • Childhoods End, 1957, Novel (Science Fiction)
  • 2001 : A Space Odyssey, 1966, Novel (Science Fiction)
  • 2010: Odyssey Two, 1977, Novel (Science Fiction)
  • Earthlight, 1977, Novel (Science Fiction)
  • Rendezvous with Rama, 1980, Novel (Science Fiction)

James Clavell

  • Shogun, Historical Fiction, 1979

John Cleland

  • Fanny Hill, Erotic Novel (Epistles), 1961

Ernest Cline

  • Ready Player One, Novel,2018

Peter Clover

  • Attack of the Killer Frogs, Short Novel, 2021

Ta-Nehisi Coates — 21st Century American Author and Journalist

  • Between the World and Me, Essay, 2019
  • The Water Dancer, Novel, 2020

Harlan Coben — 21st Century American Author

  • Deal Breaker, Novel, 2022

Paul Cobley

  • Introducing Semotics, Non-Fiction (Philosophy). 2006 [with Litza Jansz]

Jean Cocteau

  • Children of the Game, Novel, 2006 [Les Enfants Terribles]

Andrei Codrescu

  • Licence to Carry a Gun, Poetry Collection
  • The Devil Never Sleeps: and Other Essays, Essay Collection, 2022

Paulo Coelho— 20th Century Brazilian Author

  • El Alchemista, Novel, 2006
  • The Fifth Mountain, Novel, 2006
  • Veronika Decides to Die, Short Novel, 2013

J. M. Coetzee

  • Foe, Novel, 1998
  • Disgrace, Novel, 2002
  • Boyhood, Novel, 2003
  • Youth, Novel, 2003
  • Elizabeth Costello, Novel, 2003
  • Waiting for the Barbarians, Novel, 2004
  • Slow Man, Novel, 2005
  • Age of Iron, Novel, 2005
  • The Master of Petersburg, Novel, 2007
  • Diary of a Bad Year, Novel, 2008
  • Dusklands, Novel, 2022

Eoin Colfer

  • Artemis Fowl, Novel, 2004

Art Cohen

  • The Essential Lenny Bruce, Non-Fiction (Humor), 1971

Nic Cohn

  • Arfur: Teenage Pinball Queen, Novel (Popular Fiction)

Emily Holmes Coleman

  • The Shutter of Snow, Novel, 2000

Reed Farrel Coleman — 21st Century American Author

  • Robert B. Parker’s Blind Spot, Novel, 2021
  • Debt to Pay, Novel, 2022

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Poem, 1964

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  • Chéri, Short Novel, 2000/2016
  • The Last of Chéri, Short Novel, 2000
  • Claudine at School, Novel, 2007
  • Claudine in Paris, Novel, 2009
  • Claudine married, Novel, 2009
  • Claudine and Annie, Novel, 2009

Jeff Collins & Bill Mayblin

  • Introducing Derrida, Non-Fiction, 2002/2004

Wilkie Collins — 19h Century English Author

  • Miss or Mrs?, Short Novel, 2000
  • The Haunted Hotel, Short Novel, 2000
  • The Guilty River, Short Novel, 2000
  • The Moonstone, Novel, 2002
  • The Woman In White, Novel, 2019
  • No Name, Novel, 2021
  • Armadale, Novel, 2021

Reed Farrel Coleman — 21st Century American Author

  • Robert B. Parker’s Blind Spot, Novel, 2022
  • Robert B. Parker’s The Devil Wins, Novel, 2022
  • Robert B. Parker’s Debt To Pay, Novel, 2022
  • Robert B. Parker’s The Hangman’s Sonnet, Novel, 2022
  • Robert B. Parker’s Colorblind, Novel, 2022
  • Robert B. Parker’s The Bitterest Pill, Novel, 2022

Joe Conason

  • Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth, Non-fiction (political), 2005

Richard Condon — 20th Century American Author

  • The Manchurian Candidate, Novel, 2023

William Congreve

  • Love For Love, Drama, 1967
  • The Way of the World, Drama, 1967

Joe Connelly — 21st Century American Author

  • Crumbtown, Novel, 2003
  • Bringing Out the Dead, Novel, 2020

Michael Connelly — 21st Century American Author

  • Switchblade: A Story, Story, 2018
  • The Black Echo, Novel (Detective), 2019
  • The Black Ice, Novel (Detective), 2019
  • The Concrete Blonde, Novel (Detective), 2019
  • The Last Coyote, Novel (Detective), 2019
  • Trunk Music, Novel (Detective), 2022
  • Angels Flight, Novel (Detective), 2022
  • The Poet, Novel, 2022
  • The Narrows, Novel, 2022
  • A Darkness More Than Night, Novel (Detective), 2022
  • City Of Bones, Novel, 2022
  • The Closers, Novel, 2022

Dave Connis — 21st Century American Author

  • Suggested Reading, YA Novel, 2020

Joseph Conrad

  • Heart of Darkness, Short Novel, 1964
  • Lord Jim, Novel, 1998
  • The Secret Agent, Novel, 2007
  • Under Western Eyes, Novel, 2008
  • The Nigger of the Narcissus, Short Novel, 2014
  • Nostromo, Novel, 2019

Benjamin Constant — 18/19th Century French Politician and Author

  • Adolphe. Novel, 2021

Michael D. Coogan

  • The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction, Non-fiction (maybe), 2015

Robin Cook

  • Coma, Novel (Suspense), 1977
  • Terminal, Novel (Suspense), 1994

Bill Cooke — 20th Century British Author

  • Gorgo, Novel, 2022

Martha Cooley

  • The Archivist, Novel, 2000

Edmund Cooper

  • The Overman Culture, Novel (Science Fiction), 1977
  • The Slaves of Heaven, Novel (Science Fiction), 1977

Dennis Cooper

  • Closer, Novel, 2007 [George Miles cycle]
  • Frisk, Novel, 2007 [George Miles cycle]
  • Try, Novel, 2007 [George Miles cycle]
  • Guide, Novel, 2007 [George Miles cycle]
  • Period, Novel, 2007 [George Miles cycle]
  • God Jr., Novel, 2007

James Fenimore Cooper

  • The Deerslayer, Novel, 1994
  • The Last of the Mohicans, Novel, 1994
  • The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea, Novel, 2020
  • The Prairie, Novel, 2020
  • The Pioneers; or, The Sources of the Susquehanna, Novel, 2021
  • The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground, Novel, 2021
  • The Pilot; or, A Tale of the Sea, Novel, 2021
  • The Red Rover: A Tale, Novel, 2022

Robert Coover

  • Spanking the Maid, Short Novel, 2002
  • Pricksongs & Descants, Short Story Collection, 2002
  • Briar Rose, Short Novel, 2002
  • A Night at the Movies or, You Must Remember This, Story Collection, 2003
  • Universal Baseball Association, Inc. J. Henry Waugh, Prop., Novel, 2003
  • Pinocchio In Venice, Novel, 2004
  • Gerald’s Party, Novel, 2009
  • The Origin of the Brunists, Novel, 2013
  • Noir, Novel, 2013
  • The Cat In the Hat For President: A Political Fable, Short Novel, 2018
  • John’s Wife, Novel, 2021
  • Ghost Town, Novel, 2021
  • The Public Burning, Novel, 2021
  • Huck Out West, Novel, 2021
  • Going For a Beer, Short Story Collection, 2022

Basil Copper

  • The Curse of the Fleers, Novel (Popular Fiction)
  • The Werewolf in Legend, Fact and Art, Non-Fiction

Edwin Corley

  • The Genesis Rock, Novel (Popular Fiction)

Avery Corman

  • The Old Neighborhood, Novel (Popular Fiction)

Julio Cortázar

  • Cronopios and Famas, Short Stories, 2002
  • All Fires the Fire and Other Stories, Short Stories, 2003
  • Blow-up and Other Stories, Short Stories, 2008
  • 62: A Model Kit, Novel, 2008

Douglas Coupland — 20th Century American Author

  • Shampoo Planet, Novel, 1999
  • Microserfs, Novel, 2000
  • Generation X, Novel, 2000
  • Hey Nostradamus!, Novel, 2003
  • Eleanor Rigby, Novel, 2005
  • Life After God, Story Collection, 2005
  • Girlfriend in a Coma, Novel, 2005
  • All Families Are Psychotic, Novel, 2005
  • Miss Wyoming, Novel, 2005
  • The Gum Thief, Novel, 2008
  • JPod, Novel, 2008

Robert J. Courtine

  • Maigret At Fouquet’s. Short Novel, 2019

Gil Courtmanche

  • A Sunday in the Pool in Kigali, Novel, 2003

Richard Cowper

  • Clone, Novel (Science Fiction), 1977

Jim Crace — 20th Century English Novelist

  • The Gift of Stones, Novel, 1999
  • Genesis, Novel, 2003

Stephan Crane

  • The Red Badge of Courage, Novel, 1963
  • The Blue Hotel, Short Novel, 2006
  • Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Short Novel, 2006
  • The Open Boat, Short Novel, 2006
  • The Monster, Short Novel, 2006
  • The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, Story, 2006

Harry Crews

  • Car, Novel (Popular Fiction)

Michael Crichton — 20th Century American Author

  • Dealing, or The Berkeley-To-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues,  Novel (Popular Fiction)
  • The Andromeda Strain, Novel (Science Fiction), 1977
  • Eaters of the Dead, Novel (Science Fiction), 1977
  • The Terminal Man, Novel (Science Fiction), 1977
  • Timeline, Novel (Science Fiction), 2001
  • Prey, Novel (Science Fiction),
  • Zero Cool, Novel (Mystery), 2019

Amanda Cross

  • Poetic Justice, Novel (Mystery)

Aleister Crowley

  • Household Gods, Drama, 2014

John Crowley

  • Beasts, Novel (Science Fiction), 1977
  • Lord Byron’s Novel: The Evening Land, Novel, 2005

Martin Crowley

  • Marguerite Duras: A Beginner’s Guide, Non-Fiction (Literature), 2004

Andrew Crumey — 20th Century Scottish Novelist

  • Music, In a Foreign Language, Novel, 2004
  • Pfitz, Novel, 2006
  • D’Alembert’s Principle, Novel, 2006
  • Mr. Mee, Novel, 2006
  • Mobius Dick, Novel, 2009
  • Sputnik Caledonia. Novel, 2019

Richard Cumberland

  • The West Indian, Drama Literature, 1967

E. E. Cummings — 20th Century American Poet

  • The Enormous Room, Novel, 2021

Michael Cunningham

  • The Hours, Novel, 2003

Rachel Cusk — 21st Century British Author

  • Outline, Novel, 2015
  • Saving Agnes, Novel, 2020
  • Medea, Drama, 2021
  • Second Place, Novel, 2022

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