V by Thomas Pynchon

V. is the debut novel of Thomas Pynchon, published in 1963. It describes the exploits of a discharged U.S. Navy sailor named Benny Profane, his reconnection in New York with a group of pseudo-bohemian artists and hangers-on known as the Whole Sick Crew, and the quest of an aging traveller named Herbert Stencil to identify and locate the mysterious entity he knows only as "V." It was nominated for a National Book Award.

The 567th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 26th on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
  2. - Donald Barthelme’s Reading List (Believer Mag)
  3. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

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Name Binding Sales Rank Lowest New Lowest Used Published
V. (FICTION CIE) (French Edition) Kindle Edition 875266 $10.99 2015
V. Paperback 5195008 $12.75
V. Hardcover 11024256 $69.98
V. Paperback 714522 $7.94 $0.01
V Hardcover 10478315 $66.00
From Thales to Plato Philosophers Speak for Themselves by Smith, T. V. (ed.) by Smith, T. V. (ed.) by Smith, T. V. (ed.) Paperback 17340018 $9.21
V. Kindle Edition 82117 $10.99 2012
V Hardcover 641387 $26.08 $22.09 1997
V Mass Market Paperback 1839599 $11.04 $9.07 1984
v. Mass Market Paperback 3343018 $6.00
V. Mass Market Paperback 896871 $39.95 $3.00
V Paperback 1987113 $6.95
V Hardcover 7595878 $305.00
V. Mass Market Paperback 1898186 $2.51
V Paperback 2389804 $8.94 $1.99 1995
V. Paperback 7019173 $9.00
V Mass Market Paperback 3081420 $124.96 $1.15
V. Paperback 12609526 $29.95
V. (Chinese Edition) Paperback 8777444 $684.65 2010
V: A Novel Hardcover 3569441 $522.57
V. Paperback 18717178 $37.99 $14.30 1994
V. (Fabula (Tusquets Editores)) (Spanish Edition) Paperback 9006806 $40.71 $55.71 2008
V. (Perennial Classics) Paperback 104565 $8.99 $2.99 2005
V. (French Edition) Pocket Book 8291996 $45.27 $5.75 2001
V.: A Novel Hardcover 191785 $30.00 2023