Order of Kent Haruf Books

Kent Haruf (1943-2014) was an American author of literary fiction novels. Kent was born in Colorado. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in literature from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1965 and his Masters of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1973. He spent two years teaching English in Turkey with the Peace Corps. He’s also worked at a chicken farm, a construction site, a rehab center, a hospital, a library, an alternative high school and at universities.

Kent Haruf made his debut in 1984 with the novel The Tie That Binds. His final novel was Our Souls at Night, published in 2015. Below is a list of Kent Haruf’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Plainsong Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books

Publication Order of Anthologies

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• William Kent Krueger
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• Isabel Allende

Kent Haruf Synopses: The Tie That Binds is a standalone title by Kent Haruf. It’s Colorado in January 1977 and 80-year-old Edith Goodnough is lying in a hospital bed with an IV taped to the back of her hand and a police officer at her door. She is charged with murder. The clues: a sack of chicken feed slit with a knife, a milky-eyed dog tied outdoors one cold afternoon. The motives: the brutal business of farming and a family code of ethics as unforgiving as the winter prairie itself.

Where You Once Belonged is a standalone novel by Kent Haruf. The red Cadillac pulled down Main Street and sat by the tavern for hours, unnoticed. Then Ralph Bird of the Men’s Store recognized the driver as Jack Burdette and bolted to the sheriff’s office. The prodigal son of Holt, Colorado, had returned – and he is not exactly welcome.