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Walker Percy has written
six books of fiction, and three books of non-fiction. The Moviegoer won the "National Book
Award," Love in the Ruins won a national Catholic book award. A list of his books is below, and
a short description of each book will be "coming soon" to this web page. In the meantime, you can go to
The Walker Percy Project bookstore
and click on the book titles for a description of each book.
Fiction
The Moviegoer, 1960
The Last Gentleman (also released as a Modern Library book), 1966
Love in the Ruins, 1971
Lancelot, 1977
The Second Coming, 1980
The Thanatos Syndrome, 1987
Non-Fiction
The Message in the Bottle (a collection of essays, 1954-1975), 1975
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Great Self-Help Book, 1983
Signposts in a Strange Land (posthumous), 1991
In addition, you can find some more of Percy's original writings and thoughts in other books that are compilations of his correspondence, introductions to other books, or recordings of interviews. See these at the
Walker Percy Internet Project bookstore.
If you buy your books at The Walker Percy Internet Project bookstore, you will benefit the project and contribute to the ongoing support of the study of Walker Percy.
See also, the dissertation portal and Walker Percy portal
for more discussion of his work.