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Gunsmith Books in Order

Gunsmith by Robert J. Randisi contains 476 books, published between 1982 and 2024. The first book is Macklin's Women (1982) and the newest is Deadly Debt (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
476
Published
1982–2024
Pages on record
7,540 in 39 of 476 books
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Gunsmith is a western series by Robert J. Randisi centred on Clint Adams. The run reaches 476 books, opening with Macklin's Women in 1982 and reaching Deadly Debt in 2024, and the series remains ongoing. Gunfights, outlaws, revenge plots and private investigation supply the recurring material. A typical entry runs about 186 pages, which makes Gunsmith one of the longest adult western sequences in print.

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How many Gunsmith books are there?

Gunsmith has 476 books, released between 1982 and 2024.

Gunsmith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 476 Gunsmith 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 November 2026.

There are 476 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 Three Guns for Glory by Robert J. Randisi, book 5 of the Gunsmith series (1982)
  2. Cover of Bandit Gold by Robert J. Randisi, book 15 of the Gunsmith series (1984)
  3. Cover of Gila River Crossing by Robert J. Randisi, book 143 of the Gunsmith series (1993)
  4. Cover of The Challenge by Robert J. Randisi, book 181 of the Gunsmith series (1997)
  5. Cover of Train Full of Trouble by Robert J. Randisi, book 233 of the Gunsmith series (2001)
  1. 1
    Macklin's Women1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  2. 2
    The Chinese Gunmen1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  3. 3
    The Woman Hunt1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  4. 4
    The Guns of Abilene1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  5. 5
    Three Guns for Glory1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  6. 6
    Leadtown1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  7. 7
    The Longhorn War1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  8. 8
    Quanah's Revenge1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  9. 9
    New Orleans Fire1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  10. 10
    Heavyweight Gun1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  11. 11
    One-Handed Gun1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  12. 12
    The Canadian Payroll1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  13. 13
    Draw to an Inside Death1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  14. 14
    Dead Man's Hand1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  15. 15
    Bandit Gold1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  16. 16
    Buckskins and Six-Guns1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  17. 17
    Silver War1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  18. 18
    High Noon at Lancaster1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  19. 19
    Bandido Blood1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  20. 20
    The Dodge City Gang1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  21. 21
    Sasquatch Hunt1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  22. 22
    Bullets and Ballots1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  23. 23
    The Riverboat Gang1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  24. 24
    Killer Grizzly1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  25. 25
    North of the Border1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  26. 26
    Eagle's Gap1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  27. 27
    Chinatown Hell1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  28. 29
    Wildcat Roundup1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  29. 30
    The Ponderosa War1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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Is there a chronological order for Gunsmith?

No separate chronological order is on record for Gunsmith, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Gunsmith books in order?

You should read the Gunsmith books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Gunsmith book also stands alone.

Where to start with Gunsmith

Start with Macklin's Women (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gunsmith book?

Deadly Debt (2024) is the newest Gunsmith book released so far.

Is there a new Gunsmith book coming?

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

Gunsmith at a glance

Still running
Gunsmith is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Gunsmith books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
7,540 pages across the 39 of 476 books with a recorded length, a median of 186 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gunsmith books, 121 of 476, were published in the 2000s.

When Gunsmith books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Gunsmith titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 121 titles.

1980s
97
1990s
119
2000s
121
2010s
106
2020s
33

476 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Gunsmith books are about

61 of the 476 Gunsmith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: clint adams (fictitious character) is tagged on 58 of 61. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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