Best Westerns

Books, that is. Not the hotel chain. A sampling of the best westerns written.
Updated October 2, 2022
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True Grit
Charles Portis
Ebook
#1 New York Times bestseller "An epic and a legend" --Washington Post "Quite simply, an American masterpiece." --Boston Globe "The dialogue in True Grit is exquisite." --David Mamet "Charles Portis had a wonderful...
No Country for Old Men
McCarthy, Cormac.
Paper Book
Savage violence and cruel morality reign in the backwater deserts of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, a tale of one man's dark opportunity - and the darker consequences that spiral forth. Adapted for the screen by the Coen Brothers (Fargo, True Grit),...
Blood meridian ; or, The evening redness in the west
McCarthy, Cormac
Paper Book
Brutally violent, Blood Meridian is the story of one teenage runaway in the nineteenth-century American South, as a sadistic gang unleashes its massacre across the desert land. It is the work that sealed Cormac McCarthy's reputation as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers -...
Little house on the prairie
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Paper Book
Based on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie is the third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers. This edition features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams.  Laura Ingalls...
The gunslinger
King, Stephen
Paper Book

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