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All Creatures Great and Small Books in Order

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot contains 11 books, published between 1970 and 1992. The first book is If Only They Could Talk (1970) and the newest is Every Living Thing (1992). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1970–1992
Total pages
3,396 across 11 books
Reading time
57–85 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,396 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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All Creatures Great and Small is an 11-book series by James Herriot, published between 1970 and 1992. The subject tags class the books as biography and reminiscence about veterinarians and veterinary medicine in Great Britain, with anecdotes as a recurring form. If Only They Could Talk (1970) comes first, followed by titles such as It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet, Let Sleeping Vets Lie, Vet in Harness and Vets Might Fly. Every Living Thing (1992) is the last book listed.

How many All Creatures Great and Small books are there?

All Creatures Great and Small has 11 books, released between 1970 and 1992.

All Creatures Great and Small Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 All Creatures Great and Small 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 If Only They Could Talk by James Herriot, book 1 of the All Creatures Great and Small series (1970)
  2. Cover of All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, book 1 of the All Creatures Great and Small series (1972)
  3. Cover of It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot, book 2 of the All Creatures Great and Small series (1972)
  4. Cover of All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot, book 2 of the All Creatures Great and Small series (1974)
  5. Cover of Let Sleeping Vets Lie by James Herriot, book 3 of the All Creatures Great and Small series (1973)
  6. Cover of All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot, book 3 of the All Creatures Great and Small series (1976)
  7. Cover of Vet in Harness by James Herriot, book 4 of the All Creatures Great and Small series (1974)
  8. Cover of Vets Might Fly by James Herriot, book 5 of the All Creatures Great and Small series (1976)
  9. Cover of Vet in a Spin by James Herriot, book 6 of the All Creatures Great and Small series (1977)
  10. Cover of Every Living Thing by James Herriot, book 8 of the All Creatures Great and Small series (1992)
  1. 1
    If Only They Could Talk1970 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970208
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  2. 1
    All Creatures Great and Small1972 · 437 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1972437
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  3. 2
    It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet1972 · 229 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1972229
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  4. 2
    All Things Bright and Beautiful1974 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974384
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  5. 3
    Let Sleeping Vets Lie1973 · 251 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973251
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  6. 3
    All Things Wise and Wonderful1976 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976448
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  7. 4
    Vet in Harness1974 · 251 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974251
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  8. 5
    Vets Might Fly1976 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976239
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  9. 6
    Vet in a Spin1977 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977224
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  10. 7
    The Lord God Made Them All1981 · 373 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981373
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  11. 8
    Every Living Thing1992 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992352
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Is there a chronological order for All Creatures Great and Small?

No separate chronological order is on record for All Creatures Great and Small, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read All Creatures Great and Small books in order?

You should read the All Creatures Great and Small books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each All Creatures Great and Small book also stands alone.

Where to start with All Creatures Great and Small

Start with If Only They Could Talk (1970), the earliest published title.

What is the newest All Creatures Great and Small book?

Every Living Thing (1992) is the newest All Creatures Great and Small book released so far.

Is there a new All Creatures Great and Small book coming?

No next All Creatures Great and Small book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

All Creatures Great and Small at a glance

No recent titles
The newest All Creatures Great and Small title on record dates from 1992, 34 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
All Creatures Great and Small books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,396 pages across all 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 251 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most All Creatures Great and Small books, 9 of 11, were published in the 1970s.

What the All Creatures Great and Small books are about

All 11 All Creatures Great and Small 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 11 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Biography 11 of 11 books
  • Veterinarians 11 of 11 books
  • Herriot, james, 1916-1995 9 of 11 books
  • Veterinary medicine 9 of 11 books
  • Veterinarians, biography 6 of 11 books
  • Great Britain, biography 4 of 11 books
  • Correspondence, reminiscences 3 of 11 books
  • Readers 3 of 11 books
  • Anecdotes 2 of 11 books
  • English language 2 of 11 books
  • Vétérinaires 2 of 11 books

More books by James Herriot

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.