J.D. Hardin

J.D. Hardin is an author of some well-known western series. While he is not a real person, he is the creation as the result of the combination of a few authors. The authors that have been able to use this name and write under the pen name J.

The best place to start is the Doc and Raider series, the earliest of J.D. Hardin's multi-book series: it opens with Blood, Sweat and Gold (1979) and runs to 73 books across 1979–1987, ending with Hell on Powder River (1987). J.D. Hardin's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

J.D. Hardin has 114 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1979 and 1990. Every one of them sits in one of 2 named series — the largest being the Doc and Raider series with 73 books.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. J.D. Hardin's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Doc and Raider (1979–1987, 73 books) and Raider (1987–1990, 41 books).

This guide splits J.D. Hardin's 114 books into 2 named series, with no standalone titles: Doc and Raider (73 books, 1979–1987); Raider (41 books, 1987–1990).