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Jim Dent Books in Order

Jim Dent has written 10 books, published between 1995 and 2019. The first book is King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones (1995) and the newest is Hops and History: American History and Folklore as Remembered by American Breweries and Beers (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1995–2019
Pages on record
2,148 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
36–54 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,148 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Jim Dent checklist

Jim Dent, born Harry James Dent in 1953, is an American author and sportswriter. The catalogue shows football books starting with King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones (1995). The Junction Boys (1999), Monster of the Midway (2003), Twelve Mighty Orphans (2007), Resurrection (2009), Courage Beyond the Game (2011) and The Kids Got It Right (2013) followed, along with Manziel Mania and The Mighty Mites in 2014. Subjects include football history, coaching, biography and the Dallas Cowboys.

How many Jim Dent books are there?

Jim Dent has 10 books, released between 1995 and 2019.

Jim Dent Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Jim Dent 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 King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones by Jim Dent (1995)
  2. Cover of The Junction Boys: How 10 Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Champion Team by Jim Dent (1999)
  3. Cover of Monster of the Midway: Bronko Nagurski, the 1943 Chicago Bears, and the Greatest Comeback Ever by Jim Dent (2003)
  4. Cover of Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football by Jim Dent (2007)
  5. Cover of Resurrection: The Miracle Season That Saved Notre Dame by Jim Dent (2009)
  6. Cover of The Kids Got It Right: How the Texas All-Stars Kicked Down Racial Walls by Jim Dent (2013)
  1. 1
    King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones1995 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995277
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    The Junction Boys: How 10 Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Champion Team1999 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Monster of the Midway: Bronko Nagurski, the 1943 Chicago Bears, and the Greatest Comeback Ever2003 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football2007 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Resurrection: The Miracle Season That Saved Notre Dame2009 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009306
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Courage Beyond the Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story2011 · 333 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011333
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Kids Got It Right: How the Texas All-Stars Kicked Down Racial Walls2013 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Manziel Mania2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Mighty Mites2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Hops and History: American History and Folklore as Remembered by American Breweries and Beers2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Jim Dent 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.

Standalone books

10 books

10 Jim Dent titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jim Dent books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 10 Jim Dent books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Jim Dent

Start with King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jim Dent book?

Hops and History: American History and Folklore as Remembered by American Breweries and Beers (2019) is the newest Jim Dent book released so far.

Is there a new Jim Dent book coming?

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

Jim Dent at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jim Dent title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jim Dent books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,148 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jim Dent books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jim Dent books are about

7 of the 10 Jim Dent books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Biography 4 of 7 books
  • Football 4 of 7 books
  • Coaching 2 of 7 books
  • Football coaches 2 of 7 books
  • Football players 2 of 7 books
  • Football, biography 2 of 7 books
  • Football, history 2 of 7 books
  • History 2 of 7 books
  • Sports 2 of 7 books