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Dan Jenkins Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Dan Jenkins in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 25 books / 3 series

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.

Books by Dan Jenkins in Publication Order

1970 Saturday's America POoNB / 1 Buy
1972 Semi-Tough POoSN / 1 Buy
1974 Dead Solid Perfect POoSN / 2 Buy
1976 Limo POoSN / 3 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 The Franchise Babe POoSN / 9 Buy
2008 Texas Christian University Football Vault POoNB / 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

Complete Dan Jenkins Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Bobby Joe Grooves Reading Order 2 books / 2001-2005
01 The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist 2001 Buy
02 Slim and None 2005 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 10 books / 1972-2017
01 Semi-Tough 1972 Buy
02 Dead Solid Perfect 1974 Buy
03 Limo 1976 Buy
04 Baja Oklahoma 1982 Buy
05 Life its Ownself 1984 Buy
06 Fast Copy 1988 Buy
07 You Gotta Play Hurt 1991 Buy
08 Rude Behavior 1998 Buy
09 The Franchise Babe 2008 Buy
10 Stick a Fork in Me 2017 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 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
06 Bubba Talks 1993 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
11 His Ownself 2014 Buy
12 Unplayable Lies 2015 Buy
13 Sports Makes You Type Faster 2018 Buy

Where to start with Dan Jenkins

What is the best order to read Dan Jenkins books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data. Publication years and series order are shown when available.