Trailsman Books in Order
David Robbins has written 397 Trailsman books, published between 1980 and 2014. The first book is Seven Wagons West (1980) and the newest is Arizona Ambushers (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 397
- Published
- 1980–2014
- Pages on record
- 57,922 in 337 of 397 books
- Reading time
- 965–1,448 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 57,922 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 337 of 397 titles with a page count on record.
Trailsman is the frontier scout at the centre of a western series written by David Robbins. Library subject headings for the run name Skye Fargo as the figure behind the nickname. The sequence holds 397 books published between 1980 and 2014, from Seven Wagons West to Arizona Ambushers, with a spin-off run of Giant Trailsman volumes alongside it. Stories carry Trailsman through Texas, Colorado and Wyoming, among outlaws, pioneer wagon trains and the Indian nations of North America.
How many Trailsman books are there?
Trailsman has 397 books, released between 1980 and 2014.
Trailsman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 397 Trailsman 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 397 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.
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Do you have to read Trailsman books in order?
You should read the Trailsman books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Trailsman book also stands alone.
Where to start with Trailsman
Start with Seven Wagons West (1980), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Trailsman book?
Arizona Ambushers (2014) is the newest Trailsman book released so far.
Is there a new Trailsman book coming?
No next Trailsman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Trailsman at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Trailsman title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Trailsman books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 57,922 pages across the 337 of 397 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Trailsman books, 129 of 397, were published in the 1990s.
What the Trailsman books are about
368 of the 397 Trailsman 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 357 of 368. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Westerns 357 of 368 books
- Fargo, skye (fictitious character) 260 of 368 books
- Skye Fargo (Fictitious character) 172 of 368 books
- Action & adventure 13 of 368 books
- Frontier and pioneer life 13 of 368 books
- Texas 13 of 368 books
- O'grady, canyon (fictitious character) 10 of 368 books
- Colorado 9 of 368 books
- Robbers and outlaws 9 of 368 books
- Indians of North America 8 of 368 books
- Wyoming 7 of 368 books
More books by David Robbins
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- David Robbins books in order 613 books