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E. Lynn Harris Books in Order

17 books are credited to E. Lynn Harris, published between 1991 and 2011; 2 of them appeared after E. Lynn Harris's death in 2009. The first book is Invisible Life (1991) and the newest is No One in the World (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1991–2011
Pages on record
4,831 in 15 of 17 books
Reading time
81–121 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,831 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

See all 17 books in order Printable E. Lynn Harris checklist

E. Lynn Harris wrote about African American men, gay and bisexual identity, and friendship. Invisible Life (1991) opens a catalogue of 17 books that runs through Just As I Am (1994), If This World Were Mine (1997) and Not a Day Goes By (2000) to No One in the World in 2011. The Yancey Harrington Braxton and Bentley L. Dean books form the later series, and nothing after 2011 is catalogued.

How many E. Lynn Harris books are there?

E. Lynn Harris has 17 books, released between 1991 and 2011. 2 of them were published after E. Lynn Harris's death in 2009. They include 3 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.

E. Lynn Harris Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 E. Lynn Harris books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris, book 1 of the Invisible Life series (1991)
  2. Cover of The Mystic Spirituality of A.W. Tozer by E. Lynn Harris (1992)
  3. Cover of Just As I Am by E. Lynn Harris, book 2 of the Invisible Life series (1994)
  4. Cover of And This Too Shall Pass by E. Lynn Harris (1996)
  5. Cover of If This World Were Mine by E. Lynn Harris (1997)
  6. Cover of Any Way the Wind Blows by E. Lynn Harris, book 1 of the Yancey Harrington Braxton series (1998)
  7. Cover of Abide With Me by E. Lynn Harris, book 3 of the Invisible Life series (1999)
  8. Cover of Not a Day Goes By by E. Lynn Harris, book 2 of the Yancey Harrington Braxton series (2000)
  9. Cover of A Love of My Own by E. Lynn Harris (2002)
  10. Cover of What Becomes of the Brokenhearted by E. Lynn Harris (2003)
  11. Cover of I Say a Little Prayer by E. Lynn Harris (2003)
  12. Cover of Freedom in this Village Twenty-Five Years of Black Gay Men's Writing by E. Lynn Harris (2004)
  13. Cover of Mama Dearest by E. Lynn Harris, book 3 of the Yancey Harrington Braxton series (2008)
  14. Cover of Just Too Good to Be True by E. Lynn Harris (2008)
  15. Cover of Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris (2009)
  16. Cover of In My Father's House by E. Lynn Harris, book 1 of the Bentley L. Dean series (2010)
  17. Cover of No One in the World by E. Lynn Harris (2011)
  1. 1
    Invisible LifeInvisible Life #11991 · 268 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991268
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  2. 2
    The Mystic Spirituality of A.W. Tozer1992 · 167 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992167
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  3. 3
    Just As I AmInvisible Life #21994 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994368
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  4. 4
    And This Too Shall Pass1996 · 347 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996347
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  5. 5
    If This World Were Mine1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  6. 6
    Any Way the Wind BlowsYancey Harrington Braxton #11998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  7. 7
    Abide With MeInvisible Life #31999 · 349 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999349
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  8. 8
    Not a Day Goes ByYancey Harrington Braxton #22000 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000288
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  9. 9
    A Love of My Own2002 · 386 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002386
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  10. 10
    What Becomes of the Brokenhearted2003 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003288
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  11. 11
    I Say a Little Prayer2003 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003320
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  12. 12
    Freedom in this Village Twenty-Five Years of Black Gay Men's Writing2004 · 461 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004461
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  13. 13
    Mama DearestYancey Harrington Braxton #32008 · 389 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008389
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  14. 14
    Just Too Good to Be True2008 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008336
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  15. 15
    Basketball Jones2009 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009256
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  16. 16
    In My Father's HouseBentley L. Dean #12010 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010304
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  17. 17
    No One in the World2011 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011304
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E. Lynn Harris books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Invisible Life in order

3 books
  1. 1. Invisible Life
  2. 2. Just As I Am
  3. 3. Abide With Me

Yancey Harrington Braxton in order

3 books
  1. 1. Any Way the Wind Blows
  2. 2. Not a Day Goes By
  3. 3. Mama Dearest

Bentley L. Dean in order

1 book
  1. 1. In My Father's House

Standalone books

10 books

10 E. Lynn Harris titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read E. Lynn Harris books in order?

You only need to read E. Lynn Harris books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with E. Lynn Harris

Start with Invisible Life (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest E. Lynn Harris book?

No One in the World (2011) is the newest E. Lynn Harris book released so far.

Is there a new E. Lynn Harris book coming?

No next E. Lynn Harris book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards E. Lynn Harris has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for E. Lynn Harris. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Anthology2006Wonfor Freedom in this Village: 25 Years of Black, Gay Men’s Writing
  • Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Anthology2006Shortlistedfor Freedom in this Village: 25 Years of Black, Gay Men’s Writing

E. Lynn Harris at a glance

Died
E. Lynn Harris died in 2009, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to E. Lynn Harris are still being published after E. Lynn Harris's death in 2009; the newest appeared in 2011.
Release pace
E. Lynn Harris books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,831 pages across the 15 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most E. Lynn Harris books, 8 of 17, were published in the 2000s.

What the E. Lynn Harris books are about

All 17 E. Lynn Harris books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 8 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • African Americans 8 of 17 books
  • African American men 5 of 17 books
  • African American gays 4 of 17 books
  • African Americans in fiction 3 of 17 books
  • Bisexuals 3 of 17 books
  • Gay men 3 of 17 books
  • African American actresses 2 of 17 books
  • African American bisexuals 2 of 17 books
  • African American gay men 2 of 17 books
  • African American men in fiction 2 of 17 books
  • African American women singers 2 of 17 books
  • Afro-Americans 2 of 17 books