James Herriot
James Herriot is the pen name of English author James Alfred Wight (1916-1995), who wrote about his experiences working as a vet. He had always wanted to write, but his time was consumed by his work. Eventually, his wife challenged him to do it. Because the veterinary community frowned upon professionals advertising their practices through writing, he decided to write under his pen name of James Herriot. He is best known for his book All Creatures Great and Small and its follow-ups. In addition to his animal stories, he also wrote extensively about Yorkshire in his stories, where his practice was based.

James Herriot became a published author in 1970 with the book If Only They Could Talk. His final published work, published posthumously, was James Herriot’s Yorkshire Revisited in 1999. Below is a list of James Herriot’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of All Creatures Great and Small Books

If Only They Could Talk (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All Creatures Great and Small (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Let Sleeping Vets Lie (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vet in Harness (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vets Might Fly (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All Things Wise and Wonderful (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lord God Made Them All (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vet in a Spin (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Smudge Books

Smudge, The Little Lost Lamb (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Smudge's Day Out (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Best of James Herriot (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Horse & Pony Stories (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wonderful World of James Herriot: A Charming Collection of Classic Stories (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Picture Books

Bonny's Big Day (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moses the Kitten (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Only One Woof (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Christmas Day Kitten (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blossom Comes Home (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Market Square Dog (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Oscar, Cat-About-Town (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Animals at Diamond Woods (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Animal Stories, Tame & Wild (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Herriot's Yorkshire (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All Creatures Great and Small Annual 1982 (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Herriot's Dog Stories (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Greatest Cat Stories (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Herriot Story Book (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Every Living Thing (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Herriot's Cat Stories (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seven Yorkshire tales (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Herriot's Yorkshire Stories (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Herriot's Yorkshire Village (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Herriot's Animal Stories (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Yorkshire Stories (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Herriot's Yorkshire Revisited (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Famous and Curious Animal Stories(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christmas Cats(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Note: Horse and Pony Stories also has stories by Enid Bagnold, Monica Dickens and Anna Sewell.

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James Herriot Synopsis: All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot is full of humour, warmth, drama, and Herriot’s love of life. His journeys across the Yorkshire dales, his encounters with both humans and animals come complete with his fascination and affection.

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