Best of Joyce Carol Oates

1.
We Were the Mulvaneys
We Were the Mulvaneys 3.75 avg rating — 104,198 ratings
2.
Blonde
Blonde 3.93 avg rating — 16,750 ratings
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The Falls
The Falls 3.61 avg rating — 11,524 ratings
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Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3)
Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3) 3.71 avg rating — 3,660 ratings
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The Gravedigger's Daughter
The Gravedigger's Daughter 3.58 avg rating — 11,149 ratings
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My Sister, My Love
My Sister, My Love 3.55 avg rating — 4,255 ratings
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Bellefleur
Bellefleur 3.78 avg rating — 2,708 ratings
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Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart 3.89 avg rating — 3,209 ratings
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Black Water
Black Water 3.54 avg rating — 9,291 ratings
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Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang 3.78 avg rating — 8,109 ratings
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You Must Remember This
You Must Remember This 3.76 avg rating — 2,441 ratings
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Beasts
Beasts 3.62 avg rating — 4,847 ratings
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Middle Age: A Romance
Middle Age: A Romance 3.60 avg rating — 2,774 ratings
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Heat and Other Stories
Heat and Other Stories 3.89 avg rating — 582 ratings
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Zombie
Zombie 3.32 avg rating — 12,630 ratings
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A Garden of Earthly Delights (Wonderland Quartet, #1)
A Garden of Earthly Delights (Wonderland Quartet, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 2,719 ratings
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A Book of American Martyrs
A Book of American Martyrs 3.89 avg rating — 5,014 ratings
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Solstice
Solstice 3.47 avg rating — 907 ratings
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The Tattooed Girl
The Tattooed Girl 3.32 avg rating — 3,508 ratings
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Man Crazy
Man Crazy 3.42 avg rating — 1,187 ratings
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I Lock My Door Upon Myself
I Lock My Door Upon Myself 3.73 avg rating — 794 ratings
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Rape: A Love Story
Rape: A Love Story 3.65 avg rating — 6,244 ratings
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Freaky Green Eyes
Freaky Green Eyes 3.60 avg rating — 4,060 ratings
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Wonderland (Wonderland Quartet, #4)
Wonderland (Wonderland Quartet, #4) 3.81 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
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Missing Mom
Missing Mom 3.57 avg rating — 4,750 ratings
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Little Bird of Heaven
Little Bird of Heaven 3.33 avg rating — 3,137 ratings
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Carthage
Carthage 3.41 avg rating — 5,344 ratings
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The Accursed
The Accursed 3.24 avg rating — 6,256 ratings
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High Lonesome: Selected Stories, 1966-2006
High Lonesome: Selected Stories, 1966-2006 4.17 avg rating — 861 ratings
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I Am No One You Know
I Am No One You Know 3.90 avg rating — 1,921 ratings
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Expensive People (Wonderland Quartet, #2)
Expensive People (Wonderland Quartet, #2) 3.65 avg rating — 2,265 ratings
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A Bloodsmoor Romance
A Bloodsmoor Romance 3.79 avg rating — 649 ratings
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Jack of Spades
Jack of Spades 3.33 avg rating — 4,226 ratings
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Lovely, Dark, Deep
Lovely, Dark, Deep 3.62 avg rating — 2,052 ratings
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Marya
Marya 3.57 avg rating — 987 ratings
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A Widow's Story
A Widow's Story 3.75 avg rating — 4,174 ratings
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The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror 3.53 avg rating — 3,299 ratings
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What I Lived For
What I Lived For 3.62 avg rating — 1,144 ratings
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Unholy Loves
Unholy Loves 3.55 avg rating — 140 ratings
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I'll Take You There
I'll Take You There 3.40 avg rating — 2,137 ratings
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Black Girl / White Girl
Black Girl / White Girl 3.25 avg rating — 3,731 ratings
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Mudwoman
Mudwoman 3.28 avg rating — 3,597 ratings
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Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway
Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway 3.51 avg rating — 1,190 ratings
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Sourland
Sourland 3.50 avg rating — 938 ratings
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Faithless: Tales of Transgression
Faithless: Tales of Transgression 3.70 avg rating — 1,589 ratings
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High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread
High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread 3.24 avg rating — 803 ratings
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With Shuddering Fall
With Shuddering Fall 3.11 avg rating — 362 ratings
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The Lost Landscape: A Writer's Coming of Age
The Lost Landscape: A Writer's Coming of Age 3.85 avg rating — 903 ratings
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Son of the Morning ( 1st/1st )
Son of the Morning ( 1st/1st ) 3.42 avg rating — 207 ratings
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Do With Me What You Will
Do With Me What You Will 3.58 avg rating — 481 ratings
51.
The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art
The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art 3.79 avg rating — 1,267 ratings
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American Appetites
American Appetites 3.53 avg rating — 1,270 ratings
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My Heart Laid Bare
My Heart Laid Bare 3.83 avg rating — 706 ratings
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Uncensored: Views & (Re)views
Uncensored: Views & (Re)views 3.49 avg rating — 95 ratings
55.
A Fair Maiden
A Fair Maiden 3.23 avg rating — 4,022 ratings
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Daddy Love
Daddy Love 3.44 avg rating — 2,514 ratings
57.
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? 4.14 avg rating — 9,822 ratings
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The Hungry Ghosts: Seven Allusive Comedies
The Hungry Ghosts: Seven Allusive Comedies 3.54 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Wheel of Love and Other Stories
The Wheel of Love and Other Stories 3.87 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Night-Side
Night-Side 3.32 avg rating — 390 ratings
61.
Marriages and Infidelities
Marriages and Infidelities 3.65 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque 3.70 avg rating — 1,797 ratings
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The Assignation: Stories
The Assignation: Stories 3.82 avg rating — 443 ratings
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The Female of the Species: Tales of Mystery and Suspense
The Female of the Species: Tales of Mystery and Suspense 3.62 avg rating — 1,491 ratings
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Will You Always Love Me? and Other Stories
Will You Always Love Me? and Other Stories 3.68 avg rating — 340 ratings
66.
Raven's Wing
Raven's Wing 3.61 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Evil Eye: Four Novellas of Love Gone Wrong
Evil Eye: Four Novellas of Love Gone Wrong 3.67 avg rating — 1,930 ratings
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Dear Husband
Dear Husband 3.52 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
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The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense
The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense 3.42 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
70.
Give Me Your Heart
Give Me Your Heart 3.57 avg rating — 1,169 ratings
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The Rise of Life on Earth
The Rise of Life on Earth 3.64 avg rating — 508 ratings
72.
First Love: A Gothic Tale
First Love: A Gothic Tale 3.19 avg rating — 894 ratings
73.
Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas
Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas 3.71 avg rating — 2,250 ratings
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The New Kitten
The New Kitten 3.71 avg rating — 223 ratings
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My Life as a Rat
My Life as a Rat 3.73 avg rating — 6,757 ratings
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New Heaven, New Earth: The Visionary Experience in Literature
New Heaven, New Earth: The Visionary Experience in Literature 2.93 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982 4.05 avg rating — 370 ratings
78.
Conversations 1970-2006
Conversations 1970-2006 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Assassins: A Book of Hours
The Assassins: A Book of Hours 2.92 avg rating — 99 ratings
80.
Childwold
Childwold 3.33 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl 3.32 avg rating — 5,858 ratings
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Cybele
Cybele 3.21 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life
Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life 3.58 avg rating — 120 ratings
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Patricide: A Novella
Patricide: A Novella 3.57 avg rating — 401 ratings
84.
Angel of Light
Angel of Light 3.29 avg rating — 166 ratings
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Contraries: Essays
Contraries: Essays 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
84.
On Boxing
On Boxing 3.89 avg rating — 1,552 ratings
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Mysteries of Winterthurn (The Gothic Saga #3)
Mysteries of Winterthurn (The Gothic Saga #3) 3.78 avg rating — 452 ratings
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Sexy
Sexy 3.16 avg rating — 1,411 ratings
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Broke Heart Blues
Broke Heart Blues 3.40 avg rating — 697 ratings
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By the North Gate
By the North Gate 3.53 avg rating — 101 ratings
92.
Upon the Sweeping Flood and Other Stories
Upon the Sweeping Flood and Other Stories 3.80 avg rating — 91 ratings
93.
The Goddess and Other Women
The Goddess and Other Women 3.65 avg rating — 79 ratings
94.
Where are you going, Where have you been?: Stories of Young America
Where are you going, Where have you been?: Stories of Young America 4.02 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese
The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese 3.56 avg rating — 45 ratings
96.
Crossing the Border: Fifteen Tales
Crossing the Border: Fifteen Tales 3.41 avg rating — 59 ratings
97.
Night-Side & Different Kinds of Dead
Night-Side & Different Kinds of Dead 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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All the Good People I've Left Behind
All the Good People I've Left Behind 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings
99.
A Sentimental Education
A Sentimental Education 3.54 avg rating — 147 ratings
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Oates in Exile
Oates in Exile it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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