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William W. Johnstone Books in Order

544 books are credited to William W. Johnstone, published between 1981 and 2026; 391 of them appeared after William W. Johnstone's death in 2004. The first book is The Devil's Kiss (1981) and the newest is Preacher's Hell (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
544
Published
1981–2026
Confirmed
544 of 544 titles
Pages on record
112,474 in 340 of 544 books
Reading time
1,875–2,812 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 112,474 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 340 of 544 titles with a page count on record.

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William Wallace Johnstone, October 28, 1938 to February 8, 2004, was an American author of westerns, horror and survivalist fiction. The Devil's Kiss opened the run in 1981, followed by The Last of the Dog Team (1981), Out of the Ashes (1983) and Anarchy in the Ashes (1984). Series filed under the name include Ashes, First Mountain Man, Smoke Jensen, Last Gunfighter, Blood Bond and Duff MacCallister, and subjects include outlaws, frontier and pioneer life, revenge and Texas. The catalogue carries 544 titles under the Johnstone name dated 1981 to 2026, well past the 2004 death date, and 400 of them carry a William W. Johnstone credit.

How many William W. Johnstone books are there?

William W. Johnstone has 544 books, released between 1981 and 2026. 391 of them were published after William W. Johnstone's death in 2004. They include 38 separate series.

William W. Johnstone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 544 William W. Johnstone 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 544 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. Cover of The Devil's Kiss by William W. Johnstone, book 1 of the Devil series (1981)
  2. Cover of The Last of the Dog Team by William W. Johnstone, book 1 of the Dog Team series (1981)
  3. Cover of Out of the Ashes by William W. Johnstone, book 1 of the Ashes series (1983)
  4. Cover of Fire in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone, book 2 of the Ashes series (1984)
  5. Cover of Anarchy in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone, book 3 of the Ashes series (1984)
  6. Cover of Dagger by William W. Johnstone, book 3 of the William W. Johnstone Standalone Novels series (1984)
  7. Cover of The Devil's Touch by William W. Johnstone, book 3 of the Devil series (1984)
  8. Cover of Cat's Cradle by William W. Johnstone, book 1 of the Cat series (1986)
  9. Cover of Return of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone, book 2 of the Mountain Man series (1986)
  10. Cover of Bloodland by William W. Johnstone, book 5 of the William W. Johnstone Standalone Novels series (1986)
  11. Cover of Wind in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone, book 6 of the Ashes series (1986)
  12. Cover of Rig Warrior by William W. Johnstone, book 1 of the Rig Warrior series (1987)
  13. Cover of Trail of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone, book 3 of the Mountain Man series (1987)
  14. Cover of The Devil's Cat by William W. Johnstone, book 4 of the Devil series (1987)
  15. Cover of Smoke from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone, book 7 of the Ashes series (1987)
  16. Cover of Toy Cemetery by William W. Johnstone, book 7 of the Satan Influenced series (1987)
  17. Cover of Revenge of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone, book 4 of the Mountain Man series (1988)
  18. Cover of Danger in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone, book 8 of the Ashes series (1988)
  19. Cover of Sandman by William W. Johnstone, book 9 of the Satan Influenced series (1988)
  20. Cover of Valor in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone, book 9 of the Ashes series (1988)
  21. Cover of Blood Bond by William W. Johnstone, book 1 of the Blood Bond series (1989)
  22. Cover of Cat's Eye by William W. Johnstone, book 2 of the Cat series (1989)
  23. Cover of Journey of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone, book 5 of the Mountain Man series (1989)
  24. Cover of Law of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone, book 6 of the Mountain Man series (1989)
  1. 1
    The Devil's KissDevil #11981 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1981448
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  2. 2
    The Last of the Dog TeamDog Team #11981 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1981304
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  3. 3
    The SanctionWilliam W. Johnstone Standalone Novels #11981 · confirmed 3/4
    1981–
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  4. 4
    WolfsbaneWolf #11982 · confirmed 3/4
    1982–
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  5. 5
    The InitiationWilliam W. Johnstone Standalone Novels #21982 · confirmed 3/4
    1982–
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  6. 6
    A Crying ShameSatan Influenced #11983 · confirmed 3/4
    1983–
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  7. 7
    Out of the AshesAshes #11983 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1983480
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  8. 8
    The Devil's HeartDevil #21983 · confirmed 3/4
    1983–
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  9. 9
    The NurserySatan Influenced #21983 · 351 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1983351
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  10. 10
    The Last Mountain ManMountain Man #11984 · 205 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984205
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  11. 11
    Fire in the AshesAshes #21984 · 382 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984382
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  12. 12
    Anarchy in the AshesAshes #31984 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984432
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  13. 13
    DaggerWilliam W. Johnstone Standalone Novels #31984 · 335 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984335
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  14. 14
    The Devil's TouchDevil #31984 · 350 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984350
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  15. 15
    Blood in the AshesAshes #41985 · confirmed 3/4
    1985–
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  16. 16
    Eagle DownWilliam W. Johnstone Standalone Novels #41985 · confirmed 3/4
    1985–
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  17. 17
    Alone in the AshesAshes #51985 · 350 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985350
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  18. 18
    Cat's CradleCat #11986 · 412 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1986412
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  19. 19
    Return of the Mountain ManMountain Man #21986 · confirmed 3/4
    1986–
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  20. 20
    RockinghorseSatan Influenced #31986 · confirmed 3/4
    1986–
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  21. 21
    Jack-in-the-BoxSatan Influenced #41986 · confirmed 3/4
    1986–
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  22. 22
    BloodlandWilliam W. Johnstone Standalone Novels #51986 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1986352
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  23. 23
    Sweet DreamsSatan Influenced #51986 · 397 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1986397
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  24. 24
    Wind in the AshesAshes #61986 · confirmed 3/4
    1986–
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  25. 25
    Rig WarriorRig Warrior #11987 · confirmed 3/4
    1987–
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  26. 26
    Trail of the Mountain ManMountain Man #31987 · 311 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1987311
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  27. 27
    The Devil's CatDevil #41987 · 380 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1987380
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  28. 28
    Baby GrandSatan Influenced #61987 · confirmed 3/4
    1987–
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  29. 29
    Death MasterWilliam W. Johnstone Standalone Novels #61987 · confirmed 3/4
    1987–
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  30. 30
    Smoke from the AshesAshes #71987 · 348 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1987348
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William W. Johnstone series and characters in order

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

William W. Johnstone 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.

Mountain Man books in order

42 books by William W. Johnstone
  1. 1. The Last Mountain Man
  2. 2. Return of the Mountain Man
  3. 3. Trail of the Mountain Man
  4. 4. Revenge of the Mountain Man
  5. 5. Journey of the Mountain Man
  6. 6. Law of the Mountain Man
  7. 7. War of the Mountain Man
  8. 8. Code of the Mountain Man
  9. 9. Pursuit of the Mountain Man
  10. 10. Courage of the Mountain Man
  11. 11. Blood of the Mountain Man
  12. 12. Fury of the Mountain Man
  13. and 30 more in the table above

Ashes in order

34 books
  1. 1. Out of the Ashes
  2. 2. Fire in the Ashes
  3. 3. Anarchy in the Ashes
  4. 4. Blood in the Ashes
  5. 5. Alone in the Ashes
  6. 6. Wind in the Ashes
  7. 7. Smoke from the Ashes
  8. 8. Danger in the Ashes
  9. 9. Valor in the Ashes
  10. 10. Trapped in the Ashes
  11. 11. Death in the Ashes
  12. 12. Survival in the Ashes
  13. and 22 more in the table above

First Mountain Man in order

21 books
  1. 1. The First Mountain Man
  2. 2. Blood on the Divide
  3. 3. Absaroka Ambush
  4. 4. Forty Guns West
  5. 5. Cheyenne Challenge
  6. 6. Preacher and the Mountain Caesar
  7. 7. Blackfoot Messiah
  8. 8. Preacher
  9. 9. Preacher's Peace
  10. 10. Preacher's Justice
  11. 11. Preacher's Journey
  12. 12. Preacher's Fortune
  13. and 9 more in the table above

William W. Johnstone Standalone Novels

18 books

18 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Last Gunfighter in order

23 books
  1. 1. The Drifter
  2. 2. Reprisal
  3. 3. Ghost Valley
  4. 4. The Forbidden
  5. 5. Showdown
  6. 6. Imposter
  7. 7. Rescue
  8. 8. The Burning
  9. 9. No Man's Land
  10. 10. Manhunt
  11. 11. Violent Sunday
  12. 12. Renegades
  13. and 11 more in the table above

Eagles books in order

18 books by William W. Johnstone
  1. 1. Eyes of Eagles
  2. 2. Dreams of Eagles
  3. 3. Talons of Eagles
  4. 4. Scream of Eagles
  5. 5. Rage of Eagles
  6. 6. Song of Eagles
  7. 7. Cry of Eagles
  8. 8. Blood of Eagles
  9. 9. Destiny of Eagles
  10. 10. Revenge of Eagles
  11. 11. Pride of Eagles
  12. 12. Crusade of Eagles
  13. and 6 more in the table above

Blood Bond in order

16 books
  1. 1. Blood Bond
  2. 2. Brotherhood of the Gun
  3. 3. Gunsight Crossing
  4. 4. Gunsmoke and Gold
  5. 5. Devil Creek Crossfire
  6. 6. Shootout at Gold Creek
  7. 7. San Angelo Showdown
  8. 8. Death in Snake Creek
  9. 9. Slaughter Trail
  10. 10. The Hanging Road
  11. 11. Ride for Vengeance
  12. 12. Texas Gundown
  13. and 4 more in the table above

Satan Influenced in order

14 books
  1. 1. A Crying Shame
  2. 2. The Nursery
  3. 3. Rockinghorse
  4. 4. Jack-in-the-Box
  5. 5. Sweet Dreams
  6. 6. Baby Grand
  7. 7. Toy Cemetery
  8. 8. The Uninvited
  9. 9. Sandman
  10. 10. Carnival
  11. 11. Darkly the Thunder
  12. 12. Rockabilly Hell
  13. and 2 more in the table above

Duff MacCallister in order

4 books
  1. 1. MacCallister
  2. 2. Eagles Legacy
  3. 3. The Killing
  4. 5. Kill Crazy

Christmas in order

4 books
  1. 1. A Lone Star Christmas
  2. 2. A Rocky Mountain Christmas
  3. 3. A Big Sky Christmas
  4. 4. A Frontier Christmas

Luke Jensen: Bounty Hunter in order

3 books
  1. 1. Luke Jensen, Bounty Hunter
  2. 2. Dead Shot
  3. 3. Bloody Sunday

Matt Jensen: The Last Mountain Man in order

7 books
  1. 1. Matt Jensen, the Last Mountain Man
  2. 2. Deadly Trail
  3. 3. Purgatory
  4. 4. Savage Territory
  5. 5. Snake River Slaughter
  6. 6. Dakota Ambush
  7. 9. Torture Town

Sidewinders in order

8 books
  1. 1. Sidewinders
  2. 2. Massacre at Whiskey Flats
  3. 3. Cutthroat Canyon
  4. 4. Mankiller, Colorado
  5. 5. Deadwood Gulch
  6. 6. Texas Bloodshed
  7. 7. The Butcher of Bear Creek
  8. 8. Bleeding Texas

Code Name in order

7 books
  1. 1. Code Name: Payback
  2. 2. Code Name: Survival
  3. 3. Code Name: Death
  4. 4. Code Name: Coldfire
  5. 5. Code Name: Quickstrike
  6. 6. Code Name: Extreme Prejudice
  7. 7. Code Name: Kill Zone

Family Jensen in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Family Jensen
  2. 2. Helltown Massacre
  3. 3. The Violent Land
  4. 4. Hard Ride to Hell
  5. 5. Massacre Canyon

Sixkiller, US Marshal in order

6 books
  1. 1. Sixkiller, U.S. Marshal
  2. 2. Day of Rage
  3. 3. Eight Hours to Die
  4. 4. The Hour of Death
  5. 5. Blood for Blood
  6. 6. Dead Man Walking

Brothers O'Brien in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Brothers O'Brien
  2. 2. The Killing Season
  3. 3. Shadow of the Hangman
  4. 4. Last Man Standing
  5. 5. A Time to Slaughter
  6. 6. The Law of Violence

Flintlock in order

2 books
  1. 1. Flintlock
  2. 2. Gut-Shot

Devil in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Devil's Kiss
  2. 2. The Devil's Heart
  3. 3. The Devil's Touch
  4. 4. The Devil's Cat
  5. 5. The Devil's Laughter

Savage Texas in order

4 books
  1. 1. Savage Texas
  2. 2. A Good Day to Die
  3. 3. The Stampeders
  4. 4. Rebel Yell

Bad Men of the West in order

4 books
  1. 1. Butch Cassidy: The Lost Years
  2. 2. Forty Times a Killer!
  3. 3. A Dangerous Man
  4. 4. Day of Independence

Kerrigans in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Kerrigans
  2. 2. The Lawless

Those Jensen Boys! in order

1 book
  1. 1. Those Jensen Boys!

Dog Team in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Last of the Dog Team
  2. 2. The Return of the Dog Team
  3. 3. Revenge of the Dog Team
  4. 4. Target Response

Town Called Fury in order

4 books
  1. 1. A Town Called Fury
  2. 2. Hard Country
  3. 3. Judgment Day
  4. 4. Redemption

Black Ops books in order

4 books by William W. Johnstone
  1. 1. American Jihad
  2. 2. Remember the Alamo
  3. 3. Jacknife
  4. 4. Home Invasion

Frontiersman in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Frontiersman
  2. 2. River of Blood

Wolf in order

3 books
  1. 1. Wolfsbane
  2. 2. Hunted
  3. 3. Prey

Rig Warrior in order

3 books
  1. 1. Rig Warrior
  2. 2. Wheels of Death
  3. 3. Eighteen-Wheel Avenger

Blood Valley in order

3 books
  1. 1. Blood Valley
  2. 2. Six Ways from Sunday
  3. 3. Savage Guns

Cotton Pickens in order

3 books
  1. 1. Massacre Mountain
  2. 2. Wyoming Slaughter
  3. 3. Support Your Local Deputy

Phoenix Rising in order

3 books
  1. 1. Phoenix Rising
  2. 2. Firebase Freedom
  3. 3. Day of Judgment

Trail West in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Trail West

Texas John Slaughter in order

3 books
  1. 1. Texas John Slaughter
  2. 2. Deadly Day in Tombstone
  3. 3. The Edge of Hell

Shawn O'Brien in order

2 books
  1. 1. Town Tamer
  2. 2. Manslaughter

Hell's Half Acre in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Butcher of Baxter Pass
  2. 2. Hell's Half Acre

Cat in order

2 books
  1. 1. Cat's Cradle
  2. 2. Cat's Eye

Invasion USA Series in order

2 books
  1. 1. Invasion USA
  2. 2. Border War

Winchester in order

1 book
  1. 1. Winchester 1886

William W. Johnstone Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Last Rebel in order

1 book
  1. 1. Survivor

Do you have to read William W. Johnstone books in order?

You only need to read William W. Johnstone books in order within each series: the books listed here span 38 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with William W. Johnstone

Start with the first book of the William W. Johnstone series you want to read: Smoke Jensen starts with Smoke Jensen, the Beginning (2015), Mountain Man starts with The Last Mountain Man (1984) and Eagles starts with Eyes of Eagles (1993). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Devil's Kiss (1981).

What is the newest William W. Johnstone book?

Preacher's Hell (2026) is the newest William W. Johnstone book released so far.

Is there a new William W. Johnstone book coming?

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

William W. Johnstone at a glance

Died
William W. Johnstone died in 2004, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to William W. Johnstone are still being published after William W. Johnstone's death in 2004; the newest appeared in 2026.
Release pace
William W. Johnstone books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
112,474 pages across the 340 of 544 books with a recorded length, a median of 327 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most William W. Johnstone books, 187 of 544, were published in the 2010s.

What the William W. Johnstone books are about

324 of the 544 William W. Johnstone 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 146 of 324. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.