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Ray Douglas Bradbury

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  Ray Bradbury has published over 500 short stories, novels, plays and poems since his first publication in 1938. We can't provide you with the complete list of his works but here you'll find the major books and plays that he wrote.

Title of Work

Year Published

Other Information

Dark Carnival

1947

collection of stories, published in England under the title The Small Assassin

The Martian Chronicles

1950

novel published in England under the title The Silver Locusts, also a well-known work

The Illustrated Man

1951

Fahrenheit 451

1953

one of Bradbury's most recognized works about censorship in a totalitarian society

The Golden Apples of the Sun

1953

Switch on the Night

1955

a children's book

The October Country

1955

collection of stories

Dandelion Wine

1957

novel loosely based on Bradbury's own childhood

A Medicine For Melancholy

1960

collection of stories, published in England under the title, The Day it Rained Forever

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1962

another well-known work, made into a feature film

R Is For Rocket

1962

collection of stories

The Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics

1963

collection of plays

The Machineries of Joy

1964

collection of stories

The Autumn People

1965

A Device Out of Time

1965

a play

The Vintage Bradbury

1965

collection of stories

S Is For Space

1966

collection of stories

Twice 22

1966

collection of stories-reprinted edition of the stories in The Golden Apples of the Sun and A Medicine for Melancholy

I Sing the Body Electric

1969

collection of stories

Old Ahab's Friend, and Friend to Noah, Speaks His Piece

1971

poetry

The Halloween Tree

1972

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and Other Plays

1972

a collection of plays

When Elephants Last in The Dooryard Bloomed

1973

poetry

Pillar of Fire and Other Plays

1975

collection of plays

Long After Midnight

1976

collection of stories

Twin Hieroglyphs that Swim the River Dust

1978

poetry

Stories of Ray Bradbury

1980

collection of stories

The Complete Poems of Ray Bradbury

1981

poetry

The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope

1981

poetry

Dinosaur Tales

1983

collection of stories

A Memory of Murder

1984

collection of stories

Death Is A Lonely Business

1985

Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me

1987

poetry

Falling Upward

1988

play

The Toynbee Convector

1988

collection of stories

The Day It Rained Forever

1990

musical

A Graveyard For Lunatics

1990

Classic Stories Volume One

1990

contains stories reprinted from The Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is For Rocket

Classic Stories Volume Two

1990

contains stories reprinted from A Medicine For Melancholy and S Is For Space

Ray Bradbury On Stage

1991

collection of plays

Green Shadows, White Whale

1992

Yestermorrow

1992

Quicker Than The Eye

1996

collection of stories

The October Country

1996

collection of stories

Driving Blind

1997

collection of stories


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