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Texas Books in Order

Texas contains 12 books, published between 1985 and 1996. The first book is Texas Rich (1985) and the newest is Sweet Texas Dreams (1996). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1985–1996
Confirmed
4 of 12 titles
Pages on record
4,181 in 10 of 12 books
Reading time
70–105 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,181 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Texas is a series listing that gathers work from three credited writers: Nancy Gideon on 5 books, Fern Michaels on 4 and Ruth Langan on 3. Subjects record historical romance and western romance, the Coleman family as recurring fictional characters, Texas, Austin and family reunions. The 12 catalogued books span 1985 to 1996, among them Texas Rich (1985), Texas Heat (1986), Texas Fury (1989), Texas Heart (1989), Texas Healer (1992), Texas Hero (1993), Texas Sunrise (1993), Texas Destiny (1994), Wild Texas Bride (1995) and Sweet Texas Dreams (1996).

How many Texas books are there?

Texas has 12 books, released between 1985 and 1996.

Texas Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Texas 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.

  1. Cover of Texas Rich by Fern Michaels, book 1 of the Texas series (1985)
  2. Cover of Temptation's Trail by Nancy Gideon, book 1 of the Texas series (1994)
  3. Cover of Texas Heat by Fern Michaels, book 2 of the Texas series (1986)
  4. Cover of Texas Healer by Ruth Langan, book 2 of the Texas series (1992)
  5. Cover of Texas Destiny by Nancy Gideon, book 2 of the Texas series (1994)
  6. Cover of Texas Fury by Fern Michaels, book 3 of the Texas series (1989)
  7. Cover of Texas Hero by Ruth Langan, book 3 of the Texas series (1993)
  8. Cover of Wild Texas Bride by Nancy Gideon, book 3 of the Texas series (1995)
  9. Cover of Texas Sunrise by Fern Michaels, book 4 of the Texas series (1993)
  10. Cover of Texas Renegade by Nancy Gideon, book 4 of the Texas series (1996)
  11. Cover of Sweet Texas Dreams by Nancy Gideon, book 5 of the Texas series (1996)
  1. 1
    Texas Rich1985 · 568 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1985568
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  2. 1
    Texas Heart1989 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989299
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  3. 1
    Temptation's Trail1994 · 443 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994443
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  4. 2
    Texas Heat1986 · 512 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1986512
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  5. 2
    Texas Healer1992 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992306
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  6. 2
    Texas Destiny1994 · 434 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994434
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  7. 3
    Texas Fury1989 · 512 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1989512
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  8. 3
    Texas Hero1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  9. 3
    Wild Texas Bride1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  10. 4
    Texas Sunrise1993 · 375 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1993375
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  11. 4
    Texas Renegade1996 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996384
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  12. 5
    Sweet Texas Dreams1996 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996348
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Where to start with Texas

Start with Texas Rich (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Texas book?

Sweet Texas Dreams (1996) is the newest Texas book released so far.

Is there a new Texas book coming?

No next Texas 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 at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Texas title on record dates from 1996, 30 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Texas books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,181 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 409 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Texas books, 8 of 12, were published in the 1990s.
Corroboration
4 of the 12 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
Attribution
Of the 12 titles, 5 are credited to Nancy Gideon, 4 to Fern Michaels and 3 to Ruth Langan.

What the Texas books are about

All 12 Texas books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical romance is tagged on 9 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.