Abilene Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Peacemaker |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Sharpshooter |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Pursuers |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Night Riders |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Half-Breed |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Hangman |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Prizefighter |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Whiskey Runners |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Tracker |
1989 |
Buy |
| The General |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Hellion |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Cattle Baron |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Pistoleer |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Lawman |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Barlow Brides |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Deputy |
1990 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
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| Under the Gun |
1990 |
Buy |
| Murder for Father |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Best of the American West II |
1999 |
Buy |
| Lone Star Law |
2005 |
Buy |
| Cross Plains Universe |
2006 |
Buy |
| Noah’s Ride |
2006 |
Buy |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker Casebook |
2006 |
Buy |
| Black Prometheus: A Critical Study of Karl Edward Wagner |
2007 |
Buy |
| Beat to a Pulp: Round 1 |
2010 |
N/A |
| Discount Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Traditional West |
2011 |
Buy |
| Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Lone Ranger Chronicles |
2012 |
Buy |
| Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT |
2012 |
Buy |
| Six-Guns and Slay Bells |
2012 |
Buy |
| Trails of the Wild: Seven Tales of the Old West |
2013 |
Buy |
| Legend |
2013 |
Buy |
| Weird Western Yarns, Vol. 2 |
2014 |
Buy |
| Weird Menace Volume 2 |
2015 |
Buy |
| At Home in the Dark |
2019 |
Buy |
Children Of The Lion Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Children of the Lion |
1980 |
Buy |
| The Shepherd Kings |
1981 |
Buy |
| Vengeance of the Lion |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Lion in Egypt |
1984 |
Buy |
| Golden Pharaoh |
1986 |
Buy |
| Lord of the Nile |
1986 |
Buy |
| The Prophecy |
1987 |
Buy |
| Sword of Glory |
1987 |
Buy |
| The Deliverer |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Exodus |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Sea Peoples |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Promised Land |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Invaders |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Trumpet and the Sword |
1991 |
Buy |
| Prophets and Warriors |
1992 |
Buy |
| Departed Glory |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Death of Kings |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Shining King |
1995 |
Buy |
| Triumph of the Lion |
1995 |
Buy |
Civil War Battle Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Manassas |
1999 |
Buy |
| Shiloh |
1999 |
Buy |
| Antietam |
2000 |
Buy |
| Chancellorsville |
2000 |
Buy |
| Vicksburg |
2001 |
Buy |
| Gettysburg |
2001 |
Buy |
| Chickamauga |
2002 |
Buy |
| Shenandoah |
2002 |
Buy |
| Savannah |
2003 |
Buy |
| Appomattox |
2003 |
Buy |
Cody’s Law Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Gunmetal Justice |
1991 |
Buy |
| Die Lonesome |
1991 |
Buy |
| Border Showdown |
1991 |
Buy |
| Bounty Man |
1992 |
Buy |
| Mano a Mano |
1992 |
Buy |
| Renegade Trail |
1992 |
Buy |
| End of the Line |
1992 |
Buy |
| Eagle Pass |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Prisoners |
1993 |
Buy |
| A Gallows Waiting |
1993 |
Buy |
| Red Moon’s Raid |
1994 |
Buy |
| Commanche Code |
1995 |
Buy |
Faraday Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Gold Train |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Trackwalker |
2019 |
Buy |
| Train of Glory |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Iron Horse |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Buffalo Train |
2021 |
Buy |
| Rails Into Hell |
2025 |
Buy |
Fury Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Fury |
1992 |
Buy |
| Blood Ransom |
1992 |
Buy |
| River War |
1993 |
Buy |
| Last Chance Canyon |
1993 |
Buy |
| Nevada Guns |
1995 |
Buy |
Gabriel Hunt Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Hunt at the Well of Eternity |
2009 |
Buy |
| Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear |
2009 |
Buy |
| Hunt at World’s End |
2009 |
Buy |
| Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire |
2010 |
Buy |
| Hunt Through Napoleon’s Web |
2010 |
Buy |
| Hunt Among the Killers of Men |
2010 |
Buy |
Judge Earl Stark Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Silver Alibi |
2012 |
Buy |
| Deadlock |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Bandera Brawl |
2016 |
Buy |
Kingfisher P.I. Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Kingfisher P. I. |
2023 |
Buy |
| Dark Ride |
2024 |
Buy |
| Tourist Trap |
2024 |
Buy |
Last Good War Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Battle Lines |
2001 |
Buy |
| Trial by Fire |
2002 |
Buy |
| Zero Hour |
2003 |
Buy |
Latchkeys Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Unlatched |
2012 |
Buy |
| Nevermore |
2012 |
Buy |
| Roscoes in the Night |
2012 |
Buy |
| Time Limit |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Ugly Little Bloke |
2012 |
Buy |
| Splinters |
2013 |
Buy |
Livia J. Washburn Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Charlie’s Pie |
2014 |
Buy |
| Tinseltown |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Badge and the Bride |
2016 |
Buy |
| Kissing Until Christmas |
2016 |
Buy |
| Guarding Her Heart |
2014 |
Buy |
| Mockingbird and Big Earl |
2014 |
Buy |
| Missing! City of Gold |
2015 |
Buy |
| Naughty or Mice |
2015 |
Buy |
| Keepsake |
2016 |
Buy |
| Panhandle Freight |
2016 |
Buy |
Lone Star Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Lone Star and the Mountain of Fire |
- |
N/A |
| As Wesley Ellis. |
- |
N/A |
Markham P.I. Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Man in the Moon |
1980 |
Buy |
| War Games |
1982 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Draw: The Greatest Gunfights of the American West |
2003 |
Buy |
Outlaw Ranger Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Outlaw Ranger |
2014 |
Buy |
| Hangman’s Knot |
2014 |
Buy |
| Blood and Gold |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Last War Chief |
2015 |
Buy |
| Gun Devils of the Rio Grande |
2016 |
Buy |
| Ravagers of the Border |
2022 |
Buy |
Palmetto Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Call to Arms |
2005 |
Buy |
| War Drums |
2006 |
Buy |
Patriots Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Sons of Liberty |
1992 |
Buy |
| Rebel Guns |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Turncoat |
1992 |
Buy |
| Life and Liberty |
1993 |
Buy |
| Cannon’s Call |
1993 |
Buy |
| Stars and Stripes |
1994 |
Buy |
Powell’s Army Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Unchained Lightning |
1987 |
Buy |
| Apache Raiders |
1987 |
Buy |
| Mustang Warriors |
1987 |
Buy |
| Robbers Roost |
1988 |
Buy |
| Rocky Mountain Showdown |
1988 |
Buy |
| Red River Desperadoes |
1988 |
Buy |
Rattler’s Law#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Rattler’s Law, Volume One |
2021 |
Buy |
Redemption Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Redemption, Kansas |
2011 |
Buy |
| Hunters |
2012 |
Buy |
| Trackdown |
2013 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Look You on Beauty and Death |
2000 |
Buy |
| Devil Wings Over France |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Red Reef |
2012 |
Buy |
| Savage Blood |
2012 |
Buy |
| Mockingbird and Big Earl |
2014 |
Buy |
| Last Stagecoach To Hell |
2014 |
Buy |
| Missing! City of Gold |
2015 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Old Times’ Sake |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Paths of Righteousness |
2011 |
Buy |
| Fort Worth Nights |
2012 |
Buy |
| Texas Rangers |
2012 |
Buy |
Snakehaven Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Doom of the Dark Delta |
2024 |
Buy |
| Fear on the Fever Coast |
2024 |
Buy |
Sons Of Texas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Defiant |
1993 |
Buy |
Stagecoach Station Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dodge City |
1982 |
Buy |
| Cheyenne |
1982 |
Buy |
| Santa Fe |
1983 |
Buy |
| Tombstone |
1983 |
Buy |
| Virginia City |
1983 |
Buy |
| Seattle |
1983 |
Buy |
| Laredo |
1983 |
Buy |
| Fort Yuma |
1983 |
Buy |
| Sonora |
1983 |
Buy |
| Abilene |
1984 |
Buy |
| Deadwood |
1984 |
Buy |
| Tucson |
1984 |
Buy |
| Carson City |
1984 |
Buy |
| Cimarron |
1984 |
Buy |
| Wichita |
1984 |
Buy |
| Casa Grande |
1985 |
Buy |
| Durango |
1985 |
Buy |
| Mojave |
1985 |
Buy |
| Last Chance |
1985 |
Buy |
| Leadville |
1985 |
Buy |
| Fargo |
1985 |
Buy |
| Devil’s Canyon |
1986 |
Buy |
| El Paso |
1986 |
Buy |
| Pecos |
1986 |
Buy |
| Mesa Verde |
1986 |
Buy |
| San Antonio |
1986 |
Buy |
| Tulsa |
1986 |
Buy |
| Taos |
1987 |
Buy |
| Royal Coach |
1987 |
Buy |
| Death Valley |
1987 |
Buy |
| El Dorado |
1987 |
Buy |
| Panhandle |
1987 |
Buy |
| Rawhide |
1987 |
Buy |
| Fort Verde |
1988 |
Buy |
| Deadman Butte |
1988 |
Buy |
| Bonanza City |
1988 |
Buy |
| Casper |
1988 |
Buy |
| Shawnee |
1988 |
Buy |
| Grand Teton |
1988 |
Buy |
| Socorro |
1989 |
Buy |
| Fort Davis |
1989 |
Buy |
| Silverado |
1989 |
Buy |
| Red Buffalo |
1989 |
Buy |
| Apache Junction |
1989 |
Buy |
| Presidio |
1989 |
Buy |
| North Platte |
1990 |
Buy |
| Juárez |
1990 |
Buy |
| Buffalo Station |
1990 |
Buy |
| Gila Bend |
1990 |
Buy |
| Buckskin Pass |
1990 |
Buy |
| Wild West |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Last Frontier |
1991 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Texas Wind |
1980 |
Buy |
| Yankee |
1982 |
Buy |
| Yankee Rogue |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Prodigal Gun |
1992 |
Buy |
| Stark’s Justice |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Hawthorne Legacy |
1994 |
Buy |
| Rivers of Gold |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Diablo Grant |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Healer’s Road |
1995 |
Buy |
| Crusade: Lyron’s Lament |
1995 |
Buy |
| Healer’s Calling |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Wilderness Road |
1996 |
Buy |
| Cossack Three Ponies |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Hunted |
1997 |
Buy |
| Under Outlaw Flags |
1998 |
Buy |
| Tie a Black Ribbon |
2000 |
Buy |
| Jur |
2002 |
Buy |
| Dust Devils |
2007 |
Buy |
| Death Head Crossing |
2007 |
Buy |
| Diamondback |
2011 |
Buy |
| Tractor Girl |
2011 |
Buy |
| Hell-For-Leather Rider / The Man from Nightshade Valley |
2012 |
Buy |
| Dancing with Dead Men |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Phantom Ranger and the Skateboard Gang |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Fyredrake’s Prey |
2014 |
Buy |
| West Texas Blood Feud |
2023 |
Buy |
| Texas Bushwhack |
2023 |
Buy |
| New Mexico Trackdown |
2023 |
Buy |
| Arizona Bounty |
2024 |
Buy |
| California Powdersmoke |
2024 |
Buy |
Tales From Deadwood Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tales from Deadwood |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Gamblers |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Killers |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Troopers |
2009 |
Buy |
The Dead Man Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Face of Evil |
2011 |
Buy |
| Ring of Knives |
2011 |
Buy |
| Hell In Heaven |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Dead Man Vol 2: The Dead Woman, Blood Mesa, Kill Them All |
2011 |
N/A |
| The Dead Woman |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Blood Mesa |
2011 |
Buy |
| Kill Them All |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Beast Within |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Dead Man Vol 3: The Beast Within, Fire & Ice, and Carnival of Death |
2012 |
N/A |
| Fire and Ice |
2012 |
Buy |
| Carnival of Death |
2012 |
Buy |
| Freaks Must Die |
2012 |
Buy |
| Slaves to Evil |
2012 |
Buy |
| Midnight Special |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Death Match |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Black Death |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Killing Floor |
2012 |
Buy |
| Colder than Hell |
2013 |
Buy |
| Evil to Burn |
2013 |
Buy |
| Streets of Blood |
2013 |
Buy |
| Crucible of Fire |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Dark Need |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Rising Dead |
2013 |
Buy |
| Reborn |
2014 |
Buy |
The Holts: An American Dynasty Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Oregon Legacy |
1989 |
Buy |
| Oklahoma Pride |
1990 |
Buy |
| Carolina Courage |
1990 |
Buy |
| California Glory |
1991 |
Buy |
| Hawaii Heritage |
1991 |
Buy |
| Sierra Triumph |
1992 |
Buy |
| Yukon Justice |
1992 |
Buy |
| Pacific Destiny |
1994 |
Buy |
| Homecoming |
1994 |
Buy |
| Awakening |
1995 |
Buy |
Wagons West Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Independence! |
1979 |
Buy |
| Nebraska! |
1979 |
Buy |
| Wyoming! |
1979 |
Buy |
| Oregon! |
1980 |
Buy |
| Texas! |
1980 |
Buy |
| California! |
1981 |
Buy |
| Colorado! |
1981 |
Buy |
| Nevada! |
1982 |
Buy |
| Washington! |
1982 |
Buy |
| Montana! |
1983 |
Buy |
| Dakota! |
1983 |
Buy |
| Utah! |
1983 |
Buy |
| Idaho! |
1984 |
Buy |
| Missouri! |
1984 |
Buy |
| Mississippi! |
1985 |
Buy |
| Louisiana! |
1985 |
Buy |
| Tennessee! |
1986 |
Buy |
| Illinois! |
1986 |
Buy |
| Wisconsin! |
1987 |
Buy |
| Kentucky! |
1987 |
Buy |
| Arizona! |
1988 |
Buy |
| New Mexico! |
1988 |
Buy |
| Oklahoma! |
1989 |
Buy |
| Celebration! |
1989 |
Buy |
| Texas Freedom! |
2012 |
Buy |
Wagons West Empire Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Honor! |
1998 |
Buy |
| Vengeance! |
1999 |
Buy |
| Justice! |
1999 |
Buy |
Wagons West Frontier Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Westward! |
1992 |
Buy |
| Expedition! |
1993 |
Buy |
| Outpost! |
1993 |
Buy |
Walker, Texas Ranger Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Walker Texas Ranger |
1999 |
Buy |
| Hell’s Half Acre |
1999 |
Buy |
| Siege on the Belle |
1999 |
Buy |
West of The Big River Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Lawman |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Bandit |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Doctor |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Dime Novelist |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Artist |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Avenging Angel |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Forty-Niners |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Ranger |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Sheriff |
2014 |
Buy |
Wind River Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Wind River |
1994 |
Buy |
| Thunder Wagon |
1994 |
Buy |
| Wolf Shadow |
1994 |
Buy |
| Medicine Creek |
1995 |
Buy |
| Dark Trail |
1995 |
Buy |
| Judgment Day |
2011 |
Buy |
| Ransom Valley |
2012 |
Buy |
| Outlaw Blood |
2020 |
Buy |
| Six-Gun Law |
2020 |
Buy |
James Reasoner has been writing westerns, historical fiction, and adventure novels since 1979, and his catalog of over 330 books across 37 series makes him one of the most productive authors in those genres. His earliest major works came through the Wagons West series, starting with Independence! in 1979 and running for 25 volumes named after U.S. states and territories. He followed a similar model with the Stagecoach Station series, where each book is named after a western town, from Dodge City and Tombstone to Apache Junction and Wild West.
The Abilene series (1988-1990) gave him another 16-book run set in the Old West, while the Civil War Battle series (1999-2003) covered engagements from Manassas to Appomattox in ten novels. He has also written in genres outside the western: the Children of the Lion saga spans 19 books of ancient world historical fiction, the Dead Man series contributed supernatural horror, and the Gabriel Hunt books are pulp-style adventure. His more recent work includes the Kingfisher P.I. mystery series (2023-2024), the Faraday westerns, and standalone titles like West Texas Blood Feud and Arizona Bounty. Reasoner has stayed active for over four decades, and his output shows no signs of slowing down.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has James Reasoner written?
James Reasoner has written 334 books across 37 series.
What was James Reasoner's first book?
James Reasoner’s first book is Independence!, published in 1979.
What genres does James Reasoner write in?
James Reasoner writes children’s fiction, non-fiction, novellas, and short stories. Their best-known work includes the Abilene series.