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How to Purchase Books

Image of bookcover to Library of America Walker Percy edition
   Library of America Edition

To locate a specific Walker Percy book, whether by or about him, choose from the following easily-organized Project sections. In each, you can read descriptions of all identified Percy-related books to purchase:

  • Books by Walker Percy
    The Books by Walker Percy section of the Project website includes book descriptions of his novels, non-fiction works, interview collections, and books of correspondence. Works of fiction are available in a variety of formats: print, digital, and audio.

  • Books on Walker Percy
    The Books on Walker Percy section of the Project includes book descriptions of all known critical studies on Percy and his writings and life. You will find biographies, remembrances, and documentaries in a variety of formats.

To order a book, click any link marked as Purchase on the Project website, and you will be directed to Amazon.com with the specific search query for the book title. The Project offers these purchase links as a courtesy service.

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Please note: The Project doesn't receive proceeds from any Amazon book purchase. However, we do welcome your support and involvement in the Project as described on our opportunities page.

On Novelists and Canaries

"The novelist writes about the coming end in order to warn about present ills and so avert the end....[but he] is less like a prophet than he is like the canary that coal miners used to take down into the shaft to test the air. When the canary gets unhappy, utters plaintive cries, and collapses, it may be time for the miners to surface and think things over..."

— Walker Percy

Walker Percy Interactive Book Collage

For an educational presentation where you can enjoy reading descriptions of Walker Percy's primary books (without Purchase links), visit the Project's Interactive Book Collage found in its Special Exhibits section.

Fostering Inquiry into the Life, Work, and Thought of
20th Century American Writer and Philosopher Walker Percy, M.D.

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