Charles Bukowski
16 August 1920 – 9 March 1994
477 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
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."
Also published as: Heinrich Karl Bukowski, C. Bukowski
Most-read books
Women
3.7 · 1978 · 289 want to read
Post office
3.7 · 1974 · 180 want to read
Love Is a Dog from Hell
3.8 · 1977 · 164 want to read
Ham on Rye
4 · 1982 · 133 want to read
Factotum
3.9 · 1975 · 101 want to read
Pulp
3.5 · 1994 · 71 want to read
The Last Night of the Earth Poems
4.6 · 1992 · 71 want to read
You get so alone at times that it just makes sense
5 · 1986 · 65 want to read
Burning in water, drowning in flame
4.3 · 1974 · 57 want to read
Hollywood
4.3 · 1989 · 49 want to read
Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness
5 · 1972 · 52 want to read
Notes of a dirty old man
3.5 · 1969 · 49 want to read
The most beautiful woman in town & other stories
3.6 · 1983 · 31 want to read
Hot water music
4.3 · 1983 · 32 want to read
South of No North
4 · 1973 · 30 want to read
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire
4.5 · 1999 · 30 want to read
sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the way
4 · 2002 · 29 want to read
Tales of Ordinary Madness
3.7 · 1983 · 21 want to read
Run with the hunted
5 · 1993 · 25 want to read
The People Look Like Flowers At Last
4 · 2007 · 23 want to read
The days run away like wild horses over the hills
5 · 1969 · 23 want to read
Charles Bukowski
4 · 1975 · 23 want to read
Bukowski on Bukowski
1998 · 23 want to read
La senda del perdedor
3.5 · 2015 · 20 want to read