Ben Blue Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Hickory Jack |
2013 |
Buy |
| Blue |
2013 |
Buy |
| Ace High |
2014 |
Buy |
| Blue Norther |
2014 |
Buy |
| Cain |
2014 |
Buy |
| One Man Standing |
2014 |
Buy |
| Spirit Valley |
2015 |
Buy |
| Hell’s Gate |
2015 |
Buy |
| Rubio: The Legend |
2015 |
Buy |
| Palouse |
2016 |
Buy |
| Right Thing to Do |
2017 |
Buy |
| Abe |
2017 |
Buy |
| True Blue |
2018 |
Buy |
| Along the Way |
2018 |
Buy |
| Blue Valley |
2019 |
Buy |
| Gilligan’s Demise |
2019 |
Buy |
| Rubio II |
2019 |
Buy |
| Man With No Face |
2020 |
Buy |
JL Tate Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| JL Tate, Texas Ranger |
2015 |
Buy |
| Texas War Lord |
2016 |
Buy |
| Comin’ Home |
2018 |
Buy |
| Dead Mule Valley |
2019 |
Buy |
| Big Man’s Keeper |
2020 |
Buy |
Shad Cain Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Cain just Cain |
2015 |
Buy |
| Driftin' |
2015 |
Buy |
| Arizona |
2016 |
Buy |
| Buttercup Meets Cain |
2017 |
Buy |
| El Gato |
2017 |
Buy |
| Teton |
2018 |
Buy |
| Double Trouble |
2018 |
Buy |
| Agular |
2019 |
Buy |
| and Cain Smiled |
2020 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Trails Less Traveled |
2017 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Fine Kettle of Fish |
2013 |
Buy |
Lou Bradshaw writes Western fiction with a focus on action, frontier life, and cowboy adventure. His largest series, Ben Blue, runs to eighteen books starting with Hickory Jack (2013) and continuing through Man With No Face (2020). The books follow the title character through various frontier situations across the American West.
Bradshaw has also written two other Western series: JL Tate, which follows a Texas Ranger across five books, and Shad Cain, a nine-book series about a drifting gunfighter. His short story collection Trails Less Traveled (2017) gathers additional Western tales. In total, he has published 34 books, all firmly rooted in the Western genre.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Lou Bradshaw written?
Lou Bradshaw has written 34 books across five series.
What was Lou Bradshaw's first book?
Lou Bradshaw’s first book is A Fine Kettle of Fish, published in 2013.
What is Lou Bradshaw best known for?
Lou Bradshaw is best known for the Ben Blue series, an eighteen-book Western saga published between 2013 and 2020. He also writes the JL Tate and Shad Cain Western series.