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Louis L’Amour

American author best known for the Sackett series and *Hondo*. His 100+ novels have sold over 320 million copies worldwide. This page provides the Louis L’Amour books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1939Smoke from This AltarPOoSSC · 1Buy ↗

1951The Riders of High RockPOoHCB · 1Buy ↗

1951Riders of the DawnPOoLLASS · 1Buy ↗

1951The Rustlers of West ForkPOoHCB · 2Buy ↗

1951The Trail to Seven PinesPOoHCB · 3Buy ↗

1952Trouble ShooterPOoHCB · 4Buy ↗

1953Showdown at Yellow ButtePOoLLSN · 1Buy ↗

1953HondoPOoLLLTB · 1Buy ↗

1954Crossfire TrailPOoLLSN · 2Buy ↗

1954KilkennyPOoLLLTB · 2Buy ↗

1954Utah BlainePOoLLSN · 3Buy ↗

1955To Tame a LandPOoLLSN · 4Buy ↗

1955Heller with a GunPOoLLSN · 5Buy ↗

1955Guns of the TimberlandsPOoLLSN · 6Buy ↗

1956Silver CanyonPOoLLSN · 7Buy ↗

1956The Burning HillsPOoLLSN · 8Buy ↗

1957SitkaPOoLLSN · 9Buy ↗

1957The Tall StrangerPOoLLSN · 10Buy ↗

1957Last Stand at Papago WellsPOoLLSN · 11Buy ↗

1959TaggartPOoLLLTB · 3Buy ↗

1959RadiganPOoLLSN · 12Buy ↗

1960The DaybreakersPOoTSB · 1Buy ↗

1960FlintPOoLLSN · 13Buy ↗

1961SackettPOoTSB · 2Buy ↗

1962LandoPOoTSB · 3Buy ↗

1962ShalakoPOoLLLTB · 4Buy ↗

1962How the West Was WonPOoLLLTB · 5Buy ↗

1962High LonesomePOoLLSN · 14Buy ↗

1962KilloePOoLLSN · 15Buy ↗

1963Dark CanyonPOoLLSN · 16Buy ↗

1964Mojave CrossingPOoTSB · 4Buy ↗

1964Kiowa TrailPOoLLSN · 17Buy ↗

1964Hanging Woman CreekPOoLLSN · 18Buy ↗

1965The Sackett BrandPOoTSB · 5Buy ↗

1965The Key-Lock ManPOoLLSN · 19Buy ↗

1965The High GradersPOoLLSN · 20Buy ↗

1966Kid RodeloPOoLLLTB · 6Buy ↗

1966Mustang ManPOoTSB · 6Buy ↗

1966The Broken GunPOoLLSN · 21Buy ↗

1966KilronePOoLLSN · 22Buy ↗

1967The Sky-LinersPOoTSB · 7Buy ↗

1967MatagordaPOoLLSN · 23Buy ↗

1968Down the Long HillsPOoLLLTB · 7Buy ↗

1968ChancyPOoLLSN · 24Buy ↗

1968BrionnePOoLLSN · 25Buy ↗

1969The Lonely MenPOoTSB · 8Buy ↗

1969The Man Called NoonPOoLLLTB · 8Buy ↗

1969The Empty LandPOoLLLTB · 9Buy ↗

1969FallonPOoLLLTB · 10Buy ↗

1969ConagherPOoLLSN · 26Buy ↗

1970GallowayPOoTSB · 9Buy ↗

1970Reilly's LuckPOoLLLTB · 11Buy ↗

1971North to the RailsPOoCB · 1Buy ↗

1971Under the Sweetwater RimPOoLLSN · 27Buy ↗

1971TuckerPOoLLSN · 28Buy ↗

1972Ride the Dark TrailPOoTSB · 10Buy ↗

1972Treasure MountainPOoTSB · 11Buy ↗

1972CallaghenPOoLLLTB · 12Buy ↗

1973Fair Blows the WindPOoCB · 2Buy ↗

1973War PartyPOoTSB · 12Buy ↗

1973The Ferguson RiflePOoLLLTB · 14Buy ↗

1973The Man from SkibbereenPOoLLSN · 29Buy ↗

1973The Quick and the DeadPOoLLSN · 30Buy ↗

1974Sackett's LandPOoTSB · 13Buy ↗

1974The CaliforniosPOoLLSN · 31Buy ↗

1975Rivers WestPOoTB · 1Buy ↗

1975The Man from the Broken HillsPOoTB · 2Buy ↗

1975Over on the Dry SidePOoCB · 4Buy ↗

1976The Rider of Lost CreekPOoKB · 2Buy ↗

1976To the Far Blue MountainsPOoTSB · 14Buy ↗

1976Westward the TidePOoLLLTB · 16Buy ↗

1976Where the Long Grass BlowsPOoLLSN · 32Buy ↗

1977Borden ChantryPOoCB · 5Buy ↗

1978The Mountain Valley War / A Man Called TrentPOoKB · 3Buy ↗

1979Bendigo ShafterPOoLLLTB · 17Buy ↗

1979The Iron MarshalPOoLLSN · 33Buy ↗

1979The Proving TrailPOoLLSN · 34Buy ↗

1979Kiowa Trail and KilloePOoLLSN · 35Buy ↗

1980The Strong Shall LivePOoSSC · 2Buy ↗

1980Lonely on the MountainPOoTSB · 15Buy ↗

1980YonderingPOoLLLTB · 18Buy ↗

1981Buckskin RunPOoSSC · 3Buy ↗

1981Milo TalonPOoTB · 3Buy ↗

1981Comstock LodePOoLLLTB · 19Buy ↗

1982The Cherokee TrailPOoLLSN · 36Buy ↗

1982The ShadowRidersPOoLLSN · 37Buy ↗

1983Law of the Desert BornPOoSSC · 4Buy ↗

1983Ride the RiverPOoTSB · 16Buy ↗

1983The Lonesome GodsPOoLLLTB · 20Buy ↗

1983The Hills of HomicidePOoLLLTB · 21Buy ↗

1983BowdriePOoLLLTB · 22Buy ↗

1984FrontierPOoLLNB · 1Buy ↗

1984Bowdrie's LawPOoSSC · 5Buy ↗

1984The Warrior's PathPOoTSB · 17Buy ↗

1984The Walking DrumPOoLLLTB · 23Buy ↗

1984Son of a Wanted ManPOoLLSN · 38Buy ↗

1985Jubal SackettPOoTSB · 18Buy ↗

1985Passin' ThroughPOoLLLTB · 24Buy ↗

1986Dutchman's FlatPOoSSC · 6Buy ↗

1986Night Over the SolomonsPOoSSC · 7Buy ↗

1986The Trail to Crazy ManPOoSSC · 8Buy ↗

1986Man Riding WestPOoSSC · 9Buy ↗

1986The Rider of the Ruby HillsPOoSSC · 10Buy ↗

1986Last of the BreedPOoLLLTB · 25Buy ↗

1986Where Buzzards FlyPOoLLSN · 39Buy ↗

1986Riding for the BrandPOoLLSN · 40Buy ↗

1986South of DeadwoodPOoLLSN · 41Buy ↗

1987West from SingaporePOoSSC · 11Buy ↗

1987The Haunted MesaPOoLLLTB · 26Buy ↗

1987Showdown TrailPOoLLSN · 42Buy ↗

1987Dead End DriftPOoLLSN · 43Buy ↗

1988The Sackett CompanionPOoLLNB · 2Buy ↗

1988A Trail of MemoriesPOoLLNB · 3Buy ↗

1988LoniganPOoSSC · 12Buy ↗

1988The Turkeyfeather RidersPOoLLSN · 44Buy ↗

1988Four Card DrawPOoLLSN · 45Buy ↗

1988Bowdrie Passes ThroughPOoLLSN · 46Buy ↗

1989Education of a Wandering ManPOoLLNB · 4Buy ↗

1989Long Ride HomePOoSSC · 13Buy ↗

1989Too Tough to BrandPOoLLSN · 47Buy ↗

1990Grub Line RiderPOoSSC · 14Buy ↗

1990The Outlaws of MesquitePOoSSC · 15Buy ↗

1992The Trail to Peach Meadow CanyonPOoLLASS · 2Buy ↗

1992West of the TularosaPOoSSC · 16Buy ↗

1992The Louis L'Amour Companion(With: Robert Weinberg)POoLLSN · 48Buy ↗

1994Black Rock: A Western TrioPOoSSC · 17Buy ↗

1995Valley of the SunPOoSSC · 18Buy ↗

1995The Marshal of SentinelPOoLLSN · 49Buy ↗

1996West of DodgePOoKB · 4Buy ↗

1996West of Dodge CollectionPOoSSC · 19Buy ↗

1997A Gun for KilkennyPOoKB · 5Buy ↗

1997End of the DrivePOoTSB · 19Buy ↗

1997Mistakes Can Kill YouPOoSSC · 20Buy ↗

1997Strawhouse TrailPOoLLSN · 50Buy ↗

1998Monument RockPOoKB · 6Buy ↗

1999Beyond the Great Snow MountainsPOoSSC · 22Buy ↗

1999Love and the Cactus KidPOoLLSN · 51Buy ↗

1999SurvivalPOoLLSN · 52Buy ↗

2000Stories of the Golden West: Book 1(By: Jon Tuska)POoTGWB · 1Buy ↗

2000Off the Mangrove CoastPOoLLLTB · 27Buy ↗

2001Stories of the Golden West, Book 2(By: Jon Tuska)POoTGWB · 2Buy ↗

2001May There Be a RoadPOoSSC · 23Buy ↗

2002Stories of the Golden West, Book 3(By: Zane Grey,Max Brand,Jon Tuska,Christopher Lane)POoTGWB · 3Buy ↗

2002Stories of the Golden West, Book 4(By: Jon Tuska)POoTGWB · 4Buy ↗

2002With These HandsPOoSSC · 24Buy ↗

2002Louis L'Amour Trail Mix: Volume TwoPOoSSC · 25Buy ↗

2003From the Listening HillsPOoSSC · 26Buy ↗

2003The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 1POoSSC · 27Buy ↗

2003Lit a Shuck for TexasPOoLLSN · 53Buy ↗

2003The Sixth ShotgunPOoLLSN · 54Buy ↗

2003The First Fast DrawPOoLLSN · 55Buy ↗

2004Stories of the Golden West, Book 5(By: Grover Gardner,Zane Grey,Max Brand,Jon Tuska)POoTGWB · 5Buy ↗

2004The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 2POoSSC · 28Buy ↗

2005Stories of the Golden West, Book 6(By: Zane Grey)POoTGWB · 6Buy ↗

2005Home in the ValleyPOoSSC · 29Buy ↗

2005The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 3POoSSC · 30Buy ↗

2006Stories of the Golden West, Book 7(With: Zane Grey,Max Brand,Jon Tuska)POoTGWB · 7Buy ↗

2006The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 4POoSSC · 31Buy ↗

2007The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour Volume 5POoSSC · 32Buy ↗

2007Big Country, Volume 1POoSSC · 33Buy ↗

2008The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6POoSSC · 34Buy ↗

2008His Brother's DebtPOoLLSN · 56Buy ↗

2008Big MedicinePOoLLSN · 57Buy ↗

2008Job for a RangerPOoLLSN · 58Buy ↗

2008No Man's ManPOoLLSN · 59Buy ↗

2008Medicine GroundPOoLLSN · 60Buy ↗

2008That Triggernometry TenderfootPOoLLSN · 61Buy ↗

2009The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 7POoSSC · 35Buy ↗

2009The Frontier StoriesPOoSSC · 36Buy ↗

2010Big Country, Vol. 3POoSSC · 37Buy ↗

2010The Man from Battle FlatPOoSSC · 38Buy ↗

2010Dawn RidersPOoLLSN · 62Buy ↗

2011Glory RidersPOoSSC · 39Buy ↗

2012The Strong LandPOoSSC · 40Buy ↗

2012Unguarded MomentPOoLLSN · 63Buy ↗

2013Desert Death-SongPOoSSC · 41Buy ↗

2013The Black Rock Coffin MakersPOoLLSN · 64Buy ↗

2014We Shaped the Land with Our GunsPOoSSC · 42Buy ↗

2014Riders of the Tumbling KPOoLLSN · 65Buy ↗

2014A Man Called TrentPOoLLSN · 66Buy ↗

2015The Chick Bowdrie Short Stories BundlePOoSSC · 43Buy ↗

2016Golden GunmenPOoSSC · 44Buy ↗

2017Martin H. M. Schreiber: Last of a BreedPOoLLNB · 5Buy ↗

2017ShowdownPOoLLSN · 67Buy ↗

2018Louis l'Amour's Lost Treasures - Mysterious Stories, Unfinished Manuscripts, and Lost NotesPOoLLNB · 6Buy ↗

2018CatlowPOoLLLTB · 28Buy ↗

2018No Traveller ReturnsPOoLLLTB · 29Buy ↗

2018Three Bullets for the Cactus KidPOoLLSN · 68Buy ↗

2019Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 2 - More Mysterious Stories, Unfinished Manuscripts, and Lost NotesPOoLLNB · 7Buy ↗

2019BannonPOoLLSN · 69Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Short Story Collections43 books · 1939–2016

01Smoke from This Altar1939Buy ↗

02The Strong Shall Live1980Buy ↗

03Buckskin Run1981Buy ↗

04Law of the Desert Born1983Buy ↗

05Bowdrie's Law1984Buy ↗

06Dutchman's Flat1986Buy ↗

07Night Over the Solomons1986Buy ↗

08The Trail to Crazy Man1986Buy ↗

09Man Riding West1986Buy ↗

10The Rider of the Ruby Hills1986Buy ↗

11West from Singapore1987Buy ↗

12Lonigan1988Buy ↗

13Long Ride Home1989Buy ↗

14Grub Line Rider1990Buy ↗

15The Outlaws of Mesquite1990Buy ↗

16West of the Tularosa1992Buy ↗

17Black Rock: A Western Trio1994Buy ↗

18Valley of the Sun1995Buy ↗

19West of Dodge Collection1996Buy ↗

20Mistakes Can Kill You1997Buy ↗

22Beyond the Great Snow Mountains1999Buy ↗

23May There Be a Road2001Buy ↗

24With These Hands2002Buy ↗

25Louis L'Amour Trail Mix: Volume Two2002Buy ↗

26From the Listening Hills2003Buy ↗

27The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 12003Buy ↗

28The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 22004Buy ↗

29Home in the Valley2005Buy ↗

30The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 32005Buy ↗

31The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 42006Buy ↗

32The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour Volume 52007Buy ↗

33Big Country, Volume 12007Buy ↗

34The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 62008Buy ↗

35The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 72009Buy ↗

36The Frontier Stories2009Buy ↗

37Big Country, Vol. 32010Buy ↗

38The Man from Battle Flat2010Buy ↗

39Glory Riders2011Buy ↗

40The Strong Land2012Buy ↗

41Desert Death-Song2013Buy ↗

42We Shaped the Land with Our Guns2014Buy ↗

43The Chick Bowdrie Short Stories Bundle2015Buy ↗

44Golden Gunmen2016Buy ↗

Publication Order of Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Books27 books · 1953–2018

01Hondo1953Buy ↗

02Kilkenny1954Buy ↗

03Taggart1959Buy ↗

04Shalako1962Buy ↗

05How the West Was Won1962Buy ↗

06Kid Rodelo1966Buy ↗

07Down the Long Hills1968Buy ↗

08The Man Called Noon1969Buy ↗

09The Empty Land1969Buy ↗

10Fallon1969Buy ↗

11Reilly's Luck1970Buy ↗

12Callaghen1972Buy ↗

14The Ferguson Rifle1973Buy ↗

16Westward the Tide1976Buy ↗

17Bendigo Shafter1979Buy ↗

18Yondering1980Buy ↗

19Comstock Lode1981Buy ↗

20The Lonesome Gods1983Buy ↗

21The Hills of Homicide1983Buy ↗

22Bowdrie1983Buy ↗

23The Walking Drum1984Buy ↗

24Passin' Through1985Buy ↗

25Last of the Breed1986Buy ↗

26The Haunted Mesa1987Buy ↗

27Off the Mangrove Coast2000Buy ↗

28Catlow2018Buy ↗

29No Traveller Returns2018Buy ↗

Publication Order of Chantry Books4 books · 1971–1977

01North to the Rails1971Buy ↗

02Fair Blows the Wind1973Buy ↗

04Over on the Dry Side1975Buy ↗

05Borden Chantry1977Buy ↗

Publication Order of Louis L’Amour Non-Fiction Books7 books · 1984–2019

01Frontier1984Buy ↗

02The Sackett Companion1988Buy ↗

03A Trail of Memories1988Buy ↗

04Education of a Wandering Man1989Buy ↗

05Martin H. M. Schreiber: Last of a Breed2017Buy ↗

06Louis l'Amour's Lost Treasures - Mysterious Stories, Unfinished Manuscripts, and Lost Notes2018Buy ↗

07Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 2 - More Mysterious Stories, Unfinished Manuscripts, and Lost Notes2019Buy ↗

Publication Order of Kilkenny Books5 books · 1976–1998

02The Rider of Lost Creek1976Buy ↗

03The Mountain Valley War / A Man Called Trent1978Buy ↗

04West of Dodge1996Buy ↗

05A Gun for Kilkenny1997Buy ↗

06Monument Rock1998Buy ↗

Publication Order of The Golden West Books7 books · 2000–2006

01Stories of the Golden West: Book 1(By: Jon Tuska)2000Buy ↗

02Stories of the Golden West, Book 2(By: Jon Tuska)2001Buy ↗

03Stories of the Golden West, Book 3(By: Zane Grey,Max Brand,Jon Tuska,Christopher Lane)2002Buy ↗

04Stories of the Golden West, Book 4(By: Jon Tuska)2002Buy ↗

05Stories of the Golden West, Book 5(By: Grover Gardner,Zane Grey,Max Brand,Jon Tuska)2004Buy ↗

06Stories of the Golden West, Book 6(By: Zane Grey)2005Buy ↗

07Stories of the Golden West, Book 7(With: Zane Grey,Max Brand,Jon Tuska)2006Buy ↗

Publication Order of Hopalong Cassidy Books4 books · 1951–1952

01The Riders of High Rock1951Buy ↗

02The Rustlers of West Fork1951Buy ↗

03The Trail to Seven Pines1951Buy ↗

04Trouble Shooter1952Buy ↗

Publication Order of Louis L' Amour Short Stories/Novellas2 books · 1951–1992

01Riders of the Dawn1951Buy ↗

02The Trail to Peach Meadow Canyon1992Buy ↗

Publication Order of Talon Books3 books · 1975–1981

01Rivers West1975Buy ↗

02The Man from the Broken Hills1975Buy ↗

03Milo Talon1981Buy ↗

Publication Order of The Sacketts Books19 books · 1960–1997

01The Daybreakers1960Buy ↗

02Sackett1961Buy ↗

03Lando1962Buy ↗

04Mojave Crossing1964Buy ↗

05The Sackett Brand1965Buy ↗

06Mustang Man1966Buy ↗

07The Sky-Liners1967Buy ↗

08The Lonely Men1969Buy ↗

09Galloway1970Buy ↗

10Ride the Dark Trail1972Buy ↗

11Treasure Mountain1972Buy ↗

12War Party1973Buy ↗

13Sackett's Land1974Buy ↗

14To the Far Blue Mountains1976Buy ↗

15Lonely on the Mountain1980Buy ↗

16Ride the River1983Buy ↗

17The Warrior's Path1984Buy ↗

18Jubal Sackett1985Buy ↗

19End of the Drive1997Buy ↗

Publication Order of Louis L’Amour Standalone Novels69 books · 1953–2019

01Showdown at Yellow Butte1953Buy ↗

02Crossfire Trail1954Buy ↗

03Utah Blaine1954Buy ↗

04To Tame a Land1955Buy ↗

05Heller with a Gun1955Buy ↗

06Guns of the Timberlands1955Buy ↗

07Silver Canyon1956Buy ↗

08The Burning Hills1956Buy ↗

09Sitka1957Buy ↗

10The Tall Stranger1957Buy ↗

11Last Stand at Papago Wells1957Buy ↗

12Radigan1959Buy ↗

13Flint1960Buy ↗

14High Lonesome1962Buy ↗

15Killoe1962Buy ↗

16Dark Canyon1963Buy ↗

17Kiowa Trail1964Buy ↗

18Hanging Woman Creek1964Buy ↗

19The Key-Lock Man1965Buy ↗

20The High Graders1965Buy ↗

21The Broken Gun1966Buy ↗

22Kilrone1966Buy ↗

23Matagorda1967Buy ↗

24Chancy1968Buy ↗

25Brionne1968Buy ↗

26Conagher1969Buy ↗

27Under the Sweetwater Rim1971Buy ↗

28Tucker1971Buy ↗

29The Man from Skibbereen1973Buy ↗

30The Quick and the Dead1973Buy ↗

31The Californios1974Buy ↗

32Where the Long Grass Blows1976Buy ↗

33The Iron Marshal1979Buy ↗

34The Proving Trail1979Buy ↗

35Kiowa Trail and Killoe1979Buy ↗

36The Cherokee Trail1982Buy ↗

37The ShadowRiders1982Buy ↗

38Son of a Wanted Man1984Buy ↗

39Where Buzzards Fly1986Buy ↗

40Riding for the Brand1986Buy ↗

41South of Deadwood1986Buy ↗

42Showdown Trail1987Buy ↗

43Dead End Drift1987Buy ↗

44The Turkeyfeather Riders1988Buy ↗

45Four Card Draw1988Buy ↗

46Bowdrie Passes Through1988Buy ↗

47Too Tough to Brand1989Buy ↗

48The Louis L'Amour Companion(With: Robert Weinberg)1992Buy ↗

49The Marshal of Sentinel1995Buy ↗

50Strawhouse Trail1997Buy ↗

51Love and the Cactus Kid1999Buy ↗

52Survival1999Buy ↗

53Lit a Shuck for Texas2003Buy ↗

54The Sixth Shotgun2003Buy ↗

55The First Fast Draw2003Buy ↗

56His Brother's Debt2008Buy ↗

57Big Medicine2008Buy ↗

58Job for a Ranger2008Buy ↗

59No Man's Man2008Buy ↗

60Medicine Ground2008Buy ↗

61That Triggernometry Tenderfoot2008Buy ↗

62Dawn Riders2010Buy ↗

63Unguarded Moment2012Buy ↗

64The Black Rock Coffin Makers2013Buy ↗

65Riders of the Tumbling K2014Buy ↗

66A Man Called Trent2014Buy ↗

67Showdown2017Buy ↗

68Three Bullets for the Cactus Kid2018Buy ↗

69Bannon2019Buy ↗

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