This is a bibliography of works by Nathanael West
Novels
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" |+ ! Title !! Publisher !! Included in |- | The Dream Life of Balso Snell || Contact Editions, 1931 || The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957. Novels and other Writings, 1997 |- | Miss Lonelyhearts || Liveright, 1933 || The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957. Novels and other Writings, 1997 |- | A Cool Million || Covici Friede, 1934 || The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957. Novels and other Writings, 1997 |- | The Day of the Locust || Random House, 1939 || The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957. Novels and other Writings, 1997
Short stories and novel excerpts {| border="1" cellspacing="0" |+ ! Title !! First Published in !! Notes |- | "A Barefaced Lie" || Overland Monthly, 1929 || |- | "Miss Lonelyhearts and the Lamb" || Contact, February 1932 || Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts |- | "Miss Lonelyhearts and the Dead Pan" || Contact, May 1932 || Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts |- | "Miss Lonelyhearts and the Clean Old Man" || Contact, May 1932 || Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts |- | "Miss Lonelyhearts in the Dismal Swamp"|| Contempo, July 1932 || Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts |- | "Miss Lonelyhearts on a Field Trip"|| Contact, October 1932 || Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts |- | "The Dear Public" || Americana, August 1933 || Excerpt from The Dream Life of Balso Snell |- | Unnamed excerpt || Americana, September 1933 || Excerpt from The Dream Life of Balso Snell |- | "Business Deal" || Americana, October 1933 || Collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |- | "Bird and Bottle" || Pacific Weekly, November 1936 || Early section of The Day of the Locust; collected in Nathanael West: A Collection of Critical Essays |- | "The Imposter" || The New Yorker, June 2, 1997 || Originally titled "The Fake", then retitled "L'Affaire Beano"; collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |- | "Western Union Boy" || – || Collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |- | "Mr. Potts of Pottstown" || – || Incomplete; collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |- | "The Adventurer" || – || Incomplete; collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |- | "Three Eskimos" || – || Used in The Day of the Locust;collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |- | "Tibetan Night" || – || Collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |- | "The Sun, the Lady, and the Gas Station" || – ||
Plays {| border="1" cellspacing="0" |+ ! Title !! Year !! in Collaboration with !! First performance !! Published in |- | Even Stephen || 1934 || S. J. Perelman || never performed || never published |- | Good Hunting || 1938 || Joseph Schrank || November 21, 1938, New York || Novels and other Writings, 1997
Poetry {| border="1" cellspacing="0" |+ ! Title !! First published in !! Notes |- | "Rondeau" || The Brown Jug, 2, December 1922 || |- | "Death" || Casements, May 1924 || Signed N. von Wallenstein-Weinstein |- | Christmass Poem || Contempo, February 1933 || Early version of "Burn the Cities" |- | "Burn the Cities" || – || Included in Novels and other Writings, 1997
Essays and reviews {| border="1" cellspacing="0" |+ ! Title !! Publication details !! Included in: |- | Euripides—A Playwright || Casements, July 1923 || Novels and other Writings |- | Book Marks for Today || World Telegram, October 1931 || – |- | Through the Hole in the Mundane Millstone || A leaflet by Contact Editions printed in 1931 to promote The Dream Life of Balso Snell || Novels and other Writings; Nathanael West: A Collection of Critical Essays
| Some Notes on Violence || Contact, October 1932 || Novels and other Writings; Nathanael West: A Collection of Critical Essays |- | Some Notes on Miss L. || Contempo, May 1933 || Novels and other Writings; Nathanael West: A Collection of Critical Essays |- | Soft Soap for the Barber || The New Republic, November 1934 || Novels and other Writings
Film writing
(in collaboration with others, unless noted otherwise) {| border="1" cellspacing="0" |+ ! Title !! year !! Studio !! Format !! Notes |- | Beauty Parlor || Written 1933 || Columbia || Screenplay || Never produced |- | Return to the Soil || Written 1933 || Columbia || Screenplay || Never produced |- | Osceola || Written 1935 || – || Treatment || Never produced |- | Ticket to Paradise || 1936 || Republic Productions || Treatment and screenplay || |- | Follow Your Heart || 1936 || Republic Productions || Screenplay || |- | The President's Mystery || 1936 || Republic Productions || Screenplay || |- | Rhythm in the Clouds || 1937 || Republic Productions || Screenplay || |- | It Could Happen to You || 1937 || Republic Productions || Screenplay || |- | Jim Hanvey – Detective || 1937 || Republic Productions || Screenplay || Uncredited |- | Born to Be Wild || 1938 || Republic Productions || Screenplay || |- | Gangs of New York || 1938 || Republic Productions || Screenplay || Uncredited |- | Ladies in Distress || 1938 || Republic Productions || Screenplay || Uncredited |- | Bachelor Girl || written 1937 || Republic Productions || Screenplay || Never produced |- | Orphans of the Street || 1938 || Republic Productions || Treatment and screenplay || Uncredited |- | Stormy Weather || Written 1937-8 || Republic Productions || Treatment and partial screenplay || Never Produced |- | The Squealer || 1938 || Columbia || Screenplay || Unfinished |- | Flight South || Written 1938 || MGM || Treatment || Never produced |- | The Spirit of Culver || 1939 || Universal Studios || Screenplay || |- | Five Came Back || 1939 || RKO Pictures || Screenplay || |- | I Stole a Million || 1939 || Universal Studios || Screenplay || Solo screenwriting credit |- | The Victoria Docks at Eight || Written 1939 || Universal Studios || Screenplay || Never filmed |- | Stranger on the Third Floor || 1940 || RKO Pictures || Screenplay || Uncredited |- | Men Against the Sky || 1940 || RKO Pictures || Screenplay || Solo screenwriting credit |- | Let's Make Music || 1941 || RKO Pictures || Screenplay || Solo screenwriting credit |- | Before the Fact || Written 1939 || RKO Pictures || Screenplay || Never filmed |- | A Cool Million || Written 1940 || Columbia || Screen story || Never produced |- | Bird in Hand || Written 1940 || RKO Pictures || Treatment || |- | Amateur Angel || Written 1940 || Columbia || Screenplay || worked on until his death
Collections {| border="1" cellspacing="0" |+ ! Title !! Year !! Publisher !! Notes |- | The Complete Works of Nathanael West || 1957 || Farrar Straus and Company || Reprinted in 1963, 1975; includes the four novels |- | A Cool Million & The Dream Life of Balso Snell || 1961 || Farrar Straus and Company || |- | Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust || 1969 || New Directions || |- | Nathanael West: A Collection of Critical Essays || 1971 || Prentice Hall (20th century Views series) || Includes three essays and one story by West in addition to critical writings about him. |- | Novels and other Writings || 1997 || Library of America || Includes novels, short stories, essays, and a selection of letters
Books about Nathanael West {| border="1" cellspacing="0" |+ ! Title ! ! ! ! !! Writer !! Year !! Genre |- | Nathanael West
| || Stanley Edgar Hyman || 1962 || Critical Study |- | Nathanael West, the Ironic Prophet
| || Victor Comerchero || 1964 || Critical Study |- | The Fiction of Nathanael West, No Redeemer, No Promised land
| ||Randall Reid || 1967 || Critical Study |- | Nathanael West: The Art of His Life
| ||Jay Martin || 1971 || Biography |- | Nathanael West: An Interpretative StudyNathanael West: An Interpretative Study
| ||James F. Light || 1971 || Critical Study |- | Nathanael West
| || Robert Emmet Long || 1985 || Critical Study |- | Lonelyhearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney
| ||Marion Meade || 2010 || Biography of West and his wife
Adaptations of Nathanael West's work {| border="1" cellspacing="0" |+ ! Title !! Adaptation of !! Year !! Format |- | Advice to the Lovelorn || Miss Lonelyhearts || 1933 || Feature Film |- | I'll Tell the World || Miss Lonelyhearts || 1945 || Feature Film |- | Miss Lonelyhearts || Miss Lonelyhearts || 1957 || Play |- | Lonelyhearts || Miss Lonelyhearts || 1958 || Feature Film |- | Miss Lonelyhearts || Miss Lonelyhearts || 1983 || TV film |- | The Day of the Locust || The Day of the Locust || 1975 || Feature Film |- | Miss Lonelyhearts || Miss Lonelyhearts || 2006 || Opera
References
Bercovitch, Sacvan, ed. Nathanael West, Novels and Other Writings (Library of America, 1997) Martin, Jay, Nathanael West: The Art of His Life (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970)