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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books
  • First Book:
    August 2000
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Book List in Order: 18 titles



  • This book recalls an era when criticism could change the way we look at the world. In the tradition of Matthew Arnold and Edmund Wilson, James Wood reads literature expansively, always pursuing its role and destiny in our lives. In a series of essays...



  • A Passionate, Profoundly Funny First Novel from "the Best Literary Critic of His Generation" (Adam Begley, Financial Times)Thomas Bunting, the charming, chaotic, and deeply untruthful narrator of James Wood's wonderful first novel, is in despair. His...



  • "James Wood has been called our best young critic. This is not true. He is our best critic; he thinks with a sublime ferocity."--Cynthia Ozick Following the collection The Broken Estate --which established James Wood as the leading critic of his ge...



  • Take a (humorous & pain filled) journey down a mariner's path and discover the trials and tribulations of owning an old fixer upper boat. This is volume one of a three volume set totaling 142 short stories. "Jim Wood possesses a gift for finding mean...



  • This is the second in the series of 142 stories first published in Nor'westing Magazine. This edition contains 41 stories that will take you on a cruise (4 chapters) from Sitka Alaska to Bellingham Washington. Discover the trials and tribulations in ...



  • This is the last 41 of 142 stories published in Nor'westing Magazine. The first 13 chapters will take the reader along the inside passage on board a 65' Home Shore. Take a dip in the Baranoff hot springs, dine with whales, and watch bear's fish from ...







  • This one year Quest will take you inside the walls of the Kingdom of Grace and gently lead you to the secret throne room of the King of Kings. The journey will transform your life as it heals you, inspires you, and brings you into God’s presence. T...






  • James Wood may have the best job in the world. For nearly a quarter of a century, he's worked as a professional dance host on passenger ships ranging from the Mississippi Queen to the Crystal Serenity. During that time he has cruised 350,000 miles, v...





  • This is a beautiful little book, consisting of several striking stories selected from Greek mythology.

    The stories are told in a lively manner, and appeal powerfully to the youthful imagination.

    The stories are Orpheus and Eurydice,...



  • New Yorker book critic and award-winning author James Wood delivers a novel of a family struggling to connect with one another and find meaning in their own lives. In the years since his daughter Vanessa moved to America to become a professor of phil...



  • The Hanham brothers must try and survive the trenches and not be broken by conflict while the world around them is shattered. Back in London their sister Kathleen, dealing with her own complicated life, attempts to hold together a family soon ravaged...





  • Five days in the big city and there she was, standing over the body of a dead hooker.Morgan was just another small-town girl with dreams of excitement beyond the 'Grasslands.' While she never kidded herself on being particularly smart, or clever, she...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James Wood has published 18 books.

James Wood does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Old Nick Devlin, was published in January 2024.

The first book by James Wood, The Broken Estate, was published in August 2000.

No. James Wood does not write books in series.