Order of James A. Michener Books
James A. Michener (1907-1997) was an American author of historical fiction and non-fiction. He is well-known for the amount of research that went into his work in addition to the length of his novels (900 pages was a short novel for him). Michener was awarded with the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel Tales of the South Pacific, which was published in 1948. His novels have been adapted into several different films as well as multiple TV series and mini-series. Michener died in 1997 of kidney failure at the age of 90.
James A. Michener became a published author in 1948 with the short story collection Tales of the South Pacific. His first novel was The Fires of Spring, which was published in 1949. Below is a list of James A. Michener’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Fires of Spring | (1949) |    |
| The Voice Of Asia | (1951) | |
| The Bridges at Toko-ri | (1953) | |
| Sayonara | (1953) | |
| Hawaii | (1959) | |
| Report of the County Chairman | (1961) | |
| Caravans | (1963) | |
| The Source | (1965) | |
| The Drifters | (1971) | |
| The Quality of Life | (1971) | |
| Centennial | (1974) | |
| Chesapeake | (1978) | |
| Quality of Life | (1980) | |
| The Covenant | (1980) | |
| Space | (1982) | |
| Poland | (1983) | |
| Texas | (1985) | |
| Legacy | (1987) | |
| Alaska | (1988) | |
| Journey | (1988) | |
| Caribbean | (1989) | |
| The Eagle and the Raven | (1990) | |
| The Novel | (1991) | |
| Mexico | (1992) | |
| Recessional | (1994) | |
| Miracle in Seville | (1995) | |
| Matecumbe | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Tales of the South Pacific | (1947) | |
| Return to Paradise | (1947) | |
| Rascals In Paradise | (1957) | |
| The Watermen: Selections from Chesapeake | (1979) | |
| Great World War II Stories | (1989) | |
| Creatures of the Kingdom | (1993) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Bridge at Andau | (1957) | |
| Japanese Prints from Early Masters to the Modern | (1959) | |
| The Modern Japanese Print: An Appreciation | (1959) | |
| Iberia: Spanish Travels and Reflections | (1968) | |
| Presidential Lottery: The Reckless Gamble in Our Electoral System | (1969) | |
| Kent State: What Happened and Why | (1971) | |
| A Michener Miscellany, 1950-1970 | (1973) | |
| Sports in America | (1976) | |
| Six Days in Havana | (1989) | |
| Pilgrimage: A Memoir of Poland and Rome | (1990) | |
| The World is My Home | (1991) | |
| World Is My Home | (1991) | |
| My Lost Mexico: The Making of a Novel | (1992) | |
| James A. Michener's Writer's Handbook: Explorations in Writing and Publishing | (1992) | |
| Literary Reflections | (1993) | |
| This Noble Land: My Vision for America | (1996) | |
| Islam: The Misunderstood Religion | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Firstfruits: A Harvest of 25 Years of Israeli Writing | (1973) | |
Note: Six Days in Havana was co-authored with John Kings.
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