Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski has written at least 219 books. Their most popular book is Post Office with 261 saves with an average rating of 3.72⭐.

Author Bio

Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife."

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Post Office

Post Office
ByCharles Bukowski

1971 • 261 Readers • 204 pages 3.7

Ham on Rye

Ham on Rye
ByCharles Bukowski

1982 • 247 Readers • 360 pages 3.9

Factotum

Factotum
ByCharles Bukowski

1975 • 178 Readers • 156 pages 3.8

Women

Women
ByCharles Bukowski

1978 • 146 Readers • 302 pages 3.7

Love Is a Dog from Hell

Love Is a Dog from Hell
ByCharles Bukowski

1977 • 117 Readers • 307 pages 3.3

Ask the Dust

#3 of 4 in The Saga of Arturo Bandini

Ask the Dust
ByJohn Fante

1939 • 104 Readers • 209 pages 3.8

Pulp

Pulp
ByCharles Bukowski

1994 • 79 Readers • 186 pages 3.4

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

1986 • 62 Readers • 320 pages 4

Notes of a Dirty Old Man

Notes of a Dirty Old Man
ByCharles Bukowski

1969 • 51 Readers • 204 pages 3.4

Hollywood

Hollywood
ByCharles Bukowski

1989 • 48 Readers • 289 pages 3.7

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Tales of Ordinary Madness
ByCharles Bukowski

1967 • 41 Readers • 216 pages 3.7

Hot Water Music

Hot Water Music
ByCharles Bukowski

1983 • 32 Readers • 221 pages 3.8

The Last Night Of The Earth Poems

1992 • 31 Readers • 405 pages 4.2

Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame

1974 • 20 Readers • 232 pages 4.7

What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

1999 • 16 Readers • 416 pages 3.7

The Pleasures of the Damned

The Pleasures of the Damned
ByCharles Bukowski

2007 • 15 Readers • 557 pages 4.3

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1983 • 13 Readers • 240 pages 2.5

Essential Bukowski: Poetry

Essential Bukowski: Poetry
ByCharles Bukowski

2016 • 13 Readers • 240 pages 3.3

Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit

1979 • 13 Readers • 128 pages 3.8

The People Look Like Flowers at Last

2007 • 13 Readers • 299 pages 3.8

South of no north

South of no north
ByCharles Bukowski

1973 • 12 Readers • 189 pages 4

La senda del perdedor

La senda del perdedor
ByCharles Bukowski,Jorge García Berlanga(Translator),+1 more

1982 • 11 Readers • 288 pages 4.5

On Cats

On Cats
ByCharles Bukowski

2015 • 11 Readers • 118 pages 3

The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship

1998 • 11 Readers • 152 pages 3.5

Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way

2002 • 10 Readers • 395 pages 3.4

On Writing

On Writing
ByCharles Bukowski

2015 • 9 Readers • 224 pages 3

Cartero

Cartero
ByCharles Bukowski,Jorge García Berlanga(Translator)

1971 • 9 Readers 4.3

Run With the Hunted: A Charles Bukowski Reader

1962 • 8 Readers • 497 pages 3.5

On Love

On Love
ByCharles Bukowski

2016 • 8 Readers • 241 pages 3.5

The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills

1969 • 8 Readers • 204 pages 3

Storie di ordinaria follia

Storie di ordinaria follia
ByCharles Bukowski,Pier Francesco Paolini(Translator)

1967 • 8 Readers • 340 pages 4

Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness

1972 • 7 Readers • 478 pages 4.3

Septuagenarian stew

Septuagenarian stew
ByCharles Bukowski

1990 • 7 Readers • 375 pages 3

Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life

1998 • 5 Readers • 356 pages

Slouching Toward Nirvana

Slouching Toward Nirvana
ByCharles Bukowski

2005 • 5 Readers • 288 pages 4

Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories

1996 • 4 Readers • 402 pages 4

A Mulher Mais Bonita da Cidade

1983 • 4 Readers • 368 pages 3.3

Mulheres

Mulheres
ByCharles Bukowski

1978 • 4 Readers • 320 pages 2

On Drinking

On Drinking
ByCharles Bukowski

2019 • 4 Readers • 128 pages

Bring Me Your Love

Bring Me Your Love
ByCharles Bukowski

2002 • 4 Readers • 20 pages 5

La máquina de follar

La máquina de follar
ByCharles Bukowski,José Manuel Alvarez Flórez(Translator),+1 more

1967 • 4 Readers • 192 pages 4

El capitán salió a comer y los marineros tomaron el barco

El capitán salió a comer y los marineros tomaron el barco
ByCharles Bukowski,Roger Wolfe(Translator)

1998 • 4 Readers • 168 pages 4

The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966

1988 • 4 Readers • 250 pages

Panino al prosciutto

Panino al prosciutto
ByCharles Bukowski

1982 • 3 Readers • 327 pages 4

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Screams from the Balcony
ByCharles Bukowski

3 Readers

Shakespeare non l'ha mai fatto

2013 • 3 Readers • 120 pages 4

Shakespeare Never Did This

Shakespeare Never Did This
ByCharles Bukowski

1979 • 3 Readers • 128 pages

Pregúntale al polvo

#3 of 4 in The Saga of Arturo Bandini

1939 • 3 Readers • 208 pages 4.3

The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993

2007 • 3 Readers 4

The continual condition

The continual condition
ByCharles Bukowski

2009 • 3 Readers • 127 pages 2

Misto-Quente

Misto-Quente
ByCharles Bukowski

1982 • 3 Readers • 318 pages 4

Scrivo poesie solo per portarmi a letto le ragazze

Scrivo poesie solo per portarmi a letto le ragazze
ByCharles Bukowski,Simona Viciani(Translator)

2010 • 3 Readers • 320 pages 3

Donne

Donne
ByCharles Bukowski

1978 • 3 Readers • 304 pages

The Bell Tolls for No One

The Bell Tolls for No One
ByCharles Bukowski

2015 • 3 Readers • 305 pages 4

Mujeres

Mujeres
ByCharles Bukowski,Jorge García Berlanga(Translator)

1978 • 3 Readers • 344 pages 4

More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns

2011 • 3 Readers

Storm for the Living and the Dead: Uncollected and Unpublished Poems

2014 • 3 Readers • 272 pages 2.5

Beerspit Night and Cursing

Beerspit Night and Cursing
ByCharles Bukowski

2001 • 2 Readers • 380 pages

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Notas de um Velho Safado
ByCharles Bukowski

1969 • 2 Readers 4

Essential Bukowski

Essential Bukowski
ByCharles Bukowski

2016 • 2 Readers • 172 pages

O AMOR É UM CAO DOS DIABOS

O AMOR É UM CAO DOS DIABOS
ByCharles Bukowski

1977 • 2 Readers • 304 pages 4

Love is a Dog from Hell.

Love is a Dog from Hell.
ByCharles Bukowski

2 Readers 4

Arder en el agua, ahogarse en el fuego

1974 • 2 Readers • 310 pages 3

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Макулатура
ByCharles Bukowski,Чарльз Буковски

1994 • 2 Readers • 224 pages 4

Bone Palace Ballet

Bone Palace Ballet
ByCharles Bukowski

1997 • 2 Readers • 372 pages

Pão com Fiambre

Pão com Fiambre
ByCharles Bukowski

1982 • 2 Readers • 368 pages 3

The Portable Sixties Reader

The Portable Sixties Reader
ByJohn Berryman(Contributor),Kay Boyle(Contributor)

2003 • 2 Readers • 628 pages

Хлеб с ветчиной

Хлеб с ветчиной
ByCharles Bukowski,Чарльз Буковски,+1 more

1982 • 2 Readers • 400 pages 4

La enfermedad de escribir

La enfermedad de escribir
ByCharles Bukowski,Abel Debritto(Translator)

2020 • 2 Readers • 248 pages 5

Dangling in the Tournefortia

1981 • 2 Readers • 281 pages

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Crônica de um amor louco
ByCharles Bukowski

1967 • 2 Readers • 312 pages

Las campanas no doblan por nadie

2019 • 2 Readers • 392 pages

War All the Time

War All the Time
ByCharles Bukowski

1984 • 2 Readers • 283 pages

Le Postier

Le Postier
ByCharles Bukowski

1971 • 2 Readers • 208 pages 4.5

New Poems Book One

New Poems Book One
ByCharles Bukowski

2003 • 2 Readers • 220 pages 3

Căpitanul e dus cu pluta și marinarii au fugit cu vasul

Căpitanul e dus cu pluta și marinarii au fugit cu vasul
ByCristian Neagoe(Translator),Charles Bukowski

1998 • 1 Reader • 176 pages

Hijo de Satanás

Hijo de Satanás
ByCharles Bukowski,Txaro Santoro(Translator),+1 more

1990 • 1 Reader • 208 pages 5

Pył

#3 of 4 in The Saga of Arturo Bandini

Pył
ByJohn Fante,Andrzej Appel(Translator)

1939 • 1 Reader • 224 pages 5

Un'amabile storia d'amore

Un'amabile storia d'amore
ByCharles Bukowski

2010 • 1 Reader • 37 pages 1

New Poems Book 2

New Poems Book 2
ByCharles Bukowski

2011 • 1 Reader • 176 pages

Living on Luck

Living on Luck
ByCharles Bukowski

1995 • 1 Reader • 304 pages

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Going Down: Great Writing on Oral Sex
ByChronicle Books(Editor),Anaïs Nin(Contributor)

1998 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

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Şuncă pe pâine
ByCharles Bukowski

1982 • 1 Reader • 384 pages

A Sul de Nenhum Norte

A Sul de Nenhum Norte
ByCharles Bukowski

1973 • 1 Reader • 264 pages

Open All Night: New Poems

Open All Night: New Poems
ByCharles Bukowski

2000 • 1 Reader • 375 pages 2

Nouveaux contes de la folie ordinaire

1967 • 1 Reader

Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski
ByCharles Bukowski

2003 • 1 Reader • 288 pages 1

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Il sole bacia i belli
ByCharles Bukowski,Simona Viciani(Translator)

2003 • 1 Reader

Contes de la folie ordinaire

Contes de la folie ordinaire
ByCharles Bukowski,Bukowski

1967 • 1 Reader • 256 pages

A Mulher mais Linda da Cidade & Outras Histórias

A Mulher mais Linda da Cidade & Outras Histórias
ByCharles Bukowski,Albino Poli Jr.(Translator)

1983 • 1 Reader • 150 pages 4

Factótum

Factótum
ByCharles Bukowski

1975 • 1 Reader • 184 pages

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Absence of the Hero
ByCharles Bukowski,David Stephen Calonne

1 Reader

Femei

Femei
ByCharles Bukowski,Florin Șlapac(Translator)

1978 • 1 Reader • 328 pages

Z szynką raz!

Z szynką raz!
ByCharles Bukowski,Michał Kłobukowski(Translator)

1982 • 1 Reader • 388 pages 2

Compagno di sbronze

Compagno di sbronze
ByCharles Bukowski

1972 • 1 Reader • 165 pages 5

Bone Palace Ballet: New Poems

1997 • 1 Reader • 363 pages 2

Sull'amore

Sull'amore
ByCharles Bukowski

2017 • 1 Reader • 304 pages

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The Captain Is Out to Lunch
ByCharles Bukowski

1 Reader

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Romans
ByCharles Bukowski

2005 • 1 Reader