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Elmer Kelton Books in Order

10 series including Texas Rangers Series, Texas Tradition Series and more

10 series 86 books Latest: The Unlikely Lawman ( By: Steve Kelton) (2022)

Elmer Kelton has been writing since 1956, producing 86 books in that time. In all there are 10 series, the deepest being Texas Rangers (9 books). Their latest title in our catalogue is The Unlikely Lawman, from 2022.

Reading Order

10 series · 86 books
Captain's Rangers by Elmer Kelton

Tales of Texas Series

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1 Captain's Rangers 1968 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Joe Pepper 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Long Way to Texas 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Sons of Texas by Elmer Kelton

Sons of Texas Series

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1 Sons of Texas 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Raiders 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Rebels 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Good Old Boys by Elmer Kelton

Hewey Calloway Series

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1 The Good Old Boys 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Smiling Country 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Six Bits a Day 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Unlikely Lawman by Steve Kelton 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Massacre at Goliad by Elmer Kelton

Buckalew Family Series

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1 Massacre at Goliad 1965 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 After the Bugles 1967 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Hot Iron by Elmer Kelton

Elmer Kelton Other Novels

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1 Hot Iron 1956 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Buffalo Wagons 1957 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Bitter Trail 1959 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Texas Rifles 1960 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Donovan 1961 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Pecos Crossing 1963 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Horsehead Crossing 1963 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Savage Guns with Brian Garfield, Alex Hawk 1968 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Shotgun Settlement with Brian Garfield, Alex Hawk 1969 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Bowie's Mine 1971 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 The Time It Never Rained 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Barbed Wire 1980 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Eyes of the Hawk 1981 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Llano River 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Shadow of a Star 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Hanging Judge 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Slaughter 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 The Best Christmas (Short Story) 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 The Indian in Frontier News 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 The Far Canyon 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 The Pumpkin Rollers 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 Cloudy in the West 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 Christmas at the Ranch (Short Story) 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 Shotgun 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 Many a River 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
There's Always Another Chance, and Other Stories by Elmer Kelton

Elmer Kelton Short Story Collections

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Elmer Kelton Non-Fiction Books

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1 Looking Back West: Selections form the Pioneer News-Observer 1972 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Permian: A Continuing Saga (Short Story) 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Elmer Kelton: 30 Years of Western Fiction 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Living and Writing in West Texas: Two Speeches 1990 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The Art of Howard Terpning 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 The Art of Frank C. McCarthy 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Art of James Bama 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Elmer Kelton Country: The Short Nonfiction of a Texas Novelist 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 My Kind of Heroes: Selected Speeches (Short Story) 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Texas (Short Story) 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Texas Cattle Barons: Their Families, Land and Legacy 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Prairie Gothic by John R. Erickson 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Tom Lovell: Storyteller with a Brush (Short Story) 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Elmer Kelton Anthologies

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1 Horsing Around 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Best of the American West II 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 A Century of Great Western Stories 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Lone Star Law 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Noah’s Ride 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Lost Trails 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 The Way of the West 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Law of the Gun 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Ghost Towns 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Elmer Kelton (April 29, 1926 – August 22, 2009) was an American author, known for his Westerns.

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