Brian Garfield Books in Order

58 books are credited to Brian Garfield, published between 1962 and 2021; 20 of them appeared after Brian Garfield's death in 2018. The first book is Seven Brave Men (1962) and the newest is Justice at Spanish Flat (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 58
Published: 1962–2021
Pages on record: 5,730 in 19 of 58 books

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Brian Garfield was an American novelist, historian and screenwriter, born 26 January 1939 and died 29 December 2018. Garfield published his first book at 18 and wrote more than 70 in all, 19 of which became films or television shows; Death Wish (1972) is the best known, filmed in 1974. An Edgar Award went to him and he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The listing holds 58 books across westerns, espionage and suspense, with Marshal Jeremy Six, Sam Watchman, Paul Benjamin and the Lawbringers among the series.

How many Brian Garfield books are there?

Brian Garfield has 58 books, released between 1962 and 2021. 20 of them were published after Brian Garfield's death in 2018. They include 6 series and 32 titles listed outside any series.

Brian Garfield 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.

Marshal Jeremy Six in order

7 books

1. Mr. Sixgun
2. The Night It Rained Bullets
3. The Bravos
4. The Proud Riders
5. A Badge for a Badman
6. Brand of the Gun
7. Gundown

Lawbringers in order

6 books

1. The Lawbringers
2. Arizona
3. The Big Snow
4. High Storm
5. Vultures in the Sun
6. Call Me Hazard

Outlaws in order

5 books

1. The Last Outlaw
2. Dragoon Pass
3. Arizona Rider
4. Lynch Law Canyon
5. The Lusty Breed

Cattlemen in order

4 books

1. Trail Drive
2. Rio Chama
3. Massacre Basin
4. The Arizonans

Paul Benjamin in order

2 books

1. Death Wish
2. Death Sentence

Sam Watchman in order

2 books

1. Relentless
2. The Threepersons Hunt

Standalone books

32 books

32 Brian Garfield titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Brian Garfield books in order?

You only need to read Brian Garfield books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Brian Garfield

Start with Seven Brave Men (1962), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Brian Garfield book?

Justice at Spanish Flat (2021) is the newest Brian Garfield book released so far.

Is there a new Brian Garfield book coming?

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

Awards Brian Garfield has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Brian Garfield. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation1979Won
Edgar Awards1976Won

Brian Garfield at a glance

Died: Brian Garfield died in 2018, according to Wikidata.
After death: Books credited to Brian Garfield are still being published after Brian Garfield's death in 2018; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace: Brian Garfield books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 5,730 pages across the 19 of 58 books with a recorded length, a median of 302 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Brian Garfield books, 20 of 58, were published in the 1970s.

What the Brian Garfield books are about

21 of the 58 Brian Garfield books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 10 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Fiction in English 10 of 21 books
Children's fiction 3 of 21 books
Mystery & detective 3 of 21 books
Westerns 3 of 21 books
Spies 2 of 21 books
Thriller and suspense 2 of 21 books
World War, 1939-1945 2 of 21 books