J.T. Edson Reading Order

6 books (1977–1990)

Start with Cap. Fog, Texas Ranger, Meet Mr. J. G. Reeder, the first of 6 books in the Alvin Dustine 'Cap' Fog series.

#	Title
1	Cap. Fog, Texas Ranger, Meet Mr. J. G. Reeder 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	You're a Texas Ranger, Alvin Fog aka Alvin Fog, Texas Ranger 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	Justice of Company Z 1980Buy 🇺🇸
4	Rapido Clint 1980Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Return of Rapido Clint and Mr J.G. Reeder 1984Buy 🇺🇸
6	Rapido Clint Strikes Back 1990Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1975–1980)

Start with Bunduki, the first of 4 books in the Bunduki series.

#	Title
1	Bunduki 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	Bunduki And Dawn 1976Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sacrifice for the Quagga God 1976Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fearless Master of the Jungle 1980Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1968–1986)

Start with Calamity Spells Trouble aka The Road to Ratchet Creek, the first of 13 books in the Calamity Jane series.

#	Title
1	Calamity Spells Trouble aka The Road to Ratchet Creek 1968Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Big Hunt 1968Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Bullwhip Breed 1968Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Cow Thieves 1968Buy 🇺🇸
5	Trouble Trail 1968Buy 🇺🇸
6	Cold Deck, Hot Lead 1970Buy 🇺🇸
7	White Stallion, Red Mare aka Ranch War 1970Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Remittance Kid 1978Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Whip And The War Lance 1979Buy 🇺🇸
10	Cut One, They All Bleed 1983Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Cow Thieves aka Running Irons 1983Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Hide And Horn Saloon 1983Buy 🇺🇸
13	Calamity, Mark and Belle aka Texas Trio 1986Buy 🇺🇸

14 books (1968–2011)

Start with Comanche, the first of 14 books in the Civil War series.

#	Title
1	Comanche 1968Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Colt and the Sabre 1968Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Fastest Gun in Texas 1968Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Bloody Border 1969Buy 🇺🇸
5	Back to the Bloody Border aka Renegade 1970Buy 🇺🇸
6	Kill Dusty Fog! 1970Buy 🇺🇸
7	Under the Stars and Bars 1970Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Big Gun 1973Buy 🇺🇸
9	You're in Command Now, Mr.Fog aka Rebel Vengeance 1973Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Devil Gun 1979Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Rebel Spy 1979Buy 🇺🇸
12	A Matter of Honor 1982Buy 🇺🇸
13	Mississippi Raider 1996Buy 🇺🇸
14	Florida Civil War Blockades: Battling for the Coast(By: Nick Wynne) 2011Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1975–1977)

Start with Get Urrea! aka Texas Fury, the first of 5 books in the Ole Devil series.

#	Title
1	Get Urrea! aka Texas Fury 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	Young Ole Devil 1975Buy 🇺🇸
3	Ole Devil and the Caplocks 1976Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ole Devil and the Mule Train 1976Buy 🇺🇸
5	Ole Devil at San Jacinto 1977Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (1968–1997)

Start with The Professional Killers, the first of 11 books in the Rockabye County series.

#	Title
1	The Professional Killers 1968Buy 🇺🇸
2	The 1/4 Second Draw 1969Buy 🇺🇸
3	Point of Contact 1970Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Owlhoot 1970Buy 🇺🇸
5	Bad Hombre 1971Buy 🇺🇸
6	Run For The Border 1971Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Sixteen-Dollar Shooter 1974Buy 🇺🇸
8	Sheriff Of Rockabye County 1981Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Lawmen of Rockabye County 1982Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Deputies 1991Buy 🇺🇸
11	Texas Teamwork 1997Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1965–1989)

Start with Slaughter's Way, the first of 10 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Slaughter's Way 1965Buy 🇺🇸
2	Blonde Genius 1972Buy 🇺🇸
3	Two Miles to the Border 1972Buy 🇺🇸
4	Set A-foot 1978Buy 🇺🇸
5	J.T.'s Hundredth 1979Buy 🇺🇸
6	J.T.'s Ladies 1980Buy 🇺🇸
7	Wanted! Belle Starr aka Oklahoma Outlaw 1983Buy 🇺🇸
8	Is-a-man aka Texas Warrior 1985Buy 🇺🇸
9	More J.T.'s Ladies 1987Buy 🇺🇸
10	J. T.'s Ladies Ride Again 1989Buy 🇺🇸

71 books (1965–1996)

Start with The Fortune Hunters, the first of 71 books in the The Floating Outfit series.

#	Title
1	The Fortune Hunters 1965Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Hooded Riders 1965Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Town Called Yellowdog 1968Buy 🇺🇸
4	Guns In The Night 1968Buy 🇺🇸
5	McGraw's Inheritance 1968Buy 🇺🇸
6	Quiet Town 1968Buy 🇺🇸
7	Rangeland Hercules 1968Buy 🇺🇸
8	Rio Guns 1968Buy 🇺🇸
9	Terror Valley 1968Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Hard Riders 1968Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Law of the Gun 1968Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Making of a Lawman 1968Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Rio Hondo Kid 1968Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Ysabel Kid 1968Buy 🇺🇸
15	Trail Boss 1968Buy 🇺🇸
16	Waco's Debt 1968Buy 🇺🇸
17	.44 Caliber Man 1969Buy 🇺🇸
18	Apache Rampage 1969Buy 🇺🇸
19	Cuchilo 1969Buy 🇺🇸
20	From Hide And Horn 1969Buy 🇺🇸
21	Goodnights Dream 1969Buy 🇺🇸
22	Gun Wizard 1969Buy 🇺🇸
23	Gunsmoke Thunder 1969Buy 🇺🇸
24	Return To Backsight 1969Buy 🇺🇸
25	Sidewinder 1969Buy 🇺🇸
26	The Fast Gun 1969Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Half Breed 1969Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Man from Texas 1969Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Peacemakers 1969Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Rushers 1969Buy 🇺🇸
31	The Small Texan 1969Buy 🇺🇸
32	The Trouble Busters 1969Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Wildcats 1969Buy 🇺🇸
34	Trigger Fast 1969Buy 🇺🇸
35	Troubled Range 1969Buy 🇺🇸
36	Wagons To Backsight 1969Buy 🇺🇸
37	The Rio Hondo War 1970Buy 🇺🇸
38	The Town Tamers 1970Buy 🇺🇸
39	A Horse Called Mogollon 1971Buy 🇺🇸
40	Hell in the Palo Duro 1971Buy 🇺🇸
41	Go Back To Hell 1972Buy 🇺🇸
42	To Arms! To Arms! In Dixie 1972Buy 🇺🇸
43	Set Texas Back on Her Feet 1973Buy 🇺🇸
44	Viridian's Trail 1973Buy 🇺🇸
45	The Quest for Bowie's Blade 1974Buy 🇺🇸
46	Beguinage Is Dead 1978Buy 🇺🇸
47	Texas Killers 1978Buy 🇺🇸
48	The Hide and Tallow Men 1978Buy 🇺🇸
49	The Lone Star Killers 1978Buy 🇺🇸
50	The Nighthawk 1978Buy 🇺🇸
51	The Texas Assassin 1978Buy 🇺🇸
52	The Bad Bunch 1979Buy 🇺🇸
53	The Floating Outfit 1979Buy 🇺🇸
54	The Gentle Giant 1979Buy 🇺🇸
55	The Texan 1979Buy 🇺🇸
56	Master of Triggernometry 1981Buy 🇺🇸
57	Old Moccasins on the Trail 1981Buy 🇺🇸
58	The Trigger Master 1981Buy 🇺🇸
59	White Indians 1982Buy 🇺🇸
60	Ole Devil's Hands and Feet 1983Buy 🇺🇸
61	Buffalo are Coming 1984Buy 🇺🇸
62	Cards and Colts 1986Buy 🇺🇸
63	Decision For Dusty Fog 1986Buy 🇺🇸
64	Diamonds, Emeralds, Cards And Colts 1986Buy 🇺🇸
65	Code of Dusty Fog 1988Buy 🇺🇸
66	Mark Counter's Kin 1990Buy 🇺🇸
67	The South Will Rise Again 1994Buy 🇺🇸
68	Arizona Gun Law 1996Buy 🇺🇸
69	Arizona Range War 1996Buy 🇺🇸
70	Texas Kidnappers 1996Buy 🇺🇸
71	Wedge Goes to Arizona 1996Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1966–1982)

Start with Arizona Ranger, the first of 7 books in the Waco series.

#	Title
1	Arizona Ranger 1966Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Drifter 1968Buy 🇺🇸
3	Hound Dog Man 1969Buy 🇺🇸
4	Waco Rides In 1969Buy 🇺🇸
5	Doc Leroy, M.D 1977Buy 🇺🇸
6	Sagebrush Sleuth 1977Buy 🇺🇸
7	Waco's Badge 1982Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1971–1996)

Start with Slip Gun and read in order.

#	Title
1	Slip Gun 1971Buy 🇺🇸
2	No Finger on the Trigger 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cure the Texas Fever 1996Buy 🇺🇸