Order of Zane Grey Books
Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author of Western adventure novels and short stories. He was a very prolific author and one of the first authors to become a millionaire. Over 100 films have been based on his stories. His best-known novel is Riders of the Purple Sage. Grey was an avid fisherman and wrote a lot about fishing. Two of his sons, Romer Zane and Loren became authors as well.
Zane Grey became a published novelist in 1903 with the novel Betty Zane. Below is a list of Zane Grey’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Adam Larey Books
| Wanderer of the Wasteland | (1920) |    |
| Stairs of Sand | (1928) | |
Publication Order of Brazos Keene Books
| Knights of the Range | (1936) | |
| Twin Sombreros | (1940) | |
Publication Order of Forlorn River Books
| Forlorn River | (1926) | |
| Nevada | (1928) | |
Publication Order of Jim Traft Books
| The Hash Knife Outfit | (1929) | |
| The Drift Fence | (1929) | |
Publication Order of Ken Ward Books
| The Young Forester | (1910) | |
| The Young Pitcher | (1911) | |
| The Young Lion Hunter | (1911) | |
| Ken Ward in the Jungle | (1912) | |
Publication Order of Light of the Western Stars Books
| Light of Western Stars, The | (1914) | |
| Majesty's Rancho | (1937) | |
Publication Order of Pan Handle Smith Books
| The Lone Star Ranger | (1914) | |
| The Trail Driver | (1931) | |
| Valley Of Wild Horses | (1947) | |
Publication Order of Riders of the Purple Sage Books
| Riders of the Purple Sage | (1912) | |
| The Rainbow Trail | (1915) | |
| The Desert Crucible | (1915) | |
Publication Order of The Ohio River Trilogy Books
| Betty Zane | (1903) | |
| The Spirit of the Border | (1906) | |
| The Last Trail | (1909) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Last of the Plainsmen | (1908) | |
| The Short Stop | (1909) | |
| The Heritage of the Desert | (1910) | |
| Wildfire | (1910) | |
| Desert Gold | (1913) | |
| The Light of Western Stars | (1914) | |
| Cabin Gulch | (1915) | |
| The Border Legion | (1916) | |
| The U. P. Trail | (1918) | |
| The Desert Of Wheat | (1918) | |
| The Mysterious Rider | (1919) | |
| War Comes to the Big Bend | (1919) | |
| Wyoming | (1920) | |
| The Man of the Forest | (1920) | |
| Tonto Basin | (1921) | |
| To the Last Man | (1921) | |
| The Day of the Beast | (1922) | |
| Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon | (1922) | |
| The Rustlers of Pecos County | (1923) | |
| The Call of the Canyon | (1924) | |
| The Water Hole | (1925) | |
| Under the Tonto Rim | (1925) | |
| The Thundering Herd | (1925) | |
| The Deer Stalker | (1925) | |
| The Vanishing American | (1925) | |
| Shower of Gold | (1925) | |
| Top Hand | (1925) | |
| Lost Pueblo | (1927) | |
| Open Range | (1927) | |
| Don. The Story Of A Lion Dog | (1928) | |
| Wild Horse Mesa | (1928) | |
| The Shepherd of Guadaloupe | (1928) | |
| Dorn of the Mountains | (1928) | |
| A Missouri Schoolmarm | (1928) | |
| Rogue River Feud | (1929) | |
| Fighting Caravans | (1929) | |
| RobbersRoost | (1930) | |
| Sunset Pass | (1930) | |
| The Dude Ranger | (1930) | |
| West of the Pecos | (1931) | |
| Raiders of Spanish Peaks | (1931) | |
| The Lost Wagon Train | (1932) | |
| Thunder Mountain | (1932) | |
| Arizona Ames | (1932) | |
| Code of the West | (1934) | |
| Outlaws of Palouse | (1936) | |
| King of the Royal Mounted and the Great Jewel Mystery | (1937) | |
| Western Union | (1939) | |
| 30,000 on the Hoof | (1940) | |
| Wilderness Trek | (1944) | |
| Shadow on the Trail | (1946) | |
| The Maverick Queen | (1950) | |
| THE ROARING U.P.TRAIL | (1952) | |
| Black Mesa | (1955) | |
| Stranger from the Tonto | (1956) | |
| The Fugitive Trail | (1957) | |
| The Arizona Clan | (1958) | |
| Horse Heaven Hill | (1959) | |
| Boulder Dam | (1963) | |
| Prairie Gold | (1965) | |
| Vanishing Indian | (1968) | |
| Arizona Clan | (1971) | |
| The Last Ranger | (1974) | |
| Nassau, Cuba, Yucatan, Mexico | (1976) | |
| Hoods | (1976) | |
| The Adventures Of Finspot | (1976) | |
| The Reef Girl | (1977) | |
| Captives of the Desert | (1977) | |
| The Buffalo Hunter | (1978) | |
| Shark | (1978) | |
| The Big Land | (1978) | |
| Dark Heritage | (1980) | |
| The Lord of Lackawaxen Creek | (1981) | |
| Riders of Vengeance | (1981) | |
| Lost In The Never Never | (1982) | |
| Tenderfoot | (1982) | |
| Tex Thorne Comes Out of the West | (1988) | |
| Yaqui | (1988) | |
| George Washington, Frontiersman | (1990) | |
| Last of the Great Scouts | (1996) | |
| Rangers of the Lone Star | (1997) | |
| Woman of the Frontier | (1998) | |
| The Last of the Duanes | (1998) | |
| Union Pacific | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Redheaded Outfield | (1920) | |
| The Wolf Tracker and Other Animal Tales | (1923) | |
| Tappan's Burro and Other Stories | (1923) | |
| Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas | (1925) | |
| The Ranger and Other Stories | (1926) | |
| Blue Feather and Other Stories | (1934) | |
| Bernardo's Revenge & Other Western Yarns | (1976) | |
| The Savage Kingdom | (1978) | |
| Tales From A Fisherman's Log | (1979) | |
| The Camp Robber and Other Stories | (1979) | |
| The Westerners | (1980) | |
| Tales of Freshwater Fishing | (1980) | |
| Amber's Mirage and Other Stories | (1983) | |
| The Secret of Quaking Asp Cabin and Other Stories | (1983) | |
| Undiscovered Zane Grey Fishing Stories | (1983) | |
| Zane Grey's Greatest Animal Stories | (1984) | |
| Tigre and Other Stories | (1988) | |
| Avalanche, and Other Stories | (1988) | |
| Best Western Stories | (1989) | |
| Seafishing Yarns | (1991) | |
| Silvermane And Other Stories | (1991) | |
| Tales of Swordfish and Tuna | (1992) | |
| Tales of Tahitian Waters | (1999) | |
| Tales of Southern Rivers | (2000) | |
| Rangle River | (2001) | |
| Tales of the Great Game Fish | (2003) | |
| Silvermane | (2013) | |
| Tales of Florida Fishes | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| An American Angler in Australia | (1976) | |
| Tales of the Angler's Eldorado | (1984) | |
| Zane Grey's Book of Camp and Trails | (1988) | |
| Zane Grey on Fishing | (2003) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories | (1921) | |
| Great Baseball Stories | (1990) | |
| A Century of Great Western Stories | (2001) | |
| 100 Years Of Fishing: The Ultimate Tribute To Our Fishing Tradition | (2002) | |
| The Golden West | (2003) | |
| The Untamed West | (2004) | |
| The Lawless West | (2007) | |
| Three Classic Westerns | (2013) | |
| Trailin' West | (2016) | |
Notes: Last of the Great Scouts was co-authored with Helen Cody Wetmore. Robbers’ Roost was also published under the title Thieves’ Canyon. The Golden West also contains contributions from Louis L’Amour and Max Brand. Last of the Duanes is an unabridged version of The Lone Star Ranger. The Desert Crucible is an unabridged version of The Rainbow Trail. Tonto Basin is an unabridged version of To the Last Man. Shower of Gold is an unabridged version of Desert Gold. The Great Trek is an unabridged version of The Wilderness Trek.
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I read Zane Grey novels in high school in the Seventies. They had book covers with an action description in a black box at the bottom of the page. Any available for my Walter Black editions?
My dad’s family lived five miles from the Grey’s. At that time they were the closest neighbors. At one time when I was a young teenager I read one of Zane’s books and it told about a wild bunch of kids that weren’t bad, like thieves, just wild crazy and always getting into fights and doing crazy dangerous stunts. I told my dad it sounded like the stories I had heard about him,his brothers and sisters. He said those stories sounded awful familiar. Wish I remembered which book it was. My mom totally changed my dad and my aunt told me they kept trying to pull mom down to their level and she just pulled them up! I’m 81 years old now and have great grandkids and wish I could give them at least the name of the book. One of my aunts dated Zane’s son for a while. She was pretty wild. I know she embarrassed me as an adult.
I really appreciate this listing of Mr. Grey’s books, Just recently purchased a 50 book collection of hardback books to replace the paper backs that I lost during my time in the military. Started reading Zane Grey novels when I was in the 6th grade and have been collecting them since.
I find that there are only two authors who I consider to be great western writes, Zane Grey and Louis L’Amour.
Thank you for this listing site, I will be bookmarking these pages so I can come back to them for reference to my favorite authors.
Shelly Ann, LPN (ret)
HM2c(FMF)/USN, Sgt/USAR, ACM/olc
A Proud Honorable Disabled American Veteran 1967-1994 – Combat Medicine