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Elmer Kelton Books in Order

10 series including Texas Rangers, Texas Tradition and more

10 series 86 books Latest: The Unlikely Lawman ( By: Steve Kelton) (2022)

Elmer Kelton has been writing since 1956, producing 86 books in that time. In all there are 10 series, the deepest being Texas Rangers (9 books). Their latest title in our catalogue is The Unlikely Lawman, from 2022.

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1 Tales of Texas 2 Texas Tradition 3 Sons of Texas 4 Hewey Calloway 5 Texas Rangers 6 Buckalew Family 7 Elmer Kelton Other Novels 8 Elmer Kelton Short Story Collections 9 Elmer Kelton Non-Fiction Books 10 Elmer Kelton Anthologies

Reading Order

10 series · 86 books

Tales of Texas Series

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1 Captain's Rangers 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Joe Pepper 1975 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Long Way to Texas 1976 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Sons of Texas Series

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1 Sons of Texas 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Raiders 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Rebels 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Hewey Calloway Series

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1 The Good Old Boys 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Smiling Country 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Six Bits a Day 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Unlikely Lawman ( By: Steve Kelton) 2022 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Buckalew Family Series

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1 Massacre at Goliad 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 After the Bugles 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Elmer Kelton Other Novels

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1 Hot Iron 1956 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Buffalo Wagons 1957 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Bitter Trail 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Texas Rifles 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Donovan 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Pecos Crossing 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Horsehead Crossing 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Savage Guns ( With: Brian Garfield, Alex Hawk) 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Shotgun Settlement ( With: Brian Garfield, Alex Hawk) 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Bowie's Mine 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 The Time It Never Rained 1973 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Barbed Wire 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Eyes of the Hawk 1981 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Llano River 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Shadow of a Star 1984 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Hanging Judge 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Slaughter 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 The Best Christmas (Short Story) 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 The Indian in Frontier News 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 The Far Canyon 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 The Pumpkin Rollers 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 Cloudy in the West 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 Christmas at the Ranch (Short Story) 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 Shotgun 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 Many a River 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Elmer Kelton Short Story Collections

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1 There's Always Another Chance, and Other Stories 1986 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Big Brand 1986 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Legend 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 ReadWest 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Wild West 2017 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Hard Ride 2018 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Cowboy Way 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Law of the Land 2021 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Elmer Kelton Non-Fiction Books

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1 Looking Back West: Selections form the Pioneer News-Observer 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Permian: A Continuing Saga (Short Story) 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Elmer Kelton: 30 Years of Western Fiction 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Living and Writing in West Texas: Two Speeches 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Art of Howard Terpning 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Art of Frank C. McCarthy 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Art of James Bama 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Elmer Kelton Country: The Short Nonfiction of a Texas Novelist 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 My Kind of Heroes: Selected Speeches (Short Story) 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Texas (Short Story) 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Texas Cattle Barons: Their Families, Land and Legacy 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Prairie Gothic ( By: John R. Erickson) 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Tom Lovell: Storyteller with a Brush (Short Story) 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Elmer Kelton Anthologies

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1 Horsing Around 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Best of the American West II 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 A Century of Great Western Stories 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Lone Star Law 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Noah’s Ride 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Lost Trails 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Way of the West 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Law of the Gun 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Ghost Towns 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

Elmer Kelton (April 29, 1926 – August 22, 2009) was an American author, known for his Westerns.

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