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About James Herriot

James Alfred Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author.

Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to England to become a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire, where he practised for almost 50 years. He is best known for writing If Only They Could Talk and its seven sequels about veterinary practice, animals, and their owners, all set in the 1930s–1950s Yorkshire Dales. Since the publication of the first book in 1970, the series of books has sold some 60 million copies.

The franchise based on his writings was very successful. In addition to the books, there have been several television and film adaptations of Wight's books, including the 1975 film All Creatures Great and Small; a BBC television series of the same name, which ran 90 episodes; and a 2020 UK Channel 5 series, also of the same name.

James Herriot writes about England, Veterinarians, Biography, Yorkshire, James Herriot, and Herriot, james, 1916-1995. Their best-known work is Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small #8).

On FindMyTBR we track 33 books by James Herriot, 24 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Bright and Beautiful (All Creatures Great and Small, #3-4). Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.