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Katherine Dunn

Born

in Garden City, Kansas, The United States

October 24, 1945

Died

May 11, 2016

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Horror

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Katherine Dunn was a novelist and boxing journalist who lived and worked in Oregon. She is the author of the three novels: Attic; Truck; and Geek Love. This, her most well-known work, was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Bram Stoker Prize for horror fiction. She also authored the essay collection One Ring Circus. She died in 2016.

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Katherine Dunn’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 80,195 ratings · 8,731 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Geek Love 3.95 avg rating — 70,715 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toad by Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.65 avg rating — 1,778 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Cussing: Bad Words and Creative Cursing 3.82 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truck 3.35 avg rating — 496 ratings — published 1971 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ATTIC 3.23 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 1970 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Ring Circus: Dispatches from the World of Boxing 3.95 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Do Men Have Nipples? and Other Low-Life Answers to Real-Life Questions by Katherine Dunn, The Slice (Pseudonym) 3.64 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Near Flesh: Stories 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jenny Saville & Glen Luchford: Closed Contact by Katherine Dunn, Glen Luchford, Jenny Saville 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guyana by Katherine Dunn, Jack Woody (Designer), Alexis Rockman (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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May BoTM Nominations ~ "Book by an Author who has Died" ~ Final Poll

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi

8 votes, 22.9%

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

7 votes, 20.0%

The Water is Wide

by Pat Conroy

6 votes, 17.1%

A Change in Altitude

by Anita Shreve

5 votes, 14.3%

Persuasion

by Jane Austen

5 votes, 14.3%

The Tie That Binds

by Kent Haruf

3 votes, 8.6%

Geek Love

by Katherine Dunn

1 vote, 2.9%

35 total votes

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