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J.T. Edson Complete Bibliography

Browse books by J.T. Edson in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 144 books / 10 series

British author J.T. Edson is best known for his sprawling Western series, including the Dusty Fog and Floating Outfit books. With over 27 million copies sold worldwide, his work remains a cornerstone of the genre. This page provides the J.T. Edson books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by J.T. Edson in Publication Order

1965 Slaughter's Way POoSN / 1 Buy
1965 The Fortune Hunters POoTFOB / 1 Buy
1965 The Hooded Riders POoTFOB / 2 Buy
1966 Arizona Ranger POoWB / 1 Buy
1968 The Professional Killers POoRCB / 1 Buy
1968 The Big Hunt POoCJB / 1 Buy
1968 Comanche POoCWB / 1 Buy
1968 Calamity Spells Trouble aka The Road to Ratchet Creek POoCJB / 2 Buy
1968 The Drifter POoWB / 2 Buy
1968 The Fastest Gun in Texas POoCWB / 2 Buy
1968 Trouble Trail POoCJB / 3 Buy
1968 The Colt and the Sabre POoCWB / 3 Buy
1968 Waco's Debt POoTFOB / 3 Buy
1968 A Town Called Yellowdog POoTFOB / 4 Buy
1968 The Cow Thieves POoCJB / 4 Buy
1968 The Bullwhip Breed POoCJB / 5 Buy
1968 The Law of the Gun POoTFOB / 5 Buy
1968 Rio Guns POoTFOB / 6 Buy
1968 McGraw's Inheritance POoTFOB / 7 Buy
1968 The Ysabel Kid POoTFOB / 8 Buy
1968 Trail Boss POoTFOB / 9 Buy
1968 The Hard Riders POoTFOB / 10 Buy
1968 Guns In The Night POoTFOB / 11 Buy
1968 Terror Valley POoTFOB / 12 Buy
1968 Quiet Town POoTFOB / 13 Buy
1968 The Rio Hondo Kid POoTFOB / 14 Buy
1968 Rangeland Hercules POoTFOB / 15 Buy
1968 The Making of a Lawman POoTFOB / 16 Buy
1969 The 1/4 Second Draw POoRCB / 2 Buy
1969 Hound Dog Man POoWB / 3 Buy
1969 Waco Rides In POoWB / 4 Buy
1969 The Bloody Border POoCWB / 4 Buy
1969 Wagons To Backsight POoTFOB / 17 Buy
1969 The Man from Texas POoTFOB / 18 Buy
1969 Gunsmoke Thunder POoTFOB / 19 Buy
1969 Cuchilo POoTFOB / 20 Buy
1969 Gun Wizard POoTFOB / 21 Buy
1969 .44 Caliber Man POoTFOB / 22 Buy
1969 The Half Breed POoTFOB / 23 Buy
1969 Sidewinder POoTFOB / 24 Buy
1969 Goodnights Dream POoTFOB / 25 Buy
1969 The Small Texan POoTFOB / 26 Buy
1969 The Wildcats POoTFOB / 27 Buy
1969 Apache Rampage POoTFOB / 28 Buy
1969 From Hide And Horn POoTFOB / 29 Buy
1969 The Trouble Busters POoTFOB / 30 Buy
1969 Trigger Fast POoTFOB / 31 Buy
1969 The Peacemakers POoTFOB / 32 Buy
1969 Troubled Range POoTFOB / 33 Buy
1969 The Fast Gun POoTFOB / 34 Buy
1969 Return To Backsight POoTFOB / 35 Buy
1969 The Rushers POoTFOB / 36 Buy
1970 Point of Contact POoRCB / 3 Buy
1970 The Owlhoot POoRCB / 4 Buy
1970 Kill Dusty Fog! POoCWB / 5 Buy
1970 Cold Deck, Hot Lead POoCJB / 6 Buy
1970 Under the Stars and Bars POoCWB / 6 Buy
1970 Back to the Bloody Border aka Renegade POoCWB / 7 Buy
1970 White Stallion, Red Mare aka Ranch War POoCJB / 7 Buy
1970 The Rio Hondo War POoTFOB / 37 Buy
1970 The Town Tamers POoTFOB / 38 Buy
1971 Slip Gun POoWSB / 1 Buy
1971 Bad Hombre POoRCB / 5 Buy
1971 Run For The Border POoRCB / 6 Buy
1971 Hell in the Palo Duro POoTFOB / 39 Buy
1971 A Horse Called Mogollon POoTFOB / 40 Buy
1972 Two Miles to the Border POoSN / 2 Buy
1972 Blonde Genius POoSN / 3 Buy
1972 To Arms! To Arms! In Dixie POoTFOB / 41 Buy
1972 Go Back To Hell POoTFOB / 42 Buy
1973 You're in Command Now, Mr.Fog aka Rebel Vengeance POoCWB / 8 Buy
1973 The Big Gun POoCWB / 9 Buy
1973 Set Texas Back on Her Feet POoTFOB / 43 Buy
1973 Viridian's Trail POoTFOB / 44 Buy
1974 The Sixteen-Dollar Shooter POoRCB / 7 Buy
1974 The Quest for Bowie's Blade POoTFOB / 45 Buy
1975 Young Ole Devil POoODB / 1 Buy
1975 Bunduki POoBB / 1 Buy
1975 Get Urrea! aka Texas Fury POoODB / 2 Buy
1976 Bunduki And Dawn POoBB / 2 Buy
1976 Sacrifice for the Quagga God POoBB / 3 Buy
1976 Ole Devil and the Mule Train POoODB / 3 Buy
1976 Ole Devil and the Caplocks POoODB / 4 Buy
1977 Cap. Fog, Texas Ranger, Meet Mr. J. G. Reeder POoAD'FB / 1 Buy
1977 Ole Devil at San Jacinto POoODB / 5 Buy
1977 Doc Leroy, M.D POoWB / 5 Buy
1977 Sagebrush Sleuth POoWB / 6 Buy
1978 Set A-foot POoSN / 4 Buy
1978 The Remittance Kid POoCJB / 8 Buy
1978 Texas Killers POoTFOB / 46 Buy
1978 The Nighthawk POoTFOB / 47 Buy
1978 The Texas Assassin POoTFOB / 48 Buy
1978 The Lone Star Killers POoTFOB / 49 Buy
1978 Beguinage Is Dead POoTFOB / 50 Buy
1978 The Hide and Tallow Men POoTFOB / 51 Buy
1979 You're a Texas Ranger, Alvin Fog aka Alvin Fog, Texas Ranger POoAD'FB / 2 Buy
1979 J.T.'s Hundredth POoSN / 5 Buy
1979 The Whip And The War Lance POoCJB / 9 Buy
1979 The Devil Gun POoCWB / 10 Buy
1979 The Rebel Spy POoCWB / 11 Buy
1979 The Bad Bunch POoTFOB / 52 Buy
1979 The Floating Outfit POoTFOB / 53 Buy
1979 The Texan POoTFOB / 54 Buy
1979 The Gentle Giant POoTFOB / 55 Buy
1980 Justice of Company Z POoAD'FB / 3 Buy
1980 Fearless Master of the Jungle POoBB / 4 Buy
1980 Rapido Clint POoAD'FB / 4 Buy
1980 J.T.'s Ladies POoSN / 6 Buy
1981 Sheriff Of Rockabye County POoRCB / 8 Buy
1981 The Trigger Master POoTFOB / 56 Buy
1981 Master of Triggernometry POoTFOB / 57 Buy
1981 Old Moccasins on the Trail POoTFOB / 58 Buy
1982 Waco's Badge POoWB / 7 Buy
1982 The Lawmen of Rockabye County POoRCB / 9 Buy
1982 A Matter of Honor POoCWB / 12 Buy
1982 White Indians POoTFOB / 59 Buy
1983 Wanted! Belle Starr aka Oklahoma Outlaw POoSN / 7 Buy
1983 The Cow Thieves aka Running Irons POoCJB / 10 Buy
1983 Cut One, They All Bleed POoCJB / 11 Buy
1983 The Hide And Horn Saloon POoCJB / 12 Buy
1983 Ole Devil's Hands and Feet POoTFOB / 60 Buy
1984 The Return of Rapido Clint and Mr J.G. Reeder POoAD'FB / 5 Buy
1984 Buffalo are Coming POoTFOB / 61 Buy
1985 No Finger on the Trigger POoWSB / 2 Buy
1985 Is-a-man aka Texas Warrior POoSN / 8 Buy
1986 Calamity, Mark and Belle aka Texas Trio POoCJB / 13 Buy
1986 Cards and Colts POoTFOB / 62 Buy
1986 Diamonds, Emeralds, Cards And Colts POoTFOB / 63 Buy
1986 Decision For Dusty Fog POoTFOB / 64 Buy
1987 More J.T.'s Ladies POoSN / 9 Buy
1988 Code of Dusty Fog POoTFOB / 65 Buy
1989 J. T.'s Ladies Ride Again POoSN / 10 Buy
1990 Rapido Clint Strikes Back POoAD'FB / 6 Buy
1990 Mark Counter's Kin POoTFOB / 66 Buy
1991 The Deputies POoRCB / 10 Buy
1994 The South Will Rise Again POoTFOB / 67 Buy
1996 Cure the Texas Fever POoWSB / 3 Buy
1996 Mississippi Raider POoCWB / 13 Buy
1996 Texas Kidnappers POoTFOB / 68 Buy
1996 Wedge Goes to Arizona POoTFOB / 69 Buy
1996 Arizona Range War POoTFOB / 70 Buy
1996 Arizona Gun Law POoTFOB / 71 Buy
1997 Texas Teamwork POoRCB / 11 Buy
2011 Florida Civil War Blockades: Battling for the Coast(By: Nick Wynne) POoCWB / 14 Buy

Complete J.T. Edson Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Civil War Reading Order 14 books / 1968-2011
01 Comanche 1968 Buy
02 The Fastest Gun in Texas 1968 Buy
03 The Colt and the Sabre 1968 Buy
04 The Bloody Border 1969 Buy
05 Kill Dusty Fog! 1970 Buy
06 Under the Stars and Bars 1970 Buy
07 Back to the Bloody Border aka Renegade 1970 Buy
08 You're in Command Now, Mr.Fog aka Rebel Vengeance 1973 Buy
09 The Big Gun 1973 Buy
10 The Devil Gun 1979 Buy
11 The Rebel Spy 1979 Buy
12 A Matter of Honor 1982 Buy
13 Mississippi Raider 1996 Buy
14 Florida Civil War Blockades: Battling for the Coast(By: Nick Wynne) 2011 Buy
Calamity Jane Reading Order 13 books / 1968-1986
01 The Big Hunt 1968 Buy
02 Calamity Spells Trouble aka The Road to Ratchet Creek 1968 Buy
03 Trouble Trail 1968 Buy
04 The Cow Thieves 1968 Buy
05 The Bullwhip Breed 1968 Buy
06 Cold Deck, Hot Lead 1970 Buy
07 White Stallion, Red Mare aka Ranch War 1970 Buy
08 The Remittance Kid 1978 Buy
09 The Whip And The War Lance 1979 Buy
10 The Cow Thieves aka Running Irons 1983 Buy
11 Cut One, They All Bleed 1983 Buy
12 The Hide And Horn Saloon 1983 Buy
13 Calamity, Mark and Belle aka Texas Trio 1986 Buy
The Floating Outfit Reading Order 71 books / 1965-1996
01 The Fortune Hunters 1965 Buy
02 The Hooded Riders 1965 Buy
03 Waco's Debt 1968 Buy
04 A Town Called Yellowdog 1968 Buy
05 The Law of the Gun 1968 Buy
06 Rio Guns 1968 Buy
07 McGraw's Inheritance 1968 Buy
08 The Ysabel Kid 1968 Buy
09 Trail Boss 1968 Buy
10 The Hard Riders 1968 Buy
11 Guns In The Night 1968 Buy
12 Terror Valley 1968 Buy
13 Quiet Town 1968 Buy
14 The Rio Hondo Kid 1968 Buy
15 Rangeland Hercules 1968 Buy
16 The Making of a Lawman 1968 Buy
17 Wagons To Backsight 1969 Buy
18 The Man from Texas 1969 Buy
19 Gunsmoke Thunder 1969 Buy
20 Cuchilo 1969 Buy
21 Gun Wizard 1969 Buy
22 .44 Caliber Man 1969 Buy
23 The Half Breed 1969 Buy
24 Sidewinder 1969 Buy
25 Goodnights Dream 1969 Buy
26 The Small Texan 1969 Buy
27 The Wildcats 1969 Buy
28 Apache Rampage 1969 Buy
29 From Hide And Horn 1969 Buy
30 The Trouble Busters 1969 Buy
31 Trigger Fast 1969 Buy
32 The Peacemakers 1969 Buy
33 Troubled Range 1969 Buy
34 The Fast Gun 1969 Buy
35 Return To Backsight 1969 Buy
36 The Rushers 1969 Buy
37 The Rio Hondo War 1970 Buy
38 The Town Tamers 1970 Buy
39 Hell in the Palo Duro 1971 Buy
40 A Horse Called Mogollon 1971 Buy
41 To Arms! To Arms! In Dixie 1972 Buy
42 Go Back To Hell 1972 Buy
43 Set Texas Back on Her Feet 1973 Buy
44 Viridian's Trail 1973 Buy
45 The Quest for Bowie's Blade 1974 Buy
46 Texas Killers 1978 Buy
47 The Nighthawk 1978 Buy
48 The Texas Assassin 1978 Buy
49 The Lone Star Killers 1978 Buy
50 Beguinage Is Dead 1978 Buy
51 The Hide and Tallow Men 1978 Buy
52 The Bad Bunch 1979 Buy
53 The Floating Outfit 1979 Buy
54 The Texan 1979 Buy
55 The Gentle Giant 1979 Buy
56 The Trigger Master 1981 Buy
57 Master of Triggernometry 1981 Buy
58 Old Moccasins on the Trail 1981 Buy
59 White Indians 1982 Buy
60 Ole Devil's Hands and Feet 1983 Buy
61 Buffalo are Coming 1984 Buy
62 Cards and Colts 1986 Buy
63 Diamonds, Emeralds, Cards And Colts 1986 Buy
64 Decision For Dusty Fog 1986 Buy
65 Code of Dusty Fog 1988 Buy
66 Mark Counter's Kin 1990 Buy
67 The South Will Rise Again 1994 Buy
68 Texas Kidnappers 1996 Buy
69 Wedge Goes to Arizona 1996 Buy
70 Arizona Range War 1996 Buy
71 Arizona Gun Law 1996 Buy
Waxahachie Smith Reading Order 3 books / 1971-1996
01 Slip Gun 1971 Buy
02 No Finger on the Trigger 1985 Buy
03 Cure the Texas Fever 1996 Buy
Ole Devil Reading Order 5 books / 1975-1977
01 Young Ole Devil 1975 Buy
02 Get Urrea! aka Texas Fury 1975 Buy
03 Ole Devil and the Mule Train 1976 Buy
04 Ole Devil and the Caplocks 1976 Buy
05 Ole Devil at San Jacinto 1977 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 10 books / 1965-1989
01 Slaughter's Way 1965 Buy
02 Two Miles to the Border 1972 Buy
03 Blonde Genius 1972 Buy
04 Set A-foot 1978 Buy
05 J.T.'s Hundredth 1979 Buy
06 J.T.'s Ladies 1980 Buy
07 Wanted! Belle Starr aka Oklahoma Outlaw 1983 Buy
08 Is-a-man aka Texas Warrior 1985 Buy
09 More J.T.'s Ladies 1987 Buy
10 J. T.'s Ladies Ride Again 1989 Buy
Bunduki Reading Order 4 books / 1975-1980
01 Bunduki 1975 Buy
02 Bunduki And Dawn 1976 Buy
03 Sacrifice for the Quagga God 1976 Buy
04 Fearless Master of the Jungle 1980 Buy
Waco Reading Order 7 books / 1966-1982
01 Arizona Ranger 1966 Buy
02 The Drifter 1968 Buy
03 Hound Dog Man 1969 Buy
04 Waco Rides In 1969 Buy
05 Doc Leroy, M.D 1977 Buy
06 Sagebrush Sleuth 1977 Buy
07 Waco's Badge 1982 Buy
Rockabye County Reading Order 11 books / 1968-1997
01 The Professional Killers 1968 Buy
02 The 1/4 Second Draw 1969 Buy
03 Point of Contact 1970 Buy
04 The Owlhoot 1970 Buy
05 Bad Hombre 1971 Buy
06 Run For The Border 1971 Buy
07 The Sixteen-Dollar Shooter 1974 Buy
08 Sheriff Of Rockabye County 1981 Buy
09 The Lawmen of Rockabye County 1982 Buy
10 The Deputies 1991 Buy
11 Texas Teamwork 1997 Buy
01 Cap. Fog, Texas Ranger, Meet Mr. J. G. Reeder 1977 Buy
02 You're a Texas Ranger, Alvin Fog aka Alvin Fog, Texas Ranger 1979 Buy
03 Justice of Company Z 1980 Buy
04 Rapido Clint 1980 Buy
05 The Return of Rapido Clint and Mr J.G. Reeder 1984 Buy
06 Rapido Clint Strikes Back 1990 Buy

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