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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: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Standalone series? Start with "Hot Iron" (1956) and follow publication order through all 33 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Hot Iron
1956
Buffalo Wagons
1957
Bitter Trail
1959
Texas Rifles
1960
Donovan
1961
Pecos Crossing
1963
Horsehead Crossing
1963
Savage Guns (With: Brian Garfield,Alex Hawk)
1968
Shotgun Settlement (With: Brian Garfield,Alex Hawk)
1969
Bowie's Mine
1971
The Time It Never Rained
1973
Barbed Wire
1980
Eyes of the Hawk
1981
Llano River
1982
Shadow of a Star
1984
Hanging Judge
1988
Slaughter
1992
The Best Christmas
1993
The Indian in Frontier News
1993
The Far Canyon
1994
The Pumpkin Rollers
1996
Cloudy in the West
1997
Christmas at the Ranch
2003
Shotgun
2007
Many a River
2008
There's Always Another Chance, and Other Stories
1986
The Big Brand
1986
Legend
1999
ReadWest
2011
Wild West
2017
Hard Ride
2018
The Cowboy Way
2020
Law of the Land
2021
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