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Matt Braun Books in Order

Matt Braun has written 54 books, published between 1972 and 2013. The first book is Black Fox (1972) and the newest is WesternLore (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
54
Published
1972–2013
Pages on record
12,780 in 45 of 54 books
Reading time
213–320 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,780 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 45 of 54 titles with a page count on record.

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Matt Braun was an American novelist of the American West, born in 1932 and died in 2016. Braun wrote fifty-six books, most of them westerns, with more than 40 million copies in print. Luke Starbuck, the Brannocks, Ash Tallman and the Gunfighter Chronicles are the series, and outlaws, gamblers, Texas Rangers and the Comanche recur in the subjects. The listing holds 54 titles from Black Fox (1972) onward, at a median of 277 pages.

How many Matt Braun books are there?

Matt Braun has 54 books, released between 1972 and 2013. They include 4 series and 36 titles listed outside any series.

Matt Braun Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 54 Matt Braun 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 Black Fox by Matt Braun (1972)
  2. Cover of Bloody Hand by Matt Braun (1975)
  3. Cover of The Savage Land by Matt Braun (1975)
  4. Cover of Cimarron Jordan by Matt Braun (1975)
  5. Cover of Noble Outlaw by Matt Braun, book 1 of the Gunfighter Chronicles (1977)
  6. Cover of Lords of the Land by Matt Braun (1979)
  7. Cover of Buck Colter by Matt Braun (1979)
  8. Cover of Jury of Six by Matt Braun, book 1 of the Luke Starbuck series (1980)
  9. Cover of Rio Grande / The Stuart Women by Matt Braun (1980)
  10. Cover of The Spoilers by Matt Braun, book 2 of the Luke Starbuck series (1981)
  11. Cover of Manhunter by Matt Braun, book 3 of the Luke Starbuck series (1981)
  12. Cover of Deadwood by Matt Braun, book 4 of the Luke Starbuck series (1981)
  13. Cover of Hangman's Creek by Matt Braun, book 5 of the Luke Starbuck series (1982)
  14. Cover of Tombstone by Matt Braun, book 6 of the Luke Starbuck series (1982)
  15. Cover of The Judas Tree by Matt Braun, book 7 of the Luke Starbuck series (1982)
  16. Cover of The Wages of Sin by Matt Braun, book 1 of the Ash Tallman series (1984)
  17. Cover of The Highbinders by Matt Braun, book 2 of the Ash Tallman series (1984)
  18. Cover of Crossfire by Matt Braun, book 3 of the Ash Tallman series (1984)
  19. Cover of Indian Territory by Matt Braun (1985)
  20. Cover of The Brannocks by Matt Braun, book 1 of the Brannocks series (1986)
  21. Cover of Windward West by Matt Braun, book 2 of the Brannocks series (1986)
  22. Cover of Rio Hondo by Matt Braun, book 3 of the Brannocks series (1987)
  23. Cover of Matt Braun's Western Cooking by Matt Braun (1988)
  24. Cover of How to Write Western Novels by Matt Braun (1988)
  1. 1
    Black Fox1972 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1972289
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  2. 2
    Bloody Hand1975 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975384
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  3. 3
    The Savage Land1975 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975336
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  4. 4
    Cimarron Jordan1975 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975326
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  5. 5
    The Kincaids1976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  6. 6
    Noble OutlawGunfighter Chronicles #11977 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977320
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  7. 7
    The Save-Your-Life Defense Handbook1977 · 189 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977189
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  8. 8
    The Second Coming of Lucas Brokaw1977 · confirmed 2/4
    1977–
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  9. 9
    Mattie Silks1978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978–
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  10. 10
    Lords of the Land1979 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979342
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  11. 11
    Buck Colter1979 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979256
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  12. 12
    Jury of SixLuke Starbuck #11980 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980256
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  13. 13
    Rio Grande / The Stuart Women1980 · 358 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980358
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  14. 14
    The SpoilersLuke Starbuck #21981 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981240
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  15. 15
    ManhunterLuke Starbuck #31981 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981240
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  16. 16
    DeadwoodLuke Starbuck #41981 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981256
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  17. 17
    Hangman's CreekLuke Starbuck #51982 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982256
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  18. 18
    TombstoneLuke Starbuck #61982 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982256
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  19. 19
    The Judas TreeLuke Starbuck #71982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  20. 20
    The Wages of SinAsh Tallman #11984 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984256
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  21. 21
    The HighbindersAsh Tallman #21984 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984224
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  22. 22
    CrossfireAsh Tallman #31984 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984240
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  23. 23
    Bloodstorm1985 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985250
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  24. 24
    Indian Territory1985 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985256
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  25. 25
    The BrannocksBrannocks #11986 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986306
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  26. 26
    Windward WestBrannocks #21986 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986336
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  27. 27
    Rio HondoBrannocks #31987 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987320
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  28. 28
    Matt Braun's Western Cooking1988 · 185 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988185
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  29. 29
    How to Write Western Novels1988 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988164
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  30. 30
    A Distant LandBrannocks #41988 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988320
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Matt Braun 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.

Luke Starbuck in order

7 books
  1. 1. Jury of Six
  2. 2. The Spoilers
  3. 3. Manhunter
  4. 4. Deadwood
  5. 5. Hangman's Creek
  6. 6. Tombstone
  7. 7. The Judas Tree

Gunfighter Chronicles in order

4 books
  1. 1. Noble Outlaw
  2. 2. One Last Town
  3. 3. The Gamblers
  4. 4. Doc Holliday

Brannocks in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Brannocks
  2. 2. Windward West
  3. 3. Rio Hondo
  4. 4. A Distant Land

Ash Tallman in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Wages of Sin
  2. 2. The Highbinders
  3. 3. Crossfire

Standalone books

36 books

36 Matt Braun titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Matt Braun books in order?

You only need to read Matt Braun books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Matt Braun

Start with Black Fox (1972), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Matt Braun book?

WesternLore (2013) is the newest Matt Braun book released so far.

Is there a new Matt Braun book coming?

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

Matt Braun at a glance

Died
Matt Braun died in 2016, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Matt Braun on record dates from 2013.
Release pace
Matt Braun books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
12,780 pages across the 45 of 54 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Matt Braun books, 20 of 54, were published in the 1980s.

What the Matt Braun books are about

46 of the 54 Matt Braun 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 30 of 46. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.