Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

This article is about the book by Richard Yates. For the Tanita Tikaram album, see Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (album).

Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

First edition
Author	Richard Yates
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date	1962
Preceded by	Revolutionary Road
Followed by	A Special Providence

Eleven Kinds of Loneliness is a collection of short stories written by Richard Yates from 1951 to 1961. All of the stories also appeared in the posthumously released Richard Yates, The Collected Stories (2004), which includes other stories.

Contents

• "Doctor Jack-o'-lantern"
• "The Best of Everything"
• "Jody Rolled The Bones"
• "No Pain Whatsoever"
• "A Glutton for Punishment"
• "A Wrestler with Sharks"
• "Fun with a Stranger"
• "The B.A.R. Man"
• "A Really Good Jazz Piano"
• "Out with the Old"
• "Builders"