Books written by Walter Tevis
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The Queen's Gambit
Foster was a pale blond in his twenties; he made his moves with a prissy carefulness that was maddening. ... Benny Watts couldn't beat her, and some prissy graduate student from Louisville wasn't about to drive her.
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The Color of Money
Eddie kept his surprise from showing. Horses from Manitoba Farm ran in the Kentucky Derby; at least one of them had won it. “I'm Arthur Boynton,” the man said. “I can bring them out tomorrow morning.” “That's fine. I'll be there at ten.
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
This is one of the finest science fiction novels of its period.” —J. R. Dunn, author of This Side of Judgment
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Mockingbird
"Set in a far future in which robots run a world with a small and declining human population" (San Francisco Chronicle), a haunting, dystopian vision of humanity and its last hope for survival from the bestselling author of The Queen's ...
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Far from Home
ship and away from Belsin before she earthquaked. “And you want me to read aloud? Or run the microfilm for you?” “Aloud, Edward,” she said. “I'll let the others leave, but I want you to stay here. Here in the house.
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The Queen's Gambit
But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. For Beth, there's more at stake than merely winning and losing. 'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis' The Telegraph
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The Queen's Gambit: Now a Major Netflix Drama
The writing about addiction is just fantastic. I underlined so many bits of it... I didn't want it to end' Bryony Gordon on BBC Radio 4 'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis' Telegraph
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The Queen's Gambit: A Novel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four.
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The Hustler
The legendary novel from the bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit about an ambitious pool shark who discovers what it takes to make the big time.
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The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Starting from this premise, the author Walter Tevis, who some years ago interested a generation of Americans in straight pool with the book "The Hustler", has produced a riveting novel that makes chess more exciting than one could have ...
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The Hustler: A Novel
The novel that inspired the classic film starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason, The Hustler tells the story of Fast Eddie Felson, a young pool player who hustles suckers in small towns, looking for stake money so he can reach his goal: a ...
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The Steps of the Sun
From the bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit, a dramatic science fiction odyssey in which a billionaire ventures into outer space to save Earth The year is 2063.
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The Color of Money
You don't have to appreciate pool to like this book, to appreciate its sense of living on the edge." —Washington Post Twenty years have passed since “Fast” Eddie Felson conquered the underground pool circuit.
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Walter Tevis Sci-Fi Novels: The Man Who Fell to Earth, Mockingbird, The Steps of the Sun
Three science fiction novels from the Nebula Award–nominated author of The Hustler and The Color of Money.
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
From the bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit, the landmark science fiction novel that inspired the classic 1976 film starring David Bowie and is the basis for the Showtime series A man wanders into town one day seemingly out of nowhere ...
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The Man who Fell to Earth
A novel about an alien man who arrives on Earth, trying to save both Earth and his planet.