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Lauran Paine Books in Order

306 books are credited to Lauran Paine, published between 1957 and 2022; 90 of them appeared after Lauran Paine's death in 2001. The first book is The Farthest Frontier (1957) and the newest is Showdown In Gun Town (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Lauran Paine also publishes as A. A. Andrews, Amber Dana, Angela Gordon, Angela Morgan, Antoinette Duchesne, Arlene Morgan, Arthur St. George, Audrey Davis, Badger Clark, Barbara Thorn, Beth Gorman, Betty Fleck, Bruce Martin, Bruce Thomas, Buck Bradshaw, Buck Lyon, Buck Standish, Buck Thompson, Carter Ashby, Charles Burnham, Claude Cassady, Claude Cassidy, Clay Allen, Cliff Ketchum, Clint Custer, Clint O'Conner, Concho Bradley, Dennis Archer, Donn Glendenning, Elizabeth Howard, Francis Hart, Frank Bosworth, Frank Ketchum, Frank Kimball, Frank Koehler, Frank Morgan, Fred Harrison, George Flynn, Harry Beck, Harry Foster, Helen Holt, Helen Sharp, Hunter Liggett, J. F. Drexler, J. K. Lucas, Jack Bonner, Jack Ketchum books in order, James Glenn, Jared Ingersol, Jay Hayden, Jim Slaughter, John Armour, John Durham, John Hunt, John Kilgore, John Morgan, Joni Frost, Kathleen Bartlett, Kenneth Bedford, Lewis H. Bond, Margaret Stuart, Margot Fisher, Mark Carrel, Martin Bishop, Nevada Carter, Ralph Kimball, Ray Kelley, Ray Kelly, Reg Batchelor, Richard Clarke, Richard Dana, Robert Clarke, Roger Hill, Rosa Almonte, Roy Ainsworthy, Russ Thompson, Ruth Bovee, Tom Martin, Travis Hartley, Troy Howard, Valerie Morgan, Will Benton, Will Bradford, Will Brennan, Will Houston.

Books
306
Published
1957–2022
Pages on record
47,111 in 235 of 306 books
Reading time
785–1,178 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 47,111 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 235 of 306 titles with a page count on record.

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Lauran Paine (1916-2001) was an American author of Western fiction, born Lawrence Kerfman Duby Jr. The catalogue holds 306 titles dated 1957 to 2022, opening with The Farthest Frontier and The Long Law Trail in 1957. Ranch life, cattle drives, outlaws and frontier settlement run through the subject list, with detective and suspense titles alongside. Paine also published as Mark Carrel, the name on Wagon Train (1957) and Case Of The Innocent Witness (1959). Books average 191 pages.

How many Lauran Paine books are there?

Lauran Paine has 306 books, released between 1957 and 2022. 90 of them were published after Lauran Paine's death in 2001.

Lauran Paine Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 306 Lauran Paine 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.

There are 306 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 Long Law Trail by Lauran Paine (1957)
  2. Cover of Wagon Train (As: Mark Carrel) by Lauran Paine (1957)
  3. Cover of Rogue River Cowboy by Lauran Paine (1958)
  4. Cover of General Custer Story by Lauran Paine (1960)
  5. Cover of Apache Trail by Lauran Paine (1960)
  6. Cover of Trail Of The Freighters by Lauran Paine (1960)
  7. Cover of Return Of The Fast Gun by Lauran Paine (1961)
  8. Cover of The Short-gun Man (As: John Kilgore) by Lauran Paine (1962)
  9. Cover of Outpost by Lauran Paine (1963)
  10. Cover of Lynch Law by Lauran Paine (1964)
  11. Cover of Man From The Cherokee Strip (As: John Kilgore) by Lauran Paine (1966)
  12. Cover of Warm Beer & Cold Comfort by Lauran Paine (1968)
  13. Cover of Time Of Assassins (As: Reg Batchelor) by Lauran Paine (1969)
  14. Cover of The Murder Game (As: Reg Batchelor) by Lauran Paine (1970)
  15. Cover of Murderer's Row (As: Reg Batchelor) by Lauran Paine (1970)
  16. Cover of Some Die Young (As: John Kilgore) by Lauran Paine (1970)
  17. Cover of Kill And Be Damned by Lauran Paine (1970)
  18. Cover of Emerald Heart by Lauran Paine (1971)
  19. Cover of Sex in Witchcraft by Lauran Paine (1972)
  20. Cover of Cactus Country by Lauran Paine (1972)
  21. Cover of Another View by Lauran Paine (1972)
  22. Cover of Counsel For The Killer by Lauran Paine (1972)
  23. Cover of Murder To Music (As: John Kilgore) by Lauran Paine (1972)
  24. Cover of The Undine by Lauran Paine (1972)
  1. 1
    The Farthest Frontier1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  2. 2
    The Long Law Trail1957 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957124
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  3. 3
    Wagon Train (As: Mark Carrel)1957 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957368
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  4. 4
    The Massacre At Mountain Meadows1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  5. 5
    Rogue River Cowboy1958 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958223
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  6. 6
    Case Of The Innocent Witness (As: Mark Carrel)1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  7. 7
    Conquest Of The Great Northwest1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  8. 8
    The Hangrope's Shadow (As: Mark Carrel)1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  9. 9
    Northwest Conquest1959 · 195 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959195
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  10. 10
    Range War1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  11. 11
    General Custer Story1960 · 217 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960217
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  12. 12
    Apache Trail1960 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960206
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  13. 13
    Man Behind The Gun1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  14. 14
    Quick Shooter Beuhler1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  15. 15
    Trail Of The Freighters1960 · 235 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960235
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  16. 16
    Wyoming Trails1960 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960254
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  17. 17
    Carry A Gun (As: Mark Carrel)1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  18. 18
    The Man From Wells Fargo1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  19. 19
    Return Of The Fast Gun1961 · 219 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961219
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  20. 20
    Tom Horn1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962–
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  21. 21
    The Short-gun Man (As: John Kilgore)1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962–
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  22. 22
    Sheriff Of Cow Country (As: John Kilgore)1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962–
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  23. 23
    Gunfighter (As: John Kilgore)1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  24. 24
    Outpost1963 · 199 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963199
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  25. 25
    This Time Tomorrow1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  26. 26
    Lynch Law1964 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964160
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  27. 27
    Man From Secret Valley (As: John Kilgore)1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  28. 28
    Hidden Hills1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  29. 29
    Johnny Colt (As: Concho Bradley)1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  30. 30
    Land Of Long Rifles (As: Concho Bradley)1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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Lauran Paine 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.

Standalone books

300 books

300 Lauran Paine titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lauran Paine books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 300 Lauran Paine books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Lauran Paine

Start with The Farthest Frontier (1957), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lauran Paine book?

Showdown In Gun Town (2022) is the newest Lauran Paine book released so far.

Is there a new Lauran Paine book coming?

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

Lauran Paine at a glance

Died
Lauran Paine died in 2001, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Lauran Paine are still being published after Lauran Paine's death in 2001; the newest appeared in 2022.
Release pace
Lauran Paine books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
47,111 pages across the 235 of 306 books with a recorded length, a median of 191 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lauran Paine books, 77 of 306, were published in the 2000s.

What the Lauran Paine books are about

219 of the 306 Lauran Paine 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 45 of 219. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.