Rabbit Is Rich is a 1981 novel by John Updike, the third installment of the celebrated “Rabbit” series of books. It comes after Rabbit, Run and Rabbit Redux, and precedes the final, Rabbit At Rest. The series deals with the life of former high-school basketball player Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, from his early twenties to his death. The series is considered an American classic, with Julian Barnes calling it the “greatest postwar American novel” in a Guardian piece.