Author · updated 2026
Ralph Compton Books in Order
Every Ralph Compton book in publication order — 40 in total, spanning 1992–2010.
Publication Order of Border Empire Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Border Empire | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Six guns and Double Eagles | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Train to Durango | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Buck Fletcher Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doomsday Rider | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Showdown at Two-Bit Creek | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Vengeance Rider | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Danny Duggin Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Rides a Chestnut Mare | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Shadow of a Noose | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Riders of Judgement | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Death Along the Cimarron | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of John McBride Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Of The Law | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Shadow of the Gun | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Blood on the Gallows | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Sundown Riders Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North to the Bitterroot | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Across the Rio Colorado | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Winchester Run | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Devil's Canyon | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Whiskey River | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Skeleton Lode | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Demon's Pass | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Tom Navarro Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navarro | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Bullet Creek | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Trail Drive Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Goodnight Trail | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Western Trail | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Chisholm Trail | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Bandera Trail | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The California Trail | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Shawnee Trail | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Virginia City Trail | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Dodge City Trail | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Oregon Trail | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Santa Fe Trail | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Old Spanish Trail | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Deadwood Trail | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Green River Trail | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Trail of the Gunfighter Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dawn of Fury | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Autumn of the Gun | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Killing Season | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Ralph Compton Western Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Empire | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | North to the Salt Fork | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 40, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Goodnight Trail | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Western Trail | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Chisholm Trail | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Bandera Trail | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The California Trail | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Shawnee Trail | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Virginia City Trail | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Dodge City Trail | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Oregon Trail | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Dawn of Fury | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | North to the Bitterroot | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Autumn of the Gun | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Killing Season | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Border Empire | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Across the Rio Colorado | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Winchester Run | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Santa Fe Trail | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Six guns and Double Eagles | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Train to Durango | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Devil's Canyon | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Old Spanish Trail | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Death Rides a Chestnut Mare | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Whiskey River | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Skeleton Lode | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The Deadwood Trail | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Green River Trail | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Shadow of a Noose | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Demon's Pass | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Riders of Judgement | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Doomsday Rider | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Showdown at Two-Bit Creek | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Death Along the Cimarron | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Vengeance Rider | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Navarro | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Bullet Creek | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Texas Empire | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | West Of The Law | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Shadow of the Gun | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Blood on the Gallows | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | North to the Salt Fork | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
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