swap_horiz Radigan Alternatives

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Death Comes for the Archbishop

Death Comes for the Archbishop is a historical western novel by Willa Cather. It portrays the experiences of Father Seba...

Historical Catholic Church New Mexico 1927

9.1 Excellent

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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

3

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

4

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

5

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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Galloway

Louis L'Amour's 1970 western novel follows brothers Flagan and Galloway Sackett as they battle a rival clan, contributin...

Colorado 1970 Range War Louis Lamour

7.0 Good

8

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

9

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

10

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

14

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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Fallon

Louis L'Amour's 1963 western set in Nevada Territory, in which a resourceful drifter discovers a silver deposit and must...

Standalone Nevada 1963 Louis Lamour

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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Knights of the Range

Published in 1936, Knights of the Range is a Zane Grey Western notable for its romanticized portrayal of heroic cowboys...

Classic 1939 New Mexico Range War

6.0 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