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Best 1 Horseman, Pass By

Larry McMurtry's 1961 debut novel set on a Texas cattle ranch, exploring generational conflict between a rancher and his stepgrandson; adapted into the Academy Award-winning 1963 film Hud.

2 Comanche Moon

Written by Larry McMurtry in 1997, Comanche Moon is a notable Western novel that serves as the sweeping prequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove.

3 Leaving Cheyenne

Larry McMurtry's 1963 novel tracing a decades-long love triangle among two cowboys and a rancher's daughter in Texas, later adapted into the 1974 film Lovin' Molly.

4 Buffalo Girls

Larry McMurtry's 1990 novel told partly through letters by Calamity Jane, portraying the twilight of the Wild West alongside historical figures such as Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull.

5 By Sorrow's River

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

6 The Wandering Hill

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

7 Sin Killer
Sin Killer

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

8 Anything for Billy

Larry McMurtry's 1988 novel retelling the story of Billy the Kid from the perspective of a dime novelist who follows the outlaw across the New Mexico Territory.

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