Reading Order
14 series · 156 booksAdam Larey Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wanderer of the Wasteland | 1920 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Stairs of Sand | 1928 | Buy from Amazon |
Brazos Keene Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knights of the Range | 1936 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Twin Sombreros | 1940 | Buy from Amazon |
Forlorn River Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forlorn River | 1926 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Nevada | 1928 | Buy from Amazon |
Jim Traft Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hash Knife Outfit | 1929 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Drift Fence | 1929 | Buy from Amazon |
Ken Ward Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Young Forester (Short Story) | 1910 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Young Pitcher | 1911 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Young Lion Hunter | 1911 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Ken Ward in the Jungle | 1912 | Buy from Amazon |
Light of the Western Stars Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light of Western Stars, The | 1914 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Majesty's Rancho | 1937 | Buy from Amazon |
Pan Handle Smith Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lone Star Ranger | 1914 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Trail Driver | 1931 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Valley Of Wild Horses | 1947 | Buy from Amazon |
Riders of the Purple Sage Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riders of the Purple Sage | 1912 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Rainbow Trail | 1915 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Desert Crucible | 1915 | Buy from Amazon |
The Golden West Series with Louis L'Amour, Max Brand, Jon Tuska, Christopher Lane
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stories of the Golden West, Book 3 ( With: Max Brand, Jon Tuska, Christopher Lane) | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Stories of the Golden West, Book 5 ( With: Grover Gardner, Max Brand, Jon Tuska) | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Stories Of The Golden West, Book 7 ( With: Louis L'Amour, Max Brand) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon |
The Ohio River Trilogy Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betty Zane | 1903 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Spirit of the Border | 1906 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Last Trail | 1909 | Buy from Amazon |
Zane Grey Other Novels
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last of the Plainsmen | 1908 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Short Stop | 1909 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Heritage of the Desert | 1910 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Wildfire | 1910 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Desert Gold | 1913 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Light of Western Stars | 1914 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Cabin Gulch | 1915 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Border Legion | 1916 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | The U. P. Trail | 1918 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Desert Of Wheat | 1918 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Mysterious Rider | 1919 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | War Comes to the Big Bend | 1919 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Wyoming | 1920 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | The Man of the Forest | 1920 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Tonto Basin | 1921 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | To the Last Man | 1921 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | The Day of the Beast | 1922 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon | 1922 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | The Rustlers of Pecos County (Short Story) | 1923 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | The Call of the Canyon | 1924 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | The Water Hole | 1925 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Under the Tonto Rim | 1925 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | The Thundering Herd | 1925 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | The Deer Stalker | 1925 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | The Vanishing American | 1925 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Shower of Gold | 1925 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Top Hand | 1925 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | Lost Pueblo | 1927 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | Open Range | 1927 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 30 | Don. The Story Of A Lion Dog | 1928 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 31 | Wild Horse Mesa | 1928 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 32 | The Shepherd of Guadaloupe | 1928 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 33 | Dorn of the Mountains | 1928 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 34 | A Missouri Schoolmarm (Short Story) | 1928 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 35 | Rogue River Feud | 1929 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 36 | Fighting Caravans | 1929 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 37 | Robbers Roost | 1930 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 38 | Sunset Pass | 1930 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 39 | The Dude Ranger | 1930 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 40 | West of the Pecos | 1931 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 41 | Raiders of Spanish Peaks | 1931 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 42 | The Lost Wagon Train | 1932 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 43 | Thunder Mountain | 1932 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 44 | Arizona Ames | 1932 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 45 | Code of the West | 1934 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 46 | Outlaws of Palouse | 1936 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 47 | King of the Royal Mounted and the Great Jewel Mystery | 1937 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 48 | Western Union | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 49 | 30,000 on the Hoof | 1940 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 50 | Wilderness Trek | 1944 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 51 | Shadow on the Trail | 1946 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 52 | The Maverick Queen | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 53 | THE ROARING U.P.TRAIL | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 54 | Black Mesa | 1955 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 55 | Stranger from the Tonto | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 56 | The Fugitive Trail | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 57 | The Arizona Clan | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 58 | Horse Heaven Hill | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 59 | Boulder Dam | 1963 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 60 | Prairie Gold | 1965 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 61 | Vanishing Indian | 1968 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 62 | Arizona Clan | 1971 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 63 | The Last Ranger | 1974 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 64 | Nassau, Cuba, Yucatan, Mexico (Short Story) | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 65 | Hoods | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 66 | The Adventures Of Finspot (Short Story) | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 67 | The Reef Girl | 1977 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 68 | Captives of the Desert | 1977 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 69 | The Buffalo Hunter | 1978 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 70 | Shark | 1978 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 71 | The Big Land | 1978 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 72 | Dark Heritage | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 73 | The Lord of Lackawaxen Creek | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 74 | Riders of Vengeance | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 75 | Lost In The Never Never | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 76 | Tenderfoot | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 77 | Tex Thorne Comes Out of the West | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 78 | Yaqui | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 79 | George Washington, Frontiersman | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 80 | Last of the Great Scouts | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 81 | Rangers of the Lone Star | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 82 | Woman of the Frontier | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 83 | The Last of the Duanes | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 84 | The Great Trek | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 85 | Union Pacific | 2009 | Buy from Amazon |
Zane Grey Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Redheaded Outfield | 1920 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Tales of Lonely Trails | 1922 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Wolf Tracker and Other Animal Tales | 1923 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Tappan's Burro and Other Stories (Short Story) | 1923 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas | 1925 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Ranger and Other Stories | 1926 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Blue Feather and Other Stories | 1934 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Bernardo's Revenge & Other Western Yarns | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | The Savage Kingdom | 1978 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Tales From A Fisherman's Log (Short Story) | 1979 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Camp Robber and Other Stories | 1979 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Westerners | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Tales of Freshwater Fishing | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Amber's Mirage and Other Stories | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | The Secret of Quaking Asp Cabin and Other Stories | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Undiscovered Zane Grey Fishing Stories | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Zane Grey's Greatest Animal Stories | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Tigre and Other Stories | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Avalanche, and Other Stories | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Best Western Stories | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Seafishing Yarns | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Silvermane And Other Stories | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | Tales of Swordfish and Tuna | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | Tales of Tahitian Waters | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | Tales of Southern Rivers | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Rangle River | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Tales of the Great Game Fish | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | Silvermane | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | Tales of Florida Fishes | 2016 | Buy from Amazon |
Zane Grey Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An American Angler in Australia | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Tales of the Angler's Eldorado | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Zane Grey's Book of Camp and Trails | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Zane Grey on Fishing | 2003 | Buy from Amazon |
Zane Grey Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories | 1921 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Great Baseball Stories | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | A Century of Great Western Stories | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | 100 Years Of Fishing: The Ultimate Tribute To Our Fishing Tradition | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Golden West | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Untamed West | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Graphic Classics, Volume 12: Adventure Classics | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Lawless West | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Tales of the Old West | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Three Classic Westerns | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Trailin' West | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Famous Feature Stories # 1 | 2021 | Buy from Amazon |
Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author best known for his adventure novels set in the American West, including "Riders of the Purple Sage" and "The Call of the Canyon." Born in Ohio, he studied dentistry before embarking on his writing career. Grey published over 90 novels that sold millions of copies worldwide. His books were praised for their vivid descriptions of the Western landscape and exciting plots filled with cowboys, Native Americans, and outlaws. He received numerous awards, including the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal and the Gold Medal Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Grey's popularity waned somewhat in later years, but his work remains a staple of Western literature and continues to be enjoyed by readers of all ages.