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An adventure, a love story, and an epic of the american frontier, lonesome dove is one of the greatest westerns ever written.

Best western novels of all time. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. 683 books — 844 voters. Lonesome dove (lonesome dove #1) by.

Recognized as the finest storyteller of the american west, his passion for writing about the american frontier was evident in his romance and adventure stories. Debate whether or not your favorites made the cut below. 1) hombre by elmore leonard.

Blood meridian by cormac mccarthy; Top rated best western books to read. Alonso quixano, a retired country gentleman in his fifties, lives in an unnamed section of la mancha with his niece and a housekeeper.

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He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. Paul newman, robert redford, katharine ross, strother martin. It’s homage to a fading frontier, true brotherhood, and the enduring cowboy spirit.

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In the first book of this brilliant series, stephen king introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, roland of gilead, the last gunslinger. Welch’s western landscape is gritty, at times bleak, far removed from the postcard. This book was published in 1961 and is considered as one of elmore leonard’s classics.

751 books — 904 voters. 332 books — 671 voters. Bad dirt by annie proulx;

All votes add books to this list. Some authors have opted for a revisionist approach, telling stories that were left out of certain familiar narratives all those years ago. The gunslinger by stephen king;

4.48 avg rating — 165,475 ratings. The big sky by a.b. 213 books — 819 voters.

No further elaboration is needed. Simply the best and one of the most popular of the early western writers, gene rhodes wrote about a world he knew firsthand and did it with a gleam in his eye, a smile on his lips, and panache. Welcome to hard times by e.

780 books — 1,201 voters. By a small margin, writing most of his novels during the early 1900s. The shootist by glendon swarthout.

Butch cassidy and the sundance kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. Journey to the dusty little texas town of lonesome dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, ladies and whores, indians and settlers. An intense love story set just after the.

Others borrow elements and archetypes and place them in contemporary settings. His books include.44 , the gun trail, and under the burning sun. Including five you've never heard of is a fun, opinionated look at the best westerns of all time from the editors of american cowboy.

Save a horse ride a cowboy. Like a few other books on the list, this western novel was later turned into a film starring john wayne, which is now widely considered one of the best western films of all time, and certainly one of the best movies based on books. Mcmurtry took home the pulitzer with his 1985 instant classic.

40,791 , and 412 people voted. These two grew the popularity of the western genre tremendously and were the backbone to the enormous popularity of the pulp magazines in the 1920s. If you look at it that way, the western is alive and well — and here are 15 examples of great work being done in the genre.

The call of the wild (jack london) 4. A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Little big man by thomas berger;

It’s compact, but that just means every page is stocked with virile energy — much like shane himself, the book’s main character. True grit is a vivid, swiftly moving, and engaging western well worth the afternoon it takes to read this slim novel. The 100 greatest novels of all time:

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