Order of Zane Grey Books
Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author of Western adventure novels and short stories. He was a very prolific author and one of the first authors to become a millionaire. Over 100 films have been based on his stories. His best-known novel is Riders of the Purple Sage. Grey was an avid fisherman and wrote a lot about fishing. Two of his sons, Romer Zane and Loren became authors as well.
Zane Grey became a published novelist in 1903 with the novel Betty Zane. Below is a list of Zane Grey’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Adam Larey Books
| Wanderer of the Wasteland | (1920) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stairs of Sand | (1928) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Brazos Keene Books
| Knights of the Range | (1936) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Twin Sombreros | (1940) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Forlorn River Books
| Forlorn River | (1926) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nevada | (1928) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Jim Traft Books
| The Hash Knife Outfit | (1929) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Drift Fence | (1929) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Ken Ward Books
| The Young Forester | (1910) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Young Pitcher | (1911) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Young Lion Hunter | (1911) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ken Ward in the Jungle | (1912) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Light of the Western Stars Books
| Light of Western Stars, The | (1914) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Majesty's Rancho | (1937) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Pan Handle Smith Books
| The Lone Star Ranger | (1914) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Trail Driver | (1931) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Valley Of Wild Horses | (1947) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Riders of the Purple Sage Books
| Riders of the Purple Sage | (1912) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rainbow Trail | (1915) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Desert Crucible | (1915) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Golden West Books
(with Louis L'Amour, Max Brand, Jon Tuska, Christopher Lane)
| Stories of the Golden West, Book 3 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stories of the Golden West, Book 5 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stories Of The Golden West, Book 7 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Ohio River Trilogy Books
| Betty Zane | (1903) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Spirit of the Border | (1906) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Trail | (1909) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Redheaded Outfield | (1920) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Lonely Trails | (1922) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wolf Tracker and Other Animal Tales | (1923) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tappan's Burro and Other Stories | (1923) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas | (1925) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ranger and Other Stories | (1926) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blue Feather and Other Stories | (1934) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bernardo's Revenge & Other Western Yarns | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Savage Kingdom | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales From A Fisherman's Log | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Camp Robber and Other Stories | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Westerners | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Freshwater Fishing | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Amber's Mirage and Other Stories | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Secret of Quaking Asp Cabin and Other Stories | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Undiscovered Zane Grey Fishing Stories | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Zane Grey's Greatest Animal Stories | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tigre and Other Stories | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Avalanche, and Other Stories | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best Western Stories | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Seafishing Yarns | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Silvermane And Other Stories | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Swordfish and Tuna | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Tahitian Waters | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Southern Rivers | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rangle River | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of the Great Game Fish | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Silvermane | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Florida Fishes | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| An American Angler in Australia | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of the Angler's Eldorado | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Zane Grey's Book of Camp and Trails | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Zane Grey on Fishing | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Last of the Great Scouts was co-authored with Helen Cody Wetmore. Robbers’ Roost was also published under the title Thieves’ Canyon. The Golden West also contains contributions from Louis L’Amour and Max Brand. Last of the Duanes is an unabridged version of The Lone Star Ranger. The Desert Crucible is an unabridged version of The Rainbow Trail. Tonto Basin is an unabridged version of To the Last Man. Shower of Gold is an unabridged version of Desert Gold. The Great Trek is an unabridged version of The Wilderness Trek.
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I read Zane Grey novels in high school in the Seventies. They had book covers with an action description in a black box at the bottom of the page. Any available for my Walter Black editions?
My dad’s family lived five miles from the Grey’s. At that time they were the closest neighbors. At one time when I was a young teenager I read one of Zane’s books and it told about a wild bunch of kids that weren’t bad, like thieves, just wild crazy and always getting into fights and doing crazy dangerous stunts. I told my dad it sounded like the stories I had heard about him,his brothers and sisters. He said those stories sounded awful familiar. Wish I remembered which book it was. My mom totally changed my dad and my aunt told me they kept trying to pull mom down to their level and she just pulled them up! I’m 81 years old now and have great grandkids and wish I could give them at least the name of the book. One of my aunts dated Zane’s son for a while. She was pretty wild. I know she embarrassed me as an adult.
I really appreciate this listing of Mr. Grey’s books, Just recently purchased a 50 book collection of hardback books to replace the paper backs that I lost during my time in the military. Started reading Zane Grey novels when I was in the 6th grade and have been collecting them since.
I find that there are only two authors who I consider to be great western writes, Zane Grey and Louis L’Amour.
Thank you for this listing site, I will be bookmarking these pages so I can come back to them for reference to my favorite authors.
Shelly Ann, LPN (ret)
HM2c(FMF)/USN, Sgt/USAR, ACM/olc
A Proud Honorable Disabled American Veteran 1967-1994 – Combat Medicine