
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
Chronological Order of The Sacketts Books
Publication Order of Talon Books
Publication Order of Chantry Books
Chronological Order of Chantry Books
Publication Order of Kilkenny Books
Chronological Order of Kilkenny Books
Publication Order of Hopalong Cassidy Books
Chronological Order of Hopalong Cassidy Books
Publication Order of Louis L’Amour Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Louis L'Amour Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Louis L’Amour Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Books
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Colección Frontera Books
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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