reading Louis L'Amour
Novels
Westward the Tide (1950)
The Riders of High Rock (1951)
The Rustlers of West Fork (1951)
The Trail to Seven Pines (1951)
Trouble Shooter (1952)
Hondo (1953)
Showdown at Yellow Butte (1953)
Crossfire Trail (1954)
Kilkenny (1954)
Utah Blaine (1954)
Heller with a Gun (1955)
Guns of the Timberlands (1955)
To Tame a Land (1955)
The Burning Hills (1956)
Silver Canyon (1956)
Last Stand at Papago Wells (1957)
Sitka (1957)
The Tall Stranger (1957)
Radigan (1958)
The First Fast Draw (1959)
Taggart (1959)
The Daybreakers (1960)
Flint (1960)
Sackett (1961)
High Lonesome (1962)
Killoe (1962)
Lando (1962)
Shalako (1962)
Catlow (1963)
Dark Canyon (1963)
Fallon (1963)
How the West Was Won (1963)
Hanging Woman Creek (1964)
Mojave Crossing (1964)
Kiowa Trail (1964) ISBN
The High Graders (1965)
The Key-Lock Man (1965)
The Sackett Brand (1965)
The Broken Gun (1966)
Kid Rodelo (1966)
Kilrone (1966)
Mustang Man (1966)
Matagorda (1967)
The Sky-Liners (1967)
Brionne (1968)
Chancy (1968)
β Down the Long Hills (1968)
Conagher (1969)
The Empty Land (1969)
The Lonely Men (1969)
Galloway (1970)
The Man Called Noon (1970)
Reilly's Luck (1970)
The Ferguson Rifle (1973)
North to the Rails (1971)
Tucker (1971)
Under the Sweetwater Rim (1971)
Callaghen (1972)
Ride the Dark Trail (1972)
The Man from Skibbereen (1973)
The Quick and the Dead (1973)
Treasure Mountain (1973)
The Californios (1974)
Sackett's Land (1974)
The Man From the Broken Hills (1975)
Over on the Dry Side (1975)
Rivers West (1975)
The Rider of Lost Creek (1976)
To the Far Blue Mountains (1976)
Where the Long Grass Blows (1976)
Borden Chantry (1977)
Fair Blows the Wind (1978)
The Mountain Valley War (1978)
β Bendigo Shafter (1979)
The Iron Marshal (1979)
The Proving Trail (1979)
Lonely on the Mountain (1980)
The Warrior's Path (1980)
Comstock Lode (1981)
Milo Talon (1981)
The Cherokee Trail (1982)
The Shadow Riders (1982)
The Lonesome Gods (1983)
Ride the River (1983)
Son of a Wanted Man (1984)
The Walking Drum (1984)
Jubal Sackett (1985)
Passin' Through (1985)
Last of the Breed (1986)
West of Pilot Range (1986)
A Trail to the West Audio (1986)
The Haunted Mesa (1987)
Collections of Short Stories
βThe Strong Shall Live (1980)
Yondering (1980)
Buckskin Run (1981)
Bowdrie (1983)
The Hills of Homicide (1983)
β Law of the Desert Born (1983)
Bowdrie's Law (1984)
Night Over the Solomons (1986)
The Rider of the Ruby Hills (1986)
The Trail to Crazy Man (1986)
βLonigan (1988)
Long Ride Home (1989)
The Outlaws of Mesquite (1990)
West from Singapore (1991)
End of the Drive (1997)
Beyond the Great Snow Mountains (1999)
β’ By the Waters of San Tadeo
β’ Meeting at Falmouth
β’ Roundup in Texas
β’ Sideshow Champion
β’ Crash Landing
β’ Under the Hanging Wall
β’ Coast Patrol
β’ The Gravel Pit
β’ The Money Punch
β’ Beyond the Great Snow Mountains
Off the Mangrove Coast (2000)
May There Be a Road (2001)
With These Hands (2002)
From the Listening Hills (2003)
The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour
The Frontier Stories β Volume 1 (2003)
ββ’ The Gift of Cochise
ββ’ That Man from The Bitter Sands
ββ’ Desperate Men
ββ’ Dutchman's Flatt
ββ’ From the Listening Hills
ββ’ Trap of Gold
ββ’ Riches Beyond Dream
ββ’ The Lonesome Gods
ββ’ The Skull and the Arrow
ββ’ End of the Drive
ββ’ Caprock Rancher
ββ’ Dead End Drift
ββ’ One Night Stand
ββ’ Marshal of Canyon Gap
ββ’ A Husband for Janey
ββ’ Elisha Comes to Red Horse
β’ The Courting of Griselda
β’ Booty for a Badman
β’ The Defense of Sentinel
β’ The One for the Mohave Kid
ββ’ A Mule for Santa Fe
ββ’ War Party
β’ Ironwood Station
β’ Alkali Basin
β’ Stage to Willowspring
β’ Let the Cards Decide
β’ Duffy's Man
β’ To Make A Stand
ββ’ Get Out of Town
ββ’ One for the Pot
β’ Beyond the Chaparral
β’ Home is the Hunter
β’ Rustler Roundup
β’ The Moon of the Trees Broken by Snow
The Frontier Stories β Volume 2 (2004)
ββ’ Law of the Desert Born
ββ’ The Town No Guns Could Tame
ββ’ Man Riding West
β’ What Gold Does to a Man
ββ’ Horse heaven
β’ The Ghosts of Buckskin Run
ββ’ McNelly Knows a Ranger
β’ A job for a ranger
β’ Bowdrie rides a coyote trail
β’ A trail to the West
β’ The outlaws of Poplar Creek
β’ Bowdrie follows a cold trail
β’ More brains than bullets
ββ’ The Road to Casa Piedras (1948)
β’ Bowdrie passes through
β’ Where buzzards fly
β’ South of Deadwood
ββ’ Too tough to Brand
β’ Case closed
ββ’ The killer from the Pecos
β’ A ranger rides to town
β’ Rain on the Mountain Fork
β’ Down Sonora way
β’ Stranger pursuit
β’ Strawhouse trail
β’ Keep travelin', Rider
β’ No Man's Mesa
β’ The passing of Rope Nose
ββ’ Trail to Pie Town
β’ The Drift
The Frontier Stories β Volume 3 (2005)
ββ’ Riding for the Brand (1986)
ββ’ Four-Card Draw
β’ One Last Gun Notch
β’ Shandy Takes the Hook
β’ A Night at Wagon Camp
β’ Six-gun Stampede
ββ’ Valley of the Sun
β’ Fork Your Own Broncs
β’ Pardner from the Rio
β’ The Guns Talk Loud
β’ Squatters on the Lonetree
β’ That Slash Seven Kid
ββ’ Home in the Valley
β’ Red Butte Showdown
β’ Jackson of Horntown
β’ Ride or Start Shootin'
β’ Regan of the Slash B
ββ’ Lit a Shuck for Texas
β’ West of Dry Creek
ββ’ There's Always a Trail
β’ We Shaped the Land with Our Guns
β’ To Hang Me High
ββ’ West of Dodge
ββ’ Monument Rock (1998)
β’ A Gun for Kilkenny
β’ In Victorio's Country
β’ That Packsaddle Affair
The Adventure Stories β Volume 4 (2005)
β’ Death Westbound
β’ Old Doc Yak
β’ It's Your Move
β’ And Proudly Die
β’ Survival
β’ Show Me The Way To Go Home
β’ Thicker Than Blood
β’ The Admiral
β’ Shanghai, Not Without Gestures
β’ The Man Who Stole Shakespeare
β’ The Dancing Kate
β’ Off the Mangrove Coast
β’ Glorious Glorious
β’ By The Ruins of El Walarieh
β’ Where There's Fighting
β’ The Cross and the Candle
β’ A Friend of the General
β’ Author's Tea
β’ East of Gorontalo
β’ On the Road to Amurang
β’ From Here to Banggai
β’ The House of Qasavara
β’ Well of the Unholy Light
β’ West from Singapore
β’ South of Suez
β’ Voyage to Toblai
β’ Wings Over Brazil
β’ Pirates of the Sky
β’ Flight to the North
β’ Coast Patrol
β’ Wings Over Khabarovsk
β’ Flight to Enbetu
β’ Mission to Siberut
β’ Down Paagumene Way
β’ The Goose Flies South
β’ Tailwind to Tibet
β’ Pirates With Wings
β’ Night Over the Solomons
β’ Where There's Fighting
β’ Beyond the Great Snow Mountains
β’ May There Be A Road
β’ By the Waters of San Tadeo
β’ Meeting at Falmouth
β’ Crash Landing
β’ With These Hands
β β’ The Diamond of Jeru
β’ East of Gorontalo
β’ On the Road to Amurang
β’ From Here to Banggai
β’ The House of Qasavara
β’ Well of the Unholy Light
β’ West from Singapore
β’ South of Suez
β’ Voyage to Toblai
β’ Wings Over Brazil
β’ Pirates of the Sky
β’ Flight to the North
β’ Coast Patrol
β’ Wings Over Khabarovsk
β’ Flight to Enbetu
β’ Mission to Siberut
β’ Down Paagumene Way
β’ The Goose Flies South
β’ Tailwind to Tibet
β’ Pirates With Wings
β’ Night Over the Solomons
The Frontier Stories β Volume 5 (2007)
β’ No Man's Man
ββ’ The Nester and the Piute
ββ’ Desert Death Song
β’ Heritage of Hate
β’ Hattan's Castle
β’ Big Man
β’ Showdown on the Tumbling T
β’ Waltz Him Around Again, Shadow
β’ Rowdy Rides to Glory
β’ The Ghost Maker
β’ Down the Pogonip Trail
β’ The Romance of Piute Bill
β’ That Triggernometry Tenderfoot
ββ’ The Sixth Shotgun
β’ Barney Takes a Hand
β’ Rain on the Halfmoon
β’ When a Texan Takes Over
β’ Big Medicine
β’ Gila Crossing
β’ The Marshal of Painted Rock
β β’ Ride, You Tonto Raiders
β’ No Trouble for the Cactus Kid
ββ’ Medicine Ground (1948)
ββ’ Love and the Cactus Kid
β’ The Cactus Kid Pays a Debt
β’ Battle at Burnt Camp
β’ The Cactus Kid
The Crime Stories β Volume 6 (2008)
ββ’ Unguarded Moment
β’ Police Band
β’ Time of Terror
β’ The Gravel Pit
β’ The Hand of Kuan-yin
β’ Sand Trap
β’ Under the Hanging Wall
β’ Too Tough to Kill
β’ Anything for a Pal
β’ Fighter's Fiasco
β’ Sideshow Champion
β’ Fighters Should Be Hungry
β’ The Money Punch
β’ Making it the Hard Way
β’ The Rounds Don't Matter
β’ Fighter's Don't Dive
β’ Gloves for a Tiger
β’ The Ghost Fighter
β’ Dream Fighter
β’ Corpse on the Carpet
β’ With Death in His Corner
β’ Dead Man's Trail
β’ The Street of Lost Corpses
β’ Stay Out of My Nightmare
β’ The Hills of Homicide
β’ I Hate to Tell His Widow
β’ Collect from a Corpse
β’ The Unexpected Corpse
β’ The Sucker Switch
β’ A Friend of a Hero
β’ The Vanished Blonde
β’ Backfield Battering Ram
β’ Moran of the Tigers
The Frontier Stories β Volume 7 (2009)
ββ’ West Is Where the Heart Is
ββ’ The Turkeyfeather Riders
β’ A Man Named Utah
ββ’ Merrano of the Dry Country
β’ Bluff Creek Station
β’ Here Ends the Trail
β’ The Man from the Dead Hills
ββ’ His Brother's Debt
β’ The Black Rock Coffin Makers
β’ The Lion Hunter and the Lady
β’ Bill Carey Rides West
ββ’ The Marshal of Sentinel
β’ No Rest for the Wicked
β’ Long Ride Home
β’ Mistakes Can Kill You
β’ The Man From Battle Creek
β’ Death Song of the Sombrero
β’ The Outlaws of the Mesquite
β’ Murphy Plays His Hand
β’ Secret of Silver Springs
β’ Men to Match the Hills
β’ Trail to Squaw Springs
β’ West of the Pilot Range
ββ’ McQueen of the Tumbling K (1947)
β’ Roundup in Texas
ββ’ West of the Tularosas
β’ Bad Place to Die
β’ Grub Line Rider
Non-fiction
Education of a Wandering Man (1989)
Frontier
The Sackett Companion
A Trail of Memories: The Quotations of Louis L'Amour
Poetry
Smoke From This Altar (1939)
Compilations with other authors
The Golden West
Stagecoach
Sackett series
Sackett's Land
To the Far Blue Mountains
The Warrior's Path
Jubal Sackett
Ride the River
The Daybreakers
Lando
The Courting of Griselda William Tell Sackett
Sackett
Mustang Man
Mojave Crossing
The Sackett Brand
The Sky-liners
Galloway
The Lonely Men
Ride the Dark Trail
Treasure Mountain
Lonely on the Mountain
Sackett-related short stories
The Courting of Griselda
Booty for a Badman
The Talon and Chantry series
Rivers West
The Man from the Broken Hills
Milo Talon
Fair Blows the Wind
The Ferguson Rifle
Over on the Dry Side
Borden Chantry
North to the Rails
Kilkenny series
The Rider of Lost Creek (1976)
The Mountain Valley War (1978)
Kilkenny (1954)
A Gun for Kilkenny (1986)
Hopalong Cassidy series
The Rustlers of West Fork
The Trail to Seven Pines
The Riders of High Rock
Trouble Shooter
Tumbling K series
West of the Pilot Range (1947)
Bad Place to Die (1955)
Roundup in Texas (1949)
Grub Line Rider (1951)
Chick Bowdrie series
A Job for a Ranger (1946)
Bowdrie Rides a Coyote Trail (1947)
A Trail to the West (1947)
The Outlaws of Poplar Creek (1947)
Bowdrie Follows a Cold Trail (1947)
More Brains Than Bullets (1948)
Bowdrie Passes Through (1948)
South of Deadwood (1948)
Case Closed β No Prisoners (1949)
A Ranger Rides to Town (1950)
Rain on the Mountain Fork (1951)
Down Sonora Way (1951)
Strange Pursuit (1952)
Strawhouse Trail
Cactus Kid series
No Trouble for the Cactus Kid (1947)
The Cactus Kid Pays a Debt (1952)
Battle at Burnt Camp
The Cactus Kid (1953)