Casey Nash Books in Order

Where to Start with Casey Nash's Westerns

With well over 100 novels in his catalog, Casey Nash is exceptionally prolific. For readers standing at the edge of this massive frontier, we recommend starting with one of two paths:

• The Flagship Path (Jubal Stone): Start with Blood Trail To Hell (2021). This is the first book in the Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal series. It introduces you to Nash's most popular protagonist, Marshal Jubal Stone, as he tracks down his family's killers. This series is the heart of Nash's work and showcases his trademark high-stakes moral drama.
• The Earliest Marshal Path (Jake Timber): Start with The Guns of Gray Buffalo (2019). This begins the Timber: United States Marshal series, which was Nash's first major long-running series. It establishes the template for his lawman adventures and introduces bounty hunter Jedidiah Justice, who later spins off into his own series.

While almost all of Nash's books can technically be read as standalone adventures, reading them in publication order within their respective series is highly recommended. This allows you to appreciate the long-term character development, recurring side characters, and subtle references to previous cases.

What to Know Before You Ride: The Casey Nash Formula

Casey Nash describes his writing style as "gospel in a cowboy wrapper." Before diving in, here are a few key details to keep in mind:

Clean Christian Westerns: Unlike many modern gritty Westerns, Nash's books are completely free of profanity, graphic violence, and explicit content. Instead, they focus on traditional Western heritage, rugged law enforcement, and Christian values, exploring themes of redemption, forgiveness, and moral courage.

Heavy Collaboration: Many of Nash's books are co-authored with other Western writers, including Paul L. Thompson, Peter Alan Turner, James Clay, and Robert Hanlon. Because they are published rapidly (often under Dusty Saddle Publishing), these collaborations help maintain a quick release schedule while introducing fresh narrative styles to the series.

Shared Character Universe: Many of Nash's series overlap. Characters like Marshal Jake Timber and bounty hunter Jedidiah Justice regularly interact. In fact, there are major team-up novels (such as US Marshals Timber, Flint And Jubal Stone: Long Trail To Justice, co-written with Robert Hanlon and Scott McCrea) that bring characters from different series together into a single story.

Detailed Series Guide and Reading Orders

To help you navigate Nash's massive library, here is the breakdown of his primary series, based on publication order:

1. Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal Series

This is Casey Nash's signature series, following a relentless lawman hunting down outlaws in the Texas Badlands and across the frontier. Read them in publication order:

1. Blood Trail To Hell (2021)
2. An Eye For An Eye (2021)
3. There Will Be Blood (2021)
4. Wagon Wheel Justice (2021)
5. Thou Shall Not Steal (2021)
6. Blood In The Texas Badlands (2021)
7. Saved By Another Lawman's Star (2021)
8. Blood Moon Over Texas (2021)
9. The Bones of Dripping Springs (2021)
10. A Reckoning In Big Spring (2021)

The series continues through dozens of volumes, including late-stage titles like The Texas Town Tamers (2024), Stone Justice at Devils River (2024), The Return Of Slago (2025), and companion stories like the territory tale Forbidden Love On The Texas Frontier (2021).

2. Timber: United States Marshal Series

Follow Marshal Jake Timber as he cleans up the frontier, often alongside bounty hunter Jedidiah Justice. This series is action-packed and set across Wyoming, Texas, and the plains:

1. The Guns of Gray Buffalo (2019)
2. A Brand New Gun (2019)
3. The Cassidy Beemer Story (2019)
4. Wilde's Prairie (2019)
5. A Pocketful of Money (2019)
6. Death Trap (2019)
7. The Gang With No Name (2019)
8. The Guns of the Cattle Baron (2019)
9. Marshal Jake Timber Must Die! (2019)
10. Guns Across Texas (2019)

This massive run spans over 50 books, leading up to late-2024 releases such as Long Hot Day In Waco and Conspiracy In Houston.

3. Levi Johnson: Mountain Man Scout Series

This series shifts focus slightly away from standard lawmen to the rugged, survivalist perspective of a mountain man scout on the Oregon Trail and across the Rocky Mountains:

1. Pathfinder (2022)
2. Rusty Steel (2022)
3. Sioux Warriors (2023)
4. Buffalo (2023)
5. Wolves Gold (2023)
6. Outlaws (2023)
7. Brotherhood (2023)
8. Journeys (2023)
9. The Old Dog (2023)
10. Unforgotten (2023)

The series progresses through 25 books, concluding with crossovers like Nathan Gage And Levi Johnson: Mountain Man Scout: Trailed By Evil (2024).

4. Eutychus Bly Series

Eutychus Bly is a range detective who takes on land grabbers, cattle rustlers, and outlaws, primarily in Kansas. This series offers a great mixture of detective work and classic shootout action:

1. Kingman Justice (2022)
2. Smoky Hills' Justice (2022)
3. Goodland Justice (2022)
4. Trouble Along the Big Muddy (2022)
5. Dead Men At Drum Creek (2022)
6. Bound By Blood (2023)
7. Trouble In Sheridan County (2023)
8. The El Dorado Incident (2023)
9. Cutting the Devil's Rope (2024)
10. Hunting Pariahs (2024)

5. Spin-offs, Sagas, and Shorter Series

If you want shorter, self-contained story arcs, Nash has several mini-series and sagas:

• The Bounties Of Jedidiah Justice: A direct spin-off of the Jake Timber series focusing on the bounty hunter Jedidiah Justice (begins with The Bounties of Jedidiah Justice in 2023).
• Matt Kincaid Western: A five-book series starting with The Reluctant Lawman (2020) and ending with The Empty Coffins (2021).
• Wagon Train From Texas: A trilogy following pioneers on the trail, starting with Deadly Trail (2022).
• Justice On The Plains Saga: A short two-book saga containing Gundown At Stillwater (2020) and Winchester Fever (2020).
• Clancy Leon: Mountain Man: Starts with Trouble In The Rockies (2020).

Reading Caveats: Overlapping Titles and Shared Names

Because Casey Nash writes and co-authors books at an incredibly fast pace, readers occasionally run into confusing titles. For example, The Hunt For Captain Forrester was published in 2024 as part of both the Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal series and the Levi Johnson: Mountain Man Scout series in the local catalog. This highlights how characters frequently cross paths, and how the shared universe functions across series lines. If you see a familiar title, check the series name on the cover to ensure you are reading the correct storyline.