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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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