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Terry Harknett Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Terry Harknett in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 173 books / 11 series

British author Terry Harknett is best known for the Edge western series and the Hercules adventure books. His prolific career spans over 200 novels, with sales exceeding 20 million copies worldwide. This page provides the Terry Harknett books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Terry Harknett in Publication Order

1962 The Scratch on the Surface POoSWB / 1 Buy
1963 Dead Little Rich Girl POoSWB / 2 Buy
1963 Invitation to a Funeral POoSWB / 3 Buy
1965 Once a Copper POoSN / 1 Buy
1967 The Protectors POoSN / 2 Buy
1967 The Two-Way Frame POoSWB / 4 Buy
1967 Death of an aunt POoSWB / 5 Buy
1970 Stopover for Murder POoFB / 1 Buy
1971 W. I. T. C. H(As: Jane Harman) POoSN / 3 Buy
1971 Softcover Kill POoSWB / 6 Buy
1972 The Balearic Islands POoNB / 1 Buy
1972 The Loner POoEB / 1 Buy
1972 Ten Grand POoEB / 2 Buy
1972 Dead Set POoFB / 2 Buy
1972 One Horse Race POoFB / 3 Buy
1972 Apache Death POoEB / 3 Buy
1972 Promotion Tour POoSN / 4 Buy
1972 Killer's Breed POoEB / 4 Buy
1972 Blood on Silver POoEB / 5 Buy
1973 Black Death POoFB / 4 Buy
1973 Squeeze play POoSN / 5 Buy
1973 The Blue, the Grey and the Red POoEB / 6 Buy
1973 California Killing POoEB / 7 Buy
1973 Upmarket Affair POoSWB / 7 Buy
1973 Seven Out of Hell POoEB / 8 Buy
1973 Bloody Summer POoEB / 9 Buy
1973 Black Vengeance POoEB / 10 Buy
1974 The Sweet And Sour Kill POoCB / 1 Buy
1974 The First Death POoAB / 1 Buy
1974 The Violent Peace POoASB / 1 Buy
1974 Macao Mayhem POoCB / 2 Buy
1974 Bounty Hunter POoASB / 2 Buy
1974 Knife in the Night POoAB / 2 Buy
1974 Hell's Junction POoASB / 3 Buy
1974 The Hero(With: Peter Haining) POoSN / 6 Buy
1974 Sioux Uprising POoEB / 11 Buy
1974 The Biggest Bounty POoEB / 12 Buy
1974 A Town Called Hate POoEB / 13 Buy
1974 Big Gold POoEB / 14 Buy
1975 Caribbean POoNB / 2 Buy
1975 Duel to the Death POoAB / 3 Buy
1975 Bamboo Shoot-Out POoCB / 3 Buy
1975 Death Train POoAB / 4 Buy
1975 Valley of Blood POoASB / 4 Buy
1975 Fort Treachery POoAB / 5 Buy
1975 Gun Run POoASB / 5 Buy
1975 The Killing Art POoASB / 6 Buy
1975 Blood Run POoEB / 15 Buy
1975 The Final Shot POoEB / 16 Buy
1975 Vengeance Valley POoEB / 17 Buy
1976 Sonora Slaughter POoAB / 6 Buy
1976 Blood Line POoAB / 7 Buy
1976 Cross-Fire POoASB / 7 Buy
1976 Comanche Carnage POoASB / 8 Buy
1976 Badge in the Dust POoASB / 9 Buy
1976 The Losers POoASB / 10 Buy
1976 Lynch Town POoASB / 11 Buy
1976 Ten Tombstones to Texas POoEB / 18 Buy
1976 Ashes and Dust POoEB / 19 Buy
1976 Sullivan's Law POoEB / 20 Buy
1977 Blood on the Tracks POoAB / 8 Buy
1977 The Naked and the Savage POoAB / 9 Buy
1977 All Blood is Red POoAB / 10 Buy
1977 Death Trail POoASB / 12 Buy
1977 Bloody Border POoASB / 13 Buy
1977 Delta Duel POoASB / 14 Buy
1977 River of Death POoASB / 15 Buy
1977 Rhapsody in Red POoEB / 21 Buy
1977 Slaughter Road POoEB / 22 Buy
1977 Echoes of War POoEB / 23 Buy
1977 The Day Democracy Died POoEB / 24 Buy
1978 The Cruel Trail POoAB / 11 Buy
1978 Fool's Gold POoAB / 12 Buy
1978 Nightmare at Noon POoASB / 16 Buy
1978 Satan's Daughters POoASB / 17 Buy
1978 Violence Trail POoEB / 25 Buy
1978 Savage Dawn POoEB / 26 Buy
1978 Death Drive POoEB / 27 Buy
1978 Eve of Evil POoEB / 28 Buy
1978 The Living, the Dying and the Dead POoEB / 29 Buy
1979 The Best Man POoAB / 13 Buy
1979 Born to Die POoAB / 14 Buy
1979 Blood Rising POoAB / 15 Buy
1979 The Hard Way POoASB / 18 Buy
1979 The Tarnished Star POoASB / 19 Buy
1979 Wanted for Murder POoASB / 20 Buy
1979 Wagons East POoASB / 21 Buy
1979 The Big Game POoASB / 22 Buy
1979 Fort Despair POoASB / 23 Buy
1979 Waiting for a Train POoEB / 30 Buy
1979 The Guilty Ones POoEB / 31 Buy
1979 The Frightened Gun POoEB / 32 Buy
1979 Red Fury POoEB / 33 Buy
1980 Two of a Kind POoEMSB / 1 Buy
1980 Texas Killing POoAB / 16 Buy
1980 Blood Brother POoAB / 17 Buy
1980 Slow Dying POoAB / 18 Buy
1980 Manhunt POoASB / 24 Buy
1980 Steele's War: The Woman POoASB / 25 Buy
1980 Steele's War: The Preacher POoASB / 26 Buy
1980 A Ride in the Sun POoEB / 34 Buy
1980 Death Deal POoEB / 35 Buy
1981 Black as Death POoUB / 1 Buy
1981 Death Dragon POoAB / 19 Buy
1981 Blood Wedding POoAB / 20 Buy
1981 Fast Living POoAB / 21 Buy
1981 Steele's War: The Storekeeper POoASB / 27 Buy
1981 Steele's War: The Stranger POoASB / 28 Buy
1981 The Big Prize POoASB / 29 Buy
1981 Town on Trial POoEB / 36 Buy
1981 Vengeance at Ventura POoEB / 37 Buy
1981 Massacre Mission POoEB / 38 Buy
1982 Matching Pair POoEMSB / 2 Buy
1982 Border Killing POoAB / 22 Buy
1982 Death Valley POoAB / 23 Buy
1982 The Killer Mountains POoASB / 30 Buy
1982 The Cheaters POoASB / 31 Buy
1982 The Wrong Man POoASB / 32 Buy
1982 The Prisoners POoEB / 39 Buy
1982 Montana Melodrama POoEB / 40 Buy
1982 The Killing Claim POoEB / 41 Buy
1983 Death Ride POoAB / 24 Buy
1983 Times Past POoAB / 25 Buy
1983 The Hanging POoAB / 26 Buy
1983 The Valley of the Shadow POoASB / 33 Buy
1983 The Runaway POoASB / 34 Buy
1983 Stranger in a Strange Town POoASB / 35 Buy
1983 Bloody Sunrise POoEB / 42 Buy
1983 Arapaho Revenge POoEB / 43 Buy
1983 The Blind Side POoEB / 44 Buy
1983 House on the Range POoEB / 45 Buy
1984 Debt of Blood POoAB / 27 Buy
1984 Hell Raisers POoASB / 36 Buy
1984 The Godforsaken POoEB / 46 Buy
1984 The Moving Cage POoEB / 47 Buy
1985 Canyon of Death POoASB / 37 Buy
1985 High Stakes POoASB / 38 Buy
1985 Rough Justice POoASB / 39 Buy
1985 School For Slaughter POoEB / 48 Buy
1985 Revenge Ride POoEB / 49 Buy
1985 Shadow of the Gallows POoEB / 50 Buy
1986 Sunset Ride POoASB / 40 Buy
1986 The Killing Strain POoASB / 41 Buy
1986 A Time For Killing POoEB / 51 Buy
1986 Brutal Border POoEB / 52 Buy
1987 The Big Gunfight POoASB / 42 Buy
1987 The Hunted POoASB / 43 Buy
1987 Code of the West POoASB / 44 Buy
1987 The Outcasts POoASB / 45 Buy
1987 Hitting Paydirt POoEB / 53 Buy
1987 Backshot POoEB / 54 Buy
1987 Uneasy Riders POoEB / 55 Buy
1987 Doom Town POoEB / 56 Buy
1988 The Return POoASB / 46 Buy
1988 Trouble in Paradise POoASB / 47 Buy
1988 Going Back POoASB / 48 Buy
1988 Dying is for Ever POoEB / 57 Buy
1988 The Desperadoes POoEB / 58 Buy
1988 Terror Town POoEB / 59 Buy
1989 The Long Shadow POoASB / 49 Buy
1989 The Breed Woman POoEB / 60 Buy
1989 The Rifle POoEB / 61 Buy
2011 The Quiet Gun POoETRB / 1 Buy
2011 The Deputy POoETRB / 2 Buy
2011 The Outrage POoETRB / 3 Buy
2011 Killing Time In Eternity POoETRB / 4 Buy
2011 Return to Massacre Mesa POoETRB / 5 Buy
2012 Name on the Bullet POoETRB / 6 Buy
2014 Destined to Die POoUB / 2 Buy
2014 Funeral by the Sea POoUB / 3 Buy
2014 Three Graves to a Showdown POoUB / 4 Buy
2015 Back from the Dead POoUB / 5 Buy
2015 Death in the Desert POoUB / 6 Buy

Complete Terry Harknett Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Fortune Reading Order 4 books / 1970-1973
01 Stopover for Murder 1970 Buy
02 Dead Set 1972 Buy
03 One Horse Race 1972 Buy
04 Black Death 1973 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 6 books / 1965-1974
01 Once a Copper 1965 Buy
02 The Protectors 1967 Buy
03 W. I. T. C. H(As: Jane Harman) 1971 Buy
04 Promotion Tour 1972 Buy
05 Squeeze play 1973 Buy
06 The Hero(With: Peter Haining) 1974 Buy
Edge Reading Order 61 books / 1972-1989
01 The Loner 1972 Buy
02 Ten Grand 1972 Buy
03 Apache Death 1972 Buy
04 Killer's Breed 1972 Buy
05 Blood on Silver 1972 Buy
06 The Blue, the Grey and the Red 1973 Buy
07 California Killing 1973 Buy
08 Seven Out of Hell 1973 Buy
09 Bloody Summer 1973 Buy
10 Black Vengeance 1973 Buy
11 Sioux Uprising 1974 Buy
12 The Biggest Bounty 1974 Buy
13 A Town Called Hate 1974 Buy
14 Big Gold 1974 Buy
15 Blood Run 1975 Buy
16 The Final Shot 1975 Buy
17 Vengeance Valley 1975 Buy
18 Ten Tombstones to Texas 1976 Buy
19 Ashes and Dust 1976 Buy
20 Sullivan's Law 1976 Buy
21 Rhapsody in Red 1977 Buy
22 Slaughter Road 1977 Buy
23 Echoes of War 1977 Buy
24 The Day Democracy Died 1977 Buy
25 Violence Trail 1978 Buy
26 Savage Dawn 1978 Buy
27 Death Drive 1978 Buy
28 Eve of Evil 1978 Buy
29 The Living, the Dying and the Dead 1978 Buy
30 Waiting for a Train 1979 Buy
31 The Guilty Ones 1979 Buy
32 The Frightened Gun 1979 Buy
33 Red Fury 1979 Buy
34 A Ride in the Sun 1980 Buy
35 Death Deal 1980 Buy
36 Town on Trial 1981 Buy
37 Vengeance at Ventura 1981 Buy
38 Massacre Mission 1981 Buy
39 The Prisoners 1982 Buy
40 Montana Melodrama 1982 Buy
41 The Killing Claim 1982 Buy
42 Bloody Sunrise 1983 Buy
43 Arapaho Revenge 1983 Buy
44 The Blind Side 1983 Buy
45 House on the Range 1983 Buy
46 The Godforsaken 1984 Buy
47 The Moving Cage 1984 Buy
48 School For Slaughter 1985 Buy
49 Revenge Ride 1985 Buy
50 Shadow of the Gallows 1985 Buy
51 A Time For Killing 1986 Buy
52 Brutal Border 1986 Buy
53 Hitting Paydirt 1987 Buy
54 Backshot 1987 Buy
55 Uneasy Riders 1987 Buy
56 Doom Town 1987 Buy
57 Dying is for Ever 1988 Buy
58 The Desperadoes 1988 Buy
59 Terror Town 1988 Buy
60 The Breed Woman 1989 Buy
61 The Rifle 1989 Buy
Undertaker Reading Order 6 books / 1981-2015
01 Black as Death 1981 Buy
02 Destined to Die 2014 Buy
03 Funeral by the Sea 2014 Buy
04 Three Graves to a Showdown 2014 Buy
05 Back from the Dead 2015 Buy
06 Death in the Desert 2015 Buy
Steve Wayne Reading Order 7 books / 1962-1973
01 The Scratch on the Surface 1962 Buy
02 Dead Little Rich Girl 1963 Buy
03 Invitation to a Funeral 1963 Buy
04 The Two-Way Frame 1967 Buy
05 Death of an aunt 1967 Buy
06 Softcover Kill 1971 Buy
07 Upmarket Affair 1973 Buy
Edge: The Return Reading Order 6 books / 2011-2012
01 The Quiet Gun 2011 Buy
02 The Deputy 2011 Buy
03 The Outrage 2011 Buy
04 Killing Time In Eternity 2011 Buy
05 Return to Massacre Mesa 2011 Buy
06 Name on the Bullet 2012 Buy
Adam Steele Reading Order 49 books / 1974-1989
01 The Violent Peace 1974 Buy
02 Bounty Hunter 1974 Buy
03 Hell's Junction 1974 Buy
04 Valley of Blood 1975 Buy
05 Gun Run 1975 Buy
06 The Killing Art 1975 Buy
07 Cross-Fire 1976 Buy
08 Comanche Carnage 1976 Buy
09 Badge in the Dust 1976 Buy
10 The Losers 1976 Buy
11 Lynch Town 1976 Buy
12 Death Trail 1977 Buy
13 Bloody Border 1977 Buy
14 Delta Duel 1977 Buy
15 River of Death 1977 Buy
16 Nightmare at Noon 1978 Buy
17 Satan's Daughters 1978 Buy
18 The Hard Way 1979 Buy
19 The Tarnished Star 1979 Buy
20 Wanted for Murder 1979 Buy
21 Wagons East 1979 Buy
22 The Big Game 1979 Buy
23 Fort Despair 1979 Buy
24 Manhunt 1980 Buy
25 Steele's War: The Woman 1980 Buy
26 Steele's War: The Preacher 1980 Buy
27 Steele's War: The Storekeeper 1981 Buy
28 Steele's War: The Stranger 1981 Buy
29 The Big Prize 1981 Buy
30 The Killer Mountains 1982 Buy
31 The Cheaters 1982 Buy
32 The Wrong Man 1982 Buy
33 The Valley of the Shadow 1983 Buy
34 The Runaway 1983 Buy
35 Stranger in a Strange Town 1983 Buy
36 Hell Raisers 1984 Buy
37 Canyon of Death 1985 Buy
38 High Stakes 1985 Buy
39 Rough Justice 1985 Buy
40 Sunset Ride 1986 Buy
41 The Killing Strain 1986 Buy
42 The Big Gunfight 1987 Buy
43 The Hunted 1987 Buy
44 Code of the West 1987 Buy
45 The Outcasts 1987 Buy
46 The Return 1988 Buy
47 Trouble in Paradise 1988 Buy
48 Going Back 1988 Buy
49 The Long Shadow 1989 Buy
Apache Reading Order 27 books / 1974-1984
01 The First Death 1974 Buy
02 Knife in the Night 1974 Buy
03 Duel to the Death 1975 Buy
04 Death Train 1975 Buy
05 Fort Treachery 1975 Buy
06 Sonora Slaughter 1976 Buy
07 Blood Line 1976 Buy
08 Blood on the Tracks 1977 Buy
09 The Naked and the Savage 1977 Buy
10 All Blood is Red 1977 Buy
11 The Cruel Trail 1978 Buy
12 Fool's Gold 1978 Buy
13 The Best Man 1979 Buy
14 Born to Die 1979 Buy
15 Blood Rising 1979 Buy
16 Texas Killing 1980 Buy
17 Blood Brother 1980 Buy
18 Slow Dying 1980 Buy
19 Death Dragon 1981 Buy
20 Blood Wedding 1981 Buy
21 Fast Living 1981 Buy
22 Border Killing 1982 Buy
23 Death Valley 1982 Buy
24 Death Ride 1983 Buy
25 Times Past 1983 Buy
26 The Hanging 1983 Buy
27 Debt of Blood 1984 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 2 books / 1972-1975
01 The Balearic Islands 1972 Buy
02 Caribbean 1975 Buy
Crown Reading Order 3 books / 1974-1975
01 The Sweet And Sour Kill 1974 Buy
02 Macao Mayhem 1974 Buy
03 Bamboo Shoot-Out 1975 Buy
Edge Meets Steele Reading Order 2 books / 1980-1982
01 Two of a Kind 1980 Buy
02 Matching Pair 1982 Buy

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