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James Oliver Curwood Books in Order

45 books are credited to James Oliver Curwood, published between 1908 and 2018; 14 of them appeared after James Oliver Curwood's death in 1927. The first book is The Wolf Hunters (1908) and the newest is The Valley of Gold (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
45
Published
1908–2018
Pages on record
5,295 in 26 of 45 books
Reading time
88–132 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,295 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 45 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of James Oliver Curwood, author of the Kazan and Baree series

James Oliver Curwood (June 12, 1878 - August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. Curwood set many books in the Hudson Bay region, the Yukon or Alaska, and Publishers Weekly placed them among the top-ten US best sellers in the early and mid 1920s. At least 180 films draw on Curwood's novels and short stories. At death, Curwood was the world's highest-paid author per word. The catalogue holds 45 titles, beginning with The Wolf Hunters and The Courage of Captain Plum in 1908, and includes the Kazan and Baree series. Subjects include wolves, dogs, bears, mounted police and gold mining in Canada.

How many James Oliver Curwood books are there?

James Oliver Curwood has 45 books, released between 1908 and 2018. 14 of them were published after James Oliver Curwood's death in 1927. 3 of them belong to the Kazan and Baree series.

James Oliver Curwood Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 45 James Oliver Curwood 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 The Wolf Hunters by James Oliver Curwood (1908)
  2. Cover of The Gold Hunters by James Oliver Curwood (1909)
  3. Cover of Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by James Oliver Curwood (1911)
  4. Cover of Kazan: Father of Baree by James Oliver Curwood, book 2 of the Kazan and Baree series (1914)
  5. Cover of The Bear by James Oliver Curwood, book 2 of the Medallion Editions for Young Readers series (1915)
  6. Cover of The Hunted Woman by James Oliver Curwood (1915)
  7. Cover of Baree: The Story of a Wolf-Dog by James Oliver Curwood, book 3 of the Kazan and Baree series (1918)
  8. Cover of Nomads of the North by James Oliver Curwood (1919)
  9. Cover of Back to God's Country by James Oliver Curwood (1920)
  10. Cover of The Golden Snare by James Oliver Curwood (1921)
  11. Cover of The Country Beyond by James Oliver Curwood (1922)
  12. Cover of A Gentleman of Courage by James Oliver Curwood (1924)
  13. Cover of The Ancient Highway by James Oliver Curwood (1924)
  14. Cover of The Black Hunter by James Oliver Curwood (1926)
  15. Cover of The Crippled Lady of Peribonka by James Oliver Curwood (1926)
  16. Cover of Swift Lightning by James Oliver Curwood (1926)
  17. Cover of The Plains of Abraham by James Oliver Curwood (1928)
  18. Cover of Son of a Hero by James Oliver Curwood (2004)
  19. Cover of The Strength Of Men by James Oliver Curwood (2005)
  20. Cover of The Honor Of Her People by James Oliver Curwood (2005)
  21. Cover of The Mouse by James Oliver Curwood (2005)
  1. 1
    The Wolf Hunters1908 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1908152
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  2. 2
    The Courage of Captain Plum1908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  3. 3
    The Gold Hunters1909 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1909162
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  4. 4
    The Great Lakes1909 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1909120
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  5. 5
    The Danger Trail1910 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1910110
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  6. 6
    The Honor of the Big Snows1911 · confirmed 1/4
    1911–
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  7. 7
    Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police1911 · 140 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1911140
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  8. 8
    Flower of the North1912 · confirmed 1/4
    1912–
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  9. 9
    Isobel1913 · 114 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1913114
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  10. 10
    A Mountie In Love1913 · confirmed 1/4
    1913–
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  11. 11
    Kazan, the Wolf DogKazan and Baree #11914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  12. 12
    Kazan: Father of BareeKazan and Baree #21914 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1914228
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  13. 13
    God's Country--And the Woman1914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  14. 14
    The BearMedallion Editions for Young Readers #21915 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1915189
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  15. 15
    The Hunted Woman1915 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1915252
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  16. 16
    The Grizzly King1915 · confirmed 1/4
    1915–
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  17. 17
    The Courage of Marge O'Doone1916 · confirmed 1/4
    1916–
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  18. 18
    Baree: The Story of a Wolf-DogKazan and Baree #31918 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1918256
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  19. 19
    Nomads of the North1919 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1919168
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  20. 20
    The River's End1919 · 134 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1919134
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  21. 21
    The Valley of Silent Men1920 · confirmed 1/4
    1920–
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  22. 22
    Back to God's Country1920 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1920252
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  23. 23
    The Flaming Forest1921 · confirmed 1/4
    1921–
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  24. 24
    The Golden Snare1921 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1921128
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  25. 25
    The Country Beyond1922 · 316 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1922316
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  26. 26
    The Alaskan1923 · confirmed 1/4
    1923–
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  27. 27
    A Gentleman of Courage1924 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1924356
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  28. 28
    The Ancient Highway1924 · 386 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1924386
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  29. 29
    The Black Hunter1926 · 414 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1926414
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  30. 30
    The Crippled Lady of Peribonka1926 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1926256
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James Oliver Curwood 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.

Kazan and Baree in order

3 books
  1. 1. Kazan, the Wolf Dog
  2. 2. Kazan: Father of Baree
  3. 3. Baree: The Story of a Wolf-Dog

Medallion Editions for Young Readers in order

1 book
  1. 2. The Bear

Standalone books

41 books

41 James Oliver Curwood titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read James Oliver Curwood books in order?

You only need to read James Oliver Curwood books in order within the Kazan and Baree series, which holds 3 of the 45 James Oliver Curwood books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with James Oliver Curwood

Start with The Wolf Hunters (1908), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Oliver Curwood book?

The Valley of Gold (2018) is the newest James Oliver Curwood book released so far.

Is there a new James Oliver Curwood book coming?

No next James Oliver Curwood book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

James Oliver Curwood at a glance

Died
James Oliver Curwood died in 1927, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to James Oliver Curwood are still being published after James Oliver Curwood's death in 1927; the newest appeared in 2018.
Release pace
James Oliver Curwood books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
5,295 pages across the 26 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 178 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Oliver Curwood books, 16 of 45, were published in the 1910s.

What the James Oliver Curwood books are about

15 of the 45 James Oliver Curwood books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 3 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.