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Charles Ray Books in Order

Charles Ray has written 420 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is Mrs. C. H. Spurgeon (2000) and the newest is Follow The Stars (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
420
Published
2000–2026
Pages on record
1,868 in 11 of 420 books
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Charles Ray is credited with a long run of western and mystery series, among them Mountain Life Western, Jacob Blade: Vigilante, Al Pennyback Mystery, Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal, Rusty Rhodes Bounty Hunter, J.D. Pettit, Texas Ranger, Buffalo Soldier and Ed Lazenby Mystery. The listing also contains non-fiction such as Taking Charge: Effective Leadership for the Twenty-First Century (2009) and African Places: A Photographic Journey Through Zimbabwe and Southern Africa (2012). The newest title is Follow The Stars (2026), and Charles Ray is still publishing.

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How many Charles Ray books are there?

Charles Ray has 420 books, released between 2000 and 2026. They include 24 series and 66 titles listed outside any series.

Charles Ray Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 420 Charles Ray 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 November 2026.

There are 420 recorded titles, more than one list usefully holds. The 300 earliest are below; the series linked further down carry the rest, each in its own order.

  1. Cover of The Tarheel Connection by Charles Ray (2005)
  2. Cover of Lance a Child's Garden of Evil by Charles Ray (2005)
  3. Cover of Homecoming by Charles Ray, book 2 of the Buffalo Soldier series (2012)
  4. Cover of Deadline by Charles Ray, book 10 of the Al Pennyback Mystery series (2012)
  5. Cover of Memorial to the Dead by Charles Ray, book 11 of the Al Pennyback Mystery series (2012)
  6. Cover of Death Wish by Charles Ray, book 23 of the Al Pennyback Mystery series (2015)
  7. Cover of Tommy Learns to Count by Charles Ray (2017)
  1. 1
    Mrs. C. H. Spurgeon2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  2. 2
    The Tarheel Connection2005 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005332
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  3. 3
    Lance a Child's Garden of Evil2005 · 116 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005116
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  4. 4
    Things I Learned from My Grandmother about Leadership and Life: How to Light a Fire Under People Without Burning Them Out2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  5. 5
    Taking Charge: Effective Leadership for the Twenty-First Century2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  6. 6
    Angel on His ShoulderAngel #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  7. 7
    Awakening / Child of the FlameChronicle of Pip of Pandara #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  8. 8
    Wallace in UnderlandWallace in Underland #12011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  9. 9
    Color Me DeadAl Pennyback Mystery #12012 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012172
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  10. 10
    Trial By FireBuffalo Soldier #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  11. 11
    Death by DesignAl Pennyback Mystery #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  12. 12
    HomecomingBuffalo Soldier #22012 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012128
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  13. 13
    Pip's RevengeChronicle of Pip of Pandara #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  14. 14
    She's No AngelAngel #22012 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012238
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  15. 15
    Wallace Saves the KingWallace in Underland #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  16. 16
    A Good Day to DieAl Pennyback Mystery #32012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  17. 17
    Incident at Cactus JunctionBuffalo Soldier #32012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  18. 18
    Psycho Rampage2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  19. 19
    African Places: A Photographic Journey Through Zimbabwe and Southern Africa2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  20. 20
    If I Should Die Before I WakeAl Pennyback Mystery #42012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  21. 21
    Die, SinnerAl Pennyback Mystery #52012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  22. 22
    Grab the Brass Ring2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  23. 23
    Dead, White, and BlueAl Pennyback Mystery #62012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  24. 24
    The Day the Music DiedAl Pennyback Mystery #72012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  25. 25
    Deadly IntentionsAl Pennyback Mystery #82012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  26. 26
    Till Death do Us PartAl Pennyback Mystery #92012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  27. 27
    DeadlineAl Pennyback Mystery #102012 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012244
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  28. 28
    Memorial to the DeadAl Pennyback Mystery #112012 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012198
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  29. 29
    Deadly DoseAl Pennyback Mystery #122012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  30. 30
    Dead Man's CoveAl Pennyback Mystery #132012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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Charles Ray 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.

Mountain Life Western in order

40 books
  1. 1. Snowbound
  2. 2. Back To Bear Creek
  3. 3. Menace In The Mountain Mist
  4. 4. The Last Wagon Train
  5. 5. Vendetta
  6. 6. Fire On The Mountain
  7. 7. Fast On The Draw
  8. 8. Tenderfoot
  9. 9. Peacemaker
  10. 10. Murder And Mayhem In The Mountains
  11. 11. This Land Is Mine
  12. 12. Showdown At Shiloh
  13. and 28 more in the table above

Jacob Blade: Vigilante in order

34 books
  1. 1. Hot Lead, Cold Steel
  2. 2. The Avenging Angel
  3. 3. Vengeance Is Mine
  4. 4. Hellin the High Country
  5. 5. The Last Stage Heading To Mesa Grande
  6. 6. The Last Gunfighter Standing
  7. 7. Shootout at Heartbreak Ridge
  8. 8. The Lust For Blood
  9. 9. Sins of the Father
  10. 10. The Crow's Shadow
  11. 11. Gun For Hire
  12. 12. Blazing Guns
  13. and 22 more in the table above

Al Pennyback Mystery in order

34 books
  1. 1. Color Me Dead
  2. 2. Death by Design
  3. 3. A Good Day to Die
  4. 4. If I Should Die Before I Wake
  5. 5. Die, Sinner
  6. 6. Dead, White, and Blue
  7. 7. The Day the Music Died
  8. 8. Deadly Intentions
  9. 9. Till Death do Us Part
  10. 10. Deadline
  11. 11. Memorial to the Dead
  12. 12. Deadly Dose
  13. and 22 more in the table above

Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal in order

20 books
  1. 1. Frontier Justice
  2. 2. The Indomitable Lawman
  3. 3. No Man is Above the Law
  4. 4. Duel at Diablo Canyon
  5. 5. The Trial
  6. 6. Fatal Encounter
  7. 7. Ma Barker's Boys
  8. 8. The Penny Dreadful Writer
  9. 9. The Long Arm Of The Law
  10. 10. The Marshal and the Madam
  11. 11. The Shaman's Curse
  12. 12. The Pinkerton
  13. and 8 more in the table above

Rusty Rhodes Bounty Hunter in order

16 books
  1. 1. Shootout at Cripple Creek
  2. 2. Justice To Die For
  3. 3. Hell Fury Of The Old West
  4. 4. Switchback
  5. 5. Road Out of Trouble
  6. 6. Kill Or Be Killed
  7. 7. Clash of the Bounty Hunters
  8. 8. Running The Gauntlet
  9. 9. Running The Englishman
  10. 10. The Many Shades Of Evil
  11. 11. Requiem For A Gunfighter
  12. 12. Second Chances
  13. and 4 more in the table above

J.D. Pettit, Texas Ranger in order

13 books
  1. 1. Sweet Home, Sweetwater
  2. 2. When The Cajun Came To Center
  3. 3. Gunplay in Garrison
  4. 4. Last Train to Longview
  5. 5. Lynching in Lindale
  6. 6. Trouble in Timpson
  7. 7. Passing through Paris
  8. 8. Danger in Deadwood
  9. 9. Mayhem in Mineola
  10. 10. Showdown in San Augustine
  11. 11. A Killing In Klondike
  12. 12. Judge, Jury, and Justice for Jasper
  13. and 1 more in the table above

Buffalo Soldier in order

17 books
  1. 1. Trial By Fire
  2. 2. Homecoming
  3. 3. Incident at Cactus Junction
  4. 4. Peacekeepers
  5. 5. Renegade
  6. 6. Escort Duty
  7. 7. Battle at Dead Man's Gulch
  8. 8. Comanchero
  9. 9. Yosemite
  10. 10. Range War
  11. 11. Mob Justice
  12. 12. Chasing Ghosts
  13. and 5 more in the table above

Ed Lazenby Mystery in order

9 books
  1. 1. Butterfly Effect
  2. 2. Coriolis Effect
  3. 3. The Cat in the Hatbox
  4. 4. Negative Side Effects
  5. 5. Murder is as Easy as ABC
  6. 6. Body of Evidence
  7. 7. Who Killed Henry Hawkins?
  8. 8. Skeleton in the Closet
  9. 9. Cat and Mouse Games

Sheriff B.J. Kincaid in order

9 books
  1. 1. Cry Of The Raven
  2. 2. Bullet for a Bad Man
  3. 3. Showdown at High Noon
  4. 4. Draw Fast... Or Die!
  5. 5. Gunsmoke And Glory
  6. 6. Gunfight At The Silver Dollar Saloon
  7. 7. Thirteen Steps To The Gallows
  8. 8. Honky Tonk Man
  9. 9. The Hellions

Lincoln Croft in order

8 books
  1. 1. Treasure in the High Sierras
  2. 2. Night of the Blood Moon
  3. 3. Pinkteron's Last Hurrah
  4. 4. Guns And Gold
  5. 5. Under A Bleeding Sky
  6. 6. Gunfighter's Ghost
  7. 7. On The Road To Perdition
  8. 8. The Miner's Daughter

Chronicle of Pip of Pandara in order

3 books
  1. 1. Awakening / Child of the Flame
  2. 2. Pip's Revenge
  3. 3. Here, There Be Demons

Caleb Johnson: Mountain Man in order

1 book
  1. 1. Mountain Man

Daniel's Journey in order

3 books
  1. 1. Wagons West
  2. 2. Wagons West Trinity
  3. 3. Bounty Hunter

Toby Giles in order

3 books
  1. 1. Tarnished Badge
  2. 2. The Walls of Jericho
  3. 3. One More River To Cross

Harry Hooker, P.I. in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Girl's Gone Missing
  2. 2. Stormy Monday
  3. 3. A Girl's Best Friend

Caleb Wolf, Bounty Hunter in order

3 books
  1. 1. Date With Death
  2. 2. The Missing Mail Order Bride
  3. 3. The Saga of One-Eyed Jack

Tom Steele in order

3 books
  1. 1. Into Dark Lands
  2. 2. A Time of Reckoning
  3. 3. Day Of Reckoning: A Western Adventure

Night Creature in order

2 books
  1. 1. Creature of the Night
  2. 2. Return of the Night Creatures

Angel in order

2 books
  1. 1. Angel on His Shoulder
  2. 2. She's No Angel

Wallace in Underland in order

2 books
  1. 1. Wallace in Underland
  2. 2. Wallace Saves the King

Dragons in order

2 books
  1. 1. The White Dragons
  2. 2. In the Dragon's Lair

Scott Harris Western Adventure in order

2 books
  1. 1. Scott Harris: United States Marshal
  2. 2. Rides Again

Secret Deputy Tom Steele in order

2 books
  1. 1. Demons At Dawn
  2. 2. Undercover

Esau Brown and Jacob Hardin in order

2 books
  1. 1. Leaving Purgatory
  2. 2. Purgatory

Carson's Ford Western in order

1 book
  1. 1. Guns Along Carson's Ford

Standalone books

66 books

66 Charles Ray titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Charles Ray books in order?

You only need to read Charles Ray books in order within each series: the books listed here span 24 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Charles Ray

Start with Mrs. C. H. Spurgeon (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charles Ray book?

Follow The Stars (2026) is the newest Charles Ray book released so far.

Is there a new Charles Ray book coming?

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

Charles Ray at a glance

Still publishing
Charles Ray published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Charles Ray books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,868 pages across the 11 of 420 books with a recorded length, a median of 172 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charles Ray books, 297 of 420, were published in the 2020s.

When Charles Ray books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Charles Ray titles appeared. 2020s was the most productive decade with 297 titles.

2000s
5
2010s
118
2020s
297

420 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Charles Ray books are about

4 of the 420 Charles Ray books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • American Art 1 of 4 books
  • American Sculpture 1 of 4 books
  • Art 1 of 4 books
  • Art américain 1 of 4 books
  • Erotica 1 of 4 books
  • Exhibitions 1 of 4 books
  • Expositions 1 of 4 books
  • Historical fiction 1 of 4 books
  • Mystery & detective 1 of 4 books
  • Romance 1 of 4 books
  • Sculpture, exhibitions 1 of 4 books
  • Sculpture, united states 1 of 4 books

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