Bill Brooks Reading Order

2 books (2010–2024)

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1	Ghost Towns 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Lawless 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2005–2005)

Bill Brooks's completed Dakota Lawman trilogy consists of three Western novels published in 2005: Killing Mr. Sunday, Last Stand at Sweet Sorrow, and The Big Gundown. These books should be read in publication order to follow the narrative arc. The series offers a complete story that concludes with The Big Gundown.

Start with Killing Mr. Sunday and read in order.

#	Title
1	Killing Mr. Sunday 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Last Stand at Sweet Sorrow 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Big Gundown 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2018–2018)

#	Title
1	The Young Desperados 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2012–2014)

Bill Brooks' John Henry Cole western series comprises six completed books published between 2012 and 2014, following publication order beginning with Blood Storm. The series includes Frontier Justice, Ride the Man Down, Winter Kill, Go and Bury Your Dead, and Men of Violence. Readers should start with Blood Storm and continue through each installment in the sequence as written.

Start with Blood Storm, the first of 6 books in the John Henry Cole series.

#	Title
1	Blood Storm 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Frontier Justice 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Ride the Man Down 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Winter Kill 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Go and Bury Your Dead 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Men of Violence 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2006–2009)

Bill Brooks's Journey of Jim Glass is a three-book western series following the adventures of its protagonist across the American frontier. Published between 2006 and 2009, the complete series consists of Rides a Stranger, A Bullet for Billy, and The Horses. Read the books in publication order to experience the full arc of Jim Glass's story as the author intended.

Start with Rides a Stranger and read in order.

#	Title
1	Rides a Stranger 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Bullet for Billy 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Horses 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2003–2004)

Bill Brooks' Law For Hire is a three-book western series featuring gunfighters and lawmen in the Old West. Published between 2003 and 2004, the complete series consists of Defending Cody, Protecting Hickok, and Saving Masterson. The books should be read in publication order to follow the interconnected stories and character development across the trilogy.

Start with Defending Cody and read in order.

#	Title
1	Defending Cody 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Protecting Hickok 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Saving Masterson 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2021–2021)

#	Title
1	The Pistoleros 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

21 books (1992–2019)

Bill Brooks wrote 21 standalone Western novels between 1992 and 2019, with the series now complete. Though each book stands alone narratively, they should be read in publication order beginning with The Badmen, followed by Buscadero, Longing for Home, and continuing through the remaining titles including works centered on historical figures like Bonnie and Clyde and Pretty Boy Floyd. The collection spans various Western themes and settings, offering readers a comprehensive view of Brooks's approach to the genre across nearly three decades of writing.

Start with The Badmen, the first of 21 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Badmen 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Buscadero 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Longing for Home 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Moon's Blood 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Old Times 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Last Law There Was 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Deadwood 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dust on the Wind 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Leaving Cheyenne 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Return to No Man's Land 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Stone Garden 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Bonnie and Clyde 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Pretty Boy 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Vengeance Trail 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Messenger 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Righteous Revenge of Lucy Moon 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	American Tragedy 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Bill Doolin 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Stolen Horses 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Girl With the Flamenco Tattoo 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Catch Me, Kill Me 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible