Order of Trailsman Books
The Trailsman is a series of western novels written under the house name of Jon Sharpe. The protagonist of the series is Skye Fargo – a single male with a tendency to be a womanizer. He rides a horse he calls “the Ovaro” and carries a .44 Colt. The books in the series have been written by many different authors, including Robert J. Randisi, J.B. Keller, Bill Crider, Ed Gorman, Will C. Knott, Robert Vardeman, John Edward Ames, James Reasoner and David Robbins.
The Trailsman series was created by John Joseph Messmann (aka Jon Messman), who wrote the most of the first 200 books in the series until his retirement. The series started in 1980 with the novel Seven Days to Die and is still ongoing after over 400 books (including the Giant Trailsman books). The books in this series do not need to be read in order and can be read as standalones. Below is a list of Jon Sharpe’s Trailsman books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of The Trailsman Books
Seven Wagons West | (1980) | |
The Hanging Trail | (1980) | |
Mountain Man Kill | (1980) | |
The Sundown Searchers | (1980) | |
The River Raiders | (1981) | |
Dakota Wild | (1981) | |
Wolf Country | (1981) | |
Six-gun Drive | (1981) | |
Dead Man’s Saddle | (1982) | |
Slave Hunter | (1982) | |
Montana Maiden | (1982) | |
Condor Pass | (1982) | |
Blood Country | (1982) | |
Spoon River Stud | (1983) | |
Arrowhead Territory | (1983) | |
The Stalking Horse | (1983) | |
Savage Shadow | (1983) | |
Ride The Wild Shadow | (1983) | |
Cry Of The Cherokee | (1983) | |
The Judas Killer | (1983) | |
The Whiskey Guns | (1983) | |
Border Arrows | (1983) | |
The Comstock Killers | (1983) | |
Twisted Noose | (1983) | |
Maverick Maiden | (1984) | |
Warpaint Rifles | (1984) | |
Bloody Heritage | (1984) | |
Hostage Trail | (1984) | |
High Mountain Guns | (1984) | |
White Savage | (1984) | |
Six-gun Sombreros | (1984) | |
Apache Gold | (1984) | |
Red River Revenge | (1984) | |
Sharpshooter | (1984) | |
Kiowa Kill | (1984) | |
The Badge | (1984) | |
Valley Of Death | (1985) | |
The Lost Patrol | (1985) | |
The Grizzly Man | (1985) | |
The Range Killers | (1985) | |
The Renegade Command | (1985) | |
Mesquite Manhunt | (1985) | |
Scorpion Trail | (1985) | |
Killer Caravan | (1985) | |
Hell Town | (1985) | |
Six-gun Salvation | (1985) | |
The White Hell Trail | (1985) | |
Blood Oath | (1986) | |
The Swamp Slayers | (1986) | |
Sioux Captive | (1986) | |
Posse From Hell | (1986) | |
Longhorn Guns | (1986) | |
Killer Clan | (1986) | |
Thief River Showdown | (1986) | |
Guns Of Hungry Horse | (1986) | |
Fortune Riders | (1986) | |
Slaughter Express | (1986) | |
Thunderhawk | (1986) | |
The Wayward Lassie | (1986) | |
Bullet Caravan | (1987) | |
Horsethief Crossing | (1987) | |
Stagecoach To Hell | (1987) | |
Fargo’s Woman | (1987) | |
River Kill | (1987) | |
Treachery Pass | (1987) | |
Manitoba Marauders | (1987) | |
Trapper Rampage | (1987) | |
Confederate Challenge | (1987) | |
Hostage Arrows | (1987) | |
Renegade Rebellion | (1987) | |
Calico Kill | (1987) | |
Blood Pass | (1988) | |
Santa Fe Slaughter | (1988) | |
White Hell | (1988) | |
Colorado Robber | (1988) | |
Wildcat Wagons | (1988) | |
Devil’s Den | (1988) | |
Minnesota Missionary | (1988) | |
Smokey Hell Trail | (1988) | |
Twisted Trails | (1988) | |
Mescalero Mask | (1988) | |
Dead Mans Forest | (1988) | |
Utah Slaughter | (1988) | |
Machine Gun Madness | (1989) | |
Call Of The White Wolf | (1989) | |
Texas Hell Country | (1989) | |
Brothel Bullets | (1989) | |
Mexican Massacre | (1989) | |
Target Conestoga | (1989) | |
Mesabi Huntdown | (1989) | |
Cave Of Death | (1989) | |
Death’s Caravan | (1989) | |
The Texas Train | (1989) | |
Desperate Dispatch | (1989) | |
Cry Revenge | (1989) | |
Shadow Guns | (1989) | |
Buzzard’s Gap | (1989) | |
Queen’s High Bid | (1990) | |
Desert Desperados | (1990) | |
Black Hills Blood | (1990) | |
Riverboat Gold | (1990) | |
Shoshoni Spirits | (1990) | |
The Coronado Killers | (1990) | |
Secret Six-guns | (1990) | |
Comanche Crossing | (1990) | |
Camp St. Lucifer | (1990) | |
Sierra Shootout | (1990) | |
Gunsmoke Gulch | (1990) | |
The Great Land Swindle | (1990) | |
Pawnee Bargain | (1990) | |
Gold Mine Madness | (1991) | |
Arizona Slaughter | (1991) | |
Lone Star Lightning | (1991) | |
Wyoming Manhunt | (1991) | |
Counterfeit Cargo | (1991) | |
Blood Canyon | (1991) | |
Renegade Rifles | (1991) | |
Doomsday Wagons | (1991) | |
Southern Belles | (1991) | |
Tamarind Trail | (1991) | |
Kansas Kill | (1991) | |
Gun Valley | (1991) | |
Death Ranch | (1991) | |
Blood And Gold | (1991) | |
Gold Fever | (1992) | |
Desert Death | (1992) | |
Blood Prairie | (1992) | |
Nevada Warpath | (1992) | |
Snake River Butcher | (1992) | |
Redwood Revenge | (1992) | |
Colorado Quarry | (1992) | |
Coins Of Death | (1992) | |
Wyoming Conspiracy | (1992) | |
The Silver Maria | (1992) | |
Blood Bounty | (1992) | |
Montana Fire Smoke | (1992) | |
Beartown Bloodshed | (1992) | |
Colorado Ambush | (1992) | |
Kentucky Colts | (1992) | |
Louisiana Gold Race | (1993) | |
Sage River Conspiracy | (1993) | |
Cougar Dawn | (1993) | |
Montana Mayhem | (1993) | |
Chicago Six-guns | (1993) | |
Texas Triggers | (1993) | |
Moon Lake Massacre | (1993) | |
Rocky Mountain Feud | (1993) | |
Silver Fury | (1993) | |
Buffalo Guns | (1993) | |
The Killing Corrider | (1993) | |
Golden Bullets | (1993) | |
Deathblow Trail | (1993) | |
Abilene Ambush | (1993) | |
Crowheart’s Revenge | (1994) | |
Cheyenne Crossfire | (1994) | |
Nebraska Nightmare | (1994) | |
Death Trails | (1994) | |
California Quarry | (1994) | |
Springfield Sharpshooters | (1994) | |
Savage Guns | (1994) | |
Prairie Fire | (1994) | |
Saguaro Showdown | (1994) | |
Ambush At Skull Pass | (1994) | |
Oklahoma Ordeal | (1994) | |
The Sawdust Trail | (1994) | |
Revenge At Lost Creek | (1995) | |
Rogue River Feud | (1995) | |
Nez Perce Nightmare | (1995) | |
Colorado Carnage | (1995) | |
Black Mesa Treachery | (1995) | |
The Texas Terror | (1995) | |
Ghost Ranch Massacre | (1995) | |
North Country Guns | (1995) | |
The Tornado Trail | (1995) | |
Yukon Massacre | (1995) | |
Dakota Death House | (1995) | |
Kiowa Command | (1995) | |
The Greenback Trail | (1996) | |
Socorro Slaughter | (1996) | |
Utah Trackdown | (1996) | |
Dead Man’s River | (1996) | |
Sutter’s Secret | (1996) | |
Washington Warpath | (1996) | |
Death Valley Bloodbath | (1996) | |
Betrayal At El Diablo | (1996) | |
Curse Of The Grizzly | (1996) | |
Colorado Wolfpack | (1996) | |
Apache Arrows | (1996) | |
Sagebrush Skeletons | (1996) | |
Bayou Bloodbath | (1997) | |
Bullet Hole Claims | (1997) | |
Blue Sierra Renegades | (1997) | |
Vengeance At Dead Man Rapids | (1997) | |
Rocky Mountain Nightmare | (1997) | |
Sioux War Cry | (1997) | |
Mercy Manhunt | (1997) | |
Missouri Massacre | (1997) | |
Pecos Death | (1997) | |
Target Gold | (1997) | |
Durango Duel | (1997) | |
Kansas Carnage | (1998) | |
Bullets And Brides | (1998) | |
Montana Stage | (1998) | |
Fort Ravage Conspiracy | (1998) | |
Utah Uprising | (1998) | |
Black Gulch Gamble | (1998) | |
Wyoming Wildcats | (1998) | |
Salmon River Rage | (1998) | |
Sixguns By The Sea | (1998) | |
The Stallion Search | (1998) | |
Silver Hooves | (1998) | |
The Leavenworth Express | (1998) | |
Mountain Mankillers | (1998) | |
Oregon Outrider | (1999) | |
Chimney Rock Burial | (1999) | |
Arizona Renegades | (1999) | |
Timber Terror | (1999) | |
The Bush League | (1999) | |
Badlands Bloodbath | (1999) | |
Sioux Stampede | (1999) | |
Apache Wells | (1999) | |
Texas Hellion | (1999) | |
Duet For Six-guns | (1999) | |
High Sierra Horror | (1999) | |
Dakota Deception | (1999) | |
Pecos Belle Brigade | (1999) | |
Navajo Revenge | (2000) | |
Colorado Diamond Dupe | (2000) | |
Nebraska Slaying Ground | (2000) | |
Montana Gun Sharps | (2000) | |
Arizona Silver Strike | (2000) | |
California Crusader | (2000) | |
Idaho Ghost Town | (2000) | |
Texas Tinhorns | (2000) | |
Prairie Firestorm | (2000) | |
Wyoming War Cry | (2000) | |
Flatwater Firebrand | (2000) | |
Denver City Gold | (2001) | |
Salt Lake Siren | (2001) | |
Pacific Phantoms | (2001) | |
Missouri Mayhem | (2001) | |
Apache Duel | (2001) | |
Flathead Fury | (2001) | |
Dakota Damnation | (2001) | |
Cherokee Justice | (2001) | |
Comanche Battle Cry | (2001) | |
Texas Blood Money | (2001) | |
Wyoming Whirlwind | (2001) | |
West Texas Uprising | (2002) | |
Pacific Polecats | (2002) | |
Bloody Brazos | (2002) | |
Seven Devils Slaughter | (2002) | |
Texas Death Storm | (2002) | |
Silver City Slayer | (2002) | |
The Silver City Slayer | (2002) | |
Sixgun Justice | (2002) | |
Utah Uproar | (2002) | |
Kansas City Swindle | (2002) | |
Dead Man’s Hand | (2002) | |
Nebraska Gunrunners | (2002) | |
Colorado Cutthroats | (2003) | |
High Country Horror | (2003) | |
Casino Carnage | (2003) | |
Wyoming Wolf Pact | (2003) | |
Blood Wedding | (2003) | |
Desert Death Trap | (2003) | |
The Desert Death Trap | (2003) | |
Arkansas Assault | (2003) | |
Snake River Ruins | (2003) | |
Dakota Death Rattle | (2003) | |
Six-gun Scholar | (2003) | |
California Casualties | (2004) | |
New Mexico Nymph | (2004) | |
The Devil’s Den | (2004) | |
Colorado Corpse | (2004) | |
St. Louis Sinners | (2004) | |
Nevada Nemesis | (2004) | |
Montana Massacre | (2004) | |
Ozarks Onslaught | (2004) | |
Skeleton Canyon | (2004) | |
Hell’s Belles | (2004) | |
Mountain Manhunt | (2004) | |
Death Valley Vengeance | (2005) | |
Texas Tart | (2005) | |
Kansas Weapon Wolves | (2005) | |
Colorado Claim Jumpers | (2005) | |
Dakota Prairie Pirates | (2005) | |
Salt Lake Slaughter | (2005) | |
Texas Terror Trail | (2005) | |
California Camel Corps | (2005) | |
Gila River Dry-gulchers | (2005) | |
Renegade Raiders | (2005) | |
Mountain Mavericks | (2005) | |
The Cutting Kind | (2006) | |
San Francisco Showdown | (2006) | |
Ozark Blood Feud | (2006) | |
Oregon Outlaws | (2006) | |
Oasis Of Blood | (2006) | |
Six-gun Persuasion | (2006) | |
South Texas Slaughter | (2006) | |
Dead Man’s Bounty | (2006) | |
Dakota Danger | (2006) | |
Backwoods Bloodbath | (2006) | |
High Plains Grifters | (2006) | |
Black Rock Pass | (2006) | |
Terror Trackdown | (2007) | |
Death Valley Demons | (2007) | |
Wyoming Wipeout | (2007) | |
Nebraska Night Riders | (2007) | |
Montana Marauders | (2007) | |
Border Bravados | (2007) | |
California Carnage | (2007) | |
Alaskan Vengeance | (2007) | |
Idaho Impact | (2007) | |
Shanghaied Six-guns | (2007) | |
Texas Timber War | (2007) | |
North Country Cutthroats | (2007) | |
Missouri Manhunt | (2008) | |
Beyond Squaw Creek | (2008) | |
Mountain Mystery | (2008) | |
Louisiana Laydown | (2008) | |
Oregon Outrage | (2008) | |
Apache Ambush | (2008) | |
Wyoming Death Trap | (2008) | |
California Crackdown | (2008) | |
Seminole Showdown | (2008) | |
Silver Mountain Slaughter | (2008) | |
Idaho Gold Fever | (2009) | |
Bayou Trackdown | (2009) | |
Tucson Temptress | (2009) | |
Northwoods Nightmare | (2009) | |
Beartooth Incident | (2009) | |
Black Hills Badman | (2009) | |
Colorado Clash | (2009) | |
Riverboat Rampage | (2009) | |
Utah Outlaws | (2009) | |
Silver Showdown | (2009) | |
Texas Trackdown | (2009) | |
Red River Reckoning | (2010) | |
Hannibal Rising | (2010) | |
Sierra Six-guns | (2010) | |
Rocky Mountain Revenge | (2010) | |
Six-gun Gallows | (2010) | |
Arkansas Ambush | (2010) | |
South Pass Snakepit | (2010) | |
Dakota Death Trap | (2010) | |
Backwoods Brawl | (2010) | |
New Mexico Gun-down | (2010) | |
Terror Town | (2011) | |
Texas Tangle | (2011) | |
Bitterroot Bullets | (2011) | |
Nevada Night Riders | (2011) | |
Texas Gunrunners | (2011) | |
Grizzly Fury | (2011) | |
Stagecoach Sidewinders | (2011) | |
Six-gun Vendetta | (2011) | |
Platte River Gauntlet | (2011) | |
Texas Lead Slingers | (2011) | |
Utah Deadly Double | (2011) | |
Range War | (2011) | |
Death Devil | (2012) | |
Rocky Mountain Ruckus | (2012) | |
High Country Greed | (2012) | |
Mountains Of No Return | (2012) | |
Texas Tempest | (2012) | |
Colorado Crosshairs | (2012) | |
Badlands Bloodsport | (2012) | |
Blind Man’s Bluff | (2012) | |
California Killers | (2012) | |
Missouri Mastermind | (2012) | |
Utah Terror | (2012) | |
Fort Death | (2012) | |
Texas Swamp Fever | (2012) | |
New Mexico Madman | (2013) | |
Bounty Hunt | (2013) | |
Wyoming Winterkill | (2013) | |
Hangtown Hellcat | (2013) | |
Texas Tornado | (2013) | |
Bowie’s Knife | (2013) | |
High Plains Massacre | (2013) | |
Diablo Death Cry | (2013) | |
Thunderhead Trail | (2013) | |
Nevada Vipers’ Nest | (2013) | |
Apache Vendetta | (2014) | |
Borderland Bloodbath | (2014) | |
Outlaw Trackdown | (2014) | |
Night Terror | (2014) | |
Six-gun Inferno | (2014) | |
Burning Bullets | (2014) | |
Black Hills Deathblow | (2014) | |
Dead Man’s Journey | (2014) | |
Riverboat Reckoning | (2014) | |
Arizona Ambushers | (2014) |
Publication Order of Giant Trailsman Books
Aztec Gold | (2000) | |
Woodland Warriors | (2001) | |
New Mexico Nightmare | (2003) | |
Menagerie Of Malice | (2004) | |
Island Devils | (2005) | |
Idaho Blood Spoor | (2006) | |
Desert Duel | (2007) |
Note: The River Raiders was also published as River Race.