Tabor Evans Books in Order

Tabor Evans has written 464 books, published between 1978 and 2015. The first book is Longarm (1978) and the newest is Longarm and the Model Prisoner (2015). Publication order is the reading order below. 280 of the 464 books listed here are in the Longarm series, which has its own page: Longarm books in order.

Books
464
Published
1978–2015
Pages on record
51,410 in 281 of 464 books
Reading time
857–1,285 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 51,410 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 281 of 464 titles with a page count on record.

Tabor Evans is a house pseudonym used by a number of authors at Jove Books for the Longarm westerns. The Longarm novels follow Custis Long, known as Longarm, a U.S. Deputy Marshal working out of Denver, Colorado in the 1880s. The catalogue lists 464 books, from Longarm (1978) to Longarm and the Model Prisoner (2015), with the 2000s the busiest decade. Longarm Giant is also listed as a series. Subjects include outlaws, frontier and pioneer life, U.S. marshals, missing persons and Wyoming.

How many Tabor Evans books are there?

Tabor Evans has 464 books, released between 1978 and 2015. They include 2 separate series.

Tabor Evans Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 464 Tabor Evans 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 464 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. 1
    LongarmLongarm #11978 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19781
  2. 2
    Longarm on the BorderLongarm #21978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978
  3. 31978
  4. 4
    Longarm and the WendigoLongarm #41978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978
  5. 5
    Longarm in the Indian NationLongarm #51978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978
  6. 6
    Longarm and the LoggersLongarm #61978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978
  7. 7
    Longarm and the High GradersLongarm #71979 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979234
  8. 8
    Longarm and the NestersLongarm #81979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979
  9. 9
    Longarm and the Hatchet MenLongarm #91979 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979256
  10. 10
    Longarm and the Molly MaguiresLongarm #101979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979
  11. 11
    Longarm and the Texas RangersLongarm #111979 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979252
  12. 12
    Longarm in Lincoln CountyLongarm #121979 · 233 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979233
  13. 13
    Longarm in the Sand HillsLongarm #131979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979
  14. 14
    Longarm in LeadvilleLongarm #141979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979
  15. 15
    Longarm on the Devils TrailLongarm #151979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979
  16. 16
    Longarm and the MountiesLongarm #161980 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980256
  17. 17
    Longarm and the Bandit QueenLongarm #171980 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980256
  18. 18
    Longarm on the YellowstoneLongarm #181980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980
  19. 19
    Longarm in the Four CornersLongarm #191980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980
  20. 20
    Longarm at Robber's RoostLongarm #201980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980
  21. 21
    Longarm and the SheepherdersLongarm #211980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980
  22. 22
    Longarm and the Ghost DancersLongarm #221980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980
  23. 23
    Longarm and the Town TamerLongarm #231980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980
  24. 24
    Longarm and the RailroadersLongarm #241980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980
  25. 251980
  26. 26
    Longarm and the Dragon HuntersLongarm #261980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980
  27. 27
    Longarm and the RuralesLongarm #271980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980
  28. 28
    Longarm on the HumboldtLongarm #281981 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981253
  29. 29
    Longarm on the Big MuddyLongarm #291981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981
  30. 30
    Longarm South of the GilaLongarm #301981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981

Tabor Evans series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Tabor Evans books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Do you have to read Tabor Evans books in order?

You only need to read Tabor Evans books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Tabor Evans

Start with the first book of the Tabor Evans series you want to read: Longarm Giant starts with Longarm and the Lone Star Legend (1982) and Longarm starts with Longarm (1978). The earliest catalogued title overall is Longarm (1978).

What is the newest Tabor Evans book?

Longarm and the Model Prisoner (2015) is the newest Tabor Evans book released so far.

Is there a new Tabor Evans book coming?

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

Tabor Evans at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Tabor Evans title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Tabor Evans books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
51,410 pages across the 281 of 464 books with a recorded length, a median of 186 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tabor Evans books, 131 of 464, were published in the 2000s.

What the Tabor Evans books are about

446 of the 464 Tabor Evans books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: longarm (fictitious character) is tagged on 430 of 446. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.