Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale (Detroit), 1985, pp. 402-12

A critical overview of many of Vidal's works, this reference entry addresses the author's background and his work in a variety of genres

Pemberton, William E "Gore Vidal," in Magitt's Survey of American Literature, Vol. 6, Marshall Cavendish, pp. 1998-2008

Another overview of Vidal's career with critcal analysis of the author's major works