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The Bibliophile's Best Books of Each Genre: Westerns

Here is the list of the best western novels of all time. Just as western movies grew on me and I came to love them, the same has happened, relatively recently, with novels. I'd read My Antonia a while ago, but when I read Blood Meridian a few years ago, it blew me away. What an amazing novel! Such beauty and peace on the one hand; then the most extreme violence you could ever read on the other, along with that ending. From there, I obviously fell in love with Cormac McCarthy's books, but I also explored other authors and found beauty and solace in sweeping epics such as Lonesome Dove and Angle of Repose. So my journey through western novels will continue, and I hope this list gives you some inspiration of your own.
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Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
1
Wallace Stegner
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Ron Hansen)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2
Ron Hansen
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
3
Cormac McCarthy
The Border Trilogy (Cormac McCarthy)
The Border Trilogy
4
Cormac McCarthy
The Brave Cowboy (Edward Abbey)
The Brave Cowboy
5
Edward Abbey
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain
6
Annie Proulx
Butcher's Crossing (John Williams)
Butcher's Crossing
7
John Williams
The Cold Dish (Craig Johnson)
The Cold Dish
8
Craig Johnson
Comanche Moon
Comanche Moon
9
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
10
Willa Cather
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
11
Miguel De Cervantes
El Paso (Winston Groom)
El Paso
12
Winston Groom
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
13
John Steinbeck
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
14
Stephen King
Hondo (Louis L'amour)
Hondo
15
Louis L'amour
How Much of These Hills Is Gold (C Pam Zhang)
How Much of These Hills Is Gold
16
C Pam Zhang
The Hunger (Alma Katsu)
The Hunger
17
Alma Katsu
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man
18
Thomas Berger
Little House on the Prarie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prarie
19
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Log of a Cowboy (Andy Adams)
The Log of a Cowboy
20
Andy Adams
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
21
Larry McMurtry
The Longhorns (J. Frank Dobie)
The Longhorns
22
J. Frank Dobie
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Edward Abbey)
The Monkey Wrench Gang
23
Edward Abbey
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
24
Willa Cather
News of the World (Paulette Jiles)
News of the World
25
Paulette Jiles
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
26
Cormac McCarthy
Open Season (C.J. Box)
Open Season
27
C.J. Box
Outlawed (Anna North)
Outlawed
28
Anna North
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
29
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
The Power of the Dog (Don Winslow)
The Power of the Dog
30
Don Winslow
Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey)
Riders of the Purple Sage
31
Zane Grey
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane
32
Jack Schaefer
The Shootist (Glendon Swarthout)
The Shootist
33
Glendon Swarthout
The Sisters Brothers (Patrick Dewitt)
The Sisters Brothers
34
Patrick Dewitt
The Son (Philipp Meyer)
The Son
35
Philipp Meyer
The Time It Never Rained (Elmer Kelton)
The Time It Never Rained
36
Elmer Kelton
True Grit (Charles Portis)
True Grit
37
Charles Portis
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
The Virginian
38
Owen Wister
Where the Lost Wander (Amy Harmon)
Where the Lost Wander
39
Amy Harmon
Whiskey When We're Dry (John Larison)
Whiskey When We're Dry
40
John Larison
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