Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By the North Gate | 1963 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 2 | The Goddess and Other Women | 1966 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 3 | Upon the Sweeping Flood, and Other Stories | 1966 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 4 | Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? | 1966 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 5 | Anonymous Sins and Other Poems | 1969 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 6 | The Wheel of Love and Other Stories | 1970 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 7 | Cupid & Psyche | 1970 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 8 | Angel Fire: Poems | 1973 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 9 | The Hungry Ghosts | 1974 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 10 | Love and Its Derangements and Other Poems | 1974 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 11 | The Fabulous Beasts | 1975 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 12 | The Seduction and Other Stories | 1975 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 13 | The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese | 1975 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 14 | Crossing the Border | 1976 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 15 | Night-Side | 1977 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 16 | Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money | 1978 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 17 | Marriages and Infidelities | 1978 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 18 | All the Good People I’ve Left Behind | 1979 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 19 | A Sentimental Education | 1980 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 20 | Three Plays | 1980 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 21 | The Perfectionist and Other Plays | 1981 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 22 | Invisible Woman | 1982 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 23 | Wild Saturday, and Other Stories | 1984 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 24 | Last Days | 1984 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 25 | Raven’s Wing | 1986 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 26 | The Assignation | 1988 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 27 | Time Traveler | 1989 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 28 | Heat and Other Stories | 1991 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 29 | Oates in Exile | 1991 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 30 | Twelve Plays | 1991 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 31 | Where is Here? | 1992 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 32 | Haunted | 1994 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 33 | Tenderness | 1996 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 34 | Demon and Other Tales | 1996 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 35 | Will You Always Love Me? and Other Stories | 1996 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 36 | The Collector of Hearts | 1998 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 37 | New Plays | 1998 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 38 | Where I’ve Been, and Where I’m Going | 1999 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 39 | Faithless | 2001 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 40 | Small Avalanches and Other Stories | 2003 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 41 | I Am No One You Know | 2004 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 42 | The Female of the Species | 2005 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 43 | High Lonesome | 2006 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 44 | The Museum of Dr. Moses | 2007 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 45 | Wild Nights! | 2008 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 46 | Dear Husband | 2009 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 47 | Give Me Your Heart | 2010 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 48 | Sourland | 2010 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 49 | The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares | 2011 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 50 | Evil Eye | 2013 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 51 | High Crime Area | 2014 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 52 | Lovely, Dark, Deep | 2014 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 53 | The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror | 2016 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 54 | Beautiful Days | 2018 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 55 | Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense | 2018 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 56 | Dis Mem Ber and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense | 2018 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 57 | Cardiff, by the Sea | 2020 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 58 | The (Other) You: Stories | 2021 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 59 | American Melancholy: Poems | 2021 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 60 | Night, Neon | 2021 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 61 | Extenuating Circumstances | 2022 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 62 | Zero Sum | 2023 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
| 63 | Flint Kill Creek | 2024 | Joyce Carol Oates | Buy |
Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most prolific short story writers in American literature. Her collections span from By the North Gate (1963) to Flint Kill Creek (2024) and include poetry collections alongside her fiction. Her story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is one of the most anthologized stories in the English language.
Her collections frequently blend literary fiction with elements of horror and the uncanny. Works like Haunted (1994), The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares (2011), and Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense (2018) lean heavily into dark psychological territory.