ordering buk books from the bukowski page

got the message that you wanted to order stuff online, so below you'll find links to books and merchandise for buk collectors. just recently switched over to amazon.com to offer better selection, prices and international ordering convenience. when you order using these links, you'll support the page. thanks. btw, the previous folks handling the ordering told me that bukowski books are the most stolen books in their store. when they put up a sign to this effect, buk books sold like hotcakes. guess the logic is that if they're good enough to steal, they're worth buying... best. silva

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please note that turnaround times on shipping are subject to change without notice. i've left pricing off as that changes too often; as you can imagine, hardcovers will cost more than paperbacks, and i've listed them as discrete items for that reason. orders will ship within 24 hours unless otherwise noted.

last updated: July 2000

silva's picks

i've bee frequently asked what books i'd recommend and i can say that there's not a single piece of bukowski's in which you will fail to find truth in doses or in total. still, if stranded on an island i could love life with the books directly below. Keep scrolling for a more complete group of books and cds available for order.

Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame 1983, paperback	Love Is a Dog from Hell : Poems, 1974-1977 1979, paperback, 2-3 days	Post Office: A Novel by Charles Bukowski 1981, paperback
Screams from the Balcony : Selected Letters 1960 - 1970 1993, paperback, 2-3 days	Tales of Ordinary Madness 1984, paperback	You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense 1986, paperback, 2-3 days

books

Barfly 1987, paperback	Betting on the Muse : Poems & Stories 1996, paperback, 2-3 days	Bone Palace Ballet : New Poems 1997, paperback, 2-3 days
Bone Palace Ballet : New Poems 1997, hardcover, on order, 1-2 weeks	Bring Me Your Love 1985, paperback, on order, 1-2 weeks	Bring Me Your Love 1985, hardcover - back ordered, 5-6 week delay
Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame 1983, paperback	Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame 1983, hardcover, on order, usually ships 1-2 weeks	The Captain Is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken over the Ship 1998, paperback, on order, usually ships 1-2 weeks
Charles Bukowski: Laughing with the Gods 2000, paperback	Dangling in the Tournefortia 1981, paperback, on order, usually ships in 1-2 weeks	The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses over the Hills 1983, paperback
Ham on Rye 1982, paperback	Ham on Rye 1982, hardcover, 2-3 days	Hollywood 1989, paperback, 2-3 days; based on experiences making Barfly
Hot Water Music 1985, paperback	Hot Water Music 1985, paperback	The Last Night of the Earth Poems 1992, paperback, back order, 3-5 weeks
The Last Night of the Earth Poems 1992, hardcover, back order, 1-2 weeks (go figure on why it takes longer to get the paperback version)	Living on Luck : Selected Letters 1960S-1970s 1995, paperback	Living on Luck : Selected Letters 1960S-1970s 1995, hardcover, on order, 1-2 weeks
Love Is a Dog from Hell : Poems, 1974-1977 1979, paperback, 2-3 days	Love Is a Dog from Hell : Poems, 1974-1977 1979, hardcover, gets to you a couple days sooner than the paperback version	Mockingbird Wish Me Luck 1979, paperback
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck 1979, hardcover, 1-2 weeks	The Most Beautiful Woman in Town and...1983, paperback, 2-3 days	Barfly 1987, hardcover
Notes of a Dirty Old Man. 1981, paperback, 2-3 days	Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit 1979, paperback, 1-2 weeks	Post Office: A Novel by Charles Bukowski 1981, paperback (note: different date on hardcover)
Post Office: A Novel by Charles Bukowski 1983, hardcover, 2-3 days	Pulp 1994, paperback, 2-3 days	Pulp 1994, hardcover, 1-2 weeks
Reach For The Sun: Selected Letters 1978-1994, Volume 3 1999, paperback	The Roominghouse Madrigals : Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966 1989, paperback, 2-3 days	The Roominghouse Madrigals : Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966 1988, hardcover (note: different publishing date and 2-day quicker shipping time vs. paperback version)
Run With the Hunted : A Charles Bukowski Reader 1994, paperback	Screams from the Balcony : Selected Letters 1960 - 1970 1993, paperback, 2-3 days	Screams from the Balcony : Selected Letters 1960 - 1970 1993, hardcover, 1-2 weeks
Septuagenarian Stew : Stories & Poems 1990, paperback, backorder, 4-6 weeks	Septuagenarian Stew : Stories & Poems 1990, hardcover, 2-3 days	Shakespeare Never Did This 1995, paperback, back order 3-5 weeks
Shakespeare Never Did This 1995, hardcover, back order 4-6 weeks	South of No North : Stories of the Buried Life 1980 ed., paperback	South of No North : Stories of the Buried Life 1975, hardcover
Tales of Ordinary Madness 1984, paperback	There's No Business 1984, paperback, 2-3 days; r. crumb illustrated!	War All the Time : Poems, 1981-1984 1984, paperback
War All the Time : Poems, 1981-1984 1984, hardcover, 1-2 weeks	What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire 1999, paperback	What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire 1999, hardcover, 2-3 days
You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense 1986, paperback, 2-3 days	You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense 1986, hardcover, 1-2 weeks

cds & videos

Run With the Hunted (Charles Bukowski Reader/Audio Cassette) [ABRIDGED] 1993, cassette	Charles Bukowski Reads 'Do You Use a Notebook' 1980, cassette, usually ships in 4-6 weeks	Hostage 1994 (originally released in 1980), audio cd
King of Poets 1993, cassette	Down Terror Street & Agony Way 2000, audio cd, usually ships within 4-6 weeks	Poems and Insults +2 [import] audio cd, usually ships in 2-3 days
Life & Hazardous Times of Charles Bukowski 2000, audio cd, usually ships in 2-3 days	Neither Bought For Gold, Nor To The Devil Sold 1999, audio cd, usually ships in 2-3 days. note: read the reviews on this one. sounds like a shameful waste of madhouse time. if you buy it and feel ripped off, don't come sniffing to me...	Barfly [the movie] 1997, video bukowski earns writing credit; semi-autobiographical. the best of any adaptation/portrayal. all downhill from here for rourke, imho.
Poetry In Motion 1982, video, ships 2-3 days bukowski plays bukowsking in some rare footage. read the reviews. it sounds like there's not so much buk and more mediocrity on this one..	Tales of Ordinary Madness 1983, video, ships 2-3 days bukowski earns secondary writing credit.

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