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James Carlos Blake Books in Order

James Carlos Blake has written 15 books, published between 1995 and 2020. The first book is The Pistoleer (1995) and the newest is The Bones of Wolfe (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1995–2020
Confirmed
15 of 15 titles
Pages on record
3,967 in 13 of 15 books
Reading time
66–99 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,967 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

See all 15 books in order Printable James Carlos Blake checklist

James Carlos Blake was an American writer, born May 26, 1943, who died January 11, 2025. Blake's work drew critical favor and several awards, and Blake has been described as one of the greatest chroniclers of the mythical American outlaw life. The University of South Florida gave him its Distinguished Humanities Alumnus Award, and Blake counted membership of the Texas Institute of Letters as his crowning achievement. The catalogue lists 15 books from The Pistoleer (1995) to The Bones of Wolfe (2020), including The Friends of Pancho Villa (1996) and In the Rogue Blood (1997). Mexico, the frontier and organized crime are among the subjects.

How many James Carlos Blake books are there?

James Carlos Blake has 15 books, released between 1995 and 2020. 5 of them belong to the Wolfe Family series.

James Carlos Blake Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 James Carlos Blake 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 The Pistoleer by James Carlos Blake, book 1 of the James Carlos Blake Standalone Novels series (1995)
  2. Cover of The Friends of Pancho Villa by James Carlos Blake, book 2 of the James Carlos Blake Standalone Novels series (1996)
  3. Cover of In the Rogue Blood by James Carlos Blake, book 3 of the James Carlos Blake Standalone Novels series (1997)
  4. Cover of Red Grass River by James Carlos Blake, book 4 of the James Carlos Blake Standalone Novels series (1998)
  5. Cover of Borderlands by James Carlos Blake, book 1 of the James Carlos Blake Short Story series (1999)
  6. Cover of Wildwood Boys by James Carlos Blake, book 5 of the James Carlos Blake Standalone Novels series (2000)
  7. Cover of Under the Skin by James Carlos Blake, book 7 of the James Carlos Blake Standalone Novels series (2003)
  8. Cover of Handsome Harry by James Carlos Blake, book 8 of the James Carlos Blake Standalone Novels series (2004)
  9. Cover of The Killings of Stanley Ketchel by James Carlos Blake, book 9 of the James Carlos Blake Standalone Novels series
  10. Cover of Country of the Bad Wolfes by James Carlos Blake, book 1 of the Wolfe Family series (2012)
  11. Cover of The Rules of Wolfe by James Carlos Blake, book 2 of the Wolfe Family series (2013)
  12. Cover of The House of Wolfe by James Carlos Blake, book 3 of the Wolfe Family series (2015)
  13. Cover of The Ways of Wolfe by James Carlos Blake, book 4 of the Wolfe Family series (2017)
  14. Cover of The Bones of Wolfe by James Carlos Blake, book 5 of the Wolfe Family series (2020)
  1. 1
    The PistoleerJames Carlos Blake Standalone Novels #11995 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995352
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  2. 2
    The Friends of Pancho VillaJames Carlos Blake Standalone Novels #21996 · 258 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996258
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  3. 3
    In the Rogue BloodJames Carlos Blake Standalone Novels #31997 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997352
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  4. 4
    Red Grass RiverJames Carlos Blake Standalone Novels #41998 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998384
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  5. 5
    BorderlandsJames Carlos Blake Short Story #11999 · 241 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999241
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  6. 6
    Wildwood BoysJames Carlos Blake Standalone Novels #52000 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000384
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  7. 7
    A World of ThievesJames Carlos Blake Standalone Novels #62002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  8. 8
    Under the SkinJames Carlos Blake Standalone Novels #72003 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003304
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  9. 9
    Handsome HarryJames Carlos Blake Standalone Novels #82004 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004304
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  10. 10
    The Killings of Stanley KetchelJames Carlos Blake Standalone Novels #92005 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005320
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  11. 11
    Country of the Bad WolfesWolfe Family #12012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  12. 12
    The Rules of WolfeWolfe Family #22013 · 258 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013258
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  13. 13
    The House of WolfeWolfe Family #32015 · 248 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015248
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  14. 14
    The Ways of WolfeWolfe Family #42017 · 290 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017290
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  15. 15
    The Bones of WolfeWolfe Family #52020 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020272
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James Carlos Blake 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.

James Carlos Blake Standalone Novels

9 books

9 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Wolfe Family in order

5 books
  1. 1. Country of the Bad Wolfes
  2. 2. The Rules of Wolfe
  3. 3. The House of Wolfe
  4. 4. The Ways of Wolfe
  5. 5. The Bones of Wolfe

James Carlos Blake Short Story

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read James Carlos Blake books in order?

You only need to read James Carlos Blake books in order within the Wolfe Family series, which holds 5 of the 15 James Carlos Blake books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with James Carlos Blake

Start with The Pistoleer (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Carlos Blake book?

The Bones of Wolfe (2020) is the newest James Carlos Blake book released so far.

Is there a new James Carlos Blake book coming?

No next James Carlos Blake 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 James Carlos Blake has won

Wikidata records 1 award for James Carlos Blake. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize2005Won

James Carlos Blake at a glance

Died
James Carlos Blake died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to James Carlos Blake on record dates from 2020.
Release pace
James Carlos Blake books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,967 pages across the 13 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Carlos Blake books, 5 of 15, were published in the 2000s.

What the James Carlos Blake books are about

All 15 James Carlos Blake books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 5 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.