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Monte Walsh

Jack Schaefer's 1963 novel tracing the life of fictional cowboy Monte Walsh from the open-range era of the 1870s through...

Range 1963 Cowboy Elegy

8.2 Great

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Bendigo Shafter

This 1979 western novel by Louis L'Amour won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, exploring the establishment of a fro...

Standalone Wyoming Settlement 1979

7.9 Good

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The Daybreakers

This 1960 western novel by Louis L'Amour follows brothers Tyrel and Orrin Sackett as they venture west, establishing man...

Frontier Lawman 1960 Louis Lamour

7.8 Good

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I, Tom Horn

Will Henry's I, Tom Horn is a 1975 fictionalized autobiography of the infamous frontier scout and hired gun, notable for...

Wyoming Historical 1975 Will Henry

7.7 Good

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Flint

This 1960 western novel by Louis L'Amour departs from his usual series to tell the story of James Flint, a wealthy finan...

Standalone 1960 Louis Lamour Dying Man

7.6 Good

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Conagher

This western novel by Louis L'Amour, published in 1969, follows a drifting cowboy and was later adapted into a 1991 tele...

Standalone Romance Frontier 1969

7.4 Good

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Comstock Lode

Louis L'Amour's 1981 western novel explores the historical silver rush of Nevada, following a determined protagonist nav...

Standalone 1981 Nevada Louis Lamour

7.3 Good

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Sitka

Louis L'Amour's 1987 western novel deviates from the American frontier to explore the Russian colonization of Alaska, ce...

Standalone Frontier 1957 Alaska

7.1 Good

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Kilkenny

Louis L'Amour's 1954 western novel centers on Lance Kilkenny, a reluctant gunfighter attempting to live a peaceful life...

Standalone Identity 1954 Louis Lamour

7.0 Good

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High Lonesome

Louis L'Amour's 1962 western following a fugitive who falls in with outlaws but ultimately risks everything to protect a...

Standalone Desert Outlaw 1962

7.0 Good

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The Burning Hills

Published in 1956, this western novel by Louis L'Amour follows Trace Jordan as he seeks revenge against a powerful cattl...

Standalone Revenge Pursuit 1956

6.8 Fair

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The Man Called Noon

Louis L'Amour's 1970 western featuring an amnesiac gunman who must piece together his hidden identity while surviving re...

Standalone Amnesia 1970 Louis Lamour

6.8 Fair

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The Tall Stranger

This 1957 western novel by Louis L'Amour was adapted into a feature film starring Joel McCrea, featuring a plot heavily...

Standalone Pioneer 1957 Louis Lamour

6.6 Fair

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Dark Canyon

Louis L'Amour's 1963 western in which a man concealing a secret past attempts to build a ranch in a remote Arizona canyo...

Standalone Outlaw 1963 Louis Lamour

6.6 Fair

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Rivers West

Rivers West is a 1975 Western novel by Louis L'Amour, following a Canadian boat builder who travels into the American fr...

Standalone 1975 Mississippi Fur Trade

6.6 Fair

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The Ferguson Rifle

Louis L'Amour's 1973 western in which a frontiersman carrying a prized Hawken rifle journeys through the Rocky Mountains...

Standalone 1973 Fur Trade Louis Lamour

6.5 Fair

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Radigan

Louis L'Amour's 1958 western about a tough New Mexico rancher who fights off a ruthless land-grab scheme mounted by a po...

Standalone 1958 New Mexico Range War

6.5 Fair

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The Empty Land

Louis L'Amour's 1969 western in which a marshal is tasked with bringing law to a violent Colorado mining boomtown using...

Standalone Lawman 1969 Louis Lamour

6.5 Fair

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The High Graders

Louis L'Amour's 1965 western novel set around a mining camp, following an investigator who uncovers a systematic ore-the...

Standalone Mining 1965 Louis Lamour

6.3 Fair

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The Haunted Mesa

Louis L'Amour's 1987 novel blends western themes with science fiction, following an explorer who discovers a portal to a...

Standalone Supernatural 1987 Louis Lamour

4.9 Poor