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Be Mine (Frank Bascombe, #5) was the most recently released book by Richard Ford, on June 13th, 2023.

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Richard Ford Stats: The highest rated book by Richard Ford on Book Notification is The Sportswriter, the first novel in the Frank Bascombe series. The second-highest rated book is Canada, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Richard Ford on Book Notification is Canada, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Wildlife, a Standalone novel.

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

List of Frank Bascombe Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.7
The Sportswriter
1986
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2
9
Independence Day
1995
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3
8
The Lay of the Land
2006
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4
7
Let Me Be Frank With You
2014
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5
Be Mine
2023
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Piece of My Heart
1976
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2
The Ultimate Good Luck
1981
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3
8
Wildlife
1990
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4
8.3
Canada
2012
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Rock Springs
1987
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2
The Pushcart Prize 13
1989
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3
Women with Men: Three Stories
1997
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4
A Multitude of Sins
2001
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5
Vintage Ford
2004
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6
Poems Written by a Government Prisoner in Georgia, USA
2016
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7
Sorry For Your Trouble
2020
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Between Them
2017
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2
The Handbook for Travellers in Spain, Vol. 1
2018
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3
A Handbook for Travellers in Spain, Vol. 2
2018
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4
The Letters of Richard Ford, 1797-1858
2018
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List of Selected Shorts Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)
1993
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2
Even More Laughs (By: Jonathan Lethem, T.C. Boyle, Philip Roth, Stephen Colbert, Miranda July, Christine Baranski, Alec Baldwin, Robert Sean Leonard, Symphony Space, Jerry Zaks, Julia Slavin, Harry Mathews, Thomas Meehan, Marian Seldes, Parker Posey)
1998
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3
Timeless Classics (By: Shirley Jackson, James Thurber, Raymond Carver, John Shea, Jack London, Edith Wharton, D.H. Lawrence, Richard Connell, Maria Tucci, James Naughton, Charles Keating, Symphony Space, Marian Seldes, Isaiah Sheffer, Steven Gilborn)
2006
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4
Falling in Love (By: E. Nesbit, Padgett Powell, Maile Meloy, Rick Bass, Edna O'Brien, Fionnula Flanagan, Hope Davis, Laurie Colwin, Ted Marcoux, Christina Pickles, Jane Curtin, William Hurt, Symphony Space)
2007
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5
Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space)
2007
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6
Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space)
2007
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7
Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space)
2007
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8
Pets! (By: Symphony Space)
2007
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9
Tales of Betrayal (By: John Cheever, Tessa Hadley, John Biguenet, Adam Haslett, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Symphony Space, Galina Vromen)
2007
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10
Family Matters (By: Symphony Space)
2007
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11
Are We There Yet? (By: Symphony Space)
2008
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12
A Touch of Magic (By: Ray Bradbury, T.C. Boyle, Maria Tucci, James Naughton, Haruki Murakami, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kevin Brockmeier, Donald Barthelme, Daniel Gerroll, Symphony Space, Andrew Lam, Jerry Zaks)
2009
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13
The William Hurt Collection (With: Tobias Wolff, Aleksandar Hemon, William Hurt, Ron Carlson, Symphony Space)
2009
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14
Whodunit? (By: Ed McBain, Dashiell Hammett, Shirley Jackson, John Shea, Louise Erdrich, Nadine Gordimer, René Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan, Robert Sean Leonard, C.S. Montanye, Symphony Space, Isaiah Sheffer, Hattie Winston)
2009
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15
10
American Classics (By: Edgar Allan Poe, Joyce Carol Oates, Eudora Welty, John Cheever, Alice Walker, Donald Barthelme, John Sayles, Amy Tan, Symphony Space)
2010
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16
New American Stories (By: Sherman Alexie, Jhumpa Lahiri, Aleksandar Hemon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Symphony Space)
2011
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17
Poe! (By: Symphony Space)
2012
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List of Richard Ford Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Granta 40: Richard Ford: The Womanizer
1992
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2
The Granta Book of the American Short Story
1993
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3
The Granta Book of the American Long Story
1993
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4
Granta 62
1998
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5
The Best American Sports Writing 1999
1999
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6
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
1999
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7
Writers on Writing
2001
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8
Baseball: a Literary Anthology
2002
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9
A Very Southern Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writers
2003
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10
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
2007
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11
Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar
2011
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12
This is Not a Border
2017
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13
6
The Writer's Library
2020
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Richard Ford

Richard Ford was born on February 16th, 1944 and is currently 81 years old. Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.

Richard Ford is the author of the Richard Ford Collections series which currently consists of 7 novels. The Richard Ford Collections series started in 1987 with the novel Rock Springs. The most recently released novel in the Richard Ford Collections series was Sorry For Your Trouble which was released in 2020. There are no upcoming novels for the Richard Ford Collections series.

Richard Ford has also written the Frank Bascombe series which has 5 books including The Sportswriter and Independence Day.

Richard Ford: Awards & Accolades

Richard Ford has won multiple awards including: The St. Louis Literary Award, Distinguished Figure in Literature, in 2005, Helmerich Award, Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, in 2017 and the Library of Congress Prizes, American Fiction, in 2019.

Richard Ford books have been nominated for multiple awards, The Granta Book of the American Long Story was nominated for the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 1999. Canada was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction, in 2012.

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  1. Louise Penny, author of the Inspector Gamache Series.
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  3. John Grisham, author of the Jake Brigance Series.
  4. Louise Erdrich, author of the novel: The Round House.
  5. Barbara Kingsolver, author of the novel: Demon Copperhead.

Richard Ford: F.A.Q

When was Richard Ford Born? How old is Richard Ford?

Richard Ford was born on February 16th, 1944. Richard Ford is currently 81 years old.

Where was Richard Ford Born?

Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi, USA and is American.

What awards has Richard Ford won?

Richard Ford has won the following awards: Distinguished Figure in Literature at the St. Louis Literary Award (2005), Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award at the Helmerich Award (2017) and the American Fiction at the Library of Congress Prizes (2019).

What was the first book Richard Ford wrote?

The first book written by Richard Ford was A Piece of My Heart, published in 1976.

What was the most recent book Richard Ford wrote?

His most recently released work was Be Mine on June 13th, 2023.

Will there be any more books by Richard Ford?

Richard Ford does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

How many books has Richard Ford written?

Richard Ford has written 21 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 5 books in the Frank Bascombe Series, 4 Standalone Novels, 7 books in the Collections, 4 books in the Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the Selected Shorts Series.

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