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

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
My Friend Bingham
1867
2
The Romance of Certain Old Clothes
1868
3
The Story of a Masterpiece
1868
4
A Passionate Pilgrim
1871
5
At Isella
1871
6
The Sweetheart of M. Briseux
1873
7
The Madonna of the Future
1873
8
Madame de Mauves
1874
9
The Last of the Valerii
1874
10
Adina
1874
11
Osborne's Revenge
1874
12
Professor Fargo
1874
13
Eugene Pickering
1874
14
Benvolio
1875
15
Crawfords Consistency
1876
16
An International Episode
1876
17
Four Meetings
1877
18
Daisy Miller
1878
19
Longstaff's Marriage
1878
20
The Diary of a Man of Fifty
1879
21
The Pension Beaurepas
1879
22
A Bundle of Letters
1879
23
The Point of View
1882
24
Pandora
1884
25
Georgina's Reasons
1884
26
The Path of Duty
1884
27
The Author of Beltraffio
1884
28
The Lesson of the Master
1888
29
The Patagonia
1888
30
The Aspern Papers
1888
31
The Pupil
1891
32
Sir Edmund Orme
1891
33
The Real Thing
1892
34
Greville Fane
1892
35
Owen Wingrave
1892
36
Sir Dominick Ferrand
1892
37
The Private Life
1892
38
The Death of the Lion
1894
39
The Coxon Fund
1894
40
The Altar of the Dead
1895
41
The Figure in the Carpet
1896
42
John Delavoy
1898
43
In the Cage
1898
44
7.3
The Turn of the Screw
1898
45
Paste
1899
46
The Great Condition
1899
47
Maud-Evelyn
1900
48
The Great Good Place
1900
49
The Third Person
1900
50
Broken Wings
1900
51
The Tone of Time
1900
52
The Beldonald Holbein
1901
53
Mrs. Medwin
1901
54
8
The Beast in the Jungle
1903
55
The Birthplace
1903
56
The Marriages
1908
57
The Jolly Corner
1908
58
The Bench of Desolation
1909
59
Crapy Cornelia
1909
60
The Velvet Glove
1909
61
A Modern Warning / The Two Countries
2016

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

List of Plays in Publication Order

List of ' Memoirs Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Novels of George Eliot
1866
2
How to Play Golf
1869
3
The Guest's Confession
1872
4
The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1855–1872: Volume 1
1872
5
Parisian Sketches: Letters to the New York Tribune, 1875-1876
1875
6
The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872–1876: Volume 2
1876
7
The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872–1876: Volume 3
1876
8
The Suburbs of London
1877
9
Hawthorne
1879
10
French Poets and Novelists
1883
11
The Letters of Henry James, Volume II
1883
12
A Little Tour in France
1884
13
Partial Portraits
1888
14
Terminations
1895
15
The Painter's Eye
1897
16
The Better Sort
1903
17
English Hours
1905
18
Traveling in Italy with Henry James
1907
19
Italian Hours
1909
20
The Art of the Novel
1909
21
Letters to Isabella Stewart Gardner
1914
22
Notes on Novelists with Some Other Notes by Henry James
1914
23
The Correspondence of Henry James and Henry Adams, 1877-1914
1914
24
Selected Letters of Henry James to Edmund Gosse, 1882 1915
1915
25
Henry James on Culture
1917
26
Letters to A.C. Benson and Auguste Monod
1930
27
William and Henry James: Selected Letters
1955
28
Selected Literary Criticism
1968
29
Collected Travel Writings
1993
30
The American Scene
1994
31
6
On Provence
2014
32
Within the Rim and Other Essays
2015

List of Henry James Anthologies in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Whole Family
1908
2
In After Days: Thoughts On The Future Life
1910
3
50 Great Short Stories
1952
4
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
1954
5
Points of View
1956
6
6
50 Great American Short Stories
1963
7
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
1984
8
Magical Realist Fiction
1984
9
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
1992
10
Writing New York
1998
11
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural
2006
12
50 Classic Novellas
2011
13
The Phantom Coach
2014
14
The Best Short Stories Volume III: Chosen in 1914 by the Most Prominent Authors of the Day
2014
15
That Glimpse of Truth
2014
16
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
17
30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die
2019
18
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories
2021
19
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages
2022
20
Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection
2023
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Henry James: Biography

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. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.
  2. Charles Dickens, author of the novel: A Tale of Two Cities.
  3. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  4. Jane Austen, author of the novel: Pride and Prejudice.
  5. F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of the novel: The Great Gatsby.

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 novel 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. 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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