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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.

All books · chronological

1970Saturday's AmericaPOoNB · 1Buy ↗
1972Semi-ToughPOoSN · 1Buy ↗
1974Dead Solid PerfectPOoSN · 2Buy ↗
1976LimoPOoSN · 3Buy ↗
1980Fairways and GreensPOoNB · 2Buy ↗
1982Baja OklahomaPOoSN · 4Buy ↗
1984Life its OwnselfPOoSN · 5Buy ↗
1986American FootballPOoNB · 3Buy ↗
1988The Dogged Victims of Inexorable FatePOoNB · 4Buy ↗
1988Fast CopyPOoSN · 6Buy ↗
1989You Call it Sports, but I Say it's a Jungle Out TherePOoNB · 5Buy ↗
1991You Gotta Play HurtPOoSN · 7Buy ↗
1993Bubba TalksPOoNB · 6Buy ↗
1995The Best American Sports Writing 1995POoNB · 7Buy ↗
1998Rude BehaviorPOoSN · 8Buy ↗
1999I'll Tell You One ThingPOoNB · 8Buy ↗
2001The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up ArtistPOoBJGB · 1Buy ↗
2005Slim and NonePOoBJGB · 2Buy ↗
2008Texas Christian University Football VaultPOoNB · 9Buy ↗
2008The Franchise BabePOoSN · 9Buy ↗
2009Jenkins at the MajorsPOoNB · 10Buy ↗
2014His OwnselfPOoNB · 11Buy ↗
2015Unplayable LiesPOoNB · 12Buy ↗
2017Stick a Fork in MePOoSN · 10Buy ↗
2018Sports Makes You Type FasterPOoNB · 13Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Bobby Joe Grooves Books2 books · 2001–2005
01The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist2001Buy ↗
02Slim and None2005Buy ↗
Publication Order of Standalone Novels10 books · 1972–2017
01Semi-Tough1972Buy ↗
02Dead Solid Perfect1974Buy ↗
03Limo1976Buy ↗
04Baja Oklahoma1982Buy ↗
05Life its Ownself1984Buy ↗
06Fast Copy1988Buy ↗
07You Gotta Play Hurt1991Buy ↗
08Rude Behavior1998Buy ↗
09The Franchise Babe2008Buy ↗
10Stick a Fork in Me2017Buy ↗
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books13 books · 1970–2018
01Saturday's America1970Buy ↗
02Fairways and Greens1980Buy ↗
03American Football1986Buy ↗
04The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate1988Buy ↗
05You Call it Sports, but I Say it's a Jungle Out There1989Buy ↗
06Bubba Talks1993Buy ↗
07The Best American Sports Writing 19951995Buy ↗
08I'll Tell You One Thing1999Buy ↗
09Texas Christian University Football Vault2008Buy ↗
10Jenkins at the Majors2009Buy ↗
11His Ownself2014Buy ↗
12Unplayable Lies2015Buy ↗
13Sports Makes You Type Faster2018Buy ↗

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