Order of Texas Rangers Books

Order of Texas Rangers Books

Texas Rangers by Elmer Kelton


Texas Rangers is a series of western novels by American author Elmer Kelton. The series follows Rusty Shannon, who joins the Texas Rangers following a tragedy, and Andy Pickard, a man rescued by Rusty from a Comache war party.

Elmer Kelton began his Texas Rangers series in 1999 with The Buckskin Line. The series lasted ten novels, concluding with 2010’s Texas Standoff (Kelton’s final novel). Below is a list of Elmer Kelton’s Texas Rangers books in order of when they were first published (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Texas Rangers Books

The Buckskin Line

(1999)

Badger Boy

(2001)

The Way of the Coyote

(2001)

Ranger’s Trail

(2002)

Texas Vendetta

(2004)

Jericho’s Road

(2004)

Hard Trail To Follow

(2008)

Other Men’s Horses

(2009)

Texas Standoff

(2010)