Lewis Grizzard Books in Order
26 books are credited to Lewis Grizzard, published between 1979 and 2001; 4 of them appeared after Lewis Grizzard's death in 1994. The first book is Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You (1979) and the newest is The Wit and Wisdom of Lewis Grizzard: Life Is Like a Dogsled Team... (2001). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1979–2001
- Pages on record
- 3,828 in 17 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 64–96 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,828 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Lewis Grizzard was an American humorist who wrote about the South. Grizzard began as a newspaper sports writer and became sports editor of the Atlanta Journal at 23, then built a following with humour columns in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, plus stand-up and lecture work. The 26 catalogued books, a good many of them collections of those columns, open with Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You (1979) and carry long comic titles throughout, Elvis is Dead And I Don't Feel So Good Myself (1984) among them. The list closes in 2001.
How many Lewis Grizzard books are there?
Lewis Grizzard has 26 books, released between 1979 and 2001. 4 of them were published after Lewis Grizzard's death in 1994.
Lewis Grizzard Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Lewis Grizzard 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.
- 1Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You1979 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/419792111/4
- 2Won't You Come Home, Billy Bob Bailey?1980 · confirmed 1/41980–1/4
- 3Don't Sit Under the Grits Tree With Anyone Else But Me1981 · confirmed 1/41981–1/4
- 4They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat1982 · 140 pages · confirmed 1/419821401/4
- 5If Love Were Oil, I'd Be about a Quart Low1983 · 279 pages · confirmed 1/419832791/4
- 6Elvis is Dead And I Don't Feel So Good Myself1984 · confirmed 1/41984–1/4
- 7My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of A Gun1986 · 285 pages · confirmed 1/419862851/4
- 8Shoot Low, Boys--They're Ridin' Shetland Ponies: In Search of True Grit1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 9When My Love Returns from the Ladies Room, Will I Be Too Old To Care?1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 10Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes1988 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419882561/4
- 11Lewis Grizzard on Fear of Flying1989 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/41989641/4
- 12Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 13Lewis Grizzard\'s Advice to the Newly Wed1989 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/41989761/4
- 14If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground1990 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419903201/4
- 15Gettin' It on: A Down Home Treasury by Lewis Grizzard1990 · 466 pages · confirmed 1/419904661/4
- 16Does a Wild Bear Chip in the Woods?1990 · 150 pages · confirmed 1/419901501/4
- 17You Can't Put No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll1991 · confirmed 1/41991–1/4
- 18Don't Forget to Call Your Mama...I Wish I Could Call Mine1991 · 140 pages · confirmed 1/419911401/4
- 19I Haven't Understood Anything Since 19621992 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/419923041/4
- 20I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'1993 · 243 pages · confirmed 1/419932431/4
- 21It Wasn't Always Easy, but I Sure Had Fun1994 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/419943181/4
- 22The Grizzard Sampler of the Early Writings of Lewis Grizzard1994 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/419942621/4
- 23Grizzardisms1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 24The Last Bus to Albuquerque2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 25Southern by the Grace of God2001 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/420011701/4
- 26The Wit and Wisdom of Lewis Grizzard: Life Is Like a Dogsled Team...2001 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420011441/4
Lewis Grizzard 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
26 books26 Lewis Grizzard titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lewis Grizzard books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 26 Lewis Grizzard books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Lewis Grizzard
Start with Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lewis Grizzard book?
The Wit and Wisdom of Lewis Grizzard: Life Is Like a Dogsled Team... (2001) is the newest Lewis Grizzard book released so far.
Is there a new Lewis Grizzard book coming?
No next Lewis Grizzard book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lewis Grizzard at a glance
- Died
- Lewis Grizzard died in 1994, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Lewis Grizzard are still being published after Lewis Grizzard's death in 1994; the newest appeared in 2001.
- Release pace
- Lewis Grizzard books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,828 pages across the 17 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 243 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lewis Grizzard books, 12 of 26, were published in the 1980s.
What the Lewis Grizzard books are about
20 of the 26 Lewis Grizzard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 12 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.