🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Rick Bass
Rick Bass is a published American author. Rick Bass was born in 1958 in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up in Houston. He is the son of a geologist. He attended Utah State University where he studied petroleum geology. While working as a petroleum geologist in Jackson, Mississippi, he started writing short stories on his lunch breaks. In 1987, he moved in with his wife Elizabeth Hughes Bass, an artist, to Montana’s remote Yaak Valley. There he became an active environmentalist, working hard to try and protect his newly adopted home from the destructive encroachment of roads and logging. Bass serves on the board of the Yaak Valley Forest Council and the Round River Conservation Studies.
All Book Series by Rick Bass
The Heart of the Monster
Book 16 of 25 · published 2010 Co-authored · David James Duncan
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
Book 6 of 17 · published 1999
A Passion for This Earth: Writers, Scientists, and Activists Explore Our Relationship with Nature and the
Book 15 of 17 · published 2008
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Rick Bass?
Rick Bass is a published American author. Rick Bass was born in 1958 in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up in Houston. He is the son of a geologist.
Which Rick Bass series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Selected Shorts series, the earliest of Rick Bass's multi-book series: it opens with For Better and for Worse (1993) and runs to 17 books across 1993–2012, ending with Poe! (2012).
How many books has Rick Bass written?
Rick Bass has 67 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1955 and 2025. 17 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Selected Shorts series with 17 books — and 50 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Rick Bass's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Rick Bass's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Selected Shorts (1993–2012, 17 books).
How are Rick Bass's books organised into series?
This guide splits Rick Bass's 67 books into 1 named series and 50 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Selected Shorts (17 books, 1993–2012).