Principal Works
“The Old Swimmin'-Hole,” and 'Leven More Poems [as Benjamin F. Johnson, of Boone] 1883
Afterwhiles 1887
Old-fashioned Roses 1888
Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury 1889
An Old Sweetheart 1891; reprinted as An Old Sweetheart of Mine 1902
Rhymes of Childhood 1891
The Flying Islands of the Night 1892
Poems Here at Home 1893
A Child-World 1897
Rubáiyát of Doc Sifers 1897
Riley Child-Rhymes 1899
Riley Love-Lyrics 1899
Home-Folks 1900
Riley Farm-Rhymes 1901
The Book of Joyous Children 1902
Out to Old Aunt Mary's 1903
His Pa's Romance 1903
A Defective Santa Claus 1904
Gems From Riley 1904
The Raggedy Man 1907
The Orphant Annie Book 1908
A Hoosier Romance, 1868 1910
When the Frost Is on the Punkin, and Other Poems 1911
Down around the River 1911
Knee-Deep in June, and Other Poems 1912
Away 1913
When She Comes Home 1914
The Old Soldier's Story 1915
The Name of Old Glory 1917
The Complete Poetical Works of James Whitcomb Riley 1993
The Boss Girl: A Christmas Story, and Other Sketches (short stories and sketches) 1886
Nye and Riley's Railway Guide [with Edgar Wilson Nye] (sketches) 1888
Fun, Wit, and Humor [with Edgar Wilson Nye] (sketches) 1890
The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley 16 vols. (prose and poetry) 1897-1914
The Lockerbie Book (prose and poetry) 1911
The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley 6 vols. (prose and poetry) 1913
The Hoosier Book (prose and poetry) 1916
Letters of James Whitcomb Riley (letters) 1930
The Best of James Whitcomb Riley 1982
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