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Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison was an American novelist and poet who published over thirty books across various genres during his lifetime. In addition to his fiction, he wrote literary criticism, screenplays, and book reviews. He is most recognized for his trilogy of novellas, Legends of the Fall, which were adapted into films. Throughout his career, he received numerous awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Mark Twain Award, and was later inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Harrison was raised in Michigan and attended Michigan State University, where he earned both a BA and an MA in comparative literature. During this period, he married and had two daughters. Harrison passed away from a heart attack in March 2016.

Jim Harrison became a published novelist in 1965 with the novel Plain Song. Below is a list of Jim Harrison's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Detective Sunderson Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Great Leader (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Big Seven (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Dalva Books

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Dalva (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Road Home (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of True North Books

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True North (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Returning to Earth (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Wolf (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Good Day to Die (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Farmer (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Legends of the Fall (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Warlock (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sundog (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Boy Who Ran to the Woods (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The English Major (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Woman Lit by Fireflies (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Julip (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Beast God Forgot to Invent (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Summer He Didn't Die (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Farmer's Daughter (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The River Swimmer (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Brown Dog (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Ancient Minstrel (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Poetry Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Plain Song (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Locations (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Outlyer and Ghazals (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Letters to Yesenin (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Natural World (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Selected & New Poems, 1961-1981 (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Theory and Practice of Rivers and New Poems (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
After Ikkyu and Other Poems (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Shape of the Journey (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Braided Creek (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Saving Daylight (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In Search of Small Gods (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Songs of Unreason (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Darkness Sticks to Everything: Collected and New Poems (With: Tom Hennen) (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dead Man's Float (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jim Harrison: The Essential Poems (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jim Harrison: Collected Ghazals (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Collections Books

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The Search for the Genuine: Nonfiction, 1970-2015 (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Just Before Dark (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Raw and the Cooked (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conversations with Jim Harrison (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Off to the Side (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Etiquette of Freedom (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Really Big Lunch (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
New Poems from the Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Poetry (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wild Stories (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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