F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • 86

    Catalog books

  • 52

    Works

  • 1963 to 2021

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

F. Scott Fitzgerald writes about ambition, desire and the costs of reinvention in Jazz Age America. His novels and story collections — including The Great Gatsby, The Last Tycoon, and several Tales of the Jazz Age volumes — probe glamour and disillusionment through vivid social scenes and precise, lyrical prose.

Across novels and short stories Fitzgerald maps characters striving for love, status and meaning amid shifting fortunes. His work balances bright, bustling surfaces with quieter melancholy, offering tightly observed portraits of longing, failed dreams and the emotional toll of chasing an ideal.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: The Great Gatsby • Jazz Age short stories • The Last Tycoon (unfinished novel)

Genres and themes: Modernist fiction • American Dream & decadence • Wealth, longing, social change

Who this author is best for: Elegant, lyrical prose for readers drawn to melancholic, character-driven stories about desire and social ambition.

Start with The Great Gatsby for a concise introduction, then explore the Jazz Age story collections and the unfinished Last Tycoon.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Trimalchio: An Early Version of the Great Gatsby

    Cambridge Univ Pr • 2000 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2000 • 192 pages.

  2. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald)

    Cambridge Univ Pr • 1999 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  3. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Love of the Last Tycoon: A Western (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald)

    Cambridge Univ Pr • 1993 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 352 pages.

  4. Great Gatsby

    Penguin Books, Limited • 2021 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2021 • 224 pages.

  5. Great Gatsby (Deluxe Illustrated Edition)

    Clydesdale Press, LLC • 2021 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2021 • 200 pages.

  6. Image on the Heart and Other Stories

    Alma Classics • 2015 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2015 • 288 pages.

  7. Intimate Strangers and Other Stories

    Alma Classics • 2015 • standard commitment

    You enjoy Fitzgerald’s portrait of Jazz Age manners and fractured relationships | You appreciate short fiction collectio…

  8. Last Tycoon

    Alma Classics • 2013 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2013 • 224 pages.

  9. Tales from the Jazz Age

    Bollinger, Max • 2013 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2013 • 258 pages.

  10. Tales of the Jazz Age (Vintage Classics)

    Vintage • 2010 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2010 • 208 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • Trimalchio: An Early Version of the Great Gatsby is the easier short commitment, while F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald) asks for more reading time up front.
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald) gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while Trimalchio: An Early Version of the Great Gatsby leans later in the catalog.

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