A.B. Guthrie, Jr. Books in Order
A.B. Guthrie, Jr. has written 22 books, published between 1943 and 1991. The first book is Murders at Moon Dance / Trouble at Moon Dance (1943) and the newest is A Field Guide to Writing Fiction (1991). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1943–1991
- Pages on record
- 4,033 in 18 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 67–101 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,033 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Alfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. (1901-1991) wrote westerns, and worked as a screenwriter and historian. The Way West, published in 1949, won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Guthrie's screenplay for Shane (1953) drew an Academy Award nomination. The catalogue lists 22 titles dated 1943 to 1991, among them The Big Sky (1947) and the Sheriff Chick Charleston mysteries, with frontier and pioneer life, Montana and the American West among the recorded subjects. Non-fiction and short stories also sit in the listing.
How many A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books are there?
A.B. Guthrie, Jr. has 22 books, released between 1943 and 1991. 5 of them belong to the Sheriff Chick Charleston Mysteries series.
A.B. Guthrie, Jr. Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Murders at Moon Dance / Trouble at Moon DanceAlfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. Standalone Novels #11943 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/419432842/4
- 219473862/4
- 319493522/4
- 41949–2/4
- 51951–2/4
- 619563462/4
- 7The West Is Our Great Adventure of the SpiritAlfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. Standalone Novels #41959 · confirmed 2/41959–2/4
- 819652792/4
- 919702482/4
- 101972–2/4
- 1119732242/4
- 121973932/4
- 1319741872/4
- 1419752932/4
- 1519771802/4
- 1619802242/4
- 1719822722/4
- 1819851832/4
- 19Four Miles From Ear MountainAlfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. Standalone Novels #61987 · 42 pages · confirmed 2/41987422/4
- 2019892082/4
- 2119901332/4
- 22A Field Guide to Writing FictionAlfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. Non-Fiction #41991 · 99 pages · confirmed 2/41991992/4
A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Alfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. Standalone Novels
6 books6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Big Sky in order
6 booksSheriff Chick Charleston Mysteries in order
5 booksAlfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. Non-Fiction
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Alfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books in order?
You only need to read A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books in order within the Sheriff Chick Charleston Mysteries series, which holds 5 of the 22 A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
Start with Murders at Moon Dance / Trouble at Moon Dance (1943), the earliest published title.
What is the newest A.B. Guthrie, Jr. book?
A Field Guide to Writing Fiction (1991) is the newest A.B. Guthrie, Jr. book released so far.
Is there a new A.B. Guthrie, Jr. book coming?
No next A.B. Guthrie, Jr. book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
A.B. Guthrie, Jr. at a glance
- Died
- A.B. Guthrie, Jr. died in 1991, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to A.B. Guthrie, Jr. on record dates from 1991.
- Release pace
- A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,033 pages across the 18 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books, 7 of 22, were published in the 1970s.
What the A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books are about
17 of the 22 A.B. Guthrie, Jr. books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: westerns is tagged on 8 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Westerns 8 of 17 books
- Frontier and pioneer life 5 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 17 books
- Cowboys 2 of 17 books
- West (U.S.) 2 of 17 books
- West (U.S.) in literature 2 of 17 books