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Dan Jenkins

3 Series • 25 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Bobby Joe Grooves Books
Start with: The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist (2001)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Semi-Tough (1972)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Saturday's America (1970)

ⓘ About Dan Jenkins

Sports has a direct influence on Dan Jenkins’ writing career. He is revered by readers as one of the best sportswriters. However, his breakthrough did not come without its share of challenges, just like any other writing niche anyway.

All Book Series by Dan Jenkins

1
The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist book cover

The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2001

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2001
2
Slim and None book cover

Slim and None

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2005

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2005
1
Semi-Tough book cover

Semi-Tough

Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 1972

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1972
2
Dead Solid Perfect book cover

Dead Solid Perfect

Book 2 of 10 · published 1974

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1974
3
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Limo

Book 3 of 10 · published 1976

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1976
4
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Baja Oklahoma

Book 4 of 10 · published 1982

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1982
5
Life its Ownself book cover

Life its Ownself

Book 5 of 10 · published 1984

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1984
6
Fast Copy book cover

Fast Copy

Book 6 of 10 · published 1988

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1988
7
You Gotta Play Hurt book cover

You Gotta Play Hurt

Book 7 of 10 · published 1991

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1991
8
Rude Behavior book cover

Rude Behavior

Book 8 of 10 · published 1998

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1998
9
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The Franchise Babe

Book 9 of 10 · published 2008

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2008
10
Stick a Fork in Me book cover

Stick a Fork in Me

Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2017

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2017
1
Saturday's America book cover

Saturday's America

Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 1970

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1970
2
Fairways and Greens book cover

Fairways and Greens

Book 2 of 13 · published 1980

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1980
3
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American Football

Book 3 of 13 · published 1986

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1986
4
The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate book cover

The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate

Book 4 of 13 · published 1988

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1988
5
You Call it Sports, but I Say it's a Jungle Out There book cover

You Call it Sports, but I Say it's a Jungle Out There

Book 5 of 13 · published 1989

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1989
6
Bubba Talks book cover

Bubba Talks

Book 6 of 13 · published 1993

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1993
7
The Best American Sports Writing 1995 book cover

The Best American Sports Writing 1995

Book 7 of 13 · published 1995

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1995
8
I'll Tell You One Thing book cover

I'll Tell You One Thing

Book 8 of 13 · published 1999

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1999
9
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Texas Christian University Football Vault

Book 9 of 13 · published 2008

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2008
10
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Jenkins at the Majors

Book 10 of 13 · published 2009

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2009
11
His Ownself book cover

His Ownself

Book 11 of 13 · published 2014

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2014
12
Unplayable Lies book cover

Unplayable Lies

Book 12 of 13 · published 2015

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2015
13
Sports Makes You Type Faster book cover

Sports Makes You Type Faster

Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2018

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2018

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Dan Jenkins?

Sports has a direct influence on Dan Jenkins' writing career. He is revered by readers as one of the best sportswriters. However, his breakthrough did not come without its share of challenges, just like any other writing niche anyway.

Which Dan Jenkins series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Bobby Joe Grooves series, the earliest of Dan Jenkins's multi-book series: it opens with The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist (2001) and runs to 2 books across 2001–2005, ending with Slim and None (2005).

How many books has Dan Jenkins written?

Dan Jenkins has 25 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1970 and 2018. 2 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Bobby Joe Grooves series with 2 books — and 23 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Dan Jenkins's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Dan Jenkins's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Bobby Joe Grooves (2001–2005, 2 books).

How are Dan Jenkins's books organised into series?

This guide splits Dan Jenkins's 25 books into 1 named series and 23 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Bobby Joe Grooves (2 books, 2001–2005).