Order of Louis L’Amour Books
Louis L’Amour (1908-1988) was an American novelist, or as he would say, “an American storyteller.” The majority of his work was western novels (which he referred to as “Frontier novels”), although he had some science fiction and historical fiction books in there as well. Several of his books were adapted into films, including Crossfire Trail, The Iron Marshal (as Shaughnessy), Conagher, The Quick and the Dead, Down the Long Hills, The Shadow Riders, The Man Called Noon and too many others to list.
During his nearly 40 year career, L’Amour wrote 89 novels, 14 short story collections and two non-fiction books, which would categorize him as a prolific author under any criteria. All of his work remains in print to this day. Since then, several works of L’Amour’s have been published posthumously. Below is a list of Louis L’Amour’s books in order of when they were originally published (as well as in chronological order):
Publication Order of The Sacketts Books
| The Daybreakers | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sackett | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lando | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mojave Crossing | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sackett Brand | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mustang Man | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sky-Liners | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lonely Men | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Galloway | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ride the Dark Trail | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Treasure Mountain | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| War Party | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sackett's Land | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| To the Far Blue Mountains | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lonely on the Mountain | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ride the River | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Warrior's Path | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jubal Sackett | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| End of the Drive | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of The Sacketts Books
| Sackett's Land | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| To the Far Blue Mountains | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Warrior's Path | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jubal Sackett | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ride the River | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Daybreakers | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lando | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sackett | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mojave Crossing | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sackett Brand | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sky-Liners | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lonely Men | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mustang Man | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Galloway | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Treasure Mountain | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ride the Dark Trail | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lonely on the Mountain | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| War Party | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| End of the Drive | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Talon Books
| Rivers West | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Man from the Broken Hills | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Milo Talon | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Chantry Books
| North to the Rails | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fair Blows the Wind | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ferguson Rifle | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Over on the Dry Side | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Borden Chantry | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Chantry Books
| Fair Blows the Wind | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ferguson Rifle | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Borden Chantry | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| North to the Rails | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Over on the Dry Side | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Kilkenny Books
| Kilkenny | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rider of Lost Creek | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mountain Valley War / A Man Called Trent | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Gun for Kilkenny | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Monument Rock | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Kilkenny Books
| The Rider of Lost Creek | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mountain Valley War / A Man Called Trent | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kilkenny | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Gun for Kilkenny | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Monument Rock | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Hopalong Cassidy Books
| The Riders of High Rock | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rustlers of West Fork | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Trail to Seven Pines | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trouble Shooter | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Hopalong Cassidy Books
| The Rustlers of West Fork | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Trail to Seven Pines | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Riders of High Rock | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trouble Shooter | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Louis L’Amour Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Smoke from This Altar | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Strong Shall Live | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Buckskin Run | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Law of the Desert Born | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bowdrie's Law | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dutchman's Flat | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Night Over the Solomons | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Trail to Crazy Man | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Man Riding West | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rider of the Ruby Hills | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| West from Singapore | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lonigan | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Long Ride Home | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Grub Line Rider | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Outlaws of Mesquite | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| West of the Tularosa | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Valley of the Sun | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| West of Dodge | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mistakes Can Kill You | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Monument Rock | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beyond the Great Snow Mountains | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| May There Be a Road | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| With These Hands | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| From the Listening Hills | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 1 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 2 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Home in the Valley | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 3 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 4 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour Volume 5 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Big Country, Volume 1 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 7 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Frontier Stories | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Man from Battle Flat | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Glory Riders | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Strong Land | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Desert Death-Song | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| We Shaped the Land with Our Guns | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Chick Bowdrie Short Stories Bundle | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Golden Gunmen | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Louis L’Amour Non-Fiction Books
| Frontier | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sackett Companion | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Trail of Memories: The Quotations Of Louis L'Amour | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Education of a Wandering Man | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Martin H. M. Schreiber: Last of a Breed | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Louis l'Amour's Lost Treasures - Mysterious Stories, Unfinished Manuscripts, and Lost Notes | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 2 - More Mysterious Stories, Unfinished Manuscripts, and Lost Notes | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Books
Publication Order of Louis L' Amour Short Stories/Novellas
| Riders of the Dawn | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Golden West Books
(with Zane Grey, Max Brand, Jon Tuska, Christopher Lane)
| Stories of the Golden West, Book 3 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stories of the Golden West, Book 5 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stories Of The Golden West, Book 7 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Western Movies | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of the American West | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of the American West II | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Guns of the West | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Golden West | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Untamed West | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lone Star Law | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lost Trails | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lawless West | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ghost Towns | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Three Classic Westerns | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trailin' West | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| G-Men Detective - Fall 1950 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: The Hopalong Cassidy series was originally published under the pen name Tex Burns. Whenever asked for one of these books to be autographed, L’Amour refused, insisting that “they weren’t his books.” When asked late in life about the series, L’Amour confessed he wrote the books, but only did them for the money.
The anthology The Golden West also contains stories by Zane Grey and Max Brand. A Trail of Memories: The Quotations Of Louis L’Amour was compiled by Angelique L’Amour.
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Love his work,got in trouble at school,daydream ing on the plains,my body in class ,my restless soul riding the High Plains! Study Hall,no free time was the price,still do it today ,good never dirs!
love louis l’amour. can’t find squatters on the lonetree is this part of his short stories /
Try your thrift stores,Estate Sales,Yard Sales,Newspapers Ads,EBay Esty.com,,they just about give the! Away,I bought 19 at .50 cents each!Enjoy!
could not find the short story collection called, West of the Tularosa.
One of the two best western storytellers that have ever been published. I had over 80 volumes of his works while I served, all paperbacks, when finished with them I sent them home. When mom got the packages she would take the Louis L’Amour books out and read them before she put them away for me. Lost most of my collect to a fire and the rest was taken by my ex. Long live the novels and stories of Louis L’Amour and Zane Grey the two best western storytellers.
Shelly Ann, LPN (ret)
A Proud Honorable Disabled American Veteran, 1967-1994
Hi Brandon, in reviewing the books by Louis L’Amour, I came across a book I have that is not on your list. It is called “Big Medicine” and was published in 2008 by the Golden West Literary Agency. It has 4 short stories that were published from 1947 through 1950 and were written by Louis L’Amour under the byline Jim Mayo. Hopefully/maybe you can add another section under Louis L’Amour showing his books by Jim Mayo. Thanks, Jim
Does any one know the number of books printed- by publisher -hardback, paperback, non-english translated that he wrote
Google him it’s on the net now ,he was a busy man ,his mind had to work while he slept!
I have most of the books Louis wrote. I have over 105 books. There are three on this list from his WW2 adventures that I know of right off hand : Night over the Solomons, West from Singapore, Off the Mangrove Coast. There maybe a couple more but I didn’t look real close at the list.
Is this in response to Jimbowman00’s post?
If you have any books we don’t have listed, feel free to let us know. Sometimes things slip through the cracks, especially when it’s an older author who is so prolific.
I’ll gladly add them if I can find out what I’m missing, along with his collections and other works. Thanks!
i didn’t see any of Louis’s books about his adventures during WW 2