Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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Genres:Politics, Biography, Memoir +6 more

Politics

Biography

Memoir

Philosophy

Literary Fiction

Books by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

10 books available

2012

2BR02B

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction

Fantasy

4.0(15,878)

In a future where the population is strictly controlled and life is traded for life, a man grapples with the morality of bringing a child into existence when it means someone else must die.

2005

A Man Without a Country

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Non-fiction

Politics

4.1(38,702)

Kurt Vonnegut hilariously and movingly examines the absurdities of modern life and the American mind, while also dealing with his own mortality and place in the world.

1998

Bluebeard

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction

Literary Fiction

4.0(34,766)

An aging abstract expressionist, haunted by his past and a secret in his potato barn, confronts human creation when a persistent widow unearths his life story.

1997

Timequake

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.7(33,244)

A 'timequake' makes humanity relive a dreadful decade of lost free will. Vonnegut’s satire examines memory, suicide, and reading through his recurring sci-fi writer, Kilgore Trout.

1990

Hocus Pocus

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.8(29,958)

A cynical Vietnam veteran and college professor predicts society's hilarious and horrifying collapse, all while trying to keep his chaotic life and the bizarre events at Tarkington College from spiraling out of control.

1973

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction

Literary Fiction

4.1(222,835)

An aging science fiction writer's bizarre tales become unsettling reality for a car dealer, forcing America to confront its own absurdities through Vonnegut's satirical lens.

1961

Mother Night

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction

Historical Fiction

4.2(77,843)

An American spy, accused of Nazi war crimes, struggles with his past as a propagandist, forcing readers to consider the line between hero and monster.

Harrison Bergeron

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction

Science Fiction

4.2(14,428)

In a dystopian 2081 where enforced equality cripples individual potential, a superhuman teenager named Harrison Bergeron defies the Handicapper General's handicaps, leading to his tragic end.

1952

Player Piano

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.9(46,395)

In a future where machines have made humanity obsolete, a disillusioned engineer leads an absurd, yet serious, rebellion against the automated utopia he helped create.

Publication Year Unknown

The Big Trip Up Yonder

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction

Fantasy

3.6(2,135)

In a future where an anti-aging drug has created eternal youth and overpopulation, a 172-year-old patriarch holds his perpetually youthful descendants hostage with the promise of his imminent, inheritance-triggering death.