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Louis L’Amour Books in Order

16 series including Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Series, The Sacketts Series and more

★ 15 NYT bestsellers · 3 at #1 16 series 223 books Latest: G-Men Detective - Fall 1950 (2022)

Louis L’Amour has written 223 books since 1939. Louis L’Amour's books make up 16 series, the largest of which — Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures — reaches 29 books. G-Men Detective - Fall 1950 (2022) is the most recent addition we've catalogued.

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1 The Sacketts 2 Chronological The Sacketts 3 Talon 4 Chantry 5 Chronological Chantry 6 Kilkenny 7 Chronological Kilkenny 8 Hopalong Cassidy 9 Chronological Hopalong Cassidy 10 Louis L’Amour Other Novels 11 Louis L'Amour Short Story Collections 12 Louis L’Amour Non-Fiction Books 13 Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures 14 Louis L' Amour Short Stories/Novellas 15 The Golden West Series with Zane Grey, Max Brand, Jon Tuska, Christopher Lane 16 Louis L'Amour Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

15 books

Louis L’Amour has placed 15 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 148 weeks on the charts. 3 titles reached #1.

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Last of the Breed
Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Series

26 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #1 · debuted Jun 1986

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The Haunted Mesa
Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Series

20 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #1 · debuted May 1987

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Reading Order

16 series · 223 books
The Daybreakers by Louis L’Amour

The Sacketts Series

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1 The Daybreakers 1960 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Sackett 1961 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Lando 1962 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Mojave Crossing 1964 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The Sackett Brand 1965 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Mustang Man 1966 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Sky-Liners 1967 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 The Lonely Men 1969 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Galloway 1970 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Ride the Dark Trail 1972 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Treasure Mountain 1972 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 War Party 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Sackett's Land 1974 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 To the Far Blue Mountains 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Lonely on the Mountain 1980 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Ride the River 1983 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 The Warrior's Path 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 Jubal Sackett 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 End of the Drive 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Daybreakers by Louis L’Amour

The Sacketts SeriesChronological

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1 The Daybreakers 1960 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Sackett 1961 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Lando 1962 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Mojave Crossing 1964 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The Sackett Brand 1965 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Mustang Man 1966 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Sky-Liners 1967 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 The Lonely Men 1969 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Galloway 1970 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Treasure Mountain 1972 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Ride the Dark Trail 1972 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 War Party 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Sackett's Land 1974 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 To the Far Blue Mountains 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Lonely on the Mountain 1980 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Ride the River 1983 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 The Warrior's Path 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 Jubal Sackett 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 End of the Drive 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Talon Series

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1 Rivers West 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Man from the Broken Hills 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Milo Talon 1981 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Chantry Series

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1 North to the Rails 1971 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Fair Blows the Wind 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Ferguson Rifle 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Over on the Dry Side 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Borden Chantry 1977 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Chantry SeriesChronological

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1 North to the Rails 1971 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Fair Blows the Wind 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Ferguson Rifle 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Over on the Dry Side 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Borden Chantry 1977 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Kilkenny Series

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1 Kilkenny 1954 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Rider of Lost Creek 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Mountain Valley War / A Man Called Trent 1978 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 West of Dodge (Short Story) 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 A Gun for Kilkenny 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Monument Rock 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Kilkenny SeriesChronological

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1 Kilkenny 1954 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Rider of Lost Creek 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Mountain Valley War / A Man Called Trent 1978 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 West of Dodge (Short Story) 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 A Gun for Kilkenny 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Monument Rock 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Hopalong Cassidy Series

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1 The Riders of High Rock 1951 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Rustlers of West Fork 1951 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Trail to Seven Pines 1951 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Trouble Shooter 1952 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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1 The Rustlers of West Fork 1951 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Trail to Seven Pines 1951 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Riders of High Rock 1951 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Trouble Shooter 1952 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Louis L’Amour Other Novels

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1 Showdown at Yellow Butte 1953 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Crossfire Trail 1954 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Utah Blaine 1954 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 To Tame a Land 1955 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Heller with a Gun 1955 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Guns of the Timberlands 1955 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Silver Canyon 1956 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 The Burning Hills 1956 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Sitka 1957 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 The Tall Stranger 1957 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Last Stand at Papago Wells 1957 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Radigan 1959 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Flint 1960 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 High Lonesome 1962 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Killoe 1962 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Dark Canyon 1963 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Kiowa Trail 1964 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 Hanging Woman Creek 1964 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 The Key-Lock Man 1965 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 The High Graders 1965 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 The Broken Gun 1966 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 Kilrone 1966 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 Matagorda 1967 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 Chancy 1968 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 Brionne 1968 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
26 Conagher 1969 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
27 Under the Sweetwater Rim 1971 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
28 Tucker 1971 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
29 The Man from Skibbereen 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
30 The Quick and the Dead 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
31 The Californios 1974 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
32 Where the Long Grass Blows 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
33 The Iron Marshal 1979 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
34 The Proving Trail 1979 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
35 Kiowa Trail and Killoe 1979 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
36 The Cherokee Trail 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
37 The Shadow Riders 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
38 Son of a Wanted Man 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
39 Where Buzzards Fly 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
40 Riding for the Brand 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
41 South of Deadwood 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
42 Showdown Trail 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
43 Dead End Drift 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
44 The Turkeyfeather Riders with Jon Tuska 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
45 Bowdrie Passes Through 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
46 The Louis L'Amour Companion 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
47 Black Rock: A Western Trio with Jon Tuska 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
48 The Marshal of Sentinel 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
49 Louis L'Amour Trail Mix: Volume Two 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
50 The Sixth Shotgun 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
51 The First Fast Draw 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
52 Big Medicine 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
53 Dawn Riders 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
54 The Black Rock Coffin Makers 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
55 Riders of the Tumbling K 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
56 Showdown 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
57 Three Bullets for the Cactus Kid (Short Story) 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
58 Bannon (Short Story) 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Louis L'Amour Short Story Collections

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1 Smoke from This Altar 1939 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Strong Shall Live 1980 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Buckskin Run 1981 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Law of the Desert Born 1983 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Bowdrie's Law 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Dutchman's Flat 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Night Over the Solomons 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 The Trail to Crazy Man 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Man Riding West 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 The Rider of the Ruby Hills 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 West from Singapore 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Lonigan 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Long Ride Home 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Grub Line Rider 1990 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 The Outlaws of Mesquite 1990 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 West of the Tularosa 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Valley of the Sun 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 West of Dodge Collection 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Mistakes Can Kill You 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 Monument Rock 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 Beyond the Great Snow Mountains 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 May There Be a Road 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 With These Hands 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 From the Listening Hills 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 1 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
26 The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 2 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
27 Home in the Valley 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
28 The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 3 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
29 The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 4 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
30 The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour Volume 5 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
31 Big Country, Volume 1 (Short Story) 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
32 The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
33 The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 7 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
34 The Frontier Stories 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
35 The Man from Battle Flat 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
36 Glory Riders (Short Story) 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
37 The Strong Land 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
38 Desert Death-Song 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
39 We Shaped the Land with Our Guns 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
40 The Chick Bowdrie Short Stories Bundle 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
41 Golden Gunmen (Short Story) 2016 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Louis L’Amour Non-Fiction Books

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1 Frontier 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Sackett Companion 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 A Trail of Memories 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Education of a Wandering Man 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Martin H. M. Schreiber: Last of a Breed (Short Story) 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Louis l'Amour's Lost Treasures - Mysterious Stories, Unfinished Manuscripts, and Lost Notes 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 2 - More Mysterious Stories, Unfinished Manuscripts, and Lost Notes 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Series

29 books · 1953–2018 · full reading order

Louis L' Amour Short Stories/Novellas

1 book · 1951

The Golden West Series

3 books · 2002–2006

Louis L'Amour Anthologies

13 books · 1997–2022

About the Author

Louis Dearborn L'Amour (; né LaMoore; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American novelist and short story writer.

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