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The Time It Never Rained

The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton portrays the profound impact of a prolonged drought on a Texas ranching family...

Texas Ranching 1973 Elmer Kelton

8.8 Great

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English Creek

English Creek is a 1984 novel by Ivan Doig and the first published volume of his Montana trilogy, followed by Dancing at...

Montana Coming Of Age 1984 Ivan Doig

8.6 Great

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The Day the Cowboys Quit

The Day the Cowboys Quit is a 1971 historical Western novel by Texas author Elmer Kelton, based on the actual 1883 cowbo...

Texas 1971 Labor Elmer Kelton

8.3 Great

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Wizard and Glass

Wizard and Glass (1997) is the fourth novel in Stephen King's Dark Tower series, blending fantasy, horror, and western e...

Dark Fantasy Coming Of Age Stephen King Gunfighter

8.2 Great

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The Good Old Boys

The Good Old Boys is a Western novel written by acclaimed American author Elmer Kelton, first published in 1978. The nar...

Character Study Texas 1978 Elmer Kelton

8.0 Great

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Comanche Moon

Comanche Moon is a 1997 Western novel by American author Larry McMurtry and part of the Lonesome Dove series. Set before...

Texas 1997 Comanche Larry Mcmurtry

7.6 Good

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Sackett

Sackett is a Western novel by Louis L'Amour, published in 1961 as part of his series about the Sackett family. It follow...

Family Saga 1961 Frontier Louis Lamour

7.5 Good

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Stand Proud

Stand Proud is a 1984 Western novel by Texas author Elmer Kelton. The story follows Frank Clay, a wealthy and hardened c...

Historical 1984 Texas Ranching

7.3 Good

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Leaving Cheyenne

Leaving Cheyenne is Larry McMurtry's second novel, published in 1963 by Harper & Row. Set in Texas across several decade...

Texas 1963 Ranch Larry Mcmurtry

7.3 Good

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Buffalo Girls

Buffalo Girls is a 1990 historical novel by Larry McMurtry centered on Martha Jane Canary, known as Calamity Jane. The n...

Historical Frontier 1990 Larry Mcmurtry

7.1 Good

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By Sorrow's River

By Sorrow's River is a 2003 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the third volume in the Berrybender N...

Adventure 2003 Frontier Larry Mcmurtry

7.1 Good

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Buffalo Wagons

Buffalo Wagons is a Western novel by Texas writer Elmer Kelton, first published in 1956 and later reissued in 1984. The...

Texas Western 1956 Buffalo Hunting

7.0 Good

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A Woman of the People

A Woman of the People is a historical Western novel by Benjamin Capps, first published in 1966. It follows a young white...

Texas Captive 1966 Comanche

7.0 Good

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Sam Chance

Sam Chance is a Western novel by American writer Benjamin Capps, published in 1965. The book follows its title character...

Character Study Texas 1965 Ranching

7.0 Good

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The Wandering Hill

The Wandering Hill is a 2003 novel by Larry McMurtry and the second book in his Berrybender Narratives. Set in 1833, it...

Adventure 2003 Frontier Larry Mcmurtry

6.9 Fair

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Journey to Shiloh

Journey to Shiloh is a historical Western novel by Will Henry, the pen name of American author Henry Wilson Allen. First...

Adventure Civil War Texas 1960

6.8 Fair

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Sin Killer

Sin Killer is a historical Western novel by Larry McMurtry, published in 2002. It opens The Berrybender Narratives, a fo...

Adventure 2002 Frontier Larry Mcmurtry

6.7 Fair

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Matagorda

Matagorda is a Western novel written by Louis L'Amour and published in 1967. The story is set in the post-Civil War era...

Coastal Texas Frontier Range War

6.7 Fair

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Camp Ford

Camp Ford is a 2005 historical western novel by Johnny D. Boggs, an author who has received multiple Spur Awards from th...

Historical Civil War Texas Prisoner Of War

6.7 Fair

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Anything for Billy

Anything for Billy is a 1988 historical Western novel by Larry McMurtry about Billy the Kid and the people who follow, d...

Historical 1988 New Mexico Larry Mcmurtry

6.5 Fair