Texas Brand Books in Order
Maggie Shayne has written 16 Texas Brand books, published between 1996 and 2015: 15 in the 2 main-line series and 1 related title. The first book is The Littlest Cowboy (1996) and the newest main-line book is A Brand of Christmas (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1996–2015
- Confirmed
- 1 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,198 in 12 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 53–80 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,198 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Texas Brand groups 16 books by Maggie Shayne, linked to the Brand family characters and published from The Littlest Cowboy (1996) to A Brand of Christmas (2015). Linked series are Texas Brands, Oklahoma All-Girl Brands and Safe Haven. The books are contemporary romance and romantic suspense, with subjects including westerns, Oklahoma, women teachers, ex-convicts, undercover operations and terrorists. Badlands Bad Boy and The Baddest Virgin in Texas appeared in 1997, and The Outlaw Bride in 1999. The Brands Who Came for Christmas (2000) and Brand New Heartache (2001) followed.
How many Texas Brand books are there?
Texas Brand has 16 books, released between 1996 and 2015. 15 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Texas Brands, Oklahoma All-Girl Brands), and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.
Texas Brand Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Texas Brand 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.
- 119963842/4
- 219972562/4
- 319972562/4
- 4The Husband She Couldn't Remember / Long Gone Lonesome BluesTexas Brands #41998 · 251 pages · confirmed 2/419982512/4
- 5The Mysterious Texas Brand Man / That Mysterious Man / Texas Guardian / The Lone CowboyTexas Brands #51998 · confirmed 2/41998–2/4
- 619992562/4
- 719992562/4
- 820002242/4
- 920002492/4
- 1020012562/4
- 1120013042/4
- 1220022503/4
- 1320052562/4
- 142006–2/4
- 152014–2/4
- 162015–2/4
Do you have to read Texas Brand books in order?
You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Texas Brand book also stands alone.
Where to start with Texas Brand
Start with The Littlest Cowboy (1996), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series.
What is the newest Texas Brand book?
A Brand of Christmas (2015) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series.
Is there a new Texas Brand book coming?
No next Texas Brand book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Texas Brand at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Texas Brand title on record is A Brand of Christmas (2015), 11 years ago.
- Release pace
- Texas Brand books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,198 pages across the 12 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Texas Brand books, 7 of 16, were published in the 2000s.
What the Texas Brand books are about
12 of the 16 Texas Brand books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 8 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romance 8 of 12 books
- Attempted murder 2 of 12 books
- Ex-convicts 2 of 12 books
- Contemporary romance 2 of 12 books
- Women teachers 2 of 12 books
More books by Maggie Shayne
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Maggie Shayne books in order 121 books