NEW YORK (AP) — No ex-president has matched the prolific and diverse publishing career of Jimmy Carter. His extensive oeuvre encompasses over two dozen works, ranging from nonfiction and poetry to fiction, religious meditations, and children's stories.

Carter’s memoir “An Hour Before Daylight” received recognition as a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2002, while his controversial best-seller “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” fueled passionate debate by comparing Israeli policies in the West Bank to the harsh realities of South African apartheid.

Just prior to his centennial milestone, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation presented him with a lifetime achievement award, celebrating how he effectively wielded “the power of the written word to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.”

In his later reflections, captured in “A Full Life,” Carter noted his enjoyment of writing and highlighted that his literary endeavors provided a crucial source of income. However, he acknowledged that some projects were fraught with challenges. Specifically, he referred to the 1987 co-authored book “Everything to Gain” as engaging “the worst threat we ever experienced in our marriage.”

According to Carter, his wife Rosalynn was an exceptionally meticulous author, treating their written sentences as sacred. This meticulousness led to frequent disagreements over various topics, resulting in “constant arguments.” They even considered abandoning the book and returning their advance. Fortunately, their editor intervened, suggesting they alternate chapters to reflect their distinct perspectives. Carter humorously noted, “In the book, each of these paragraphs is identified by a ‘J’ or an ‘R,’ and our marriage survived.”

A partial list of books by Carter includes:

• “Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President”
• “The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East”
• “Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life” (with Rosalynn Carter)
• “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections”
• “Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age”
• “Always a Reckoning, and Other Poems”
• “The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer” (with daughter Amy Carter)
• “Living Faith”
• “The Virtues of Aging”
• “An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood”
• “Christmas in Plains: Memories”
• “The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War”
• “Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis”
• “Faith & Freedom: The Christian Challenge for the World”
• “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid”
• “A Remarkable Mother”
• “Beyond the White House”
• “We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work”
• “White House Diary”
• “NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter”
• “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power”
• “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety”

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