Order of Dusty Richards Books
Dusty Richards is American author of western novels. He writes the Byrnes Family Ranch series and The Brandiron series. Dusty writes in the same place where he grew up – Arizona. This land of cactus, unforgiving heat, sidewinders and canyons is the land he explores with his stories of a different time. Aside from being a novelist, Dusty is a rancher, rodeo announcer, and former TV anchor.
Dusty Richards began his career as an author in 1992 with the standalone title Nobel’s Way. Below is a list of Dusty Richards’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Rodeo Riders Books
| The Natural | (2002) |    |
Publication Order of Herschel Baker Books
| The Horse Creek Incident | (2006) | |
| Montana Revenge | (2007) | |
| The Sundown Chaser | (2009) | |
| Wulf's Tracks | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Byrnes Family Ranch Books
| Texas Blood Feud | (2009) | |
| Between Hell and Texas | (2011) | |
| Blood on the Verde River | (2013) | |
| Brothers in Blood | (2013) | |
| Ambush Valley | (2014) | |
| A Good Day To Kill | (2015) | |
| Arizona Territory | (2015) | |
| Pray for the Dead | (2016) | |
| Deadly Is the Night | (2016) | |
| Valley of Bones | (2017) | |
| Sharpshooter | (2018) | |
| Rage for Vengeance | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Foxy Hens Books
| Two Foxy Holiday Hens and One Big Rooster | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Lost Books
| The Bounty Man and Doe | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Frank Brothers Books
| Outlaw Queen | (2012) | |
| Blue Roan Colt | (2012) | |
| Brackeen's Law | (2013) | |
| Texas | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Phil Guthrey Books
| Chaparral Range War | (2013) | |
| Once a Ranger | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Brandiron Books
| A Bride for Gil | (2015) | |
| The Mustanger and the Lady | (2016) | |
| The Texas Badge | (2016) | |
| A Funeral Ain't the Place | (2016) | |
| The Cherokee Strip/Range War of Callie County | (2016) | |
| Gold in the Sun | (2017) | |
| The Pride of Texas | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Texas Badge Mysteries Books
| The Texas Badge | (2016) | |
| Texas Lightning | (2022) | |
Publication Order of The O'Malleys of Texas Books
| The O'Malleys of Texas | (2017) | |
| Dead Aim | (2018) | |
| Massacre at Whip Station | (2020) | |
| And the Devil Makes Five | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Battling Harrigans of the Frontier Books
| Westbound | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Noble's Way | (1992) | |
| From Hell to Breakfast | (1994) | |
| By the Cut of Your Clothes | (1994) | |
| Lawless Land | (2000) | |
| Servant of the Law | (2000) | |
| Rancher's Law | (2001) | |
| Deuces Wild | (2004) | |
| Zekial | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Comanche Moon | (2006) | |
| Out of a Job, Not Earning a Dime | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Waltzing with Tumbleweeds | (2004) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Writing the West with Dusty Richards and Friends | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Ralph Compton Western Books
| Blood and Gold | (2004) | |
| For the Brand | (2005) | |
| Rio Largo | (2006) | |
| Guns of the Canyonlands | (2006) | |
| Texas Empire | (2006) | |
| By the Horns | (2006) | |
| Deadwood Gulch | (2006) | |
| The Bloody Trail | (2007) | |
| A Wolf In the Fold | (2007) | |
| Bluff City | (2007) | |
| Blood Duel | (2007) | |
| Death of a Bad Man | (2008) | |
| Ride the Hard Trail | (2008) | |
| Bullet for a Bad Man | (2008) | |
| The Convict Trail | (2008) | |
| Rawhide Flat | (2009) | |
| Outlaw's Reckoning | (2009) | |
| The Man From Nowhere | (2009) | |
| Bounty Hunter | (2009) | |
| Fatal Justice | (2009) | |
| Stryker's Revenge | (2010) | |
| Death of a Hangman | (2010) | |
| North to the Salt Fork | (2010) | |
| Rusted Tin | (2010) | |
| The Burning Range | (2010) | |
| The Last Manhunt | (2011) | |
| The Stranger from Abilene | (2011) | |
| The Ghost of Apache Creek | (2011) | |
| Dead Man's Ranch | (2012) | |
| Slaughter Canyon | (2012) | |
| One Man's Fire | (2012) | |
| Tucker's Reckoning | (2012) | |
| Down on Gila River | (2012) | |
| Brimstone Trail | (2013) | |
| Straight Shooter | (2013) | |
| The Hunted | (2013) | |
| Hard Ride to Wichita | (2013) | |
| The Cheyenne Trail | (2014) | |
| Double-Cross Ranch | (2014) | |
| Comanche Trail | (2014) | |
| The Dangerous Land | (2014) | |
| Vigilante Dawn | (2014) | |
| The Evil Men Do | (2015) | |
| Straight to the Noose | (2015) | |
| Shotgun Charlie | (2015) | |
| The Law and the Lawless | (2015) | |
| Brother's Keeper | (2015) | |
| Texas Hills | (2015) | |
| Outlaw Town | (2016) | |
| Phantom Hill | (2016) | |
| Hellbound Posse | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Trail Drive Books
| Red Trail | (2020) | |
| The Too-Late Trail | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Traditional West | (2011) | |
| Cactus Country Anthology Volume I | (2011) | |
| Cactus Country II | (2011) | |
| Cactus Country Anthology Volume III | (2013) | |
| Rough Country | (2013) | |
Notes: The Trail Drive series and the novel North to the Salt Fork are written with Ralph Compton. Two Foxy Holiday Hens and One Big Rooster is written with Peggy Fielding and Jackie King.
The Traditional West also includes stories by Jackson Lowry, L.J. Martin, Kerry Newcomb, Kit Prate, Robert J. Randisi, James Reasoner and L.J. Washburn. Cactus Country Anthology, Volume I was co-edited with Louella Turner.
If You Like Dusty Richards Books, You’ll Love…
Dusty Richards Synopses: The Horse Creek Incident by Dusty Richards is the first book in the Herschel Baker series. Horse Creek, Montana, is under siege by a ruthless cattle baron with both sides of the law in his pocket. But when Herschel Baker’s friend is murdered in cold blood – and the sheriff refuses to investigate – Baker must take things into his own hands.
In Outlaw Queen by Dusty Richards, Rath Macon has returned home from a cattle drive and only to discover that his wife has left him. So in the Kansas blue stem grass country in 1872, he meets an attractive woman with a past of her own. Seems Mary Ann Cates was the widow of a slain outlaw. Together they stand up against prejudice and many who were still fighting the Civil War in order to begin a new life together.