Richard Ford Books in Order
Richard Ford is a celebrated American novelist and short story writer, born on February 16, 1944, in Jackson, Mississippi. His distinguished career is marked by iconic novels such as The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land, and Let Me Be Frank With You, which have garnered widespread acclaim. Additionally, his short story collection Rock Springs showcases numerous widely anthologized stories, solidifying his standing in the literary world. Ford's work has drawn comparisons to literary giants, including John Updike, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and Walker Percy. His novel Independence Day stands out, having won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1996, also earning him the PEN/Faulkner Award in the same year, cementing his position as a masterful storyteller.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Richard Ford
- #1AmazonFor Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)(1993)
- #2AmazonFood Fictions (By: Symphony Space)(2007)
- #3AmazonTravel Tales (By: Symphony Space)(2007)
- #4AmazonEdith Wharton (By: Symphony Space)(2007)
- #5AmazonPets! (By: Symphony Space)(2007)
- #6AmazonTales of Betrayal (By: John Cheever,Tessa Hadley,John Biguenet,Adam Haslett,Rattawut Lapcharoensap,Symphony Space,Galina Vromen)(2007)
- #7AmazonFamily Matters (By: Symphony Space)(2007)
- #8AmazonAre We There Yet? (By: Symphony Space)(2008)
- #9AmazonThe William Hurt Collection (With: Tobias Wolff,Aleksandar Hemon,William Hurt,Ron Carlson,Symphony Space)(2009)
- #10AmazonAmerican Classics (By: Edgar Allan Poe,Joyce Carol Oates,Eudora Welty,John Cheever,Alice Walker,Donald Barthelme,John Sayles,Amy Tan,Symphony Space)(2010)
- #11AmazonNew American Stories (By: Sherman Alexie,Jhumpa Lahiri,Aleksandar Hemon,Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,Symphony Space)(2011)
- #12AmazonPoe! (By: Symphony Space)(2012)
- #13AmazonGranta 40: Richard Ford: The Womanizer(1992)
- #14AmazonThe Granta Book of the American Short Story(1993)
- #15AmazonThe Granta Book of the American Long Story(1993)
- #16AmazonGranta 62(1998)
- #17AmazonThe Best American Sports Writing 1999(1999)
- #18AmazonThe Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction(1999)
- #19AmazonWriters on Writing(2001)
- #20AmazonBaseball: a Literary Anthology(2002)
- #21AmazonA Very Southern Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writers(2003)
- #22AmazonThe New Granta Book of the American Short Story(2007)
- #23AmazonBlue Collar, White Collar, No Collar(2011)
- #24AmazonThe Writer's Library(2020)
- #1AmazonA Piece of My Heart(1976)
- #2AmazonThe Ultimate Good Luck(1981)
- #3AmazonWildlife(1990)
- #4AmazonCanada(2012)
- #5AmazonRock Springs(1987)
- #6AmazonThe Pushcart Prize 13(1989)
- #7AmazonWomen with Men: Three Stories(1997)
- #8AmazonA Multitude of Sins(2001)
- #9AmazonVintage Ford(2004)
- #10AmazonPoems Written by a Government Prisoner in Georgia, USA(2016)
- #11AmazonSorry For Your Trouble(2020)
About Richard Ford
Richard Ford is a celebrated American novelist and short story writer, born on February 16, 1944, in Jackson, Mississippi. His distinguished career is marked by iconic novels such as The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land, and Let Me Be Frank With You, which have garnered widespread acclaim. Additionally, his short story collection Rock Springs showcases numerous widely anthologized stories, solidifying his standing in the literary world. Ford's work has drawn comparisons to literary giants, including John Updike, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and Walker Percy. His novel Independence Day stands out, having won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1996, also earning him the PEN/Faulkner Award in the same year, cementing his position as a masterful storyteller.
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