Henry James

Henry James

Henry James was born in New York, New York, USA on April 15th, 1843 and passed away at the age of 72 on February 28th, 1916.

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Henry James Stats: The highest rated book by Henry James on Book Notification is The Portrait of a Lady, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is The Turn of the Screw, a Novella .

The most read book by Henry James on Book Notification is The Turn of the Screw, a Novella. The second most read book is The Portrait of a Lady, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Henry James books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Watch and Ward
1871
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2
Roderick Hudson
1875
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3
8
The American
1877
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4
The Europeans
1878
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5
10
Washington Square
1880
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6
Confidence
1880
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7
8.5
The Portrait of a Lady
1881
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8
6
The Bostonians
1886
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9
The Princess Casamassima
1886
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10
The Reverberator
1888
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11
The Tragic Muse
1890
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12
8
The Spoils of Poynton
1896
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13
The Other House
1896
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14
6
What Maisie Knew
1897
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15
The Awkward Age
1899
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16
The Sacred Fount
1901
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17
10
The Wings of the Dove
1902
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18
9
The Ambassadors
1903
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19
10
The Golden Bowl
1904
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20
The Outcry
1911
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21
The Ivory Tower
1917
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22
The Sense of the Past
1917
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
My Friend Bingham
1867
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2
The Romance of Certain Old Clothes
1868
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3
The Story of a Masterpiece
1868
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4
A Passionate Pilgrim
1871
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5
At Isella
1871
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6
The Sweetheart of M. Briseux
1873
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7
The Madonna of the Future
1873
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8
Madame de Mauves
1874
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9
The Last of the Valerii
1874
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10
Adina
1874
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11
Osborne's Revenge
1874
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12
Professor Fargo
1874
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13
Eugene Pickering
1874
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14
Benvolio
1875
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15
Crawfords Consistency
1876
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16
An International Episode
1876
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17
Four Meetings
1877
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18
10
Daisy Miller
1878
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19
Longstaff's Marriage
1878
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20
The Diary of a Man of Fifty
1879
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21
The Pension Beaurepas
1879
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22
A Bundle of Letters
1879
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23
The Point of View
1882
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24
Pandora
1884
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25
Georgina's Reasons
1884
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26
The Path of Duty
1884
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27
The Author of Beltraffio
1884
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28
The Lesson of the Master
1888
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29
The Patagonia
1888
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30
10
The Aspern Papers
1888
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31
The Pupil
1891
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32
Sir Edmund Orme
1891
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33
The Real Thing
1892
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34
Greville Fane
1892
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35
4
Owen Wingrave
1892
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36
Sir Dominick Ferrand
1892
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37
The Private Life
1892
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38
The Death of the Lion
1894
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39
The Coxon Fund
1894
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40
The Altar of the Dead
1895
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41
2
The Figure in the Carpet
1896
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42
John Delavoy
1898
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43
In the Cage
1898
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44
6.9
The Turn of the Screw
1898
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45
The Great Condition
1899
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46
Paste
1899
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47
Maud-Evelyn
1900
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48
The Great Good Place
1900
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49
The Third Person
1900
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50
The Tone of Time
1900
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51
Broken Wings
1900
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52
The Beldonald Holbein
1901
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53
Mrs. Medwin
1901
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54
8
The Beast in the Jungle
1903
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55
The Birthplace
1903
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56
The Marriages
1908
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57
4
The Jolly Corner
1908
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58
The Bench of Desolation
1909
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59
Crapy Cornelia
1909
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60
The Velvet Glove
1909
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61
A Modern Warning / The Two Countries
2016
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Selected Tales
1866
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2
Complete Stories, 1864–1874
1874
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3
Complete Stories, 1874–1884
1884
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4
Complete Stories, 1884–1891
1891
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5
Ghost Stories of Henry James
1898
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6
Complete Stories, 1892–1898
1898
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7
The Finer Grain
1910
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8
Complete Stories, 1898–1910
1910
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9
Selected Poems of Henry James
2002
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List of Plays in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Pyramus and Thisbe
1869
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List of ' Memoirs Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Small Boy and Others
1913
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2
Notes of a Son and Brother
1914
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3
The Middle Years
1917
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Novels of George Eliot
1866
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2
How to Play Golf
1869
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3
The Guest's Confession
1872
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4
The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1855–1872: Volume 1
1872
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5
Parisian Sketches: Letters to the New York Tribune, 1875-1876
1875
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6
The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872–1876: Volume 2
1876
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7
The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872–1876: Volume 3
1876
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8
The Suburbs of London
1877
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9
Hawthorne
1879
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10
French Poets and Novelists
1883
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11
The Letters of Henry James, Volume II
1883
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12
A Little Tour in France
1884
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13
Partial Portraits
1888
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14
Terminations
1895
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15
The Painter's Eye
1897
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16
The Better Sort
1903
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17
English Hours
1905
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18
Traveling in Italy with Henry James
1907
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19
Italian Hours
1909
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20
The Art of the Novel
1909
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21
Letters to Isabella Stewart Gardner
1914
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22
Notes on Novelists with Some Other Notes by Henry James
1914
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23
The Correspondence of Henry James and Henry Adams, 1877-1914
1914
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24
Selected Letters of Henry James to Edmund Gosse, 1882 1915
1915
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25
Henry James on Culture
1917
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26
Letters to A.C. Benson and Auguste Monod
1930
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27
William and Henry James: Selected Letters
1955
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28
Selected Literary Criticism
1963
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29
Collected Travel Writings
1993
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30
The American Scene
1994
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31
6
On Provence
2014
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32
Within the Rim and Other Essays
2015
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List of Henry James Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Whole Family
1908
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2
In After Days: Thoughts On The Future Life
1910
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3
4
50 Great Short Stories
1952
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4
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
1954
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5
Points of View
1956
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6
6
50 Great American Short Stories
1963
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7
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
1984
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8
Magical Realist Fiction
1984
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9
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
1992
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10
Writing New York
1998
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11
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural
2006
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12
50 Classic Novellas
2011
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13
The Phantom Coach
2014
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14
The Best Short Stories Volume III: Chosen in 1914 by the Most Prominent Authors of the Day
2014
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15
That Glimpse of Truth
2014
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16
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
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17
30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die
2019
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18
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories
2021
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19
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages
2022
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Henry James

Henry James was born on April 15th, 1843. Henry passed away February 28th, 1916 at 72 years old. Henry James was born in New York, New York, USA.

Henry James was the author of the Henry James Short Stories/Novellas series which consists of 61 novels. The Henry James Short Stories/Novellas series started in 1867 with the novel My Friend Bingham. The most recently released novel in the Henry James Short Stories/Novellas series was A Modern Warning / The Two Countries which was released in 2016. There are no upcoming novels for the Henry James Short Stories/Novellas series.

Henry James also wrote the Non-Fiction Books series which has 32 books including The Novels of George Eliot and How to Play Golf.

Henry James: Awards & Accolades

Henry James books have been nominated for multiple awards, Washington Square was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Female Narrator, in 2010. The Turn of the Screw was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Female Narrator, in 2017.

Henry James: TV/Movies Based on Books

The second season of The Haunting series on Netflix was loosely based on The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.

Related Authors

The most common authors followed by users who also follow Henry James are:

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings Series.
  2. Charles Dickens, author of the novel: A Christmas Carol.
  3. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.
  4. F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of the novel: The Great Gatsby.
  5. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.

Henry James: F.A.Q

When was Henry James Born?

Henry James was born on April 15th, 1843.

When did Henry James die?

Henry James died on February 28th, 1916 at 72 years old.

Where was Henry James Born?

Henry James was born in New York, New York, USA.

What was the first book Henry James wrote?

The first book written by Henry James was Selected Tales, published in 1866.

What was the most recent book Henry James wrote?

His most recently released work was A Modern Warning / The Two Countries (a short story) on April 12th, 2016.

How many books has Henry James written?

Henry James has written 128 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 22 Standalone Novels, 61 Short Stories/Novellas, 9 books in the Short Story Collections, 1 book in the Play, 3 books in the ' Memoirs Non-Fiction Series, 32 books in the Non-Fiction Books.

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