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Updated 2026-07-11 / 147 books / 17 series
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.
Books by Dusty Richards in Publication Order
1992
The Goodnight Trail(By: Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 1
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1992
Noble's Way
POoSN / 1
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1992
The Western Trail(By: Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 2
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1993
The Chisholm Trail(By: Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 3
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1993
The Bandera Trail(By: Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 4
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1994
From Hell to Breakfast
POoSN / 2
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1994
By the Cut of Your Clothes
POoSN / 3
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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
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1995
The Dodge City Trail(By: Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 8
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1995
The Oregon Trail(By: Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 9
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1997
The Santa Fe Trail(By: Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 10
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1998
The Old Spanish Trail(By: Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 11
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1999
The Green River Trail(By: Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 12
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1999
The Deadwood Trail(By: Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 13
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2000
Lawless Land
POoSN / 4
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2000
Servant of the Law
POoSN / 5
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2001
Clarion's Call(By: Robert Vaughan)
POoRCWB / 1
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2001
Rancher's Law
POoSN / 6
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2001
The Dakota Trail(By: Robert Vaughan)
POoTDB / 14
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2002
The Natural
POoRRB / 1
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2002
The Alamosa Trail(By: Robert Vaughan)
POoTDB / 15
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2002
The Bozeman Trail(By: Robert Vaughan)
POoTDB / 16
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2003
The Abilene Trail
POoTDB / 17
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2004
Waltzing with Tumbleweeds
POoSSC / 1
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2004
Blood and Gold(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 2
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2004
Deuces Wild
POoSN / 7
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2004
Trail To Fort Smith
POoTDB / 18
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2004
The Palo Duro Trail(By: Jory Sherman)
POoTDB / 19
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2005
Chik Lit for Foxy Hens(By: Jackie King,Peggy Fielding)
POoFHB / 1
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2005
For the Brand(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 3
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2005
The Ogallala Trail
POoTDB / 20
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2005
The Ellsworth Trail(By: Jory Sherman)
POoTDB / 21
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2006
The Horse Creek Incident
POoHBB / 1
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2006
Comanche Moon
POoSS / 1
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2006
Rio Largo(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 4
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2006
Guns of the Canyonlands(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 5
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2006
Texas Empire(By: Ralph Compton)
POoRCWB / 6
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2006
By the Horns(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 7
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2006
Deadwood Gulch(By: John Edward Ames)
POoRCWB / 8
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2006
The Tenderfoot Trail(By: Joseph A. West)
POoTDB / 22
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2007
Montana Revenge
POoHBB / 2
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2007
Foxy Statehood Hens and Murder Most Fowl(By: Jackie King)
POoFHB / 2
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2007
The Bloody Trail(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 9
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2007
A Wolf In the Fold(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 10
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2007
Bluff City(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 11
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2007
West Of The Law(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 12
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2007
Blood Duel(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 13
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2007
Trail to Cottonwood Falls
POoTDB / 23
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2008
The Foxy Hens Meet a Romantic Adventurer(By: Charles W. Sasser,Jackie King,Peggy Fielding)
POoFHB / 3
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2008
The Foxy Hens Go Bump in the Night(By: Jackie King,Peggy Moss Fielding)
POoFHB / 4
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2008
Death of a Bad Man(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 14
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2008
Ride the Hard Trail(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 15
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2008
Blood on the Gallows(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 16
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2008
Bullet for a Bad Man(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 17
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2008
The Convict Trail(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 18
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2009
Texas Blood Feud
POoBFRB / 1
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2009
The Sundown Chaser
POoHBB / 3
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2009
Two Foxy Holiday Hens and One Big Rooster(With: Jackie King)
POoFHB / 5
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2009
Bounty Hunter(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 19
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2009
Rawhide Flat(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 20
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2009
Outlaw's Reckoning(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 21
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2009
The Man From Nowhere(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 22
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2009
Fatal Justice(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 23
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2010
Wulf's Tracks
POoHBB / 4
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2010
Stryker's Revenge(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 24
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2010
Death of a Hangman(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 25
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2010
North to the Salt Fork
POoRCWB / 26
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2010
Rusted Tin(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 27
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2010
The Shadow Of A Gun(By: Henry Clay Merritt)
POoRCWB / 28
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2010
The Burning Range(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 29
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2011
The Bounty Man and Doe
POoLB / 1
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2011
Writing the West with Dusty Richards and Friends
POoNB / 1
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2011
Between Hell and Texas
POoBFRB / 2
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2011
The Amarillo Trail(By: Jory Sherman)
POoTDB / 24
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2011
The Last Manhunt(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 30
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2011
The Stranger from Abilene(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 31
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2011
The Ghost of Apache Creek(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 32
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2012
Outlaw Queen
POoFBB / 1
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2012
Blue Roan Colt
POoFBB / 2
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2012
The Omaha Trail(By: Jory Sherman)
POoTDB / 25
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2012
Dead Man's Ranch(By: Matthew P. Mayo)
POoRCWB / 33
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2012
Slaughter Canyon(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 34
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2012
One Man's Fire(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 35
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2012
Tucker's Reckoning(By: Matthew P. Mayo)
POoRCWB / 36
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2012
Down on Gila River(By: Joseph A. West)
POoRCWB / 37
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2013
Chaparral Range War
POoPGB / 1
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2013
Brackeen's Law
POoFBB / 3
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2013
Blood on the Verde River
POoBFRB / 3
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2013
Brothers in Blood
POoBFRB / 4
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2013
Brimstone Trail(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 38
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2013
Straight Shooter(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 39
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2013
The Hunted(By: Matthew P. Mayo)
POoRCWB / 40
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2013
Hard Ride to Wichita(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 41
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2014
Once a Ranger
POoPGB / 2
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2014
Texas
POoFBB / 4
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2014
Ambush Valley
POoBFRB / 5
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2014
The Cheyenne Trail(By: Jory Sherman)
POoRCWB / 42
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2014
Double-Cross Ranch(By: Matthew P. Mayo)
POoRCWB / 43
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2014
Comanche Trail(By: Carlton Stowers)
POoRCWB / 44
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2014
The Dangerous Land(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 45
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2014
Vigilante Dawn(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 46
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2015
A Bride for Gil
POoBB / 1
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2015
A Good Day To Kill
POoBFRB / 6
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2015
Arizona Territory
POoBFRB / 7
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2015
The Evil Men Do(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 47
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2015
Straight to the Noose(By: Marcus Galloway)
POoRCWB / 48
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2015
Shotgun Charlie(By: Matthew P. Mayo)
POoRCWB / 49
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2015
The Law and the Lawless(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 50
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2015
Brother's Keeper(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 51
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2015
Texas Hills(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 52
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2016
The Texas Badge
POoTBMB / 1
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2016
The Mustanger and the Lady
POoBB / 2
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2016
Out of a Job, Not Earning a Dime
POoSS / 2
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2016
A Funeral Ain't the Place
POoBB / 4
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2016
The Cherokee Strip/Range War of Callie County
POoBB / 5
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2016
Pray for the Dead
POoBFRB / 8
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2016
Deadly Is the Night
POoBFRB / 9
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2016
Outlaw Town(By: David Robbins)
POoRCWB / 53
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2016
Phantom Hill(By: Carlton Stowers)
POoRCWB / 54
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2017
The O'Malleys of Texas
POoTOoTB / 1
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2017
Gold in the Sun
POoBB / 6
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2017
The Pride of Texas
POoBB / 7
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2017
Valley of Bones
POoBFRB / 10
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2018
Dead Aim
POoTOoTB / 2
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2018
Zekial
POoSN / 8
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2018
Sharpshooter
POoBFRB / 11
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2018
Rage for Vengeance
POoBFRB / 12
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2020
Massacre at Whip Station
POoTOoTB / 3
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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
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2020
Red Trail(By: John Shirley)
POoTDB / 30
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2021
The Empire Trail(By: Jeff Rovin)
POoTDB / 31
Buy
2021
The Too-Late Trail(By: Matthew P. Mayo,Ralph Compton)
POoTDB / 32
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2021
Terror Trail(By: Lyle Brandt)
POoTDB / 33
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2021
Tthe Sagebrush Trail(By: Robert J. Randisi)
POoTDB / 34
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2021
Hellbound Posse(By: Robert J. Randisi)
POoRCWB / 55
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2022
Texas Lightning(With: Velda Brotherton)
POoTBMB / 2
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2022
And the Devil Makes Five
POoTOoTB / 4
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2022
The Saltwater Trail(By: Jackson Lowry)
POoTDB / 35
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2023
Westbound
POoBHotFB / 1
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2023
A Need for Violence(With: Matthew P. Mayo)
POoBHotFB / 2
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2023
Texas Fury(With: Velda Brotherton)
POoTBMB / 3
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2025
Rambling Down the Range
POoSSC / 2
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Complete Dusty Richards Series Reading Order /
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01
The Bounty Man and Doe
2011
Buy
01
The Texas Badge
2016
Buy
02
Texas Lightning(With: Velda Brotherton)
2022
Buy
03
Texas Fury(With: Velda Brotherton)
2023
Buy
01
Writing the West with Dusty Richards and Friends
2011
Buy
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
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
02
A Need for Violence(With: Matthew P. Mayo)
2023
Buy
01
The O'Malleys of Texas
2017
Buy
03
Massacre at Whip Station
2020
Buy
04
And the Devil Makes Five
2022
Buy
02
From Hell to Breakfast
1994
Buy
03
By the Cut of Your Clothes
1994
Buy
05
Servant of the Law
2000
Buy
06
Rancher's Law
2001
Buy
01
Chaparral Range War
2013
Buy
02
Once a Ranger
2014
Buy
01
The Horse Creek Incident
2006
Buy
02
Montana Revenge
2007
Buy
03
The Sundown Chaser
2009
Buy
04
Wulf's Tracks
2010
Buy
01
Comanche Moon
2006
Buy
02
Out of a Job, Not Earning a Dime
2016
Buy
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
02
Blue Roan Colt
2012
Buy
03
Brackeen's Law
2013
Buy
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
05
Ambush Valley
2014
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
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
01
Waltzing with Tumbleweeds
2004
Buy
02
Rambling Down the Range
2025
Buy
Where to start with Dusty Richards
What is the best order to read Dusty Richards 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.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.