Terry C. Johnston Books in Order
Terry C. Johnston has written 31 books, published between 1982 and 2001. The first book is Carry the Wind (1982) and the newest is Turn the Stars Upside Down (2001). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 1982–2001
- Pages on record
- 14,272 in 29 of 31 books
- Reading time
- 238–357 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 14,272 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 31 titles with a page count on record.
Terry C. Johnston wrote westerns about the American frontier: pioneer life, the wars of the West, and the Plains nations including the Dakota and Crow. His 31 novels appeared between 1982 and 2001, at a median of 469 pages, with the 1990s the densest decade. Titus Bass is his best known recurring character and gives one series its name; The Plainsmen, Son Of The Plains and Jonas Hook are the others. Carry the Wind (1982) opens the catalogue and Turn the Stars Upside Down (2001) closes it. Johnston lived from 1947 to 2001, and more than ten million of his books are in print.
How many Terry C. Johnston books are there?
Terry C. Johnston has 31 books, released between 1982 and 2001. They include 4 separate series.
Terry C. Johnston Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 Terry C. Johnston 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.
- 119826942/4
- 219865142/4
- 319885652/4
- 419904522/4
- 519904482/4
- 619902702/4
- 719903842/4
- 819914002/4
- 91991–2/4
- 1019914162/4
- 1119914482/4
- 1219913062/4
- 1319924692/4
- 1419924022/4
- 1519935272/4
- 1619934462/4
- 1719945762/4
- 1819944932/4
- 1919956072/4
- 2019956392/4
- 2119965442/4
- 2219964802/4
- 2319976412/4
- 2419974242/4
- 2519985922/4
- 2619983982/4
- 2719995752/4
- 2819994582/4
- 292000–2/4
- 3020016562/4
- 3120014482/4
Terry C. Johnston series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Titus Bass books in order 9 books
Terry C. Johnston 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.
Plainsmen in order
16 books- 1. Sioux Dawn
- 2. The Stalkers
- 3. Red Cloud's Revenge
- 4. Black Sun
- 5. Devil's Backbone
- 6. Shadow Riders
- 7. Dying Thunder
- 8. Blood Song
- 9. Reap the Whirlwind
- 10. Trumpet on the Land
- 11. A Cold Day in Hell
- 12. Wolf Mountain Moon
- and 4 more in the table above
Son Of The Plains in order
3 booksJonas Hook in order
3 booksDo you have to read Terry C. Johnston books in order?
You only need to read Terry C. Johnston 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 Terry C. Johnston
Start with Carry the Wind (1982), the first Titus Bass book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Terry C. Johnston book?
Turn the Stars Upside Down (2001) is the newest Terry C. Johnston book released so far.
Is there a new Terry C. Johnston book coming?
No next Terry C. Johnston book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Terry C. Johnston at a glance
- Died
- Terry C. Johnston died in 2001, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Terry C. Johnston on record dates from 2001.
- Release pace
- Terry C. Johnston books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 14,272 pages across the 29 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 469 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Terry C. Johnston books, 25 of 31, were published in the 1990s.
What the Terry C. Johnston books are about
All 31 Terry C. Johnston 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 13 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Westerns 13 of 31 books
- Bass, titus (fictitious character) 8 of 31 books
- Frontier and pioneer life 8 of 31 books
- Historical fiction 7 of 31 books
- Indians of North America 7 of 31 books
- West (U.S.) 5 of 31 books
- War 4 of 31 books
- Dakota Indians 3 of 31 books
- History 3 of 31 books
- New Mexico 3 of 31 books
- Titus Bass (Fictitious character) 3 of 31 books
- Campaigns 2 of 31 books