Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Undefeated: The Oklahoma Sooners and the Greatest Winning Streak in College Football | 1957 | Buy |
| King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones | 1995 | Buy |
| The Junction Boys: How 10 Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Champion Team | 1999 | Buy |
| Monster of the Midway: Bronko Nagurski, the 1943 Chicago Bears, and the Greatest Comeback Ever | 2003 | Buy |
| Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football | 2007 | Buy |
| Resurrection: The Miracle Season That Saved Notre Dame | 2009 | Buy |
| Courage Beyond the Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story | 2011 | Buy |
| The Kids Got It Right: How the Texas All-Stars Kicked Down Racial Walls | 2013 | Buy |
| Manziel Mania | 2014 | Buy |
| The Mighty Mites | 2014 | Buy |
| Hops and History: American History and Folklore as Remembered by American Breweries and Beers | 2019 | Buy |
Jim Dent is a Texas-based sports journalist and author who has built his career on narrative non-fiction about American football. His eleven books cover college and professional football history, with a focus on the personal stories behind the games. He brings a reporter’s eye for detail and a storyteller’s sense of drama to real events, from Depression-era Texas high school football to the Notre Dame comeback of 1964.
His best-known books include Twelve Mighty Orphans, about a Fort Worth orphanage whose football team became a Texas legend, and The Junction Boys, which recounts Bear Bryant’s brutal 1954 training camp at Texas A&M. Both books were adapted for film. Dent’s work tends to center on moments when football intersected with larger social forces, from racial integration to wartime sacrifice.