Stephen Harper (born 30 April 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. 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.

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. 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.

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.

Books by Harper + List of written and published works by Stephen Harper Book title Year Publisher Identifiers Notes A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey 2013 Simon & Schuster Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption 2018 McClelland & Stewart Flags of Canada 2025 Sutherland House Books

Books about Harper + List of written and published works about Stephen Harper Author(s) Book title Year Publisher Identifiers Notes The Pilgrimage of Stephen Harper 2005 ECW Press Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada 2006 McClelland & Stewart Right Side Up: The Fall of Paul Martin and the Rise of Stephen Harper's New Conservatism 2006 McClelland & Stewart French Kiss: Stephen Harper's Blind Date with Quebec 2007 Knopf Canada The Harper Record 2008 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Harper's Team: Behind the Scenes in the Conservative Rise to Power 2009 McGill–Queen's University Press Sheeple: Caucus Confidential in Stephen Harper's Ottawa 2009 Key Porter Books Open and Shut: Why America Has Barack Obama, and Canada Has Stephen Harper 2009 McClelland & Stewart It's the Regime, Stupid!: A Report from the Cowboy West on Why Stephen Harper Matters 2009 Key Porter Books Harperland: The Politics of Control 2010 Viking Press Fearmonger: Stephen Harper's Tough-on-Crime Agenda 2011 James Lorimer & Company The Right Balance: Canada's Conservative Tradition 2011 Douglas & McIntyre Rogue in Power: Why Stephen Harper is Remaking Canada by Stealth 2011 James Lorimer & Company 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 The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper's Foreign Policy 2012 Fernwood Publishing The War on Science: Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada 2013 Greystone Books , () How Ottawa Spends, 2013–2014: The Harper Government: Mid-Term Blues and Long-Term Plans 2013 McGill–Queen's University Press Harperism: How Stephen Harper and his think tank colleagues have transformed Canada 2014 James Lorimer & Company The Longer I'm Prime Minister: Stephen Harper and Canada, 2006– 2014 Random House Canada 14 Days: Making the Conservative Movement in Canada 2014 McGill–Queen's University Press Party of One: Stephen Harper And Canada's Radical Makeover 2014 Penguin Canada Dismantling Canada: Stephen Harper's New Conservative Agenda 2015 McGill–Queen's University Press Kill The Messengers: Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know 2015 HarperCollins Stephen Harper 2015 McClelland & Stewart (), (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 , () The Harper Record 2008–2015 2015 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives , The Harper Factor: Assessing a Prime Minister's Policy Legacy 2016 McGill–Queen's University Press , , and The Harper Era in Canadian Foreign Policy: Parliament, Politics, and Canada's Global Posture 2016 UBC Press Swingback: Getting Along in the World with Harper and Trudeau 2017 McGill–Queen's University Press , () Open Federalism Revisited: Regional and Federal Dynamics in the Harper Era 2021 University of Toronto Press () Harper's World: The Politicization of Canadian Foreign Policy, 2006–2015 2022 University of Toronto Press

See also List of books about prime ministers of Canada Bibliography of Canada

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Stephen Harper at Munk Debates Stephen Harper collected news and commentary via The Narwhal Stephen Harper collected news and commentary via APTN National News Stephen Harper collected news and commentary via Canada's National Observer Archived official website as Prime Minister via Library and Archives Canada