Order of J.T. Edson Books

J.T. Edson, whose full name was John Thomas Edson, was an English novelist who authored over 130 books throughout his career. He primarily focused on escapist adventures, including Westerns and police procedurals. Edson began writing in 1947 and continued until his retirement in 2005 due to health issues. He passed away in 2014. He is particularly recognized for his recurring characters and for blending historical figures with fictional ones. Some of his most notable creations include Ole Devil, Waxahachie, and Bunduki. While his villains often adhered to stereotypes, his protagonists were consistently portrayed as larger-than-life heroes who garnered loyalty from readers.

J.T. Edson became a published novelist in 1965 with the novel The Hooded Riders. Below is a list of J.T. Edson's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of The Floating Outfit Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Fortune Hunters	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hooded Riders	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Waco's Debt	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Town Called Yellowdog	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Law of the Gun	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rio Guns	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
McGraw's Inheritance	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Ysabel Kid	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trail Boss	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hard Riders	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Guns In The Night	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Terror Valley	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Quiet Town	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rio Hondo Kid	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rangeland Hercules	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Making of a Lawman	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wagons To Backsight	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man from Texas	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gunsmoke Thunder	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cuchilo	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gun Wizard	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
.44 Caliber Man	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Half Breed	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sidewinder	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Goodnights Dream	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Small Texan	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wildcats	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Apache Rampage	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
From Hide And Horn	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Trouble Busters	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trigger Fast	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Peacemakers	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Troubled Range	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fast Gun	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Return To Backsight	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rushers	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rio Hondo War	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Town Tamers	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hell in the Palo Duro	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Horse Called Mogollon	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
To Arms! To Arms! In Dixie	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Go Back To Hell	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Set Texas Back on Her Feet	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Viridian's Trail	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Quest for Bowie's Blade	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Texas Killers	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Nighthawk	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Texas Assassin	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lone Star Killers	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beguinage Is Dead	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hide and Tallow Men	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bad Bunch	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Floating Outfit	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Texan	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gentle Giant	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Trigger Master	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Master of Triggernometry	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Old Moccasins on the Trail	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
White Indians	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ole Devil's Hands and Feet	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Buffalo are Coming	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cards and Colts	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Diamonds, Emeralds, Cards And Colts	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Decision For Dusty Fog	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Code of Dusty Fog	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mark Counter's Kin	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The South Will Rise Again	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Texas Kidnappers	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wedge Goes to Arizona	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Arizona Range War	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Arizona Gun Law	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Waco Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Arizona Ranger	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Drifter	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hound Dog Man	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Waco Rides In	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Doc Leroy, M.D	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sagebrush Sleuth	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Waco's Badge	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Civil War Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Comanche	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fastest Gun in Texas	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Colt and the Sabre	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bloody Border	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kill Dusty Fog!	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Under the Stars and Bars	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Back to the Bloody Border aka Renegade	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You're in Command Now, Mr.Fog aka Rebel Vengeance	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Big Gun	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Devil Gun	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rebel Spy	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Matter of Honor	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mississippi Raider	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Florida Civil War Blockades: Battling for the Coast (By: Nick Wynne)	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Calamity Jane Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Big Hunt	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Calamity Spells Trouble aka The Road to Ratchet Creek	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trouble Trail	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cow Thieves	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bullwhip Breed	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cold Deck, Hot Lead	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
White Stallion, Red Mare aka Ranch War	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Remittance Kid	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Whip And The War Lance	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cow Thieves aka Running Irons	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cut One, They All Bleed	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hide And Horn Saloon	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Calamity, Mark and Belle aka Texas Trio	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Rockabye County Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Professional Killers	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The 1/4 Second Draw	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Point of Contact	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Owlhoot	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bad Hombre	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Run For The Border	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sixteen-Dollar Shooter	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sheriff Of Rockabye County	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lawmen of Rockabye County	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Deputies	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Texas Teamwork	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Waxahachie Smith Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Slip Gun	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No Finger on the Trigger	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cure the Texas Fever	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Ole Devil Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Young Ole Devil	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Get Urrea! aka Texas Fury	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ole Devil and the Mule Train	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ole Devil and the Caplocks	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ole Devil at San Jacinto	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Bunduki Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Bunduki	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bunduki And Dawn	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sacrifice for the Quagga God	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fearless Master of the Jungle	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Alvin Dustine 'Cap' Fog Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Cap. Fog, Texas Ranger, Meet Mr. J. G. Reeder	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You're a Texas Ranger, Alvin Fog aka Alvin Fog, Texas Ranger	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Justice of Company Z	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rapido Clint	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Return of Rapido Clint and Mr J.G. Reeder	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rapido Clint Strikes Back	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Slaughter's Way	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two Miles to the Border	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blonde Genius	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Set A-foot	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
J.T.'s Hundredth	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
J.T.'s Ladies	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wanted! Belle Starr aka Oklahoma Outlaw	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Is-a-man aka Texas Warrior	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More J.T.'s Ladies	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
J. T.'s Ladies Ride Again	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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