James Herriot Books in Order

Drawing on highlights from across Herriot’s career, this collection stitches together animal stories with biographical notes and family photographs. It offers both newcomers and long-time readers a panoramic view of his life, his work as a vet and the Yorkshire communities he served.

Set around a family-run golf course in the Oregon countryside, this modern animal fable contrasts named farm animals with the wilder creatures living in nearby woods. As the two groups collide, the story explores difference, belonging and the risks of straying too far from home.

In this companion to James Herriot's Yorkshire, new photographs and commentary revisit the dales, villages and farmsteads that shaped his life and books. The volume offers a reflective, postscript-like tour of the landscapes readers know from the All Creatures stories.

A later companion to James Herriot's Yorkshire Stories, this anthology assembles more favourite episodes centred on the landscapes and people of the Dales. It’s an inviting choice for readers who want a shorter, scenic introduction to his writing before tackling the full memoirs.

Collecting ten classic episodes, this volume highlights the full range of animals Herriot treated, from orphaned lambs and barnyard pigs to temperamental horses and beloved pets. Each story balances gentle humour with genuine emotion, offering a compact portrait of his work as a vet.

This pocket-sized volume presents seven self-contained stories drawn from Herriot’s longer works. In brisk, engaging episodes he navigates difficult farmers, stubborn livestock and small domestic dramas, offering a concentrated hit of the humour and heart that made his books so enduring.

This elaborate pop-up book unfolds into a three-dimensional Yorkshire village inspired by Herriot’s setting. Readers can stand up cardboard villagers and animals around shops, houses and the surgery, creating their own scenes in a place that feels straight out of Darrowby.

Ten favourite stories from Herriot’s memoirs are reprinted here with new illustrations and brief introductions by his son. Together they showcase everyday life in the Yorkshire Dales—sheep auctions, winter storms, quiet farm kitchens—through the eyes of a working country vet.

This companion to his dog collections focuses on the cats Herriot encountered in practice and at home. From shop kittens and farm mousers to beloved house pets, each tale highlights a distinct feline personality and the often surprising ways cats choose their people.

This large, illustrated collection brings together eight of Herriot’s picture-book tales, including Moses the kitten, Oscar the roaming cat and Smudge the lamb. Each story combines farmyard adventure, empathetic animals and the reassuring presence of the country vet narrator.

Bringing together a selection of short pieces from Herriot’s veterinary memoirs, this storybook offers an accessible, illustrated introduction to his world. The episodes are chosen for their warmth and humour, making it a family-friendly way to meet James, his neighbours and their animals.

Written near the end of his career, this final memoir brings back favourite animals and neighbours while introducing Herriot’s children and colleague Calum Buchanan. The stories celebrate small acts of kindness and the enduring bond between a country vet, his patients and their people.

Adventurous Swaledale lamb Smudge decides once again that the grass must be greener beyond Farmer Cobb’s fence. His escape leads to brushes with dogs, traffic and a sudden snowstorm, until familiar human hands guide him safely back to shelter and the flock.

Curious lamb Smudge squeezes under the fence of Farmer Cobb’s field to see what lies beyond the farm lane. After frightening encounters and a sudden sense of loneliness, he is rescued by a kind girl named Penny and safely reunited with his anxious mother.

A starving stray cat is left at the Herriots’ surgery and soon becomes part of the household, purring contentedly between meals. As Oscar recovers, his fondness for village events leads him to wander—from jumble sales to football matches—and finally back to the family he first belonged to.

A friendly stray dog makes his living begging scraps in the village market, always out of reach of capture. When he is badly injured in a traffic accident, Herriot and a local policeman work together to save him and, eventually, to find him the loving home he deserves.

An anthology of feline tales from a range of authors, including James Herriot, celebrating cats in all their contrary glory. The stories move from cosy firesides to city streets, showing how these independent animals charm, exasperate and sometimes unexpectedly comfort the humans around them.

Ageing dairy cow Blossom is sent reluctantly to market when her milk yield falls, but she has other ideas. After a determined journey back to the farm, she earns a permanent place in a sunny paddock, watching over calves in this touching story about loyalty and home.

Mrs. Pickering, devoted owner of several basset hounds, occasionally sees a shy stray cat slip into her home. One Christmas morning the cat arrives carrying a tiny kitten, leaving Mrs. Pickering and Herriot to care for the newcomer and discover an unexpected gift of companionship.

Presented as a gift edition, this volume collects ten of Herriot’s most cherished dog tales, from pampered lapdogs to hard-working sheepdogs. His affectionate introductions and notes frame each story, celebrating the loyalty, quirks and quiet heroism of his canine patients.

This substantial collection gathers fifty of Herriot’s dog stories drawn from across his books. Working collies, farmyard mongrels and adored house pets all appear, revealing how dogs shape the lives of Yorkshire farmers, town families and the vet who travels between them.

This anthology gathers horse and pony tales from several classic writers, including James Herriot. From nervous first rides to loyal working horses, the stories explore the partnership between humans and their mounts in a variety of eras and settings.

Sheepdog brothers Gyp and Sweep are inseparable until one is sold to another farm, leaving silent Gyp behind. At a sheepdog trial months later, a joyful reunion finally draws a single, long-awaited bark from him, capturing the depth of a dog’s loyalty in one perfect moment.

In this companion to Vets Might Fly, Herriot’s RAF training grows more intense—and more absurd. Nerves, bad weather and medical setbacks keep his flying career uncertain, while memories of Yorkshire farmers and animals remind him what he truly misses.

On a bitter winter day, Herriot discovers a half-frozen black kitten by the roadside and brings him to a nearby farm. Nursed back to health and adopted by a mother pig and her litter, Moses grows into a fixture of the farmhouse in this gentle, closely observed tale.

In this hefty anthology, Herriot selects many of his favourite episodes from the All Creatures books, arranged alongside photographs, drawings and brief background notes. It works as an expansive sampler of his funniest, most moving and most memorable veterinary stories.

After the war, Herriot returns to his family and to the familiar chaos of farm calls, late-night emergencies and village gossip. A voyage on a livestock ship sits alongside quiet, tender visits with long-time clients, all told with his trademark humour and warmth.

A tie-in annual to the All Creatures Great and Small phenomenon, this book mixes photographs, short features and lighthearted pieces inspired by the television series and Herriot’s memoirs. It offers fans an extra visit to Darrowby, its vets and their many four-legged patients.

Part travel book, part autobiography, this volume pairs Herriot’s reminiscences with hundreds of colour photographs of the Yorkshire Dales. He leads readers through villages, moors and farmsteads, linking real places to the scenes and characters from his veterinary stories.

This large, illustrated volume surveys both domestic and wild animals in short essays and stories compiled by editors Gilbert and John Phelps. Among its contributions are pieces by James Herriot, bringing a country vet’s eye for character to the broader world of animal life.

World War II pulls Herriot away from Yorkshire and into the Royal Air Force, where flying lessons, mess-hall gossip and homesickness replace farm calls. Between training flights, he looks back on earlier cases, weaving wartime episodes with memories of animals and farmers.

Set during World War II, this volume interweaves Herriot’s Royal Air Force training with flashbacks to earlier days in Yorkshire. The stories move from barracks and parade grounds back to lambing sheds and kitchen tables, capturing both wartime uncertainty and the comforting pull of home.

Now a partner in the practice and newly married, Herriot tries to balance domestic life with endless calls to remote farms. Overflowing with comic mishaps, demanding clients and moving moments at the barn side, these stories show him fully embedded in the Dales community.

This continuation of Herriot’s memoirs finds him newly married to Helen and busier than ever on the hill farms above Darrowby. Between harsh winters, tricky surgeries and laughter-filled visits with old clients, he discovers how deeply woven he is into the life of the community.

With more experience behind him, Herriot treats everything from delicate spring lambs to a ferocious house cat, all against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors. The book follows his stop-start courtship of Helen and the daily chaos of the Darrowby surgery.

Back in Darrowby, Herriot continues juggling midnight emergencies, opinionated farmers and his mercurial boss, Siegfried. Amid disasters and small triumphs, his friendship with Tristan deepens and a hesitant romance with the practical, clear-eyed Helen Alderson begins to change his life.

Retired cart horse Bonny is pampered but overlooked until her owner, John Skipton, enters her in the Family Pets class at the Darrowby Show. Polished harness, braided mane and quiet dignity turn Bonny’s outing into a triumphant celebration of an old working friend.

Combining his first Yorkshire memoirs, this volume follows young James Herriot as he joins Siegfried Farnon’s veterinary practice in Darrowby. Short, vivid chapters trace calvings, foalings and small-animal emergencies, as well as his growing affection for the people and hills of the Dales.

Newly qualified vet James Herriot arrives in the Yorkshire village of Darrowby and is plunged into freezing farmyards, unpredictable animals and eccentric owners. These early cases introduce Siegfried and Tristan Farnon and lay the groundwork for his warm, gently comic memoirs.