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A.B. Guthrie, Jr. Books in Order

Find every A.B. Guthrie, Jr. book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 22 books / 5 series

American author best known for *The Big Sky* and *The Way West*, which won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His six-book series shaped the modern Western genre. This page lists A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books in order, including both chronological publication and series reading order.

All A.B. Guthrie, Jr. Books in Chronological Order

1943 Murders at Moon Dance / Trouble at Moon Dance POoABGJSN / 1 Buy
1947 The Big Sky POoTBSB / 1 Buy
1949 The Way West POoTBSB / 2 Buy
1949 Twenty-Six Years After POoABGJSN / 2 Buy
1951 Kentucky POoABGJSN / 3 Buy
1956 These Thousand Hills POoABGJSN / 4 Buy
1959 The West Is Our Great Adventure of the Spirit POoABGJSN / 5 Buy
1965 The Blue Hen's Chick POoABGJNB / 1 Buy
1970 Arfive POoABGJSN / 6 Buy
1972 The Big It and Other Stories POoABGJSSC / 1 Buy
1973 Wild Pitch POoSCCMB / 1 Buy
1973 Once Upon a Pond POoABGJSN / 7 Buy
1974 Big Sky, Fair Land POoABGJNB / 2 Buy
1975 The Last Valley POoABGJSN / 8 Buy
1977 The Genuine Article POoSCCMB / 2 Buy
1980 No Second Wind POoSCCMB / 3 Buy
1982 Fair Land, Fair Land POoTBSB / 3 Buy
1985 Playing Catch-Up POoSCCMB / 4 Buy
1987 Four Miles From Ear Mountain POoABGJSN / 9 Buy
1989 Murder in the Cotswolds POoSCCMB / 5 Buy
1990 Images from the Great West POoABGJNB / 3 Buy
1991 A Field Guide to Writing Fiction POoABGJNB / 4 Buy

A.B. Guthrie, Jr. Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Wild Pitch 1973 Buy
02 The Genuine Article 1977 Buy
03 No Second Wind 1980 Buy
04 Playing Catch-Up 1985 Buy
05 Murder in the Cotswolds 1989 Buy
01 The Blue Hen's Chick 1965 Buy
02 Big Sky, Fair Land 1974 Buy
03 Images from the Great West 1990 Buy
04 A Field Guide to Writing Fiction 1991 Buy
01 The Big Sky 1947 Buy
02 The Way West 1949 Buy
03 Fair Land, Fair Land 1982 Buy
01 The Big It and Other Stories 1972 Buy
01 Murders at Moon Dance / Trouble at Moon Dance 1943 Buy
02 Twenty-Six Years After 1949 Buy
03 Kentucky 1951 Buy
04 These Thousand Hills 1956 Buy
05 The West Is Our Great Adventure of the Spirit 1959 Buy
06 Arfive 1970 Buy
07 Once Upon a Pond 1973 Buy
08 The Last Valley 1975 Buy
09 Four Miles From Ear Mountain 1987 Buy

Where to start with A.B. Guthrie, Jr.

What is the best order to read A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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