Novels
The Alleys of Eden (1981)
Sun Dogs (1982)
Countrymen of Bones (1983)
On Distant Ground (1985)
Wabash (1987)
The Deuce (1989)
They Whisper (1994)
The Deep Green Sea (1998)
Mr. Spaceman (2000)
Fair Warning (2002)
Hell (2009)
A Small Hotel (2011)
Sun Dogs (1982)
Countrymen of Bones (1983)
On Distant Ground (1985)
Wabash (1987)
The Deuce (1989)
They Whisper (1994)
The Deep Green Sea (1998)
Mr. Spaceman (2000)
Fair Warning (2002)
Hell (2009)
A Small Hotel (2011)
Collections
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (1992)
Tabloid Dreams (1996)
Had a Good Time: Stories from American Postcards (2004)
Severance (2006)
Tabloid Dreams (1996)
Had a Good Time: Stories from American Postcards (2004)
Severance (2006)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Robert Olen Butler
Short stories
| JFK Secretly Attends Jackie Auction (1996) |
Awards
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Robert Olen Butler recommends
 Night Swimmer (1994) Joseph Olshan "Powerful and resonent... Joseph Olshan has explored deeply the realities of the obsessiveness of love." |  Me and Johnny Blue (2000) (Johnny Blue, book 1) Joseph A West "Wildly comic." |  Free Bird (2002) Greg Garrett "A splendid and deeply affecting work." | |
 Grass Roof, Tin Roof (2003) Dao Strom "Brilliant... an important new writer." |  Acts of Faith (2005) Philip Caputo "Philip Caputo, from Vietnam onwards, has understood the hardest truths of the modern world better than almost anybody. Acts of Faith is a stunningly unflinching novel. On the surface it is set in Africa, but in fact its true landscape is the ravaged soul of the twenty-first century. Philip Caputo is one of the few absolutely essential writers at work today." |  Forgiveness (2007) Jim Grimsley "What a great pleasure it always is to watch Jim Grimsley's estimable sensibility at work observing and deconstructing the foibles and follies of modern culture. In Forgiveness he exposes, with devastating wit, our cult of body and of fame. This is a brilliant and important novel." | |
 The King of Gaheena (2008) Squire Babcock "... a splendid novelist who deserves a wide audience." |  North of the Port (2008) Anthony Bukoski "Anthony Bukoski understands how people begin in one place and end up in another and in the process try to preserve or renew or reinvent their very sense of self. Especially in this era, when the issue of if or how or why one becomes an American is increasingly important, Bukoski's book is downright essential." |  Song of the Orange Moons (2010) Lori Ann Stephens "Nuanced and lovely... Song of the Orange Moons is an enchanting debut novel from an exciting new writer." | |
 The Gendarme (2010) Mark T Mustian "A harrowing and truly important novel by a splendid American writer." |  Mama's Boy (2010) Rick DeMarinis "Rick DeMarinis has long been one of my favorite writers; wherever he has cast his gaze, he has taught me something new about the way to see things." |  Broken Irish (2011) Edward J Delaney "Epic in its scope but relentlessly compelling in its storytelling--not a common combination--Broken Irish is a splendidly readable and richly textured novel. Edward J. Delaney is an enormously gifted writer." | |
 Everything Beautiful Began After (2011) Simon Van Booy "Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart." |
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