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Ray Hogan Books in Order

Ray Hogan has written 158 books, published between 1957 and 2016. The first book is Longhorn Law (1957) and the newest is The Steel Angel (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
158
Published
1957–2016
Pages on record
19,631 in 98 of 158 books
Reading time
327–491 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 19,631 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 98 of 158 titles with a page count on record.

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Ray Hogan's catalogue subjects list westerns, outlaws, United States marshals, sheriffs, guerrillas, kidnapping and New Mexico. Shawn Starbuck Westerns is the series credited to Hogan, and Shawn Starbuck appears among the subjects as a fictional character. Longhorn Law (1957) is the listed first book, with Land of the Strangers and The Friendless One from the same year. Hangman's Valley (1959), Outlaw Marshal (1959) and Guns Against the Sun (1960) follow.

How many Ray Hogan books are there?

Ray Hogan has 158 books, released between 1957 and 2016. 24 of them belong to the Shawn Starbuck Westerns series.

Ray Hogan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 158 Ray Hogan 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 Longhorn Law by Ray Hogan (1957)
  2. Cover of Wanted: Alive! by Ray Hogan (1959)
  3. Cover of The Ridgerunner by Ray Hogan (1960)
  4. Cover of Raider's Revenge by Ray Hogan (1960)
  5. Cover of Lead Reckoning by Ray Hogan (1960)
  6. Cover of The Ghost Raider by Ray Hogan (1960)
  7. Cover of Track the Man Down by Ray Hogan (1961)
  8. Cover of Hell to Hallelujah by Ray Hogan (1962)
  9. Cover of Rebel in Yankee Blue by Ray Hogan (1962)
  10. Cover of A Marshal For Lawless by Ray Hogan (1962)
  11. Cover of The Life and Death of Johnny Ringo by Ray Hogan (1963)
  12. Cover of Last Gun at Cabresto by Ray Hogan (1963)
  13. Cover of The Outside Gun / Gun from the Outside by Ray Hogan (1963)
  14. Cover of Rebel Ghost by Ray Hogan (1964)
  15. Cover of The Hellsfire Lawman by Ray Hogan (1966)
  16. Cover of Mosby's Last Ride by Ray Hogan (1966)
  17. Cover of Border Bandit by Ray Hogan (1967)
  18. Cover of Devil's Butte by Ray Hogan (1967)
  19. Cover of The Wolver by Ray Hogan (1967)
  20. Cover of Outlaw Mountain by Ray Hogan (1967)
  21. Cover of The Moonlighters by Ray Hogan (1968)
  22. Cover of The Gunmaster by Ray Hogan (1968)
  23. Cover of Killer on the Warbucket by Ray Hogan (1968)
  24. Cover of Trouble at Tenkiller by Ray Hogan (1968)
  1. 1
    Longhorn Law1957 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957193
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  2. 2
    The Friendless One1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  3. 3
    Land of the Strangers1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  4. 4
    Outlaw Marshal1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  5. 5
    Hangman's Valley1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  6. 6
    Wanted: Alive!1959 · 121 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959121
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  7. 7
    The Ridgerunner1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  8. 8
    Guns Against the Sun1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  9. 9
    Raider's Revenge1960 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960263
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  10. 10
    The Trackers1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  11. 11
    Lead Reckoning1960 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960226
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  12. 12
    The Ghost Raider1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  13. 13
    The Life & Death of Clay Allison1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  14. 14
    Track the Man Down1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  15. 15
    Rebel Raid1961 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961206
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  16. 16
    New Gun For Kingdom City1962 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1962136
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  17. 17
    Hell to Hallelujah1962 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1962128
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  18. 18
    Rebel in Yankee Blue1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962–
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  19. 19
    A Marshal For Lawless1962 · 139 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1962139
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  20. 20
    The Life and Death of Johnny Ringo1963 · 167 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963167
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  21. 21
    Double Dynamite1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  22. 22
    Last Gun at Cabresto1963 · 138 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963138
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  23. 23
    The Outside Gun / Gun from the Outside1963 · 233 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963233
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  24. 24
    Rebel Ghost1964 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964128
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  25. 25
    Night Raider1964 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964182
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  26. 26
    Johnny Ringo: Gentleman Outlaw1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  27. 27
    The Hellsfire Lawman1966 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1966170
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  28. 28
    Panhandle Pistolero1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  29. 29
    Tombstone Outlaw1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  30. 30
    Mosby's Last Ride1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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Ray Hogan series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Ray Hogan 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.

Double D Western in order

2 books
  1. 8. The Whipsaw Trail
  2. 11. The Law and Lynchburg

Standalone books

132 books

132 Ray Hogan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ray Hogan books in order?

You only need to read Ray Hogan books in order within the Shawn Starbuck Westerns series, which holds 24 of the 158 Ray Hogan books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ray Hogan

Start with The Outlawed (1970), the first Shawn Starbuck Westerns book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Longhorn Law (1957).

What is the newest Ray Hogan book?

The Steel Angel (2016) is the newest Ray Hogan book released so far.

Is there a new Ray Hogan book coming?

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

Ray Hogan at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ray Hogan title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ray Hogan books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
19,631 pages across the 98 of 158 books with a recorded length, a median of 198 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ray Hogan books, 61 of 158, were published in the 1970s.

What the Ray Hogan books are about

116 of the 158 Ray Hogan 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 37 of 116. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.