Henry James

Henry James was an American writer who was the second child of Henry James, Sr. and Mary Walsh Robertson. His father Henry James Sr. was a son of an Irish immigrant who was very wealthy and to him education was the most important thing. Henry James was born on April 15, 1843, New York, U.S and died in London, England February 28, 1916.

The best place to start is the ' Memoirs Non-Fiction series, the earliest of Henry James's multi-book series: it opens with A Small Boy and Others (1913) and runs to 3 books across 1913–1917, ending with The Middle Years (1917).

Henry James has 244 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1667 and 2026. 97 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the ' Memoirs Non-Fiction series with 3 books — and 147 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Henry James's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are ' Memoirs Non-Fiction (1913–1917, 3 books).

This guide splits Henry James's 244 books into 3 named series and 147 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: ' Memoirs Non-Fiction (3 books, 1913–1917); Gothic Fantasy (91 books, 1667–2026); The Dark Descent (3 books, 1987–1991).