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The Case of the Poison Toad (a short story) (Hank the Cowdog, #90) was the most recently released book by John R. Erickson, on May 2nd, 2025.

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John R. Erickson Stats: The most read book by John R. Erickson on Book Notification is The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog, the first novel in the Hank the Cowdog series. The second most read book is The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog (Hank the Cowdog #2).

Below is a complete list of John R. Erickson books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by John R. Erickson is the Hank the Cowdog Series.

List of Hank the Cowdog Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Hank the Cowdog books are The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog, The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog, and It's a Dog's Life.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
1980
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2
8
The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
1983
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3
8
It's a Dog's Life
1984
Go
4
7
Murder in the Middle Pasture
1985
Go
5
8
Faded Love
1985
Go
6
7
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
1986
Go
7
8
The Curse of the Incredible Priceless Corncob
1986
Go
8
8
The Case of the One-Eyed Killer Stud Horse
1987
Go
9
The Case of the Halloween Ghost
1987
Go
10
Every Dog Has His Day
1988
Go
11
Lost in the Dark Unchanted Forest
1988
Go
12
The Case of the Fiddle Playing Fox
1989
Go
13
The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve
1989
Go
14
Hank the Cowdog and Monkey Business
1990
Go
15
The Case of the Missing Cat
1990
Go
16
Lost in the Blinded Blizzard
1991
Go
17
The Case of the Car-Barkaholic Dog
1991
Go
18
The Case of the Hooking Bull
1992
Go
19
The Case of the Midnight Rustler
1992
Go
20
The Phantom in the Mirror
1993
Go
21
The Case of the Vampire Cat
1993
Go
22
Moonlight Madness
1994
Go
23
The Case of the Black-hooded Hangmans
1995
Go
24
The Case of the Kidnapped Collie
1996
Go
25
The Case of the Night-Stalking Bone Monster
1996
Go
26
The Mopwater Files
1997
Go
27
The Case of the Vampire Vacuum Sweeper
1997
Go
28
The Case of the Haystack Kitties
1998
Go
29
4
The Case of the Vanishing Fishhook
1998
Go
30
The Case of the Garbage Monster from Outer Space
1999
Go
31
The Case of the Measled Cowboy
1999
Go
32
Slim's Good-bye
2000
Go
33
The Case of the Saddlehouse Robbery
2000
Go
34
The Case of the Raging Rottweiler
2000
Go
35
The Fling
2001
Go
36
The Case of the Missing Bird Dog
2002
Go
37
Tales and Tunes from Hank the Cowdog
2003
Go
38
The Case of the Shipwrecked Tree
2003
Go
39
The Case of the Burrowing Robot
2003
Go
40
The Case of the Twisted Kitty
2004
Go
41
The Dungeon of Doom
2004
Go
42
The Homeless Pooch
2004
Go
43
The Case of the Falling Sky
2005
Go
44
The Watermelon Patch Mystery
2005
Go
45
The Case of the Tender Cheeping Chickies
2006
Go
46
The Case of the Monkey Burglar
2006
Go
47
The Kitty Cheater
2006
Go
48
The Case of the Blazing Sky
2008
Go
49
The Quest for the Great White Quail
2008
Go
50
The Cookie Moon
2009
Go
51
Drover's Secret Life
2009
Go
52
The Case of the Dinosaur Birds
2009
Go
53
The Case of the Secret Weapon
2010
Go
54
The Case of the Coyote Invasion
2010
Go
55
The Dancing Cowboy
2010
Go
56
The Valentine's Day Robbery
2010
Go
57
The Case of the Perfect Dog
2012
Go
58
The Runaway Windmill
2012
Go
59
The Case of the Mysterious Voice
2012
Go
60
The Big Question
2012
Go
61
The Disappearance of Drover
2012
Go
62
The Case of the Most Ancient Bone
2012
Go
63
The Case of the Booby-Trapped Pickup
2012
Go
64
The Case of the Tricky Trap
2012
Go
65
The Case of the Prowling Bear
2013
Go
66
The Case of the Deadly Ha-Ha Game
2013
Go
67
The Secret Laundry Monster Files
2013
Go
68
The Case of the Swirling Killer Tornado
2013
Go
69
The Case of the Double Bumblebee Sting
2013
Go
70
The Ghost of Rabbits Past
2013
Go
71
The Return of the Charlie Monsters
2014
Go
72
The Case of the Three Rings
2014
Go
73
The Three Rings
2014
Go
74
The Almost Last Roundup
2015
Go
75
The Christmas Turkey Disaster
2015
Go
76
Wagons West
2016
Go
77
The Secret Pledge
2016
Go
78
The Case of the Wandering Goats
2017
Go
79
The Case of the Troublesome Lady
2017
Go
80
10
The Case of the Monster Fire
2018
Go
81
The Case of the Three-Toed Sloth
2018
Go
82
The Case of the Buried Deer
2019
Go
83
The Frozen Rodeo
2020
Go
84
The Case of the Red Rubber Ball
2020
Go
85
The Case of the Missing Teeth
2021
Go
86
The Case of the Lost Camp
2021
Go
87
The Incredible Ice Event
2022
Go
88
Double Trouble
2023
Go
89
The Case of the Airborne Invasion
2024
Go
90
The Case of the Poison Toad
2025
Go

List of Hank's Ranch Life Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Hank's Ranch Life books are Cowboys and Horses, Ranching and Livestock, and Ranch Wildlife.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Cowboys and Horses
2017
Go
2
Ranching and Livestock
2017
Go
3
Ranch Wildlife
2018
Go
4
Ranch Weather
2020
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List of Riley McDaniels Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Moonshiner's Gold
2001
Go
2
Discovery at Flint Springs
2004
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3
Fear's Return
2011
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are Cowboys Are A Separate Species, Cowboys Are Partly Human, and Ace Reid Cowpoke.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Cowboys Are Partly Human (With: Gerald L. Holmes)
1983
Go
2
The Hunter
1984
Go
3
Ace Reid Cowpoke
1984
Go
4
Cowboy Country
1986
Go
5
Cowboys Are A Separate Species
1986
Go
6
Cowboys Are Old Enough to Know Better
1988
Go
7
Cowboy Fiddler in Bob Wills' Band
1991
Go

List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Devil in Texas and Other Cowboy Tales (With: Gerald L. Holmes)
1983
Go
2
Alkali County Tales (With: Gerald L. Holmes)
1984
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Bad Smoke, Good Smoke, Porch Talk, and Story Craft.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Through Time and the Valley
1978
Go
2
Panhandle Cowboy
1980
Go
3
The Modern Cowboy
1981
Go
4
Essays on Writing and Publishing
1985
Go
5
The Long Look (With: David W. Ray)
1987
Go
6
LZ Cowboy
1997
Go
7
Some Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys
2000
Go
8
Catch Rope
2000
Go
9
Friends
2002
Go
10
Prairie Gothic
2005
Go
11
Story Craft
2009
Go
12
Finding Hank
2019
Go
13
10
Bad Smoke, Good Smoke
2021
Go
14
Porch Talk (With: Douglas K. Boyd)
2021
Go

List of Voice in the American West Books in Publication Order (with Susan Cummins Miller)

Ranked by popularity, the top Voice in the American West books are Rightful Place, Ordinary Skin: Essays from Willow Springs, and A Sweet, Separate Intimacy: Women Writers of the American Frontier, 1800-1922.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Sweet, Separate Intimacy: Women Writers of the American Frontier, 1800-1922 (By: Susan Cummins Miller)
2000
Go
2
A Sweet, Separate Intimacy: Women Writers of the American Frontier, 1800–1922 (By: Susan Cummins Miller)
2000
Go
3
Texas Dance Halls: A Two-Step Circuit (By: Andy Wilkinson, Gail Folkins, J. Marcus Weekley)
2007
Go
4
In My Father’s House: A Memoir of Polygamy (By: Andy Wilkinson, Dorothy Allred Solomon)
2009
Go
5
7
Rightful Place (By: Amy Hale Auker, Linda M. Hasselstrom)
2011
Go
6
Light in the Trees (By: Andy Wilkinson, Gail Folkins)
2015
Go
7
8
Ordinary Skin: Essays from Willow Springs (By: Amy Hale Auker)
2017
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John R. Erickson

John R. Erickson (John Richard Erickson) was born on October 20th, 1943 and is currently 82 years old. John R. Erickson was born in Midland, TX, USA.

John R. Erickson is the author of the Hank the Cowdog series which currently consists of 90 novels. The Hank the Cowdog series started in 1980 with the novel The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog. The most recently released novel in the Hank the Cowdog series was The Case of the Poison Toad which was released in 2025. There are no upcoming novels for the Hank the Cowdog series.

John R. Erickson has also written 14 Non-Fiction Books, including Through Time and the Valley and Panhandle Cowboy.

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  4. John Scalzi, author of the Old Man's War Series.
  5. John Green, author of: The Fault in Our Stars.

John R. Erickson: F.A.Q

When was John R. Erickson Born? How old is John R. Erickson?

John R. Erickson was born on October 20th, 1943. John R. Erickson is currently 82 years old.

Where was John R. Erickson Born?

John R. Erickson was born in Midland, TX, USA and is American.

What was the first book John R. Erickson wrote?

The first book written by John R. Erickson was Through Time and the Valley, published in 1978.

What was the most recent book John R. Erickson wrote?

His most recently released work was The Case of the Poison Toad (a short story) on May 2nd, 2025.

What is the most popular book by John R. Erickson?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular John R. Erickson book is The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog. Here are his most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog (8.00)
  2. The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog (8.00)
  3. It's a Dog's Life (8.00)
  4. Murder in the Middle Pasture (7.00)
  5. Faded Love (8.00)

Are there upcoming new books by John R. Erickson?

John R. Erickson does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has John R. Erickson written?

John R. Erickson has written 120 books across 10 series.
  • 90 books in the Hank the Cowdog Series
  • 4 books in the Hank's Ranch Life Series
  • 3 books in the Riley McDaniels Series
  • 7 Standalone Novels
  • 2 Collections
  • 14 Non-Fiction Books

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