Author · updated 2026
Elmer Kelton Books in Order
Every Elmer Kelton book in publication order — 80 in total, spanning 1956–2020.
Publication Order of Tales of Texas Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Captain's Rangers | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Joe Pepper | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Long Way to Texas | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Texas Tradition Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Day the Cowboys Quit | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Wagontongue | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Manhunters | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Wolf and the Buffalo | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Stand Proud | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Dark Thicket | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  The Man Who Rode Midnight | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Honor at Daybreak | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Sons of Texas Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sons of Texas | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Raiders | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Rebels | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Hewey Calloway Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Good Old Boys | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Smiling Country | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Six Bits a Day | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Texas Rangers Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Buckskin Line | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Ranger's Law | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Badger Boy | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Way of the Coyote | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Ranger's Trail | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Other Men's Horses | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Lone Star Rising | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Texas Vendetta | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Jericho's Road | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Hard Trail To Follow | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Texas Standoff | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Buckalew Family Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Massacre at Goliad | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  After the Bugles | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hot Iron | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Buffalo Wagons | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Bitter Trail | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Texas Rifles | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Donovan | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Pecos Crossing | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Horsehead Crossing | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Shotgun Settlement | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Bowie's Mine | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  The Time It Never Rained | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Barbed Wire | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Eyes of the Hawk | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Llano River | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  Shadow of a Star | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  Hanging Judge | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  Slaughter | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Best Christmas | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 |  The Indian in Frontier News | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 |  The Far Canyon | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 |  The Pumpkin Rollers | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 |  Cloudy in the West | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 |  Christmas at the Ranch | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 |  Noah�� Ride | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 |  Shotgun | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 |  Many a River | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  There's Always Another Chance, and Other Stories | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Big Brand | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Legend | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Lost Trails | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  ReadWest | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Wild West | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Hard Ride | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  The Cowboy Way | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking Back West: Selections form the Pioneer News-Observer | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Permian: A Continuing Saga | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Elmer Kelton: 30 Years of Western Fiction | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Living and Writing in West Texas: Two Speeches | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Art of Howard Terpning | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  The Art of Frank C. McCarthy | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  The Art of James Bama | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Elmer Kelton Country: The Short Nonfiction of a Texas Novelist | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  My Kind of Heroes: Selected Speeches | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Texas | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Texas Cattle Barons: Their Families, Land and Legacy | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Tom Lovell: Storyteller with a Brush | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  A Century of Great Western Stories | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Lost Trails | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Ghost Towns | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 80, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot Iron | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Buffalo Wagons | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Bitter Trail | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Texas Rifles | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Donovan | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Pecos Crossing | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Horsehead Crossing | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Massacre at Goliad | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | After the Bugles | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Captain's Rangers | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Shotgun Settlement | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Day the Cowboys Quit | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Bowie's Mine | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Wagontongue | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Looking Back West: Selections form the Pioneer News-Observer | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Time It Never Rained | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Manhunters | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Joe Pepper | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Long Way to Texas | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Wolf and the Buffalo | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Barbed Wire | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Eyes of the Hawk | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Good Old Boys | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Llano River | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Stand Proud | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Shadow of a Star | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Dark Thicket | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Permian: A Continuing Saga | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Elmer Kelton: 30 Years of Western Fiction | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | There's Always Another Chance, and Other Stories | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Big Brand | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Man Who Rode Midnight | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Hanging Judge | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Sons of Texas | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Raiders | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | The Rebels | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Living and Writing in West Texas: Two Speeches | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Honor at Daybreak | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Slaughter | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Art of Howard Terpning | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Art of Frank C. McCarthy | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Best Christmas | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | The Indian in Frontier News | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Art of James Bama | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Elmer Kelton Country: The Short Nonfiction of a Texas Novelist | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The Far Canyon | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | My Kind of Heroes: Selected Speeches | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Texas | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The Pumpkin Rollers | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Cloudy in the West | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The Smiling Country | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | The Buckskin Line | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Legend | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Texas Cattle Barons: Their Families, Land and Legacy | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Ranger's Law | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | Badger Boy | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | The Way of the Coyote | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | A Century of Great Western Stories | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Ranger's Trail | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Other Men's Horses | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | Lone Star Rising | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Christmas at the Ranch | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Texas Vendetta | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Jericho's Road | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Six Bits a Day | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | Noah�� Ride | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | Shotgun | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Lost Trails | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | Lost Trails | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | Hard Trail To Follow | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | Many a River | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | Texas Standoff | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | Ghost Towns | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | ReadWest | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | Wild West | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | Hard Ride | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | The Cowboy Way | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | Tom Lovell: Storyteller with a Brush | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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