J.D. Salinger (Jerome David Salinger) published one novel, "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951), along with a number of short story collections: "Franny and Zooey" (1961), "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" (1963), and "Seymour: An Introduction" (1963). Read more about the life and works of J.D. Salinger.
1. Salinger: A Biography
by Paul Alexander. St. Martin's Press. From the publisher: "J. D. Salinger has taken every precaution to hide details of his private life. Now Salinger, A Biography tells the story of America's great literary recluse. He was not always a mystery. In the 1940s and 1950s Salinger was a successful and prolific writer of American short fiction--the quintessential New Yorker writer."
2. Dream Catcher: A Memoir
by Margaret A. Salinger. Simon & Schuster. From the publisher: "In her much-anticipated memoir, Margaret A. Salinger writes about life with her famously reclusive father, J.D. Salinger—offering a rare look into the man and the myth, what it is like to be his daughter, and the effect of such a charismatic figure on the girls and women closest to him."3. Letters to J.D. Salinger
by Will Hochman. University of Wisconsin Press. From the publisher: "Letters to J.D. Salinger includes more than eighty personal letters addressed to Salinger from well-known writers, editors, critics, journalists, and other luminaries, as well as from students, teachers, and readers around the world, some of whom have just discovered Salinger for the first time. Their voices testify to the lasting impression Salinger's ideas and emotions have made on so many diverse lives."4. At Home in the World: A Memoir
by Joyce Maynard. Picador. From the publisher: "At Home in the World is the story of a girl who loved and lived with J. D. Salinger, and the woman she became. A crucial turning point in Joyce Maynard's life occurred when her own daughter turned 18 -- the age Maynard was when Salinger first approached her. Breaking a 25-year silence, Joyce Maynard addresses her relationship with Salinger for the first time..."5. A Reader's Guide to J. D. Salinger
by Eberhard Alsen. Greenwood Publishing Group. From the publisher: "Best known for 'The Catcher in the Rye,' which continues to be read and discussed by secondary school students, undergraduates, and scholars, Salinger also wrote numerous shorter works. This reference covers his entire oeuvre, including autobiographical elements in his writings."6. J.D. Salinger
by Harold Bloom. Chelsea House Publishers. From the publisher: "Though Harold Bloom insists J.D. Salinger’s 'Catcher in the Rye' is a period piece, he admits it has already survived into a second period. This text examines the novel along with other works by the author, and offers an extensive biography of Salinger."7. Letters to My Son on the Love of Books
by Roberto Cotroneo, and N. S. Thompson. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "In these essays Cotroneo explores how Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' instructs us on anxiety; tenderness is discovered in J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye'; the notion of passion is articulated in T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' and 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'; and Thomas Bernhard's 'The Loser' illustrates how the pitfalls of unhealthy competition can turn talent into disaster."