Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, USA on December 11th, 1937 and passed away at the age of 78 on March 26th, 2016.

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Jim Harrison Stats: The most read book by Jim Harrison on Book Notification is Legends of the Fall, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Braided Creek (Jim Harrison Poetry #10).

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

List of Detective Sunderson Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Great Leader
2011
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2
The Big Seven
2015
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List of Dalva Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Dalva
1988
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2
The Road Home
1998
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List of True North Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
True North
2004
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2
Returning to Earth
2007
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are Legends of the Fall, A Good Day to Die, and Sundog.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Wolf
1971
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2
A Good Day to Die
1973
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3
Farmer
1976
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4
9.3
Legends of the Fall
1979
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5
Warlock
1982
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6
Sundog
1984
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7
The Boy Who Ran to the Woods
2000
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8
The English Major
2008
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are The Ancient Minstrel, Brown Dog, and The Woman Lit by Fireflies.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Woman Lit by Fireflies
1990
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2
Julip
1994
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3
The Beast God Forgot to Invent
2000
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4
The Summer He Didn't Die
2005
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5
The Farmer's Daughter
2009
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6
The River Swimmer
2013
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7
Brown Dog
2013
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8
The Ancient Minstrel
2016
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List of Poetry in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top poetry books are Braided Creek, Dead Man's Float, and Jim Harrison: Collected Ghazals.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Plain Song
1965
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2
Locations
1968
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3
Outlyer and Ghazals
1971
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4
Letters to Yesenin
1973
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5
Natural World
1982
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6
Selected & New Poems, 1961-1981
1982
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7
The Theory and Practice of Rivers and New Poems
1990
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8
After Ikkyu and Other Poems
1996
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9
The Shape of the Journey
1998
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10
8
Braided Creek
2003
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11
Saving Daylight
2006
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12
In Search of Small Gods
2009
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13
Songs of Unreason
2011
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14
Darkness Sticks to Everything: Collected and New Poems (With: Tom Hennen)
2013
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15
Dead Man's Float
2015
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16
Jim Harrison: The Essential Poems
2019
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17
Jim Harrison: Collected Ghazals
2020
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Search for the Genuine: Nonfiction, 1970-2015
2022
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are A Really Big Lunch, The Raw and the Cooked, and Off to the Side.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Just Before Dark
1993
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2
The Raw and the Cooked
2001
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3
Off to the Side
2002
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4
The Etiquette of Freedom
2010
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5
8
A Really Big Lunch
2017
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List of Literary Conversations Books in Publication Order

Conversations with famous literary figures, providing insight into their lives and work.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
1969
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2
Conversations with Czeslaw Milosz
1981
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3
Conversations with Graham Greene
1983
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4
Conversations with Eudora Welty
1985
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5
Conversations with Walker Percy
1985
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6
Conversations With Isaac Bashevis Singer
1985
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7
Conversations with William Styron
1985
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8
Conversations with Malcolm Cowley
1986
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9
Conversations with Lillian Hellman
1986
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10
Conversations with Tennessee Williams
1986
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11
Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
1986
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12
Conversations with Katherine Anne Porter
1987
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13
Truman Capote: Conversations
1987
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14
Conversations with Flannery O'Connor
1987
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15
Conversations with Peter Taylor
1987
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16
Conversations with Arthur Miller
1987
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17
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
1988
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18
Conversations with Edward Albee
1988
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19
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell
1988
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20
Conversations with Norman Mailer
1988
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21
Conversations with Robert Graves
1989
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22
Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
1989
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23
Conversations with Shelby Foote
1989
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24
Conversations with Robertson Davies
1989
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25
Conversations with James Baldwin
1989
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26
Conversations with John Gardner
1990
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27
Conversations with Richard Wilbur
1990
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28
Conversations with Tom Wolfe
1990
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29
Conversations with Raymond Carver
1990
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30
Conversations with Eugene O'Neill
1990
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31
Conversations with Reynolds Price
1991
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32
Conversations with Bernard Malamud
1991
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33
Conversations with Elizabeth Spencer
1991
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34
Conversations with Nikki Giovanni
1992
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35
Conversations With Thornton Wilder
1992
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36
Conversations with Robert Coles
1992
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37
Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher
1992
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38
More Conversations with Walker Percy
1993
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39
Conversations with Richard Wright
1993
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40
Conversations with Paul Bowles
1993
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41
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
1994
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42
Conversations with Amiri Baraka
1994
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43
10
Conversations with Toni Morrison
1994
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44
Conversations with Saul Bellow
1994
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45
Conversations with Henry Miller
1994
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46
Conversations With S.J. Perelman
1995
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47
Conversations with Ernest Gaines
1995
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48
Conversations with Ralph Ellison
1995
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49
Conversations with Chester Himes
1995
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50
Conversations with Susan Sontag
1995
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51
Conversations with Ishmael Reed
1995
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52
Conversations with Derek Walcott
1996
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53
More Conversations with Eudora Welty
1996
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54
Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop
1996
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55
Conversations with Pauline Kael
1996
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56
Conversations with V. S. Naipaul
1997
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57
Conversations with N. Scott Momaday
1997
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58
Conversations with Chinua Achebe
1997
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59
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston
1998
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60
Conversations with Denise Levertov
1998
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61
Conversations With William Faulkner
1999
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62
Conversations with E. L. Doctorow
1999
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63
Conversations With John Fowles
1999
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64
Conversations with Salman Rushdie
2000
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65
Conversations with William S. Burroughs
2000
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66
Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko
2000
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67
Conversations with Chaim Potok
2001
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68
Conversations with Richard Ford
2001
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69
Conversations with Christopher Isherwood
2001
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70
Conversations with Mary Gordon
2002
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71
Conversations with Jim Harrison
2002
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72
Conversations with Clarence Major
2002
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73
Conversations with Margaret Walker
2002
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74
Conversations with Erica Jong
2002
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75
Elie Wiesel: Conversations
2002
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76
Joseph Brodsky: Conversations
2003
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77
Conversations with Rita Dove
2003
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78
7.3
Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald
2003
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79
Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
2003
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80
Conversations with Stanley Kaufmann
2003
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81
Conversations with Gloria Naylor
2004
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82
Conversations with Audre Lorde
2004
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83
Conversations with Ray Bradbury
2004
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84
Conversations With John le Carré
2004
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85
Conversations with Isaac Asimov
2005
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86
Conversations with Don DeLillo
2005
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87
Conversations with Gore Vidal
2005
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88
Conversations with Robert Penn Warren
2005
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89
Conversations with Jack Kerouac
2005
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90
Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez
2005
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91
Conversations with Thomas McGuane
2006
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92
Conversations with Larry Brown
2007
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93
Conversations with Sonia Sanchez
2007
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94
Conversations with Wendell Berry
2007
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95
Conversations with Leon Forrest
2007
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96
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro
2008
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97
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
2023
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List of Jim Harrison Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
New Poems from the Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Poetry
2000
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2
Wild Stories
2002
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Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison (James Harrison) was born on December 11th, 1937. Jim passed away March 26th, 2016 at 78 years old. Jim Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, USA.

Jim Harrison was the author of the Jim Harrison Poetry series which consists of 17 novels. The Jim Harrison Poetry series started in 1965 with the novel Plain Song. The most recently released novel in the Jim Harrison Poetry series was Jim Harrison: Collected Ghazals which was released in 2020. There are no upcoming novels for the Jim Harrison Poetry series.

Jim Harrison: Awards & Accolades

Harrison's book, A Really Big Lunch was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Food and Cookbooks, in 2017.

Jim Harrison: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Legends of the Fall was a National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006 and an Esquire: The 80 Books Every Man Should Read Selection in 2015.

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  4. Dennis Lehane, author of: Shutter Island.
  5. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.

Jim Harrison: F.A.Q

When was Jim Harrison Born?

Jim Harrison was born on December 11th, 1937.

When did Jim Harrison die?

Jim Harrison died on March 26th, 2016 at 78 years old.

Where was Jim Harrison Born?

Jim Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, USA.

What was the first book Jim Harrison wrote?

The first book written by Jim Harrison was Plain Song, published in 1965.

What was the most recent book Jim Harrison wrote?

His most recently released work was The Search for the Genuine: Nonfiction, 1970-2015 on September 13th, 2022.

What is the most popular book by Jim Harrison?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Jim Harrison book is Legends of the Fall. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Legends of the Fall (9.25)
  2. Braided Creek (8)
  3. A Really Big Lunch (8)

How many books has Jim Harrison written?

Jim Harrison has written 46 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 2 books in the Detective Sunderson Series, 2 books in the Dalva Series, 2 books in the True North Series, 8 Standalone Novels, 8 Short Stories/Novellas, 17 books in the Poetry, 1 Collections, 5 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the Literary Conversations Series.

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