Stephen Harper (born 30 April 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. [1] He released his first non-fiction book in 2013, titled A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey , which concerns the history of professional ice hockey in Canada. [2]
Harper's second non-fiction book, Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption , was released in 2018. The book was a political work, drawing on his experience as prime minister. [3] He released his third book, Flags of Canada , in 2025. The book discusses the history of the various flags used by Canada throughout the country's history. [4]
Harper has also been the subject of an extensive body of literature. This bibliography compiles written and published works exploring Harper's political career and policies, limited to non-fiction books specifically discussing Harper and his time as prime minister from notable authors and publishers. Tertiary sources, satire, and self-published literature are excluded.
| Book title | Year | Publisher | Identifiers | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey | 2013 | Simon & Schuster |  ISBN   978-1-4767-1653-4  OCLC 857979705  | [5] | 
| Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption | 2018 | McClelland & Stewart |  ISBN   978-0-7710-3862-4  OCLC 1039413914  | [6] | 
| Flags of Canada | 2025 | Sutherland House Books |  ISBN   978-1-9983-6549-4  OCLC 1475304553  | [4] | 
| Author(s) | Book title | Year | Publisher | Identifiers | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Mackey | The Pilgrimage of Stephen Harper | 2005 | ECW Press |  ISBN   978-1-5502-2713-0  OCLC 61127976  | [7] [a] [b] | 
| William Johnson | Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada | 2006 | McClelland & Stewart |  ISBN   978-0-7710-9554-2  OCLC 76941860  | [8] [c] | 
| Paul Wells | Right Side Up: The Fall of Paul Martin and the Rise of Stephen Harper's New Conservatism | 2006 | McClelland & Stewart |  ISBN   978-0-7710-8919-0  OCLC 190964917  | [9] [d] | 
| Chantal Hébert | French Kiss: Stephen Harper's Blind Date with Quebec | 2007 | Knopf Canada |  ISBN   978-0-6769-7907-7  OCLC 190965478  | [10] [e] | 
| Teresa Healy | The Harper Record | 2008 | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives |  ISBN   978-1-8975-6906-1  OCLC 930141740  | [11] | 
| Tom Flanagan | Harper's Team: Behind the Scenes in the Conservative Rise to Power | 2009 | McGill–Queen's University Press |  ISBN   978-0-7735-3298-4  OCLC 132302729  | [12] | 
| Garth Turner | Sheeple: Caucus Confidential in Stephen Harper's Ottawa | 2009 | Key Porter Books |  ISBN   978-1-5547-0179-7  OCLC 267124275  | [13] [f] | 
| John Ibbitson | Open and Shut: Why America Has Barack Obama, and Canada Has Stephen Harper | 2009 | McClelland & Stewart |  ISBN   978-0-7710-4318-5  OCLC 312883436  | [14] | 
| Barry Cooper | It's the Regime, Stupid!: A Report from the Cowboy West on Why Stephen Harper Matters | 2009 | Key Porter Books |  ISBN   978-1-5547-0156-8  OCLC 272544436  | [15] [g] | 
| Lawrence Martin | Harperland: The Politics of Control | 2010 | Viking Press |  ISBN   978-0-6700-6517-2  OCLC 756899942  | [16] | 
| Paula Mallea | Fearmonger: Stephen Harper's Tough-on-Crime Agenda | 2011 | James Lorimer & Company |  ISBN   978-1-5527-7898-2  OCLC 732948976  | [17] | 
| Hugh Segal | The Right Balance: Canada's Conservative Tradition | 2011 | Douglas & McIntyre |  ISBN   978-1-5536-5549-7  OCLC 696908633  | [18] [h] | 
| Christian Nadeau | Rogue in Power: Why Stephen Harper is Remaking Canada by Stealth | 2011 | James Lorimer & Company |  ISBN   978-1-5527-7730-5  OCLC 697934372  | [19] [i] | 
| Paul Wells | Power Trap: How fear and loathing between New Democrats and Liberals keep Stephen Harper in power—and what can be done about it | 2012 | James Lorimer & Company |  ISBN   978-1-4594-0270-6  OCLC 798415610  | [20] [j] | 
| Yves Engler | The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper's Foreign Policy | 2012 | Fernwood Publishing |  ISBN   978-1-5526-6530-5  OCLC 795624484  | [21] [k] | 
| Chris Turner | The War on Science: Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada | 2013 | Greystone Books |  ISBN   978-1-7710-0431-2  OCLC 859237277  | [22] | 
| G. Bruce Doern, Christopher Stoney (eds.) | How Ottawa Spends, 2013–2014: The Harper Government: Mid-Term Blues and Long-Term Plans | 2013 | McGill–Queen's University Press |  ISBN   978-0-7735-4271-6  OCLC 864383204  | [23] | 
| Donald Gutstein | Harperism: How Stephen Harper and his think tank colleagues have transformed Canada | 2014 | James Lorimer & Company |  ISBN   978-1-4594-0663-6  OCLC 881860018  | [24] [l] | 
| Paul Wells | The Longer I'm Prime Minister: Stephen Harper and Canada, 2006– | 2014 | Random House Canada |  ISBN   978-0-3073-6133-2  OCLC 833553259  | [25] [m] | 
| Bruce Carson | 14 Days: Making the Conservative Movement in Canada | 2014 | McGill–Queen's University Press |  ISBN   978-0-7735-4351-5  OCLC 864505104  | [26] | 
| Michael Harris | Party of One: Stephen Harper And Canada's Radical Makeover | 2014 | Penguin Canada |  ISBN   978-0-1431-8705-9  OCLC 902919422  | [27] [n] | 
| Brooke Jeffrey | Dismantling Canada: Stephen Harper's New Conservative Agenda | 2015 | McGill–Queen's University Press |  ISBN   978-0-7735-4481-9  OCLC 895338359  | [28] | 
| Mark Bourrie | Kill The Messengers: Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know | 2015 | HarperCollins |  ISBN   978-1-4434-3104-0  OCLC 894750860  | [29] | 
| John Ibbitson | Stephen Harper | 2015 | McClelland & Stewart |  ISBN   978-0-7710-4709-1  OCLC 936978766  | [30] [o] [p] | 
| Ed Finn (ed.), Ralph Nader (Intro.) | Canada after Harper: His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want | 2015 | James Lorimer & Company |  ISBN   978-1-4594-0943-9  OCLC 913176145  | [31] [q] | 
| Teresa Healy, Stuart Trew (eds.) | The Harper Record 2008–2015 | 2015 | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives |  ISBN   978-1-7712-5239-3  OCLC 932343856  | [r] | 
| Graham William Fox, Jennifer Ditchburn | The Harper Factor: Assessing a Prime Minister's Policy Legacy | 2016 | McGill–Queen's University Press |  ISBN   978-0-7735-4870-1  OCLC 953887694  | [32] | 
| Christopher John Kukucha, Adam Chapnick, and Denis Stairs | The Harper Era in Canadian Foreign Policy: Parliament, Politics, and Canada's Global Posture | 2016 | UBC Press |  ISBN   978-0-7748-3319-6  OCLC 948562543  | [33] | 
| Mike Blanchfield | Swingback: Getting Along in the World with Harper and Trudeau | 2017 | McGill–Queen's University Press |  ISBN   978-0-7735-4875-6  OCLC 958486048  | [34] | 
| James Harold Farney, Julie M. Simmons (eds.) | Open Federalism Revisited: Regional and Federal Dynamics in the Harper Era | 2021 | University of Toronto Press |  ISBN   978-1-4875-0959-0  OCLC 1223011893  | [35] | 
| Peter McKenna (ed.) | Harper's World: The Politicization of Canadian Foreign Policy, 2006–2015 | 2022 | University of Toronto Press |  ISBN   978-1-4875-0210-2  OCLC 1242464898  | [36] | 
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