Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back to Malachi | 1986 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 2 | The Actor | 1987 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 3 | Killing Time | 1988 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 4 | Wilder & Wilder | 1988 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 5 | Colfax | 1989 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 6 | The Saga of Henry Starr | 1989 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 7 | Quitting Time | 1989 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 8 | Ned Christie’s War | 1991 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 9 | Strange Company | 1991 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 10 | Mountain Windsong | 1992 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 11 | Border Line | 1993 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 12 | The Long Trail North | 1993 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 13 | Geronimo | 1994 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 14 | Zeke Proctor | 1994 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 15 | Crazy Snake | 1994 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 16 | Captain Dutch | 1995 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 17 | The Meade Solution | 1998 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 18 | Incident at Buffalo Crossing | 1998 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 19 | Brass | 1999 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 20 | Barjack | 2000 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 21 | Broke Loose | 2000 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 22 | Medicine War | 2001 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 23 | The Gunfighter | 2001 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 24 | No Need for a Gunfighter | 2008 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 25 | Barjack and the Unwelcome Ghost | 2009 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 26 | Rio Loco | 2011 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 27 | The Brothers | 2013 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
| 28 | Walking the Trail | 2015 | Robert J. Conley | Buy |
Robert J. Conley’s 28 standalone novels span three decades of Western and historical fiction. His debut, Back to Malachi (1986), announced a new voice in the genre — a Cherokee writer telling stories from the inside of a culture that Westerns usually treated as background.
Ned Christie’s War and Mountain Windsong are among his most praised works, each grounding a compelling story in real Cherokee history. His later novels, including the Barjack books, show a more playful side, while titles like The Saga of Henry Starr and Geronimo bring historical figures to life through fiction.