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B.M. Bower Books in Order

B.M. Bower has written 47 books, published between 1906 and 2020. The first book is Chip of the Flying U (1906) and the newest is The Uphill Climb (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
47
Published
1906–2020
Pages on record
5,931 in 27 of 47 books
Reading time
99–148 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,931 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 47 titles with a page count on record.

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B.M. Bower wrote westerns about cowboys, ranch life and the American West. The Flying U series began with Chip of the Flying U in 1906 and continued through Flying U Ranch (1914) and The Flying U's Last Stand (1915). Montana, forest rangers and man-woman relationships recur through 47 catalogued titles dated between 1906 and 2020. The 1910s were Bower's heaviest decade.

How many B.M. Bower books are there?

B.M. Bower has 47 books, released between 1906 and 2020. 12 of them belong to the Flying U series.

B.M. Bower Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 47 B.M. Bower 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.

  1. Cover of Chip of the Flying U by B.M. Bower, book 1 of the Flying U series (1906)
  2. Cover of Rowdy of the Cross L by B.M. Bower (1907)
  3. Cover of The Happy Family of the Flying U by B.M. Bower, book 2 of the Flying U series (1910)
  4. Cover of Lonesome Land by B.M. Bower (1912)
  5. Cover of The Flying U's Last Stand by B.M. Bower, book 4 of the Flying U series (1915)
  6. Cover of Jean of the Lazy by B.M. Bower (1915)
  7. Cover of The Heritage of the Sioux by B.M. Bower, book 5 of the Flying U series (1916)
  8. Cover of The Phantom Herd by B.M. Bower (1916)
  9. Cover of Starr of the Desert by B.M. Bower (1917)
  10. Cover of The Lookout Man by B.M. Bower (1917)
  11. Cover of Cabin Fever by B.M. Bower (1918)
  12. Cover of Skyrider by B.M. Bower (1918)
  13. Cover of Casey Ryan by B.M. Bower (1921)
  14. Cover of Dark Horse by B.M. Bower, book 6 of the Flying U series (1931)
  15. Cover of The Flying U Strikes by B.M. Bower, book 7 of the Flying U series (1933)
  16. Cover of The Whoop-Up Trail by B.M. Bower, book 8 of the Flying U series (1933)
  17. Cover of Open Land by B.M. Bower (1933)
  18. Cover of Haunted Hills by B.M. Bower (1934)
  19. Cover of Shadow Mountain by B.M. Bower (1936)
  20. Cover of Pirates of the Range by B.M. Bower (1938)
  21. Cover of Trouble Rides the Wind by B.M. Bower, book 9 of the Flying U series (1997)
  22. Cover of Rodeo by B.M. Bower, book 10 of the Flying U series (2002)
  23. Cover of The Terror: Western Stories by B.M. Bower (2003)
  24. Cover of The Spirit of the Range by B.M. Bower, book 11 of the Flying U series (2005)
  1. 1
    Chip of the Flying UFlying U #11906 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1906264
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  2. 2
    Rowdy of the Cross L1907 · 116 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1907116
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  3. 3
    The Range Dwellers1907 · confirmed 1/4
    1907–
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  4. 4
    The Happy Family of the Flying UFlying U #21910 · 329 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1910329
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  5. 5
    Lonesome Land1912 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1912322
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  6. 6
    Good Indian1912 · confirmed 1/4
    1912–
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  7. 7
    The Gringos1913 · confirmed 1/4
    1913–
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  8. 8
    Flying U RanchFlying U #31914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  9. 9
    The Flying U's Last StandFlying U #41915 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1915254
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  10. 10
    Jean of the Lazy1915 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1915332
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  11. 11
    The Heritage of the SiouxFlying U #51916 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1916156
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  12. 12
    The Phantom Herd1916 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1916180
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  13. 13
    Starr of the Desert1917 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1917190
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  14. 14
    The Lookout Man1917 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1917332
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  15. 15
    Cabin Fever1918 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1918152
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  16. 16
    Skyrider1918 · 204 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1918204
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  17. 17
    Cow-Country1921 · confirmed 1/4
    1921–
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  18. 18
    Casey Ryan1921 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1921162
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  19. 19
    Dark HorseFlying U #61931 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1931179
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  20. 20
    The Flying U StrikesFlying U #71933 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1933239
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  21. 21
    The Whoop-Up TrailFlying U #81933 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1933239
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  22. 22
    Open Land1933 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1933215
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  23. 23
    Haunted Hills1934 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1934160
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  24. 24
    Shadow Mountain1936 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1936196
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  25. 25
    Pirates of the Range1938 · confirmed 1/4
    1938–
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  26. 26
    Trouble Rides the WindFlying U #91997 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997238
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  27. 27
    RodeoFlying U #102002 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002208
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  28. 28
    The Terror: Western Stories2003 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003221
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  29. 29
    The Spirit of the RangeFlying U #112005 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005223
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  30. 30
    The Voice at Johnnywater2005 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005308
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B.M. Bower series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

B.M. Bower 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.

Standalone books

35 books

35 B.M. Bower titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read B.M. Bower books in order?

You only need to read B.M. Bower books in order within the Flying U series, which holds 12 of the 47 B.M. Bower books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with B.M. Bower

Start with Chip of the Flying U (1906), the first Flying U book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest B.M. Bower book?

The Uphill Climb (2020) is the newest B.M. Bower book released so far.

Is there a new B.M. Bower book coming?

No next B.M. Bower book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

B.M. Bower at a glance

No recent titles
The newest B.M. Bower title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
B.M. Bower books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
5,931 pages across the 27 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most B.M. Bower books, 13 of 47, were published in the 1910s.

What the B.M. Bower books are about

20 of the 47 B.M. Bower books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cowboys is tagged on 7 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.