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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

2

The Light in the Forest

Conrad Richter's 1953 novel about a white boy raised by Delaware Indians who is forcibly returned to his biological fami...

Delaware Frontier Captive 1953

7.8 Good

3

A Country of Strangers

A Country of Strangers is a notable Western novel that examines the profound cultural misunderstandings and violent clas...

Delaware Frontier Captive 1966

7.7 Good

4

April Morning

April Morning is a 1961 historical novel by Howard Fast that, while set during the American Revolution, heavily influenc...

Coming Of Age Revolutionary War 1961 Frontier

7.7 Good

5

Sackett

Published in 1961, this western novel by Louis L'Amour follows Tell Sackett as he navigates conflict after discovering g...

Family Saga 1961 Frontier Louis Lamour

7.5 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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Killdeer Mountain

Killdeer Mountain is a historical Western novel by Dee Brown that offers a revisionist, sympathetic perspective on tragi...

Historical Fiction Frontier 1983 Cavalry

7.4 Good

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Lando

Louis L'Amour's 1962 western novel follows Orlando Sackett as he seeks revenge and builds a timber business, expanding t...

Adventure 1962 Frontier Louis Lamour

7.1 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

10

Bugles in the Afternoon

Written by Ernest Haycox and published in 1943, Bugles in the Afternoon is a notable historical novel centered around th...

Cavalry Dakota 1944 Ernest Haycox

7.1 Good

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Buffalo Girls

Larry McMurtry's 1990 novel told partly through letters by Calamity Jane, portraying the twilight of the Wild West along...

Historical Frontier 1990 Larry Mcmurtry

7.1 Good

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The U.P. Trail

Zane Grey's 1918 novel dramatizing the construction of the Union Pacific transcontinental railroad across the Great Plai...

Classic Frontier 1918 Zane Grey

7.1 Good

13

By Sorrow's River

By Sorrow's River is a 2003 Western novel by Larry McMurtry, continuing the frontier adventures of the Berrybender famil...

Adventure 2003 Frontier Larry Mcmurtry

7.1 Good

14

The Wandering Hill

The Wandering Hill is a 2003 Western novel by Larry McMurtry, serving as the second installment in his historical Berryb...

Adventure 2003 Frontier Larry Mcmurtry

6.9 Fair

15

Coroner Creek

This 1945 western novel by Luke Short follows a relentless protagonist seeking revenge against the Apache renegade who m...

Classic Revenge Frontier 1946

6.8 Fair

16

Sin Killer

Sin Killer is a 2002 Western novel by Larry McMurtry, notable as the first book in his four-part historical series, The...

Adventure 2002 Frontier Larry Mcmurtry

6.7 Fair

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Ride the Man Down

Ride the Man Down is a 1950 Western novel by Luke Short that explores the violent Arizona range wars involving competing...

Classic Frontier Range War 1942

6.6 Fair

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Alder Gulch

Written by acclaimed author Will Henry, Alder Gulch is a historical Western novel detailing the violent 1860s Montana go...

Montana Gold Rush 1942 Ernest Haycox

6.6 Fair

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Hard Case

Hard Case is a 20th-century Western novel by Gordon D. Shirreffs, notable for its gritty depiction of frontier justice a...

Classic Conflict Frontier 1942

6.4 Fair

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West of the Pecos

West of the Pecos is a 1937 Western novel by Zane Grey following a Georgia family's journey to Texas and a heroine disgu...

Classic Texas 1937 Frontier

6.2 Fair