Dusty Richards Reading Order

7 books (2011–2013)

Start with Cactus Country Anthology Volume I, the first of 7 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Cactus Country Anthology Volume I 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cactus Country II 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cactus Country, Volume I 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Traditional West 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Best of Frontier Tales 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	Cactus Country Anthology Volume III 2013Buy 🇺🇸
7	Rough Country 2013Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2023–2023)

Start with A Need for Violence(With: Matthew P. Mayo) and read in order.

7 books (2015–2017)

Start with A Bride for Gil, the first of 7 books in the Brandiron series.

#	Title
1	A Bride for Gil 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Funeral Ain't the Place 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Cherokee Strip/Range War of Callie County 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Mustanger and the Lady 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Texas Badge 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Gold in the Sun 2017Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Pride of Texas 2017Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (2009–2018)

Start with Texas Blood Feud, the first of 12 books in the Byrnes Family Ranch series.

#	Title
1	Texas Blood Feud 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Between Hell and Texas 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Blood on the Verde River 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Brothers in Blood 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	Ambush Valley 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Good Day To Kill 2015Buy 🇺🇸
7	Arizona Territory 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	Deadly Is the Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	Pray for the Dead 2016Buy 🇺🇸
10	Valley of Bones 2017Buy 🇺🇸
11	Rage for Vengeance 2018Buy 🇺🇸
12	Sharpshooter 2018Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2005–2009)

Start with Chik Lit for Foxy Hens(By: Jackie King,Peggy Fielding), the first of 5 books in the Foxy Hens series.

#	Title
1	Chik Lit for Foxy Hens(By: Jackie King,Peggy Fielding) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Foxy Statehood Hens and Murder Most Fowl(By: Jackie King) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Foxy Hens Go Bump in the Night(By: Jackie King,Peggy Moss Fielding) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Foxy Hens Meet a Romantic Adventurer(By: Charles W. Sasser,Jackie King,Peggy Fielding) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	Two Foxy Holiday Hens and One Big Rooster(With: Jackie King) 2009Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2012–2014)

Start with Blue Roan Colt, the first of 4 books in the Frank Brothers series.

#	Title
1	Blue Roan Colt 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Outlaw Queen 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Brackeen's Law 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Texas 2014Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2006–2010)

Start with The Horse Creek Incident, the first of 4 books in the Herschel Baker series.

#	Title
1	The Horse Creek Incident 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	Montana Revenge 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Sundown Chaser 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Wulf's Tracks 2010Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2011–2011)

#	Title
1	The Bounty Man and Doe 2011Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2011–2011)

2 books (2013–2014)

Start with Chaparral Range War and read in order.

#	Title
1	Chaparral Range War 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Once a Ranger 2014Buy 🇺🇸

55 books (2001–2021)

Start with Clarion's Call(By: Robert Vaughan), the first of 55 books in the Ralph Compton Western series.

#	Title
1	Clarion's Call(By: Robert Vaughan) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Blood and Gold(By: Joseph A. West) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	For the Brand(By: David Robbins) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
4	By the Horns(By: David Robbins) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	Deadwood Gulch(By: John Edward Ames) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
6	Guns of the Canyonlands(By: Joseph A. West) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
7	Rio Largo(By: David Robbins) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
8	Texas Empire(By: Ralph Compton) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Wolf In the Fold(By: David Robbins) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
10	Blood Duel(By: David Robbins) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
11	Bluff City(By: David Robbins) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Bloody Trail(By: Marcus Galloway) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
13	West Of The Law(By: Joseph A. West) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
14	Blood on the Gallows(By: Joseph A. West) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
15	Bullet for a Bad Man(By: David Robbins) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
16	Death of a Bad Man(By: Marcus Galloway) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
17	Ride the Hard Trail(By: David Robbins) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Convict Trail(By: Joseph A. West) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
19	Bounty Hunter(By: Joseph A. West) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
20	Fatal Justice(By: David Robbins) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
21	Outlaw's Reckoning(By: Marcus Galloway) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
22	Rawhide Flat(By: Joseph A. West) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Man From Nowhere(By: Joseph A. West) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
24	Death of a Hangman(By: Joseph A. West) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
25	North to the Salt Fork 2010Buy 🇺🇸
26	Rusted Tin(By: Marcus Galloway) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
27	Stryker's Revenge(By: Joseph A. West) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Burning Range(By: Joseph A. West) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Shadow Of A Gun(By: Henry Clay Merritt) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Ghost of Apache Creek(By: Joseph A. West) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
31	The Last Manhunt(By: Joseph A. West) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
32	The Stranger from Abilene(By: Joseph A. West) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
33	Dead Man's Ranch(By: Matthew P. Mayo) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
34	Down on Gila River(By: Joseph A. West) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
35	One Man's Fire(By: Marcus Galloway) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
36	Slaughter Canyon(By: Joseph A. West) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
37	Tucker's Reckoning(By: Matthew P. Mayo) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
38	Brimstone Trail(By: Marcus Galloway) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
39	Hard Ride to Wichita(By: Marcus Galloway) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
40	Straight Shooter(By: Marcus Galloway) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
41	The Hunted(By: Matthew P. Mayo) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
42	Comanche Trail(By: Carlton Stowers) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
43	Double-Cross Ranch(By: Matthew P. Mayo) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
44	The Cheyenne Trail(By: Jory Sherman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
45	The Dangerous Land(By: Marcus Galloway) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
46	Vigilante Dawn(By: Marcus Galloway) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
47	Brother's Keeper(By: David Robbins) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
48	Shotgun Charlie(By: Matthew P. Mayo) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
49	Straight to the Noose(By: Marcus Galloway) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
50	Texas Hills(By: David Robbins) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
51	The Evil Men Do(By: David Robbins) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
52	The Law and the Lawless(By: David Robbins) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
53	Outlaw Town(By: David Robbins) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
54	Phantom Hill(By: Carlton Stowers) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
55	Hellbound Posse(By: Robert J. Randisi) 2021Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2002–2002)

#	Title
1	The Natural 2002Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2006–2016)

Start with Comanche Moon and read in order.

2 books (2004–2025)

Start with Waltzing with Tumbleweeds and read in order.

8 books (1992–2018)

Start with Noble's Way, the first of 8 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Noble's Way 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	By the Cut of Your Clothes 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	From Hell to Breakfast 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	Lawless Land 2000Buy 🇺🇸
5	Servant of the Law 2000Buy 🇺🇸
6	Rancher's Law 2001Buy 🇺🇸
7	Deuces Wild 2004Buy 🇺🇸
8	Zekial 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2016–2023)

Start with The Texas Badge and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Texas Badge 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Texas Lightning(With: Velda Brotherton) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
3	Texas Fury(With: Velda Brotherton) 2023Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2017–2022)

Start with The O'Malleys of Texas, the first of 4 books in the The O'Malleys of Texas series.

#	Title
1	The O'Malleys of Texas 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dead Aim 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Massacre at Whip Station 2020Buy 🇺🇸
4	And the Devil Makes Five 2022Buy 🇺🇸

35 books (1992–2022)

Start with The Goodnight Trail(By: Ralph Compton), the first of 35 books in the Trail Drive series.

#	Title
1	The Goodnight Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Western Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Bandera Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Chisholm Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	The California Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Shawnee Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Virginia City Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Dodge City Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Oregon Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Santa Fe Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Old Spanish Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Deadwood Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Green River Trail(By: Ralph Compton) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Dakota Trail(By: Robert Vaughan) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Alamosa Trail(By: Robert Vaughan) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Bozeman Trail(By: Robert Vaughan) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Abilene Trail 2003Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Palo Duro Trail(By: Jory Sherman) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
19	Trail To Fort Smith 2004Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Ellsworth Trail(By: Jory Sherman) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Ogallala Trail 2005Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Tenderfoot Trail(By: Joseph A. West) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
23	Trail to Cottonwood Falls 2007Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Amarillo Trail(By: Jory Sherman) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Omaha Trail(By: Jory Sherman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
26	Big Jake's Last Drive(By: Robert J. Randisi) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
27	Drive for Independence(By: Ralph Compton,Lyle Brandt) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
28	Red Trail(By: John Shirley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Badlands Trail(By: Lyle Brandt) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Kelly Trail(By: Terrence McCauley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
31	Terror Trail(By: Lyle Brandt) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
32	The Empire Trail(By: Jeff Rovin) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Too-Late Trail(By: Matthew P. Mayo,Ralph Compton) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
34	Tthe Sagebrush Trail(By: Robert J. Randisi) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Saltwater Trail(By: Jackson Lowry) 2022Buy 🇺🇸