Luke Short Reading Order
1 series ยท 168 books
Frederick Dilley Glidden, writing under the pseudonym Luke Short, was one of the most productive Western novelists of the twentieth century, publishing over fifty novels and a hundred short stories between 1936 and his death in 1975. His prolific career established him as a master of the genre, crafting standalone tales that showcased his deep knowledge of frontier life and complex character dynamics. Short's work helped define the Western novel during its golden age, offering readers authentically detailed narratives that balanced action with psychological depth.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete168 books
Start with The feud at Single Shot, the first of 168 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A man could get killed |
| 2 | A man could get killed |
| 3 | Ambush |
| 4 | Ambush |
| 5 | American West in Fiction, Volume 3 |
| 6 | And the Wind Blows Free |
| 7 | And the Wind Blows Free |
| 8 | BARREN LAND SHOWDOWN |
| 9 | Barren Land Murders |
| 10 | Barren Land Showdown |
| 11 | Barren Land Showdown |
| 12 | Barren Land Showdown |
| 13 | Barren land showdown |
| 14 | Blood on the moon |
| 15 | Blood on the moon |
| 16 | Bold Rider |
| 17 | Bought with a gun |
| 18 | Brand of Empire |
| 19 | Cattle, Guns & Men |
| 20 | Coroner Creek |
| 21 | DESERT CROSSING |
| 22 | Dead freight for Piute |
| 23 | Desert Crossing |
| 24 | Desert crossing |
| 25 | Desert crossing |
| 26 | Donovan's Gun |
| 27 | Donovan's gun |
| 28 | Fiddlefoot |
| 29 | First Campaign |
| 30 | First Claim |
| 31 | First Claim |
| 32 | First campaign |
| 33 | First claim |
| 34 | Frontier |
| 35 | Hard Money ; War on the Cimarron ; Ride the Man Down |
| 36 | High vermilion |
| 37 | Hurricane Range |
| 38 | King Colt |
| 39 | King colt |
| 40 | Luke Short's Best of the West |
| 41 | Man from the Desert |
| 42 | Marauders Moon |
| 43 | Orkos gia ekdikese |
| 44 | Paper Sheriff |
| 45 | Paper Sheriff |
| 46 | Paper sheriff |
| 47 | Paper sheriff |
| 48 | Play a Lone Hand |
| 49 | Raiders of the Rimrock |
| 50 | Raiders of the rimrock |
| 51 | Ramrod |
| 52 | Raw land |
| 53 | Ride the Man Down |
| 54 | Rimrock |
| 55 | Savage Range |
| 56 | Savage Range |
| 57 | Savage Range |
| 58 | Station West |
| 59 | Summer of the smoke |
| 60 | Summer of the smoke |
| 61 | Sunset Graze |
| 62 | The Deserters |
| 63 | The Feud at Single Shot |
| 64 | The Feud at Single Shot |
| 65 | The Gold Rustlers |
| 66 | The Guns of Hanging Lake |
| 67 | The Man From Two Rivers |
| 68 | The Outrider |
| 69 | The Some-Day Country |
| 70 | The Whip |
| 71 | The deserters |
| 72 | The deserters |
| 73 | The some-day country |
| 74 | The some-day county |
| 75 | Three for the money |
| 76 | Three for the money |
| 77 | Trumpets West! |
| 78 | Vengeance Valley |
| 79 | Vengeance Valley |
| 80 | War on the Cimarron |
| 81 | War on the Cimarron |
| 82 | War on the Cimarron |
| 83 | ืืงืจื ืืืืจืืข |
| 84 | The feud at Single Shot 1936 |
| 85 | Dead freight for Piute 1940 |
| 86 | War on the Cimarron 1940 |
| 87 | Ride the man down 1942 |
| 88 | Ramrod 1943 |
| 89 | And the wind blows free 1946 |
| 90 | High Vermilion 1948 |
| 91 | Fiddlefoot 1949 |
| 92 | Hard Money 1949 |
| 93 | Vengeance Valley 1950 |
| 94 | Play a Lone Hand 1951 |
| 95 | Saddle by starlight 1952 |
| 96 | Silver Rock 1953 |
| 97 | Rimrock 1955 |
| 98 | Colt's Law 1957 |
| 99 | The Whip 1957 |
| 100 | The whip 1957 |
| 101 | Gunman's Chance 1961 |
| 102 | The some-day county 1964 |
| 103 | Hardcase 1965 |
| 104 | High vermillion 1971 |
| 105 | Bought with a gun 1972 |
| 106 | Bounty guns 1972 |
| 107 | The outrider 1972 |
| 108 | Blood on the moon 1973 |
| 109 | The Stalkers 1973 |
| 110 | The man from Two Rivers 1974 |
| 111 | King Colt 1975 |
| 112 | The Man on the Blue 1975 |
| 113 | Gunman's Chance 1976 |
| 114 | Savage Range 1976 |
| 115 | Brand of Empire 1977 |
| 116 | Coroner Creek 1977 |
| 117 | The Branded Man 1977 |
| 118 | The deserters 1977 |
| 119 | Trouble Country 1977 |
| 120 | First Claim 1978 |
| 121 | Sunset Graze 1978 |
| 122 | Orkos giaekdikese 1979 |
| 123 | The Guns of Hanging Lake 1979 |
| 124 | Barren land showdown 1981 |
| 125 | Last Hunt 1982 |
| 126 | Luke Short's Best of the West 1983 |
| 127 | The Primrose Try 1984 |
| 128 | Desert crossing 1985 |
| 129 | The Feud at Single Shot 1985 |
| 130 | The Marshall of Vengeance 1985 |
| 131 | BOLD RIDER 1986 |
| 132 | Dead Freight for Piute 1986 |
| 133 | Donovan's gun 1986 |
| 134 | Marauders' Moon 1986 |
| 135 | Raw Land 1986 |
| 136 | Ambush 1988 |
| 137 | And the Winds Blows Free 1988 |
| 138 | Marshall of Vengence 1988 |
| 139 | The branded man 1988 |
| 140 | The man on the blue 1988 |
| 141 | And the Wind Blows Free 1989 |
| 142 | Bold Rider 1989 |
| 143 | Bold Rider-King Colt 1989 |
| 144 | Bought with a Gun-Marauder's Moon 1989 |
| 145 | Jackleg Sheriff,the 1989 |
| 146 | Outrider, The 1989 |
| 147 | Silver Rock 1989 |
| 148 | Stalkers, The 1989 |
| 149 | Three for the Money 1989 |
| 150 | Three for the money 1989 |
| 151 | Brand of Empire 1990 |
| 152 | Deserters, The 1990 |
| 153 | Feud at Single Shot, The 1990 |
| 154 | First campaign 1990 |
| 155 | Paper sheriff 1990 |
| 156 | Station West 1990 |
| 157 | Summer of the Smoke 1990 |
| 158 | The Some-Day Country 1990 |
| 159 | The some-day country 1990 |
| 160 | High Vermilion 1991 |
| 161 | Raiders of the Rimrock 1991 |
| 162 | The Man From the Desert 1992 |
| 163 | A man could get killed 1995 |
| 164 | Debt of honor 1996 |
| 165 | Debt of honor 1996 |
| 166 | The Deserters 2006 |
| 167 | Trouble Country 2006 |
| 168 | War on the Cimarron 2007 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Luke Short written?
- Luke Short has written 168 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1936 to 2007.
- Are Luke Short's series complete?
- Luke Short has 1 completed series.