J.A. Johnstone Books in Order
J.A. Johnstone has written 20 books, published between 2009 and 2020. The first book is The Loner (2009) and the newest is Knockdown (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 2009–2020
- Confirmed
- 20 of 20 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,966 in 12 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 66–99 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,966 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Westerns make up J.A. Johnstone's catalogue: 20 books published between 2009 and 2020, with gunfights, revenge, bounty hunters and kidnapping among the recorded subjects. Loner is the series the books belong to, opening with The Devil's Badland and The Loner in 2009 and running through Rattlesnake Valley (2010), The Big Gundown (2010) and The Blood of Renegades (2011). Knockdown (2020) is the newest entry, and the list is marked likely complete. William W. Johnstone is credited alongside J.A. Johnstone on one title.
How many J.A. Johnstone books are there?
J.A. Johnstone has 20 books, released between 2009 and 2020. 15 of them belong to the Loner series.
J.A. Johnstone Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 J.A. Johnstone 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.
- 12009–3/4
- 220093123/4
- 320103153/4
- 420103203/4
- 520103143/4
- 620103123/4
- 72011–3/4
- 820113163/4
- 920113283/4
- 1020113203/4
- 1120113203/4
- 122012–3/4
- 132012–3/4
- 1420123153/4
- 152012–3/4
- 162012–3/4
- 172013–3/4
- 182013–3/4
- 1920163943/4
- 2020204003/4
J.A. Johnstone 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.
Loner in order
15 books- 1. The Loner
- 2. The Devil's Badland
- 3. Dead Man's Gold
- 4. The Big Gundown
- 5. Rattlesnake Valley
- 6. Seven Days To Die
- 7. The Bounty Killers
- 8. Trail of Blood
- 9. Killer Poker
- 10. The Blood of Renegades
- 11. Crossfire
- 12. Inferno
- and 3 more in the table above
Matt Jensen: The Last Mountain Man in order
2 booksBuckhorn in order
1 book- 1. Buckhorn
Duff MacCallister in order
1 bookRig Warrior in order
1 book- 4. Knockdown
Do you have to read J.A. Johnstone books in order?
You only need to read J.A. Johnstone books in order within the Loner series, which holds 15 of the 20 J.A. Johnstone books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with J.A. Johnstone
Start with The Loner (2009), the earliest published title.
What is the newest J.A. Johnstone book?
Knockdown (2020) is the newest J.A. Johnstone book released so far.
Is there a new J.A. Johnstone book coming?
No next J.A. Johnstone book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
J.A. Johnstone at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest J.A. Johnstone title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- J.A. Johnstone books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,966 pages across the 12 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 318 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most J.A. Johnstone books, 17 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the J.A. Johnstone books are about
All 20 J.A. Johnstone 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 13 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Westerns 13 of 20 books
- Gunfights 6 of 20 books
- Revenge 4 of 20 books
- Criminals 3 of 20 books
- Shooters of firearms 3 of 20 books
- Action & adventure 2 of 20 books
- Bounty hunters 2 of 20 books
- Crimes against 2 of 20 books
- Kidnapping 2 of 20 books
- Murder 2 of 20 books
- Wives 2 of 20 books