A Western

A selection of books that meet the criteria for the UBN 2024 category of a western.

Updated February 13, 2024
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Lonesome Dove
McMurtry, Larry.
Paper Book
The Pulitzer Prize­-winning American classic of the American West that follows two aging Texas Rangers embarking on one last adventure. An epic of the frontier, Lonesome Dove is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America. Journey to the...
Outlawed : a novel
North, Anna
Paper Book
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK * INDIE NEXT SELECTION * LIBRARY READS SELECTION * AMAZON EDITORS' CHOICE * WASHINGTON POST BEST OF THE YEAR The "terrifying, wise, tender, and thrilling" (R.O. Kwon)...
All the pretty horses
McCarthy, Cormac
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture from Columbia Pictures starring Matt Damon, produced by Mike Nichols, and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. The national bestseller and the first volume in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who...
Angle of repose
Stegner, Wallace
Paper Book
Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical. Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of...
Son : a novel
Meyer, Philipp
Paper Book
Philipp Meyer, the acclaimed author of American Rust, returns with The Son: an epic of the American West and a multigenerational saga of power, blood, land, and oil that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family, from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the to the oil booms of the 20th...
The shadow riders
L'Amour, Louis
Paper Book
Dal and Mac Traven left Texas young and idealistic. They came back from opposite sides of a living hell, a war that had torn the nation in two. They wanted only to reclaim their old lives-but one man held their futures hostage. Colonel Henry T. Ashford had gathered an army of criminals...
The gunslinger
King, Stephen
Paper Book
"An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen King's greatest literary achievement" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), The Gunslinger is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series. A #1 national bestseller, The Gunslinger...
Doc : a novel
Russell, Mary Doria
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hoping that the dry air and sunshine of the West will restore him to health. Soon, with few job prospects, Doc Holliday is gambling professionally with his...
Brimstone
Parker, Robert B.
Paper Book
"New York Times"-bestselling author Parker takes aim at the Old West with this brilliantly crafted follow-up to "Resolution" and "Appaloosa," again featuring guns-for-hire Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch.
Spider woman's daughter a Leaphorn & Chee novel
Hillerman, Anne
Ebook
Don't miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Spider Woman's Daughter is an intricately plotted, suspenseful, colorful, and unforgettable journey. Readers will fall in love with...
War comes to the Big Bend : a western story
Grey, Zane
Paper Book
In 1917, wheat from Washington State's rich farmlands will be vital to winning the war in Europe and feeding the world. Kurt Dorn, son of a German father and an American mother, has a successful farm. Yet there are groups that would like to prevent the harvest -- like the Industrial Workers of the...
True grit
Portis, Charles.
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times bestseller, Charles Portis's True Grit is "an epic and a legend" (Washington Post), a story of danger and adventure in the Old West--the basis for two award-winning films, the first starring John Wayne in his only Oscar-winning role, as...

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