The Last Interview books in order

Complete reading order for The Last Interview series by Melville House, collecting final interviews with famous writers, artists, and thinkers.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Learning To Live Finally 2005 Kathy Acker Buy
2 Roberto Bolaño 2009 Kathy Acker Buy
3 Kurt Vonnegut 2011 Kathy Acker Buy
4 Jorge Luis Borges 2012 Kathy Acker Buy
5 Hannah Arendt 2013 Kathy Acker Buy
6 David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words 2014 Kathy Acker Buy
7 James Baldwin 2014 Kathy Acker Buy
8 Ray Bradbury 2014 Kathy Acker Buy
9 Gabriel García Márquez 2015 Kathy Acker Buy
10 Lou Reed 2015 Kathy Acker Buy
11 Ernest Hemingway 2015 Kathy Acker Buy
12 Nora Ephron 2015 Kathy Acker Buy
13 Philip K. Dick 2015 Kathy Acker Buy
14 J. D. Salinger 2016 Kathy Acker Buy
15 Oliver Sacks 2016 Kathy Acker Buy
16 Jane Jacobs 2016 Kathy Acker Buy
17 David Bowie 2016 Kathy Acker Buy
18 Martin Luther King, Jr. 2017 Kathy Acker Buy
19 Christopher Hitchens 2017 Kathy Acker Buy
20 Hunter S. Thompson 2018 Kathy Acker Buy
21 Kathy Acker 2018 Kathy Acker Buy
22 Julia Child 2018 Kathy Acker Buy
23 Ursula K. Le Guin 2019 Kathy Acker Buy
24 Prince 2019 Kathy Acker Buy
25 Billie Holiday 2019 Kathy Acker Buy
26 Anthony Bourdain 2019 Kathy Acker Buy
27 Graham Greene 2019 Kathy Acker Buy
28 Toni Morrison 2020 Kathy Acker Buy
29 Frida Kahlo 2020 Kathy Acker Buy
30 Marilyn Monroe 2020 Kathy Acker Buy
31 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2020 Kathy Acker Buy
32 Shirley Chisholm 2021 Kathy Acker Buy
33 The Last Interview 2021 Kathy Acker Buy
34 Fred Rogers 2021 Kathy Acker Buy
35 Johnny Cash 2021 Kathy Acker Buy
36 John Lewis 2021 Kathy Acker Buy
37 Janet Malcolm 2022 Kathy Acker Buy
38 Diego Maradona 2022 Kathy Acker Buy
39 Kurt Cobain 2022 Kathy Acker Buy
40 Bell Hooks 2023 Kathy Acker Buy
41 Octavia E. Butler 2023 Kathy Acker Buy

The Last Interview is a long-running non-fiction series published by Melville House. Each book collects interviews and conversations with a notable writer, artist, musician, or public figure, typically including their final published interview alongside earlier conversations that trace the development of their ideas.

The series began in 2005 with a Jacques Derrida volume and has grown to include over forty titles covering figures from Kurt Vonnegut and James Baldwin to David Bowie and Frida Kahlo. The Kathy Acker volume, published in 2018, gathers interviews from across her career. Each book in the series stands alone, so there is no required reading order.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Last Interview series?

The Last Interview is a book series published by Melville House. Each volume collects interviews with a notable cultural figure, with emphasis on conversations from late in the subject’s life or career.

Is there a Kathy Acker volume in The Last Interview series?

Yes. Kathy Acker: The Last Interview and Other Conversations was published in 2018. It collects several interviews with Acker, including conversations from the 1980s and 1990s.

Do The Last Interview books need to be read in order?

No. Each volume in the series is about a different person and is completely independent. You can read any volume on its own without having read the others.

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