The following entries for Richard Brautigan have appeared in Masterplots:
- Fiene, Donald M. "Trout Fishing in America." Masterplots II. American Fiction Series. Vol. 4, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1986: 1702-1706.
- Kincheloe, Henderson "The Hawkline Monster." Masterplots 1975 Annual. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1976: 144-146. Reprinted in Survey of Contemporary Literature. Revised Edition. 12 vols. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1975. Vol. 5, 3302.
- Rohrberger, Mary. "In Watermelon Sugar." Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1986: 787-791.
- Rollyson, Carl E. "A Confederate General from Big Sur." Masterplots II. American Fiction Series. 4 vols. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1986. Vol. 1, 325-329.
- Walters, Richard. "Trout Fishing in America, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster and In Watermelon Sugar." Masterplots 1970 Annual. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1970: 56-62. Reprinted in Survey of Contemporary Literature vol 2, Ed. Frank Magill. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Salem Press, 1977: 883-889.
NOTE: Reprints from the Masterplots annuals were collected in a supplement called Survey of Contemporary Literature.
The following Salem Press publications also contain entries for Richard Brautigan:
- Critical Survey of Long Fiction?
- Critical Survey of Short Fiction?
- Cyclopedia of Literary Characters?
- Cyclopedia of Literary Places?
- Cyclopedia of World Authors?
- Identities and Issues?
- Magill's Literary Annual?
- Magill's Survey of American Literature?
- Notable American Novelists?