Ernest Haycox Books in Order

65 books are credited to Ernest Haycox, published between 1930 and 2020; 56 of them appeared after Ernest Haycox's death in 1950. The first book is Son of the West / Dead Man Range (1930) and the newest is Ernest Haycox (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
65
Published
1930–2020
Pages on record
2,481 in 15 of 65 books
Photo of Ernest Haycox, author
VELMA R. FARNHAM (editor-in-chief) and JASON C. MCCUNE (business manager) / PD

Ernest Haycox, full name Ernest James Haycox, was an American author of Western fiction who lived from October 1, 1899, to October 13, 1950. The catalogue listing opens with Son of the West / Dead Man Range (1930) and includes Trail Town (1941), Alder Gulch (1942) and Canyon Passage (1945). Subjects include westerns, Western stories, Wyoming and American love stories.

Source: Wikidata

How many Ernest Haycox books are there?

Ernest Haycox has 65 books, released between 1930 and 2020. 56 of them were published after Ernest Haycox's death in 1950.

Ernest Haycox Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 65 Ernest Haycox 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.

  1. 1
    Son of the West / Dead Man Range1930 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1930160
  2. 2
    Border Trumpet Wild1939 · confirmed 1/4
    1939–
  3. 3
    Trail Town1941 · confirmed 1/4
    1941–
  4. 4
    Alder Gulch1942 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1942286
  5. 5
    Canyon Passage1945 · confirmed 1/4
    1945–
  6. 6
    By Rope and Lead / Stage-coach1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
  7. 7
    Chaffee of Roaring Horse1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
  8. 8
    The Last Rodeo1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
  9. 9
    The Wild Bunch1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
  10. 10
    Rough Justice1951 · 177 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1951177
  11. 11
    Silver Desert1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
  12. 12
    Bugles in the Night1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
  13. 13
    Bugle's Wake1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
  14. 14
    Man in the Saddle1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
  15. 15
    Outlaw1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
  16. 16
    Rim of the Desert1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
  17. 17
    The Adventurers1954 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19541
  18. 18
    Murder On The Frontier1954 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954180
  19. 19
    No Law and Order1954 · 203 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954203
  20. 20
    Rawhide Range1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
  21. 21
    Trail Smoke1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
  22. 22
    Trouble Shooter1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
  23. 23
    Deep West1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
  24. 24
    Secret River1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
  25. 25
    Sundown Jim1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
  26. 26
    Whispering Range1955 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19551
  27. 27
    Long Storm1956 · confirmed 1/4
    1956–
  28. 28
    Return of a Fighter1956 · confirmed 1/4
    1956–
  29. 29
    Riders of the High Mesa1956 · confirmed 1/4
    1956–
  30. 30
    Action by Night1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–

Ernest Haycox 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.

Chap in order

4 books
  1. 1. Clouds on the Circle
  2. 2. Scout Detail
  3. 3. Born to Conquer
  4. 4. High Wind

Essential Novelists in order

1 book
  1. 3. Ernest Haycox

Mission: Impossible in order

1 book
  1. 13. The Second Adventure MEGAPACK®

Standalone books

59 books

59 Ernest Haycox titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ernest Haycox books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 65 Ernest Haycox books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Ernest Haycox

Start with Son of the West / Dead Man Range (1930), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ernest Haycox book?

Ernest Haycox (2020) is the newest Ernest Haycox book released so far.

Is there a new Ernest Haycox book coming?

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

Ernest Haycox at a glance

Died
Ernest Haycox died in 1950, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Ernest Haycox are still being published after Ernest Haycox's death in 1950; the newest appeared in 2020.
Release pace
Ernest Haycox books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,481 pages across the 15 of 65 books with a recorded length, a median of 180 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ernest Haycox books, 30 of 65, were published in the 1950s.

When Ernest Haycox books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Ernest Haycox titles appeared. 1950s was the most productive decade with 30 titles.

1930s
2
1940s
7
1950s
30
1960s
10
1970s
3
1990s
8
2000s
2
2010s
2
2020s
1

65 books total across 9 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Ernest Haycox books are about

29 of the 65 Ernest Haycox 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 15 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.