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Zane Grey Complete Bibliography

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 147 books / 13 series

American author best known for the Western series featuring the Lone Star Ranger and the novel *Riders of the Purple Sage*. His books have sold over 40 million copies, cementing his legacy as a pioneer of the Western genre. This page provides the Zane Grey books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Zane Grey in Publication Order

1903 Betty Zane POoTORTB / 1 Buy
1906 The Spirit of the Border POoTORTB / 2 Buy
1908 The Last of the Plainsmen POoSN / 1 Buy
1909 The Short Stop POoSN / 2 Buy
1909 The Last Trail POoTORTB / 3 Buy
1910 The Young Forester POoKWB / 1 Buy
1910 The Heritage of the Desert POoSN / 3 Buy
1910 Wildfire POoSN / 4 Buy
1911 The Young Pitcher POoKWB / 2 Buy
1911 The Young Lion Hunter POoKWB / 3 Buy
1912 Riders of the Purple Sage POoRotPSB / 1 Buy
1912 Ken Ward in the Jungle POoKWB / 4 Buy
1913 Desert Gold POoSN / 5 Buy
1914 The Light of Western Stars POoLotWSB / 1 Buy
1914 The Lone Star Ranger POoPHSB / 1 Buy
1915 The Rainbow Trail POoRotPSB / 2 Buy
1915 The Desert Crucible POoRotPSB / 3 Buy
1915 Cabin Gulch POoSN / 6 Buy
1916 The Border Legion POoSN / 7 Buy
1918 The U. P. Trail POoSN / 8 Buy
1918 The Desert Of Wheat POoSN / 9 Buy
1919 The Mysterious Rider POoSN / 10 Buy
1919 War Comes to the Big Bend POoSN / 11 Buy
1920 The Redheaded Outfield POoSSC / 1 Buy
1920 Wanderer of the Wasteland POoALB / 1 Buy
1920 Wyoming POoSN / 12 Buy
1920 The Man of the Forest POoSN / 13 Buy
1921 Tonto Basin POoSN / 14 Buy
1921 To the Last Man POoSN / 15 Buy
1922 Tales of Lonely Trails POoSSC / 2 Buy
1922 The Day of the Beast POoSN / 16 Buy
1922 Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon POoSN / 17 Buy
1923 The Wolf Tracker and Other Animal Tales POoSSC / 3 Buy
1923 Tappan's Burro and Other Stories POoSSC / 4 Buy
1923 The Rustlers of Pecos County POoSN / 18 Buy
1924 The Call of the Canyon POoSN / 19 Buy
1925 Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas POoSSC / 5 Buy
1925 The Water Hole POoSN / 20 Buy
1925 Under the Tonto Rim POoSN / 21 Buy
1925 The Thundering Herd POoSN / 22 Buy
1925 The Deer Stalker POoSN / 23 Buy
1925 The Vanishing American POoSN / 24 Buy
1925 Shower of Gold POoSN / 25 Buy
1925 Top Hand POoSN / 26 Buy
1926 Forlorn River POoFRB / 1 Buy
1926 The Ranger and Other Stories POoSSC / 6 Buy
1927 Lost Pueblo POoSN / 27 Buy
1927 Open Range POoSN / 28 Buy
1928 Nevada POoFRB / 2 Buy
1928 Stairs of Sand POoALB / 2 Buy
1928 Don. The Story Of A Lion Dog POoSN / 29 Buy
1928 Wild Horse Mesa POoSN / 30 Buy
1928 The Shepherd of Guadaloupe POoSN / 31 Buy
1928 Dorn of the Mountains POoSN / 32 Buy
1928 A Missouri Schoolmarm POoSN / 33 Buy
1929 The Hash Knife Outfit POoJTB / 1 Buy
1929 The Drift Fence POoJTB / 2 Buy
1929 Rogue River Feud POoSN / 34 Buy
1929 Fighting Caravans POoSN / 35 Buy
1930 RobbersRoost POoSN / 36 Buy
1930 Sunset Pass POoSN / 37 Buy
1930 The Dude Ranger POoSN / 38 Buy
1931 The Trail Driver POoPHSB / 2 Buy
1931 West of the Pecos POoSN / 39 Buy
1931 Raiders of Spanish Peaks POoSN / 40 Buy
1932 The Lost Wagon Train POoSN / 41 Buy
1932 Thunder Mountain POoSN / 42 Buy
1932 Arizona Ames POoSN / 43 Buy
1934 Blue Feather and Other Stories POoSSC / 7 Buy
1934 Code of the West POoSN / 44 Buy
1936 Knights of the Range POoBKB / 1 Buy
1936 Outlaws of Palouse POoSN / 45 Buy
1937 Majesty's Rancho POoLotWSB / 2 Buy
1937 King of the Royal Mounted and the Great Jewel Mystery POoSN / 46 Buy
1939 Western Union POoSN / 47 Buy
1940 Twin Sombreros POoBKB / 2 Buy
1940 30,000 on the Hoof POoSN / 48 Buy
1944 Wilderness Trek POoSN / 49 Buy
1946 Shadow on the Trail POoSN / 50 Buy
1947 Valley Of Wild Horses POoPHSB / 3 Buy
1950 The Maverick Queen POoSN / 51 Buy
1952 THE ROARING U.P.TRAIL POoSN / 52 Buy
1955 Black Mesa POoSN / 53 Buy
1956 Stranger from the Tonto POoSN / 54 Buy
1957 The Fugitive Trail POoSN / 55 Buy
1958 The Arizona Clan POoSN / 56 Buy
1959 Horse Heaven Hill POoSN / 57 Buy
1963 Boulder Dam POoSN / 58 Buy
1965 Prairie Gold POoSN / 59 Buy
1968 Vanishing Indian POoSN / 60 Buy
1974 The Last Ranger POoSN / 61 Buy
1976 An American Angler in Australia POoNB / 1 Buy
1976 Bernardo's Revenge & Other Western Yarns POoSSC / 8 Buy
1976 Nassau, Cuba, Yucatan, Mexico POoSN / 62 Buy
1976 Hoods POoSN / 63 Buy
1976 The Adventures Of Finspot POoSN / 64 Buy
1977 The Reef Girl POoSN / 65 Buy
1977 Captives of the Desert POoSN / 66 Buy
1978 The Savage Kingdom POoSSC / 9 Buy
1978 The Buffalo Hunter POoSN / 67 Buy
1978 Shark POoSN / 68 Buy
1978 The Big Land POoSN / 69 Buy
1979 Tales From A Fisherman's Log POoSSC / 10 Buy
1979 The Camp Robber and Other Stories POoSSC / 11 Buy
1980 The Westerners POoSSC / 12 Buy
1980 Tales of Freshwater Fishing POoSSC / 13 Buy
1980 Dark Heritage POoSN / 70 Buy
1981 The Lord of Lackawaxen Creek POoSN / 71 Buy
1981 Riders of Vengeance POoSN / 72 Buy
1982 Lost In The Never Never POoSN / 73 Buy
1982 Tenderfoot POoSN / 74 Buy
1983 Amber's Mirage and Other Stories POoSSC / 14 Buy
1983 The Secret of Quaking Asp Cabin and Other Stories POoSSC / 15 Buy
1983 Undiscovered Zane Grey Fishing Stories POoSSC / 16 Buy
1984 Tales of the Angler's Eldorado POoNB / 2 Buy
1984 Zane Grey's Greatest Animal Stories POoSSC / 17 Buy
1988 Zane Grey's Book of Camp and Trails POoNB / 3 Buy
1988 Tigre and Other Stories POoSSC / 18 Buy
1988 Avalanche, and Other Stories POoSSC / 19 Buy
1988 Tex Thorne Comes Out of the West POoSN / 75 Buy
1988 Yaqui POoSN / 76 Buy
1989 Best Western Stories POoSSC / 20 Buy
1990 George Washington, Frontiersman POoSN / 77 Buy
1991 Seafishing Yarns POoSSC / 21 Buy
1991 Silvermane And Other Stories POoSSC / 22 Buy
1992 Tales of Swordfish and Tuna POoSSC / 23 Buy
1996 Last of the Great Scouts POoSN / 78 Buy
1997 Rangers of the Lone Star POoSN / 79 Buy
1998 Woman of the Frontier POoSN / 80 Buy
1998 The Last of the Duanes POoSN / 81 Buy
1999 Tales of Tahitian Waters POoSSC / 24 Buy
1999 The Great Trek POoSN / 82 Buy
2000 Stories of the Golden West: Book 1(By: Jon Tuska) POoTGWB / 1 Buy
2000 Tales of Southern Rivers POoSSC / 25 Buy
2001 Stories of the Golden West, Book 2(By: Jon Tuska) POoTGWB / 2 Buy
2001 Rangle River POoSSC / 26 Buy
2002 Stories of the Golden West, Book 3(With: Max Brand,Jon Tuska,Christopher Lane) POoTGWB / 3 Buy
2002 Stories of the Golden West, Book 4(By: Jon Tuska) POoTGWB / 4 Buy
2003 Zane Grey on Fishing POoNB / 4 Buy
2003 Tales of the Great Game Fish POoSSC / 27 Buy
2004 Stories of the Golden West, Book 5(With: Grover Gardner,Max Brand,Jon Tuska) POoTGWB / 5 Buy
2005 Stories of the Golden West, Book 6 POoTGWB / 6 Buy
2006 Stories of the Golden West, Book 7(With: Louis L'Amour,Max Brand,Jon Tuska) POoTGWB / 7 Buy
2009 Union Pacific POoSN / 83 Buy
2013 Silvermane POoSSC / 28 Buy
2016 Tales of Florida Fishes POoSSC / 29 Buy
2016 Panguitch POoSN / 84 Buy

Complete Zane Grey Series Reading Order / browse all ->

01 The Light of Western Stars 1914 Buy
02 Majesty's Rancho 1937 Buy
Forlorn River Reading Order 2 books / 1926-1928
01 Forlorn River 1926 Buy
02 Nevada 1928 Buy
01 Riders of the Purple Sage 1912 Buy
02 The Rainbow Trail 1915 Buy
03 The Desert Crucible 1915 Buy
Jim Traft Reading Order 2 books / 1929-1929
01 The Hash Knife Outfit 1929 Buy
02 The Drift Fence 1929 Buy
Pan Handle Smith Reading Order 3 books / 1914-1947
01 The Lone Star Ranger 1914 Buy
02 The Trail Driver 1931 Buy
03 Valley Of Wild Horses 1947 Buy
Brazos Keene Reading Order 2 books / 1936-1940
01 Knights of the Range 1936 Buy
02 Twin Sombreros 1940 Buy
Adam Larey Reading Order 2 books / 1920-1928
01 Wanderer of the Wasteland 1920 Buy
02 Stairs of Sand 1928 Buy
01 The Redheaded Outfield 1920 Buy
02 Tales of Lonely Trails 1922 Buy
03 The Wolf Tracker and Other Animal Tales 1923 Buy
04 Tappan's Burro and Other Stories 1923 Buy
05 Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas 1925 Buy
06 The Ranger and Other Stories 1926 Buy
07 Blue Feather and Other Stories 1934 Buy
08 Bernardo's Revenge & Other Western Yarns 1976 Buy
09 The Savage Kingdom 1978 Buy
10 Tales From A Fisherman's Log 1979 Buy
11 The Camp Robber and Other Stories 1979 Buy
12 The Westerners 1980 Buy
13 Tales of Freshwater Fishing 1980 Buy
14 Amber's Mirage and Other Stories 1983 Buy
15 The Secret of Quaking Asp Cabin and Other Stories 1983 Buy
16 Undiscovered Zane Grey Fishing Stories 1983 Buy
17 Zane Grey's Greatest Animal Stories 1984 Buy
18 Tigre and Other Stories 1988 Buy
19 Avalanche, and Other Stories 1988 Buy
20 Best Western Stories 1989 Buy
21 Seafishing Yarns 1991 Buy
22 Silvermane And Other Stories 1991 Buy
23 Tales of Swordfish and Tuna 1992 Buy
24 Tales of Tahitian Waters 1999 Buy
25 Tales of Southern Rivers 2000 Buy
26 Rangle River 2001 Buy
27 Tales of the Great Game Fish 2003 Buy
28 Silvermane 2013 Buy
29 Tales of Florida Fishes 2016 Buy
The Golden West Reading Order 7 books / 2000-2006
01 Stories of the Golden West: Book 1(By: Jon Tuska) 2000 Buy
02 Stories of the Golden West, Book 2(By: Jon Tuska) 2001 Buy
03 Stories of the Golden West, Book 3(With: Max Brand,Jon Tuska,Christopher Lane) 2002 Buy
04 Stories of the Golden West, Book 4(By: Jon Tuska) 2002 Buy
05 Stories of the Golden West, Book 5(With: Grover Gardner,Max Brand,Jon Tuska) 2004 Buy
06 Stories of the Golden West, Book 6 2005 Buy
07 Stories of the Golden West, Book 7(With: Louis L'Amour,Max Brand,Jon Tuska) 2006 Buy
Ken Ward Reading Order 4 books / 1910-1912
01 The Young Forester 1910 Buy
02 The Young Pitcher 1911 Buy
03 The Young Lion Hunter 1911 Buy
04 Ken Ward in the Jungle 1912 Buy
01 Betty Zane 1903 Buy
02 The Spirit of the Border 1906 Buy
03 The Last Trail 1909 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 4 books / 1976-2003
01 An American Angler in Australia 1976 Buy
02 Tales of the Angler's Eldorado 1984 Buy
03 Zane Grey's Book of Camp and Trails 1988 Buy
04 Zane Grey on Fishing 2003 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 84 books / 1908-2016
01 The Last of the Plainsmen 1908 Buy
02 The Short Stop 1909 Buy
03 The Heritage of the Desert 1910 Buy
04 Wildfire 1910 Buy
05 Desert Gold 1913 Buy
06 Cabin Gulch 1915 Buy
07 The Border Legion 1916 Buy
08 The U. P. Trail 1918 Buy
09 The Desert Of Wheat 1918 Buy
10 The Mysterious Rider 1919 Buy
11 War Comes to the Big Bend 1919 Buy
12 Wyoming 1920 Buy
13 The Man of the Forest 1920 Buy
14 Tonto Basin 1921 Buy
15 To the Last Man 1921 Buy
16 The Day of the Beast 1922 Buy
17 Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon 1922 Buy
18 The Rustlers of Pecos County 1923 Buy
19 The Call of the Canyon 1924 Buy
20 The Water Hole 1925 Buy
21 Under the Tonto Rim 1925 Buy
22 The Thundering Herd 1925 Buy
23 The Deer Stalker 1925 Buy
24 The Vanishing American 1925 Buy
25 Shower of Gold 1925 Buy
26 Top Hand 1925 Buy
27 Lost Pueblo 1927 Buy
28 Open Range 1927 Buy
29 Don. The Story Of A Lion Dog 1928 Buy
30 Wild Horse Mesa 1928 Buy
31 The Shepherd of Guadaloupe 1928 Buy
32 Dorn of the Mountains 1928 Buy
33 A Missouri Schoolmarm 1928 Buy
34 Rogue River Feud 1929 Buy
35 Fighting Caravans 1929 Buy
36 RobbersRoost 1930 Buy
37 Sunset Pass 1930 Buy
38 The Dude Ranger 1930 Buy
39 West of the Pecos 1931 Buy
40 Raiders of Spanish Peaks 1931 Buy
41 The Lost Wagon Train 1932 Buy
42 Thunder Mountain 1932 Buy
43 Arizona Ames 1932 Buy
44 Code of the West 1934 Buy
45 Outlaws of Palouse 1936 Buy
46 King of the Royal Mounted and the Great Jewel Mystery 1937 Buy
47 Western Union 1939 Buy
48 30,000 on the Hoof 1940 Buy
49 Wilderness Trek 1944 Buy
50 Shadow on the Trail 1946 Buy
51 The Maverick Queen 1950 Buy
52 THE ROARING U.P.TRAIL 1952 Buy
53 Black Mesa 1955 Buy
54 Stranger from the Tonto 1956 Buy
55 The Fugitive Trail 1957 Buy
56 The Arizona Clan 1958 Buy
57 Horse Heaven Hill 1959 Buy
58 Boulder Dam 1963 Buy
59 Prairie Gold 1965 Buy
60 Vanishing Indian 1968 Buy
61 The Last Ranger 1974 Buy
62 Nassau, Cuba, Yucatan, Mexico 1976 Buy
63 Hoods 1976 Buy
64 The Adventures Of Finspot 1976 Buy
65 The Reef Girl 1977 Buy
66 Captives of the Desert 1977 Buy
67 The Buffalo Hunter 1978 Buy
68 Shark 1978 Buy
69 The Big Land 1978 Buy
70 Dark Heritage 1980 Buy
71 The Lord of Lackawaxen Creek 1981 Buy
72 Riders of Vengeance 1981 Buy
73 Lost In The Never Never 1982 Buy
74 Tenderfoot 1982 Buy
75 Tex Thorne Comes Out of the West 1988 Buy
76 Yaqui 1988 Buy
77 George Washington, Frontiersman 1990 Buy
78 Last of the Great Scouts 1996 Buy
79 Rangers of the Lone Star 1997 Buy
80 Woman of the Frontier 1998 Buy
81 The Last of the Duanes 1998 Buy
82 The Great Trek 1999 Buy
83 Union Pacific 2009 Buy
84 Panguitch 2016 Buy

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Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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