Apache Indians book series in reading order

John Harvey is a British crime novelist, screenwriter and poet, best known for the Charlie Resnick novels, which are set in Nottingham and shaped by jazz. Harvey has also published under several pen names. The catalogue lists 153 titles from 1974 onward, beginning with Knife in the Night and The First Death (both 1974), then Angel Alone, Avenging Angel and Death Train (1975). Series on the author page include Charlie Resnick and Frank Elder, along with Apache, Hawk, Peacemaker, Gringos, Lawmen and Hart: The Regulator. Police procedurals, England and westerns appear in the subject tags.

Elmore Leonard

65 books• 12 series

Elmore Leonard (October 11, 1925 to August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. Leonard began with Westerns in the 1950s and moved on to crime fiction and suspense, and many of those books were filmed. The story "Three-Ten to Yuma" became the film 3:10 to Yuma (1957), which was remade in 2007. Anthony Lane, a British journalist, called Leonard one of the best crime writers in the land. Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight, Glitz and LaBrava rank among Leonard's best-known works. The catalogue lists 65 titles starting with The Bounty Hunters (1953), plus series featuring Raylan Givens, Chili Palmer, Jack Foley and Carl Webster.

Jenna Kernan writes romance across historical, Western historical, suspense and paranormal subjects, with Apache Indians, widows and action and adventure also listed. The 53 catalogued books run from Dream Stalker / Dream Tracker and Winter Woman (2003) to The Fake Mother (2025). Series include Trail Blazers, Apache Protectors, Apache Protectors: Tribal Thunder, Apache Protectors: Wolf Den, Protectors at Heart, Winter Wild West Weddings, Agent Nadine Finch and Roth Family Lies.

Louis L’Amour

183 books• 11 series

Westerns are what Louis L'Amour is catalogued for - 183 titles built on frontier and pioneer life. The Sackett family novels form the largest sequence, with Kilkenny, Chantry, Bowdrie and Talon beside them. L'Amour also wrote Hopalong Cassidy novels, among them The Riders of High Rock and The Rustlers of West Fork (1951). Smoke from This Altar (1939) is the earliest entry, and the Lost Treasures line carries later releases through 2019.

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.

Will Henry and Clay Fisher are the two names on this western catalogue, and the earliest titles carry the Clay Fisher name: Red Blizzard (1952), Santa Fe Passage (1952) and Warbonnet (1952). 62 books span 1952 to 2020, ending with The Texas Rangers (2020). The Battle of the Little Bighorn, the Apache, the Nez Perce, frontier life and gold mining run through the subjects. Sons of the Western Frontier is the named series, output peaked in the 1960s, and books run to a median 226 pages.

Gary Paulsen

181 books• 17 series

Survival and outdoor adventure run through Gary Paulsen's writing for young readers. The catalogue holds 181 books, from Some Birds Don't Fly (1968) to Northwind (2022), at a median length of 105 pages. Brian Robeson, Francis Tucket, Duncan Culpepper, Murphy and the World of Adventure books head the series lines, with non-fiction and picture books alongside. No new Paulsen title has appeared since 2022.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

81 books• 12 series

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1 September 1875 to 19 March 1950) was an American writer of adventure, science fiction and fantasy, and the creator of Tarzan and John Carter. Burroughs wrote twenty-four Tarzan books and eleven books with John Carter as a recurring character, along with the Pellucidar and Amtor series and the Caspak trilogy. Tarzan also became a syndicated comic strip, films and merchandise. Catalogued titles begin in 1912 with A Princess of Mars and Tarzan of the Apes, followed by The Gods of Mars (1913), The Return of Tarzan (1913) and At the Earth's Core (1914). Subjects include extraterrestrial beings, Africa and Dejah Thoris.

Andre Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 to March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy who also produced historical and contemporary fiction, and used the names Andrew North and Allen Weston as well. Norton was the first woman named Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and SFWA Grand Master, and the first inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. The catalogue carries 209 books from The Prince Commands (1934) onward. Witch World, Solar Queen, Time Traders, Beast Master and Forerunner are series.

Ralph Cotton (1945-2024) was an American writer of westerns. The debut novel, While Angels Dance: The Life and Times of Jeston Nash, appeared from St. Martin's Press in 1994, and more than 80 novels followed, three of them carrying Ralph Compton's byline after Compton died. 75 titles are catalogued here, through to Gunman's Pass (2022). Ranger Sam Burrack is the recurring lead, with the Jeston Nash, Will Summers, Sherman Dahl, Gun Culture, Long Riders and Dead Or Alive sequences alongside. Arizona Rangers, outlaws, gunfights and frontier life carry the subject tags.

Jim Kjelgaard wrote for young readers about dogs and the outdoors. Born James Arthur Kjelgaard, he lived from 1910 to 1959 and left 45 catalogued titles published between 1941 and 1980, opening with Forest Patrol (1941) and closing with Rebel Horse (1980). Big Red (1945) names one of the two sequences here, the other collecting his short stories. Snow Dog (1948), A Nose For Trouble (1949), Wild Trek (1950) and Fire-Hunter (1951) follow. Irish setters, trappers, outdoor life, Apache Indians and fathers and sons recur as subjects.

Catherine Palmer writes Christian romance, much of it historical and set in frontier America. The catalogue holds 56 books dated between 1974 and 2010, grouped into Treasures Of The Heart, Town Called Hope, English Ivy and Miss Pickworth. Titles include The Burning Plains (1988), Land of Enchantment (1990), Forbidden (1991), Outlaw Heart (1992) and Gunman's Lady (1993), and the newest listing is The Gunman's Bride (2010). Recorded subjects include marriage, inheritance, pioneer life and American Christmas stories. The list is marked likely complete.

Madeline Baker writes historical romance, much of it set among Native American peoples. Fifty-seven books are catalogued, with Reckless Heart (1985) and Love in the Wind (1986) early in the run and Bohannon dated 2023. Apache and Cheyenne subjects recur, along with westerns, mixed descent and time travel. Reckless Love (1987), Reckless Desire (1988), Renegade Heart (1989) and Lacey's Way (1990) sit in the stretch around the 1990s, the decade the list peaks. Lightning and Apache Runaway are the series named here.

Lauran Paine (1916-2001) was an American author of Western fiction, born Lawrence Kerfman Duby Jr. The catalogue holds 306 titles dated 1957 to 2022, opening with The Farthest Frontier and The Long Law Trail in 1957. Ranch life, cattle drives, outlaws and frontier settlement run through the subject list, with detective and suspense titles alongside. Paine also published as Mark Carrel, the name on Wagon Train (1957) and Case Of The Innocent Witness (1959). Books average 191 pages.

James L. Haley

21 books• 2 series

James L. Haley, born December 14, 1951, is an American writer on Texas and Western history who has also published novels. Haley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, attended L. D. Bell High School in Hurst, graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in political science, and left the University of Texas School of Law after two years to write full time. Two Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America, in 2002 and 2011, sit among the honours. The catalogue lists 21 books from The Buffalo War (1976) to Captain Putnam for the Republic of Texas (2021), with Apaches (1981) and Sam Houston (2002) among them, and names the Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure and Bridwell Texas History series.