Wyoming book series in reading order

Craig Johnson has 32 books in the catalogue, from The Cold Dish (2004) to The Brothers McKay (2026). Walt Longmire is the recurring character, and the subject headings list sheriffs, Wyoming, westerns and police procedural mystery. Early titles include Death Without Company (2006), Kindness Goes Unpunished (2007) and Another Man's Moccasins (2008). The Johnson list also carries Walt Longmire short stories and novellas plus standalone novels.

C.J. Box, born Charles James Box Jr. on November 9, 1958, is an American novelist whose Joe Pickett books sit under subject headings such as game wardens, Wyoming and missing persons. Open Season (2001) was the first Joe Pickett novel and made The New York Times list of Notable Books for 2001. The catalogue holds 44 books dated 1998 to 2027, starting with Travel Smart: Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho (1998); The Crossroads appeared in 2026 and The Missing is scheduled for 2027. Cassie Dewell and Cody Hoyt are further recurring characters. The Highway was adapted as Big Sky, a television drama that debuted in November 2020, and Box novels have been translated into 27 languages.

Diana Palmer is the pen name of Susan Kyle, born Susan Spaeth on December 11, 1946, an American novelist publishing romance since 1979. Kyle spent sixteen years as a journalist under the name Susan Spaeth before turning to fiction, and has also written as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie and Susan Kyle, with a science fiction novel as Susan S. Kyle. The catalogue lists 199 books from 1979 to 2026, opening with titles such as Dream's End and Sweet Enemy and reaching Blaze of Glory (2026). Wyoming Men, Soldiers of Fortune, Men of Medicine Ridge and Morcai Battalion are among the series, and Long, Tall Texans is a listed grouping. Diamond Girl became a 1998 television film. Subjects name ranchers, cowboys, Texas, Wyoming and western romance.

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.

Lindsay McKenna is the pseudonym of Eileen Nauman, who served in the U.S. Navy from 1964 to 1967 and has also been a volunteer firefighter, an EMT in Arizona and a pilot. Nauman is known as the Top Gun of Women's Military Fiction. The catalogue records 148 books from Captive of Fate (1983) to No Turning Back (2024). Morgan's Mercenaries and its sub-series, Delos, Wind River Valley, Shadow Team and Black Jaguar Squadron are among the series, and military veterans, cowboys and Wyoming appear in the subjects alongside romantic suspense.

Lorelei James is a romance author whose subjects cover erotic, contemporary and western romance, ranchers, cowgirls and Wyoming. The 66 catalogued books run from Dirty Deeds (2006) to Back in the Saddle (2024). Series include Rough Riders, Rough Riders Legacy, Blacktop Cowboys, Need You, Want You and Wild West Boys. Long Hard Ride (2007), Rode Hard, Put Up Wet (2007) and Cowgirl Up and Ride (2008) are among the early titles.

Margaret Coel's series include Wind River Reservation, Arapaho Ten Commandments and Catherine McLeod, alongside non-fiction and short stories. Subjects name Vicky Holden and John O'Malley as characters and cover Arapaho Indians, women lawyers, clergy and Wyoming. The 34 catalogued books run from Chief Left Hand (1981) to Man Found Dead in Park (2017). The Eagle Catcher (1995), The Ghost Walker (1996) and The Dream Stalker (1997) are among the titles. The catalogue is listed as likely complete.

Stephen Bly has 98 books in the catalogue, published from 1981 to 2013, and the list is likely complete. Radical Discipleship (1981) is the earliest, followed by Devotions with a Difference (1982) and God's Angry Side (1982), with Crystal's Blizzard Trek (1986) among the titles that followed and When the Cowboys Come to Town (2013) the newest. Bly series include Legend of Stuart Brannon, Code of the West, Crystal Blake Adventures, Adventures of Nathan T. Riggins, Fortunes of the Black Hills, Austin-Stoner Files, Hidden West, Old California and Heroines of the Golden West. Subjects include westerns, Christian life, women pioneers and the American West.

Sherryl Woods is an American writer of romance and mystery, born July 23, 1944, in Arlington, Virginia, who has also used the pen names Alexandra Kirk and Suzanne Sherrill. The Chesapeake Shores novels became a six-season Hallmark Channel series, and Netflix's Sweet Magnolias is based on Woods' books, with Woods as an executive producer. The catalogue lists 157 titles from Restoring Love (1982) to Starlit Secrets (2024). Other named series include Calamity Janes, Devaney Brothers and the Amanda Roberts and Molly DeWitt mysteries.

Cowboys, ranchers and ranch life run through Linda Lael Miller's 134 catalogued books, in historical, contemporary and western romance alike. Miller's families and places include the McKettricks, the Montana Creeds, Stone Creek, Springwater Seasons, Painted Pony Creek and the Brides of Bliss County, with a Tremayne vampire sequence off to one side. Desire and Destiny (1983) is the earliest title and The Silver Hills Boarding House the newest.

Kat Martin is a pen name of Kathleen Kelly Martin, born July 14, 1947, an American writer of romance novels who has also published as Kathy Lawrence and Kasey Marx. The catalogue holds 81 books from Magnificent Passage (1988) to The Unseen (2025), split between historical romance and romantic suspense, with private investigators among the recorded subjects. Series include the Raines of Wind Canyon, Maximum Security, the Brodies of Alaska, the Sinclair Sisters Trilogy and BOSS, Inc. Martin is married to the writer and photographer Larry Jay Martin.

Ranchers, frontier life and women pioneers recur in the subjects of Joan Johnston's books, which cover historical, western and contemporary romance. Johnston, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, is an American romance author. The catalogue lists 68 Johnston books between A Loving Defiance (1985) and Winter Magic (2020), and the run is marked as likely complete. Series include Hawk's Way, Bitter Creek, Benedict Brothers, Captive Hearts, Sisters of the Lone Star and Frontier Brides.

Percival Everett

36 books

Percival Everett, born December 22, 1956, is an American author and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. The fiction moves across western, mystery, thriller, satire and philosophical forms, often using satire to examine race and identity in the United States. Erasure (2001), I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009) and The Trees (2021), shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, are the best-known novels. The catalogue lists 37 books from Suder (1983) to James (2024), with Serious Music due in 2027, and includes short stories and poetry.

Western historical romance is Caroline Fyffe's line: cowboys, frontier and pioneer life, widows and adopted children fill the subject tags, with Montana, Wyoming and Colorado as named settings. The catalogue holds 26 books from Where the Wind Blows (2009) to Montana Surprise (2023). Montana Dawn (2010), Texas Twilight (2011), Sourdough Creek (2012) and Before the Larkspur Blooms (2013) follow the debut, and McCutcheon Family and Prairie Hearts are the two series headings. The Caroline Fyffe listing is dormant.

Annie Proulx

20 books• 2 series

Annie Proulx, born in 1935, is an American novelist, short story writer and journalist who has also published as E. Annie Proulx and E. A. Proulx. Her 20 catalogued books begin with the practical: Great Grapes in 1982 and Making the Best Apple Cider in 1983. Postcards then took the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and made Proulx the first woman to win it, and The Shipping News, published in 1993, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the U.S. National Book Award before reaching film in 2001. The short story Brokeback Mountain became a 2005 film that won Academy, BAFTA and Golden Globe awards. Wyoming, ranch life and the frontier run through the later work, up to Fen, Bog & Swamp in 2023.

Susan Page Davis writes Christian romance, romantic suspense and mystery, with 111 books in the catalogue from Protecting Amy (2004) to Dumpsters and Dragons (2026). Breaking News (2005), The Oregon Escort (2006), The Prisoner's Wife (2006) and Frasier Island (2007) are among the earlier titles. Davis series include Maine Justice, True Blue Mysteries, Ladies' Shooting Club, Mainely Romance, Mainely Mysteries, Maine Brides, White Mountain Brides, Alaska Wedding, Homeward Trails, Skirmish Cove Mysteries and Prairie Dreams. Subjects include historical fiction, murder, Maine and inspirational fiction.

Cynthia Hand has 10 books in the catalogue, published from 2011 to 2021. The first four are Unearthly (2011), Hallowed (2012), Radiant (2012) and Boundless (2013), and angels, the supernatural and Wyoming are among the catalogued subjects. Later titles include My Lady Jane (2016), The Afterlife of Holly Chase (2017), My Plain Jane (2018) and The How and the Why (2019). With You All the Way (2021) is the latest, and Cynthia Hand is listed as dormant.