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San Francisco Chronicle's 100 Best Fiction of the American West of the 20th Century

"The best books of the 20th century written in or about, or by an author from, the Western United States. Based on a reader poll, these two lists first appeared in the paper in the spring and fall of 1999"
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After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (Aldous Huxley)
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
1
Aldous Huxley
Angel Fire (Ron Franscell)
Angel Fire
2
Ron Franscell
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
3
Wallace Stegner
Animal Dreams (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal Dreams
4
Barbara Kingsolver
Ask the Dust (John Fante)
Ask the Dust
5
John Fante
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Ernest J. Gaines)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
6
Ernest J. Gaines
The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
The Big Sky
7
A. B. Guthrie
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
8
Raymond Chandler
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolpho Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
9
Rudolpho Anaya
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
10
Cormac McCarthy
Budding Prospects (T.C. Boyle)
Budding Prospects
11
T.C. Boyle
Call of the Wild and White Fang (Jack London)
Call of the Wild and White Fang
12
Jack London
The Carmen Miranda Memorial Flagpole (Gerald Rosen)
The Carmen Miranda Memorial Flagpole
13
Gerald Rosen
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
14
Leslie Marmon Silko
Close Range (Annie Proulx)
Close Range
15
Annie Proulx
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
16
Alice Walker
Confessions of Madame Psyche (Dorothy Bryant)
Confessions of Madame Psyche
17
Dorothy Bryant
Corpus of Joe Bailey (Oakley M. Hall)
Corpus of Joe Bailey
18
Oakley M. Hall
Cowboys Are My Weakness (Pam Houston)
Cowboys Are My Weakness
19
Pam Houston
Coyote Waits (Tony Hillerman)
Coyote Waits
20
Tony Hillerman
Crooked Little Heart (Anne Lamott)
Crooked Little Heart
21
Anne Lamott
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
22
Nathanael West
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
23
Willa Cather
A Distant Trumpet (Paul Horgan)
A Distant Trumpet
24
Paul Horgan
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
25
Frank Herbert
Earth Abides (George R Stewart)
Earth Abides
26
George R Stewart
English Creek (Ivan Doig)
English Creek
27
Ivan Doig
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Tom Robbins)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
28
Tom Robbins
Fat City (Leonard Gardner)
Fat City
29
Leonard Gardner
Fathers (Herbert Gold)
Fathers
30
Herbert Gold
The Field of Vision (Wright Morris)
The Field of Vision
31
Wright Morris
Fools Crow (James Welch)
Fools Crow
32
James Welch
The Friendly Persuasion (Jessamyn West)
The Friendly Persuasion
33
Jessamyn West
Fup (Jim Dodge)
Fup
34
Jim Dodge
The Golden Gate (Vikram Seth)
The Golden Gate
35
Vikram Seth
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
36
John Steinbeck
Hawaii (James. A. Michener)
Hawaii
37
James. A. Michener
Hondo (Louis L'amour)
Hondo
38
Louis L'amour
House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
House Made of Dawn
39
N. Scott Momaday
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
40
Isabel Allende
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