Books by Gore Vidal

1876 (2000)
Returning to America after his long European sojourn, Charlie Schuyler, Aaron Burr's unacknowledged ...

The City and the Pillar (2003)
Jim Willard, a homosexual, is haunted by the memory of a childhood friendship, and is unable to find...

Julian (2003)
An insightful historical novel recreates the brief but brilliant career of Julian, the Roman emperor...

Messiah (1998)
When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sp...

Burr (2000)
The contemporary novelist uses a fictional memoir to illuminate Aaron Burr's life and times, highlig...

Dreaming War (2007)
Offers a series of essays analyzing the development of United States foreign policy and criticizing ...

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace (2002)
Essays question the consensus view of the causes behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and...

Palimpsest (1996)
The author of Myra Breckenridge reminisces about his life, from his school days at St. Albans and Ex...

Point to Point Navigation (2007)
The novelist and critic continues the story of his eventful life, chronicling his odyssey through th...

Lincoln (1985)
The character of President Lincoln, unremittingly tested by the trials of the war years, is reflecte...