Leonard Sanders Books in Order
Leonard Sanders has written 15 books, published between 1964 and 1996. The first book is The Wooden Horseshoe (1964) and the newest is In the Valley of the Shadow (1996). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1964–1996
- Pages on record
- 4,289 in 12 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 71–107 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,289 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Leonard Sanders published 15 catalogued books between 1964 and 1996, starting with The Wooden Horseshoe (1964). The Clay Loomis series appears under the name. Titles include How Fort Worth Became The Texasmost City (1973), The Hamlet Warning (1976), Act of War (1982), Sonoma (1982), Fort Worth (1984) and Texas Noon (1988). Recorded subjects include the Second World War, New York, wine making, real estate and the petroleum industry. In the Valley of the Shadow (1996) is the last title.
How many Leonard Sanders books are there?
Leonard Sanders has 15 books, released between 1964 and 1996. 4 of them belong to the Clay Loomis series.
Leonard Sanders Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Leonard Sanders 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.
- 1The Wooden Horseshoe1964 · 375 pages · confirmed 1/419643751/4
- 2How Fort Worth Became The Texasmost City1973 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/419732141/4
- 3The Marshal of Stud Horse Flats1975 · confirmed 1/41975–1/4
- 419762801/4
- 519793041/4
- 6Sonoma1982 · 359 pages · confirmed 1/419823591/4
- 7Act of War1982 · 396 pages · confirmed 1/419823961/4
- 8Fort Worth1984 · 511 pages · confirmed 1/419845111/4
- 9Light on the Mountain1986 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/419864021/4
- 10Texas Noon1988 · 436 pages · confirmed 1/419884361/4
- 111991–1/4
- 121991–1/4
- 13Star of Empire1992 · 437 pages · confirmed 1/419924371/4
- 14Esther1994 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/419942941/4
- 15In the Valley of the Shadow1996 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/419962811/4
Leonard Sanders 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.
Clay Loomis in order
4 booksStandalone books
11 books11 Leonard Sanders titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Leonard Sanders books in order?
You only need to read Leonard Sanders books in order within the Clay Loomis series, which holds 4 of the 15 Leonard Sanders books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Leonard Sanders
Start with The Wooden Horseshoe (1964), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Leonard Sanders book?
In the Valley of the Shadow (1996) is the newest Leonard Sanders book released so far.
Is there a new Leonard Sanders book coming?
No next Leonard Sanders book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Leonard Sanders at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Leonard Sanders title on record dates from 1996, 30 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Leonard Sanders books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,289 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 367 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Leonard Sanders books, 5 of 15, were published in the 1990s.
What the Leonard Sanders books are about
9 of the 15 Leonard Sanders 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 2 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 2 of 9 books
- History 2 of 9 books