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All Creatures Great and Small Books in Order

5 books from All Creatures Great and Small (1999) to Every Living Thing (2008). Rated 4.9 across 18,901 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. All Creatures Great and Small

    Book 1 1999 4.8 (9.1k)

    The classic multimillion copy bestseller Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients.

  2. All Things Bright and Beautiful

    Book 2 1973 4.9 (4.5k)

    The basis for the PBS Masterpiece series and the second volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series. Millions of readers have delighted in the wonderful storytelling and everyday miracles of James Herriot in the fifty years since…

  3. All Things Wise and Wonderful

    Book 3 2001 4.9 (2.9k)

    Readers adore James Herriot's tales of his life as a Yorkshire animal doctor in All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful.

  4. The Lord God Made Them All

    Book 4 1981 4.9 (2.3k)

    Now available as an audio book for the first time, The Lord God Made Them All is the bestselling sequel to All Things Wise and Wonderful and the fourth volume in James Herriot's classic collections of animal stories--the basis for the PBS…

  5. Every Living Thing

    Book 5 2008 4.9 (167)

    A perfect gift for anyone who loves animals, this fifth and final installment in James Herriot's heartwarming collection, the basis for the All Creatures Great and Small television series.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for All Creatures Great and Small is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.