Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murders at Moon Dance / Trouble at Moon Dance | 1943 | A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | Buy |
| 2 | Twenty-Six Years After | 1949 | A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | Buy |
| 3 | Kentucky | 1951 | A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | Buy |
| 4 | These Thousand Hills | 1956 | A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | Buy |
| 5 | The West Is Our Great Adventure of the Spirit | 1959 | A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | Buy |
| 6 | Arfive | 1970 | A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | Buy |
| 7 | Once Upon a Pond | 1973 | A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | Buy |
| 8 | The Last Valley | 1975 | A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | Buy |
| 9 | Four Miles From Ear Mountain | 1987 | A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | Buy |
A.B. Guthrie, Jr.’s standalone novels span more than four decades, from his 1943 debut Murders at Moon Dance to Four Miles From Ear Mountain in 1987. Most of these books share his career-long focus on the American West and Montana, though some range into other territory.
His debut, originally published as both Murders at Moon Dance and Trouble at Moon Dance, is a Western mystery set in cattle country. These Thousand Hills (1956) is often considered alongside his Big Sky trilogy for its treatment of frontier ranching life. Later books like Arfive and The Last Valley continued to draw on the Montana landscape and communities that Guthrie knew firsthand. Each novel stands alone, but together they form a portrait of the West across different periods and perspectives.