Top 10 John Updike Books
On the occasion of John Updike's passing, TIME takes a look at the prolific author's most memorable works.
The Rabbit Books, 1960-2001
Over four novels (Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich, Rabbit at Rest) and one novella (Rabbit Remembered), John Updike created one of 20th-century literature's most memorable characters. Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, a former star basketball player for his small-town Pennsylvania high school, is the protagonist of the series. Published at almost exact ten-year intervals, the Rabbit books each incorporate the concerns of their respective decades while bringing us deeper into the life of a sometimes appalling, but always authentic, American man. Updike won Pulitzer Prizes for both Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest.
See why Rabbit, Run is one of TIME's 100 Greatest Books Ever.
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