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Standalone Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Standalone books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Standalone series? Start with "The Last of the Plainsmen" (1908) and follow publication order through all 84 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Last of the Plainsmen
1908
The Short Stop
1909
The Heritage of the Desert
1910
Wildfire
1910
Desert Gold
1913
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
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
The Great Trek
1999
Union Pacific
2009
Panguitch
2016
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