Max Brand Short Story Collections books in order

The Max Brand Short Story Collections bring together twenty-eight volumes of Western short fiction, poems, and novellas spanning from 1922 to 2022, covering a century of publications drawn from his enormous body of pulp magazine work.
Series · Western · Short Stories · Poetry · Adventure

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 The Village Street and Other Poems 1922 Max Brand Buy
2 Wine on the Desert and Other Stories 1940 Max Brand Buy
3 The Notebooks and Poems of Max Brand 1957 Max Brand Buy
4 Tales of the Wild West 1962 Max Brand Buy
5 Max Brand’s Best Western Stories, Vol. 1 1981 Max Brand Buy
6 Wine on the Desert 1983 Max Brand Buy
7 Max Brand’s Best Western Stories, Vol. 2 1985 Max Brand Buy
8 The Sacking of El Dorado 1994 Max Brand Buy
9 The Collected Stories of Max Brand 1994 Max Brand Buy
10 The Ghost Wagon and Other Great Western Adventures 1996 Max Brand Buy
11 The Black Rider and Other Stories 1996 Max Brand Buy
12 Outlaws All 1996 Max Brand Buy
13 The Bells of San Carlos 1996 Max Brand Buy
14 Slumber Mountain 1997 Max Brand Buy
15 Men Beyond the Law 1997 Max Brand Buy
16 Two Sixes 1997 Max Brand Buy
17 The Abandoned Outlaw 1997 Max Brand Buy
18 The Rock of Kiever 1998 Max Brand Buy
19 The Oath of Office 1998 Max Brand Buy
20 Stolen Gold 1999 Max Brand Buy
21 More Tales of the Wild West 1999 Max Brand Buy
22 Timber Line 1999 Max Brand Buy
23 The Overland Kid 2000 Max Brand Buy
24 Jokers Extra Wild 2002 Max Brand Buy
25 Flaming Fortune 2003 Max Brand Buy
26 Red Fire 2013 Max Brand Buy
27 The White Streak 2022 Max Brand Buy
28 Luck and a Horse 2022 Max Brand Buy

Max Brand’s short story output was enormous. Writing for pulp magazines like Western Story Magazine, Argosy, and others, he produced hundreds of stories and novellas during the 1920s through the 1940s. Much of this work was published under pen names and scattered across dozens of publications, which meant that the project of collecting it took decades. The twenty-eight volumes listed here span from 1922 to 2022, a full century of publications.

The collections range from early poetry (The Village Street and Other Poems, 1922) to curated best-of volumes (Max Brand’s Best Western Stories) to thematic groupings (Men Beyond the Law, Outlaws All). Some were published during Brand’s lifetime, but the majority appeared after his death in 1944 as editors and scholars worked through his papers. For readers who want to experience Brand’s writing beyond his novels, these collections provide the broadest possible survey of his short fiction.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Max Brand Short Story Collections series?

There are 28 books in the Max Brand Short Story Collections series, published between 1922 and 2022.

What is the first book in the Max Brand Short Story Collections series?

The first book in the Max Brand Short Story Collections series is The Village Street and Other Poems, published in 1922.

Why are there so many Max Brand short story collections?

Max Brand wrote hundreds of short stories and novellas for pulp magazines during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. After his death in 1944, publishers continued to gather this material into collections for decades. Because he wrote under many pen names and published in so many different magazines, previously uncollected stories kept turning up well into the 2000s, resulting in a steady stream of new collections over a hundred-year span.

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