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Cole and Hitch Books in Order

by Robert KnottLiterature & Fiction

10 books so far (book 11 is due August 3, 2027). They run from Appaloosa (2005) to Robert B. Parker's Buckskin (2019). Rated 4.4 across 3,149 listener reviews.

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Reading order

  1. Appaloosa

    Book 1 2005 by Robert B. Parker 4.4 (791)

    A richly imagined novel of the Old West, as spare and vivid as a high plains sunset, from one of the world's most talented performers.

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  2. Resolution

    Book 2 2008 by Robert B. Parker 4.6 (458)

    The New York Times—bestselling author’s richly imagined work of historical fiction: a powerful tale of the Old West from the acknowledged master of crime fiction. I had an eight-gauge shotgun that I’d taken with me when I left Wells Fargo.

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  3. Brimstone

    Book 3 2009 by Robert B. Parker 4.6 (395)

    When we last saw Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole, they had just restored peace to the rough-and-tumble town of Resolution. Virgil, however, has only one thing on his mind these days: Allie French, the woman who stole his heart in Appaloosa.

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  4. Blue-Eyed Devil

    Book 4 2010 by Robert B. Parker 4.6 (353)

    Law enforcement in Appaloosa had once been Virgil Cole and me. Now there was a chief of police and twelve policemen. Our third day back in town, the chief invited us to the office for a talk.

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  5. Robert B. Parker's Ironhorse

    Book 5 2013 4.4 (308)

    For years, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch have ridden roughshod over rabble-rousers and gun hands in troubled towns like Appaloosa, Resolution, and Brimstone.

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  6. Robert B. Parker's Bull River

    Book 6 2014 4.2 (194)

    Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in the saddle with guns blazing in this gritty, intense addition to the New York Times–bestselling series.

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  7. Robert B. Parker's The Bridge

    Book 7 2014 4.4 (160)

    The next gritty, gun-slinging entry in the New York Times–bestselling series, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch.

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  8. Robert B. Parker's Blackjack

    Book 8 2016 4.3 (165)

    Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch return in the gritty new installment of the New York Times–bestselling series.

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  9. Robert B. Parker's Revelation

    Book 9 2017 4.4 (178)

    Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch return to confront an escaped criminal in the grittiest entry yet in Robert B. Parker’s New York Times bestselling series.

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  10. Robert B. Parker's Buckskin

    Book 10 2019 3.7 (147)

    Lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch must prevent all-out war between rival factions in the latest adventure in the New York Times-bestselling series.

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  11. Robert B. Parker's Opium Rose

    Book 11 Out August 3, 2027

    Lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch must quell a brewing showdown in the latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series. Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch haven't seen much trouble of late.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Cole and Hitch is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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