Paradise is a 1986 novel by American writer Donald Barthelme.

The novel concerns an architect, Simon, and his creation of an apparent paradise for himself.

[3] The New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani compared the novel unfavorably to Barthelme's earlier novels and short stories, writing that it "[...] has little of the vitality or inventiveness of Mr. Barthelme's earlier work and none of its provocative intelligence.

"[3] Elizabeth Jolley, also writing in The New York Times, praised the novel's humor and referred to it as a "shock and a revelation".

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