Harold Bell Wright Books in Order

After a childhood marked by poverty and an alcoholic father, Dick Falkner finds work with a kind printer. Through practical faith and steady effort, he tries to rebuild his life and help the community around him.

Seeking refuge from private grief, Dan Howitt settles in the Ozark hills and becomes a guide to his neighbors. His relationships with a troubled family unfold amid local suspicion, hidden histories, and a mysterious figure wandering the mountains.

Dan Matthews becomes the new minister in the Midwestern town of Corinth. His arrival begins a story of religious life and community, continuing the world introduced in The Shepherd of the Hills.

Twin princes Really-Is and Seemsto-Be compete for a kingdom whose subjects cannot tell them apart. As outward appearance seems to triumph over rightful character, the brothers’ choices reveal what makes someone worthy to rule.

Romance and ambition unfold against the effort to develop California’s Imperial Valley. As settlers seek to transform desert land, their personal hopes become entangled with the larger struggle to build a future in the American West.

An unnamed man and woman reflect on the experiences that have shaped their lives and their understanding of love. Their memories explore work, belief, temptation, failure and success as they seek meaning in the passage from childhood to maturity.

Young painter Aaron King arrives in California and befriends a disillusioned novelist. As he falls for the independent Sybil, he must decide whether to preserve his artistic integrity or flatter the wealthy patrons who control his prospects.

A mysterious stranger calling himself Honorable Patches takes work on an Arizona cattle ranch. Learning the cowboy's trade tests his character, while cattle thefts bring suspicion and threaten to expose the troubled past he hoped to leave behind.

A disgraced bank clerk drifts toward destruction until an elderly schoolteacher offers him shelter and trust. Trying to rebuild his life and become a writer, Brian Kent must confront the wrongdoing that still threatens his chance of renewal.

Industrial conflict exposes tensions between workers and employers, raising questions about who should share a business’s responsibilities and rewards. Through these disputes, the novel argues for employee participation in management, profits, and ownership as an alternative to division.

A hidden gold mine in the Arizona mountains draws prospectors and newcomers into a dangerous search. Against the desert landscape, the lure of wealth tests personal loyalties and the hopes of people seeking love and a new beginning.

On an Arizona ranch near the Mexican border, Morgan struggles to find direction and happiness. His relationship with Nora O'Shea unfolds amid cattle thieves, arms smugglers, and a conflict between material ambition and a more meaningful life.

A businessman struggles to reconcile Christian convictions with the pressures of commercial success in early twentieth-century America. Guided by Dan Matthews, he confronts the gap between religious institutions and practical service, questioning how integrity can shape everyday economic life.

This collection brings together traditional stories of the Tohono O'odham people, historically called Papago. Wright worked from Katherine Kitt's notebooks and with tribal elders to arrange legends rooted in the community's Sonoran Desert homeland.

Young Pierre grows toward adulthood under the contrasting influences of his parents and the enduring force of maternal love. Against a theatrical background, family choices and departures raise questions about duty, identity, and the legacy one generation leaves another.

A scientist develops a machine that suppresses conscience and emotion, allowing him to direct his victims’ intellectual abilities toward criminal schemes. Those caught within his influence face a threat that removes the moral resistance on which their independence depends.

A middle-aged stranger arrives on a privately owned stretch of the California coast and becomes involved with two young people. Their connection brings a mystery into focus while drawing attention to the protection of the surrounding natural environment.