Stephen Bly. Code of the West series.
Tap Andrews and Pepper Paige saddle up and set out on adventures set in the Old West.

Stephen Bly. Stuart Brannon series.
Follow the adventures of hero Stuart Brannon in the Old West. Brannon goes from mining gold to protecting his ranch to dealing with outlaws as a sheriff. But he is always the epitome of the "good guy," relying upon his faith to prevail.

Cindy Bonner. De Lony Sisters series.
The De Lony sisters come of age in the late 1880s McDade, Texas. The series begins with Lily, who falls in love with a convict and ends up married and pregnant by the time she is sixteen. To further complicate matters, her brother-in-law develops feelings for Lily while her husband is in jail. Her younger sister, Dellie, marries a wealthy, settled man, but ultimately ends up questioning her own marriage and pursuing another man. Some strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex.

S.W. Brouwer. Legends of Laramie series.
Samuel Keaton's story turns full circle in Laramie, as he goes from a prisoner suspected of murder, to a marshal who solves a bank robbery and murder. Some violence.

Don Coldsmith. Spanish Bit series.
Beginning in 1540, this saga of the Plains Indians depicts the Native Americans as they were before contact with the white man. When Spanish explorers, then French soldiers, and American settlers enter the Mississippi region, the Native Americans’ lives and culture are forever changed. The series centers on the Elk-Dog people and their foes, the Pawnees. Several characters and generations of families reappear in different books.

Don Coldsmith. Spanish Bit Super Edition series.
If you are current on the Spanish Bit series, try one of the Super Edition spin-offs.

Ralph Compton. Trail Drive series.
The series spans the fall of the Alamo, the Civil War, the California Gold Rush, and the advent of the railroad. The story begins with four unemployed Texas Rangers who take up rounding up longhorns, ranching, and cattle drives. The generations that follow in their footsteps find themselves traveling across the nation, from Wyoming and Montana, to Kansas and Illinois, to Mexico. Some strong language and violence.

Tom Early. Sons of Texas series.
One by one, the Lewis family makes their way from Tennessee to Texas. Mordecai Lewis is the first to make the journey on a quest to capture wild horses, but is murdered. His son Michael avenges his death, and then eventually settles in Texas. Michael's brother Andrew soon joins him, and the rest of the family follows. Strong language and violence.

Elizabeth Fackler. Seth Strummar series.
In Texas in the 1880s, sixteen-year-old Johanna Devery is forced to work in her stepfather's bordello after she refuses to marry Beau Olwell, the man who brutally raped her. She escapes and falls for hired killer Seth Strummar, who is returning to El Paso on a mission of vengeance. Johanna and Seth marry, but are soon forced to flee their home. Once their lives settle down, Seth comes to find family life and homesteading confining until a loose woman, Lila Keats, appears. But she has come specifically to ruin him and plans to rob the bank where Seth keeps his ill-gotten money. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex.

Zane Grey. Ohio River series.
Based upon events from the lives of Zane Grey’s ancestors, the following novels are set in the late 1700s during the opening of the Ohio River Valley by American settlers. The novels explore the skirmishes and bloodthirsty warfare that occurred between the Native Americans (and their British allies) and the settlers on the frontier.

Terry C. Johnston. Plainsmen series.
Beginning in 1866, the series follows army scout Seamus Donegan through the battlegrounds of the plains. The famous Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickok, Crazy Horse, and Red Cloud also make appearances. 

William W. Johnstone. Eagles series.
From age seven, when he is kidnapped by Shawnees, Jamie MacCallister lives an eventful life on the frontier. He is charged with murder in a Kentucky settlement, fights at the Alamo and in the Civil War, settles in Colorado, and avenges his wife's death. After Jamie himself dies, the series follows the story of his son Falcon, whose thirst for adventure rivals his father's. Strong language and violence.

William W. Johnstone. Mountain Man series.
Smoke Jensen learned the ways of the wilderness from an old mountain man called the Preacher. Under his guidance Smoke sets out on his journey to becoming a legend.

William W. Johnstone. First Mountain Man series.
Preacher traveled west to the Rockies as a young runaway and grew into a legend among the already legendary frontier mountain men.

Louis L’Amour. Chantry Family series.
The Chantrys came from Ireland before the American Revolution and fought in that war with Daubeny Sackett. Years later, Daubeny’s granddaughter Eco comes to Philadelphia to ask for Finian Chantry’s help. His nephew helps Eco and becomes involved with the Sacketts. The Chantrys are more scholarly and statesmanlike than the Sacketts, showing another way the West was settled. L’Amour planned to write more about the Chantry family and have them interact with the Sacketts, but he died before he completed the project.

Louis L’Amour. Hopalong Cassidy series.
Originally written under the pen name Tex Burns, here are four stories of the western hero Hopalong Cassidy.

Louis L’Amour. Sacketts series.
From 1600-1879, the Sackett family pioneer their way across the Old West as they fight injustice and search for adventure. Barnabas Sackett flees England for the American colonies where he marries, settles in the Carolinas, and raises five children. The ten generations of Sacketts who come from these children leave Carolina and travel to New Mexico, Tennessee, Colorado, Mexico, Texas, and the Dakotas as they ranch, fight, ride, and love. The four different branches of Sacketts interact and show how the West was won.

John McCord. Baynes Clan series.
Louisiana farmer and horse breeder Darnell Baynes flees the state with his sons Milt, Luke, and Ward after killing the men who tried to force the boys to join the Confederate Army. They settle in Montana where Ward enters a horse race to win money to buy a ranch and the hand of lovely Kit. Milton tries to return home in 1868 to clear the family name, but becomes involved with Texas ranchers defending their land against outlaws. Third son Luke goes East to become a lawyer. When he is appointed a federal judge in Wyoming, he has to fight unscrupulous ranchers. Violence.

Larry McMurtry. Berrybender Narratives series.
It is 1830, and the Berrybender family, rich, aristocratic, English, and hopelessly out of place, is on its way up the Missouri River to see the untamed West as it begins to open up. With irascible determination and a great deal of outright chaos the party experiences both the awesome majesty and brutal savagery of the unexplored land, from buffalo stampedes and natural disasters to Indian raids and encounters with frontiersmen and trappers, explorers, pioneers, and one part-time preacher known as the Sin Killer.

Larry McMurtry. McCrae and Call series.
In this epic story of the Old West, former Texas Rangers Gus McCrae and W. F. Call lead a cattle drive from Texas to Montana and face every possible adventure the Old West can offer. Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sex.

Gary Paulsen. Al Murphy series.
Al Murphy is one of those tough, lonely romantics with a code of honor who tends to lose jobs and loved ones and wanders from one small mean western town to another.

Donald Clayton Porter. White Indian series.
The compelling story of America's birth and the equally exciting adventures of an English child raised as a Seneca. Originally called the Colonization of America series. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex.

Dana Fuller Ross. Frontier series.
This prequel to the Wagons West series follows brothers Clay and Jefferson Holt as a feud forces them from the Ohio Valley to the West in the early 1800s.  As the French, Spanish, Americans, and Native Americans fight over the land, the Holts found a dynasty and have adventures throughout the West. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex.

Dana Fuller Ross. Wagons West series.
Legendary wagon master Whip Holt and his son Toby lead wagon trains of settlers through all parts of the country from 1837 to 1876. Whip and his children, and their best friend Major Henry Blake take part in famous events, such as the Chicago Fire, the California Gold Rush, the Texas War for Independence and many more, as the wagon trains move west. Some strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex.

Dana Fuller Ross. American Dynasty series.
The saga of the Holts continues as the family members, their friends, and employees take on the evil, greedy men trying to destroy the West. From silver mining camps in Nevada to Chicago’s Pullman strike, and the gold fields of the Yukon, the Holts fight racial bigotry and injustice as they fall in love and build an empire in the late nineteenth century. Strong language, some violence, and descriptions of sex.

Gene Shelton. Texas Legends series.
Whether the main character in any of the Texas Legends series books is a cowboy, gunman, sheriff, or Texas Ranger, you can be sure that the story is one of danger and adventure. The following novels are all fictional biographies of Texan legends in the mid-1800s. Strong language and violence.

Bodie & Brock Thoene. Saga of the Sierras series.
The stories of this saga follow the lives of various settlers in California. Tom Dawson and his brother move west to escape the Civil War, establishing a ranch beneath Shadow Ridge, but they are pulled into the conflict. Blacksmith Joshua Roberts is saved from a horrible death, and fights greed and corruption in the mines. Trapper Will Reed travels the treacherous journey from Mexico to California, settling down in Santa Barbara. And Andrew Jackson Sinnickson attempts California's first cattle drive. Violence.

Jim Walker. Wells Fargo Trail series.
The people who lived in the West had dreams and lives that are reflected in our own. Their values, however, were more distinct. This series allows you to read deeply into the lives of men and women of the West to see a time when a distinct line existed between black and white, right and wrong. The main character, Zachary Cobb, finds adventure and love in the Old West as an undercover agent for Wells Fargo.

Richard Wheeler. Skye’s West series.
Barnaby Skye, a former British sailor, becomes a frontier scout, guide, trapper, and trader in the Rocky Mountains. He evades danger while traveling from Fort Laramie to Idaho with his two Native American wives. Some strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex.

Richard Wheeler. Rocky Mountain Company series.
The three partners of the 1840s Rocky Mountain Company are Guy Straus, the Saint Louis founder; Brokenleg Fitzhugh of the Yellowstone trading post; and Jamie Dance, whose wagon train is heading down the Sante Fe trail to build a new post on the Arkansas River. Along for the experience is Straus's son David, who quickly learns how rough the Wild West is. Eventually, the American Fur Company offers to buy them out. In spite of the threat, they have no desire to sell. As they begin to resupply their post for the next season, Fitzhugh is caught with prohibited items and must prove his innocence. Violence.

Richard Wheeler. Sam Flint series.
Follow frontier journalist Sam Flint from Payday, Arizona, to Oro Blanco, New Mexico, to Silver City, Colorado, as he establishes newspapers, fights greed and corruption, and falls in love.