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Home / Authors / Dusty Richards Dusty Richards American author Dusty Richards is best known for his Western series, including *The Byrnes Family Ranch* and *The O'Malley Saga*. A prolific writer and member of the Western Writers of America Hall of Fame, his books have sold millions of copies. This page provides the Dusty Richards books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1992 The Goodnight Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 1 Buy ↗ 1992 Noble's Way POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1992 The Western Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 2 Buy ↗ 1993 The Chisholm Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 3 Buy ↗ 1993 The Bandera Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 4 Buy ↗ 1994 From Hell to Breakfast POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1994 By the Cut of Your Clothes POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1994 The California Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 5 Buy ↗ 1994 The Shawnee Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 6 Buy ↗ 1994 The Virginia City Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 7 Buy ↗ 1995 The Dodge City Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 8 Buy ↗ 1995 The Oregon Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 9 Buy ↗ 1997 The Santa Fe Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 10 Buy ↗ 1998 The Old Spanish Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 11 Buy ↗ 1999 The Green River Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 12 Buy ↗ 1999 The Deadwood Trail(By: Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 13 Buy ↗ 2000 Lawless Land POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2000 Servant of the Law POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2001 Clarion's Call(By: Robert Vaughan) POoRCWB · 1 Buy ↗ 2001 Rancher's Law POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2001 The Dakota Trail(By: Robert Vaughan) POoTDB · 14 Buy ↗ 2002 The Natural POoRRB · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 The Alamosa Trail(By: Robert Vaughan) POoTDB · 15 Buy ↗ 2002 The Bozeman Trail(By: Robert Vaughan) POoTDB · 16 Buy ↗ 2003 The Abilene Trail POoTDB · 17 Buy ↗ 2004 Waltzing with Tumbleweeds POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 2004 Blood and Gold(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 2 Buy ↗ 2004 Deuces Wild POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 2004 Trail To Fort Smith POoTDB · 18 Buy ↗ 2004 The Palo Duro Trail(By: Jory Sherman) POoTDB · 19 Buy ↗ 2005 Chik Lit for Foxy Hens(By: Jackie King,Peggy Fielding) POoFHB · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 For the Brand(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 3 Buy ↗ 2005 The Ogallala Trail POoTDB · 20 Buy ↗ 2005 The Ellsworth Trail(By: Jory Sherman) POoTDB · 21 Buy ↗ 2006 The Horse Creek Incident POoHBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2006 Comanche Moon POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2006 Rio Largo(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 4 Buy ↗ 2006 Guns of the Canyonlands(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 5 Buy ↗ 2006 Texas Empire(By: Ralph Compton) POoRCWB · 6 Buy ↗ 2006 By the Horns(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 7 Buy ↗ 2006 Deadwood Gulch(By: John Edward Ames) POoRCWB · 8 Buy ↗ 2006 The Tenderfoot Trail(By: Joseph A. West) POoTDB · 22 Buy ↗ 2007 Foxy Statehood Hens and Murder Most Fowl(By: Jackie King) POoFHB · 2 Buy ↗ 2007 Montana Revenge POoHBB · 2 Buy ↗ 2007 The Bloody Trail(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 9 Buy ↗ 2007 A Wolf In the Fold(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 10 Buy ↗ 2007 Bluff City(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 11 Buy ↗ 2007 West Of The Law(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 12 Buy ↗ 2007 Blood Duel(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 13 Buy ↗ 2007 Trail to Cottonwood Falls POoTDB · 23 Buy ↗ 2008 The Foxy Hens Meet a Romantic Adventurer(By: Charles W. Sasser,Jackie King,Peggy Fielding) POoFHB · 3 Buy ↗ 2008 The Foxy Hens Go Bump in the Night(By: Jackie King,Peggy Moss Fielding) POoFHB · 4 Buy ↗ 2008 Death of a Bad Man(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 14 Buy ↗ 2008 Ride the Hard Trail(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 15 Buy ↗ 2008 Blood on the Gallows(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 16 Buy ↗ 2008 Bullet for a Bad Man(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 17 Buy ↗ 2008 The Convict Trail(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 18 Buy ↗ 2009 Texas Blood Feud POoBFRB · 1 Buy ↗ 2009 The Sundown Chaser POoHBB · 3 Buy ↗ 2009 Two Foxy Holiday Hens and One Big Rooster(With: Jackie King) POoFHB · 5 Buy ↗ 2009 Bounty Hunter(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 19 Buy ↗ 2009 Rawhide Flat(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 20 Buy ↗ 2009 Outlaw's Reckoning(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 21 Buy ↗ 2009 The Man From Nowhere(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 22 Buy ↗ 2009 Fatal Justice(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 23 Buy ↗ 2010 Wulf's Tracks POoHBB · 4 Buy ↗ 2010 Stryker's Revenge(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 24 Buy ↗ 2010 Death of a Hangman(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 25 Buy ↗ 2010 North to the Salt Fork POoRCWB · 26 Buy ↗ 2010 Rusted Tin(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 27 Buy ↗ 2010 The Shadow Of A Gun(By: Henry Clay Merritt) POoRCWB · 28 Buy ↗ 2010 The Burning Range(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 29 Buy ↗ 2011 The Bounty Man and Doe POoLB · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 Writing the West with Dusty Richards and Friends POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 Between Hell and Texas POoBFRB · 2 Buy ↗ 2011 The Amarillo Trail(By: Jory Sherman) POoTDB · 24 Buy ↗ 2011 The Last Manhunt(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 30 Buy ↗ 2011 The Stranger from Abilene(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 31 Buy ↗ 2011 The Ghost of Apache Creek(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 32 Buy ↗ 2012 Outlaw Queen POoFBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 Blue Roan Colt POoFBB · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 The Omaha Trail(By: Jory Sherman) POoTDB · 25 Buy ↗ 2012 Dead Man's Ranch(By: Matthew P. Mayo) POoRCWB · 33 Buy ↗ 2012 Slaughter Canyon(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 34 Buy ↗ 2012 One Man's Fire(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 35 Buy ↗ 2012 Tucker's Reckoning(By: Matthew P. Mayo) POoRCWB · 36 Buy ↗ 2012 Down on Gila River(By: Joseph A. West) POoRCWB · 37 Buy ↗ 2013 Chaparral Range War POoPGB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Brackeen's Law POoFBB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 Blood on the Verde River POoBFRB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 Brothers in Blood POoBFRB · 4 Buy ↗ 2013 Brimstone Trail(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 38 Buy ↗ 2013 Straight Shooter(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 39 Buy ↗ 2013 The Hunted(By: Matthew P. Mayo) POoRCWB · 40 Buy ↗ 2013 Hard Ride to Wichita(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 41 Buy ↗ 2014 Once a Ranger POoPGB · 2 Buy ↗ 2014 Ambush Valley POoBFRB · 5 Buy ↗ 2014 The Cheyenne Trail(By: Jory Sherman) POoRCWB · 42 Buy ↗ 2014 Double-Cross Ranch(By: Matthew P. Mayo) POoRCWB · 43 Buy ↗ 2014 Comanche Trail(By: Carlton Stowers) POoRCWB · 44 Buy ↗ 2014 The Dangerous Land(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 45 Buy ↗ 2014 Vigilante Dawn(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 46 Buy ↗ 2015 A Bride for Gil POoBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2015 A Good Day To Kill POoBFRB · 6 Buy ↗ 2015 Arizona Territory POoBFRB · 7 Buy ↗ 2015 The Evil Men Do(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 47 Buy ↗ 2015 Straight to the Noose(By: Marcus Galloway) POoRCWB · 48 Buy ↗ 2015 Shotgun Charlie(By: Matthew P. Mayo) POoRCWB · 49 Buy ↗ 2015 The Law and the Lawless(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 50 Buy ↗ 2015 Brother's Keeper(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 51 Buy ↗ 2015 Texas Hills(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 52 Buy ↗ 2016 The Texas Badge POoTBMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2016 Out of a Job, Not Earning a Dime POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2016 The Mustanger and the Lady POoBB · 2 Buy ↗ 2016 A Funeral Ain't the Place POoBB · 4 Buy ↗ 2016 The Cherokee Strip/Range War of Callie County POoBB · 5 Buy ↗ 2016 Pray for the Dead POoBFRB · 8 Buy ↗ 2016 Deadly Is the Night POoBFRB · 9 Buy ↗ 2016 Outlaw Town(By: David Robbins) POoRCWB · 53 Buy ↗ 2016 Phantom Hill(By: Carlton Stowers) POoRCWB · 54 Buy ↗ 2017 The O'Malleys of Texas POoTOoTB · 1 Buy ↗ 2017 Gold in the Sun POoBB · 6 Buy ↗ 2017 The Pride of Texas POoBB · 7 Buy ↗ 2017 Valley of Bones POoBFRB · 10 Buy ↗ 2018 Dead Aim POoTOoTB · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 Sharpshooter POoBFRB · 11 Buy ↗ 2018 Rage for Vengeance POoBFRB · 12 Buy ↗ 2020 Massacre at Whip Station POoTOoTB · 3 Buy ↗ 2020 Big Jake's Last Drive(By: Robert J. Randisi) POoTDB · 26 Buy ↗ 2020 The Badlands Trail(By: Lyle Brandt) POoTDB · 27 Buy ↗ 2020 The Kelly Trail(By: Terrence McCauley) POoTDB · 28 Buy ↗ 2020 Drive for Independence(By: Ralph Compton,Lyle Brandt) POoTDB · 29 Buy ↗ 2020 Red Trail(By: John Shirley) POoTDB · 30 Buy ↗ 2021 The Empire Trail(By: Jeff Rovin) POoTDB · 31 Buy ↗ 2021 The Too-Late Trail(By: Matthew P. Mayo,Ralph Compton) POoTDB · 32 Buy ↗ 2021 Terror Trail(By: Lyle Brandt) POoTDB · 33 Buy ↗ 2021 Tthe Sagebrush Trail(By: Robert J. Randisi) POoTDB · 34 Buy ↗ 2021 Hellbound Posse(By: Robert J. Randisi) POoRCWB · 55 Buy ↗ 2022 Texas Lightning(With: Velda Brotherton) POoTBMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2022 And the Devil Makes Five POoTOoTB · 4 Buy ↗ 2022 The Saltwater Trail(By: Jackson Lowry) POoTDB · 35 Buy ↗ 2023 Westbound POoBHotFB · 1 Buy ↗ 2023 A Need for Violence(With: Matthew P. Mayo) POoBHotFB · 2 Buy ↗ 2023 Texas Fury(With: Velda Brotherton) POoTBMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2025 Rambling Down the Range POoSSC · 2 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Lost Books 1 book · 2011
01 The Bounty Man and Doe 2011 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Texas Badge Mysteries Books 3 books · 2016–2023
01 The Texas Badge 2016 Buy ↗ 02 Texas Lightning(With: Velda Brotherton) 2022 Buy ↗ 03 Texas Fury(With: Velda Brotherton) 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2011
01 Writing the West with Dusty Richards and Friends 2011 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Ralph Compton Western Books 55 books · 2001–2021
01 Clarion's Call(By: Robert Vaughan) 2001 Buy ↗ 02 Blood and Gold(By: Joseph A. West) 2004 Buy ↗ 03 For the Brand(By: David Robbins) 2005 Buy ↗ 04 Rio Largo(By: David Robbins) 2006 Buy ↗ 05 Guns of the Canyonlands(By: Joseph A. West) 2006 Buy ↗ 06 Texas Empire(By: Ralph Compton) 2006 Buy ↗ 07 By the Horns(By: David Robbins) 2006 Buy ↗ 08 Deadwood Gulch(By: John Edward Ames) 2006 Buy ↗ 09 The Bloody Trail(By: Marcus Galloway) 2007 Buy ↗ 10 A Wolf In the Fold(By: David Robbins) 2007 Buy ↗ 11 Bluff City(By: David Robbins) 2007 Buy ↗ 12 West Of The Law(By: Joseph A. West) 2007 Buy ↗ 13 Blood Duel(By: David Robbins) 2007 Buy ↗ 14 Death of a Bad Man(By: Marcus Galloway) 2008 Buy ↗ 15 Ride the Hard Trail(By: David Robbins) 2008 Buy ↗ 16 Blood on the Gallows(By: Joseph A. West) 2008 Buy ↗ 17 Bullet for a Bad Man(By: David Robbins) 2008 Buy ↗ 18 The Convict Trail(By: Joseph A. West) 2008 Buy ↗ 19 Bounty Hunter(By: Joseph A. West) 2009 Buy ↗ 20 Rawhide Flat(By: Joseph A. West) 2009 Buy ↗ 21 Outlaw's Reckoning(By: Marcus Galloway) 2009 Buy ↗ 22 The Man From Nowhere(By: Joseph A. West) 2009 Buy ↗ 23 Fatal Justice(By: David Robbins) 2009 Buy ↗ 24 Stryker's Revenge(By: Joseph A. West) 2010 Buy ↗ 25 Death of a Hangman(By: Joseph A. West) 2010 Buy ↗ 26 North to the Salt Fork 2010 Buy ↗ 27 Rusted Tin(By: Marcus Galloway) 2010 Buy ↗ 28 The Shadow Of A Gun(By: Henry Clay Merritt) 2010 Buy ↗ 29 The Burning Range(By: Joseph A. West) 2010 Buy ↗ 30 The Last Manhunt(By: Joseph A. West) 2011 Buy ↗ 31 The Stranger from Abilene(By: Joseph A. West) 2011 Buy ↗ 32 The Ghost of Apache Creek(By: Joseph A. West) 2011 Buy ↗ 33 Dead Man's Ranch(By: Matthew P. Mayo) 2012 Buy ↗ 34 Slaughter Canyon(By: Joseph A. West) 2012 Buy ↗ 35 One Man's Fire(By: Marcus Galloway) 2012 Buy ↗ 36 Tucker's Reckoning(By: Matthew P. Mayo) 2012 Buy ↗ 37 Down on Gila River(By: Joseph A. West) 2012 Buy ↗ 38 Brimstone Trail(By: Marcus Galloway) 2013 Buy ↗ 39 Straight Shooter(By: Marcus Galloway) 2013 Buy ↗ 40 The Hunted(By: Matthew P. Mayo) 2013 Buy ↗ 41 Hard Ride to Wichita(By: Marcus Galloway) 2013 Buy ↗ 42 The Cheyenne Trail(By: Jory Sherman) 2014 Buy ↗ 43 Double-Cross Ranch(By: Matthew P. Mayo) 2014 Buy ↗ 44 Comanche Trail(By: Carlton Stowers) 2014 Buy ↗ 45 The Dangerous Land(By: Marcus Galloway) 2014 Buy ↗ 46 Vigilante Dawn(By: Marcus Galloway) 2014 Buy ↗ 47 The Evil Men Do(By: David Robbins) 2015 Buy ↗ 48 Straight to the Noose(By: Marcus Galloway) 2015 Buy ↗ 49 Shotgun Charlie(By: Matthew P. Mayo) 2015 Buy ↗ 50 The Law and the Lawless(By: David Robbins) 2015 Buy ↗ 51 Brother's Keeper(By: David Robbins) 2015 Buy ↗ 52 Texas Hills(By: David Robbins) 2015 Buy ↗ 53 Outlaw Town(By: David Robbins) 2016 Buy ↗ 54 Phantom Hill(By: Carlton Stowers) 2016 Buy ↗ 55 Hellbound Posse(By: Robert J. Randisi) 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Foxy Hens Books 5 books · 2005–2009
01 Chik Lit for Foxy Hens(By: Jackie King,Peggy Fielding) 2005 Buy ↗ 02 Foxy Statehood Hens and Murder Most Fowl(By: Jackie King) 2007 Buy ↗ 03 The Foxy Hens Meet a Romantic Adventurer(By: Charles W. Sasser,Jackie King,Peggy Fielding) 2008 Buy ↗ 04 The Foxy Hens Go Bump in the Night(By: Jackie King,Peggy Moss Fielding) 2008 Buy ↗ 05 Two Foxy Holiday Hens and One Big Rooster(With: Jackie King) 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Battling Harrigans of the Frontier Books 2 books · 2023–2023
02 A Need for Violence(With: Matthew P. Mayo) 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The O'Malleys of Texas Books 4 books · 2017–2022
01 The O'Malleys of Texas 2017 Buy ↗ 03 Massacre at Whip Station 2020 Buy ↗ 04 And the Devil Makes Five 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 8 books · 1992–2018
02 From Hell to Breakfast 1994 Buy ↗ 03 By the Cut of Your Clothes 1994 Buy ↗ 05 Servant of the Law 2000 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Phil Guthrey Books 2 books · 2013–2014
01 Chaparral Range War 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Herschel Baker Books 4 books · 2006–2010
01 The Horse Creek Incident 2006 Buy ↗ 02 Montana Revenge 2007 Buy ↗ 03 The Sundown Chaser 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 2 books · 2006–2016
02 Out of a Job, Not Earning a Dime 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Brandiron Books 6 books · 2015–2017
01 A Bride for Gil 2015 Buy ↗ 02 The Mustanger and the Lady 2016 Buy ↗ 04 A Funeral Ain't the Place 2016 Buy ↗ 05 The Cherokee Strip/Range War of Callie County 2016 Buy ↗ 06 Gold in the Sun 2017 Buy ↗ 07 The Pride of Texas 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Frank Brothers Books 4 books · 2012–2014
02 Blue Roan Colt 2012 Buy ↗ 03 Brackeen's Law 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Byrnes Family Ranch Books 12 books · 2009–2018
01 Texas Blood Feud 2009 Buy ↗ 02 Between Hell and Texas 2011 Buy ↗ 03 Blood on the Verde River 2013 Buy ↗ 04 Brothers in Blood 2013 Buy ↗ 06 A Good Day To Kill 2015 Buy ↗ 07 Arizona Territory 2015 Buy ↗ 08 Pray for the Dead 2016 Buy ↗ 09 Deadly Is the Night 2016 Buy ↗ 10 Valley of Bones 2017 Buy ↗ 12 Rage for Vengeance 2018 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Rodeo Riders Books 1 book · 2002
Publication Order of Trail Drive Books 35 books · 1992–2022
01 The Goodnight Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1992 Buy ↗ 02 The Western Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1992 Buy ↗ 03 The Chisholm Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1993 Buy ↗ 04 The Bandera Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1993 Buy ↗ 05 The California Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1994 Buy ↗ 06 The Shawnee Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1994 Buy ↗ 07 The Virginia City Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1994 Buy ↗ 08 The Dodge City Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1995 Buy ↗ 09 The Oregon Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1995 Buy ↗ 10 The Santa Fe Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1997 Buy ↗ 11 The Old Spanish Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1998 Buy ↗ 12 The Green River Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1999 Buy ↗ 13 The Deadwood Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1999 Buy ↗ 14 The Dakota Trail(By: Robert Vaughan) 2001 Buy ↗ 15 The Alamosa Trail(By: Robert Vaughan) 2002 Buy ↗ 16 The Bozeman Trail(By: Robert Vaughan) 2002 Buy ↗ 17 The Abilene Trail 2003 Buy ↗ 18 Trail To Fort Smith 2004 Buy ↗ 19 The Palo Duro Trail(By: Jory Sherman) 2004 Buy ↗ 20 The Ogallala Trail 2005 Buy ↗ 21 The Ellsworth Trail(By: Jory Sherman) 2005 Buy ↗ 22 The Tenderfoot Trail(By: Joseph A. West) 2006 Buy ↗ 23 Trail to Cottonwood Falls 2007 Buy ↗ 24 The Amarillo Trail(By: Jory Sherman) 2011 Buy ↗ 25 The Omaha Trail(By: Jory Sherman) 2012 Buy ↗ 26 Big Jake's Last Drive(By: Robert J. Randisi) 2020 Buy ↗ 27 The Badlands Trail(By: Lyle Brandt) 2020 Buy ↗ 28 The Kelly Trail(By: Terrence McCauley) 2020 Buy ↗ 29 Drive for Independence(By: Ralph Compton,Lyle Brandt) 2020 Buy ↗ 30 Red Trail(By: John Shirley) 2020 Buy ↗ 31 The Empire Trail(By: Jeff Rovin) 2021 Buy ↗ 32 The Too-Late Trail(By: Matthew P. Mayo,Ralph Compton) 2021 Buy ↗ 33 Terror Trail(By: Lyle Brandt) 2021 Buy ↗ 34 Tthe Sagebrush Trail(By: Robert J. Randisi) 2021 Buy ↗ 35 The Saltwater Trail(By: Jackson Lowry) 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Story Collections 2 books · 2004–2025
01 Waltzing with Tumbleweeds 2004 Buy ↗ 02 Rambling Down the Range 2025 Buy ↗