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Home / Authors / Dan Jenkins Dan Jenkins American author Dan Jenkins is best known for his sports novels, including *Semi-Tough* and *Dead Solid Perfect*. A celebrated sportswriter, he was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame. This page provides the Dan Jenkins books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
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1970 Saturday's America POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1972 Semi-Tough POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1974 Dead Solid Perfect POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1980 Fairways and Greens POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1982 Baja Oklahoma POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1984 Life its Ownself POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1986 American Football POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1988 The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 1988 Fast Copy POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1989 You Call it Sports, but I Say it's a Jungle Out There POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 1991 You Gotta Play Hurt POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1993 Bubba Talks POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 1995 The Best American Sports Writing 1995 POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 1998 Rude Behavior POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1999 I'll Tell You One Thing POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 2001 The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist POoBJGB · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Slim and None POoBJGB · 2 Buy ↗ 2008 Texas Christian University Football Vault POoNB · 9 Buy ↗ 2008 The Franchise Babe POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 2009 Jenkins at the Majors POoNB · 10 Buy ↗ 2014 His Ownself POoNB · 11 Buy ↗ 2015 Unplayable Lies POoNB · 12 Buy ↗ 2017 Stick a Fork in Me POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 2018 Sports Makes You Type Faster POoNB · 13 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Bobby Joe Grooves Books 2 books · 2001–2005
01 The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist 2001 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 10 books · 1972–2017
02 Dead Solid Perfect 1974 Buy ↗ 05 Life its Ownself 1984 Buy ↗ 07 You Gotta Play Hurt 1991 Buy ↗ 09 The Franchise Babe 2008 Buy ↗ 10 Stick a Fork in Me 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 13 books · 1970–2018
01 Saturday's America 1970 Buy ↗ 02 Fairways and Greens 1980 Buy ↗ 03 American Football 1986 Buy ↗ 04 The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate 1988 Buy ↗ 05 You Call it Sports, but I Say it's a Jungle Out There 1989 Buy ↗ 07 The Best American Sports Writing 1995 1995 Buy ↗ 08 I'll Tell You One Thing 1999 Buy ↗ 09 Texas Christian University Football Vault 2008 Buy ↗ 10 Jenkins at the Majors 2009 Buy ↗ 12 Unplayable Lies 2015 Buy ↗ 13 Sports Makes You Type Faster 2018 Buy ↗