The Greatest Frontier And Pioneer Life and Westerns of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 488 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
599 Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985 American English
840 Riders of the Purple Sage Zane Grey 1912 American English
1980 The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1827 American English
2071 The Track Of The Cat Walter Van Tilburg Clark 1949 American English
2526 Close Range Annie Proulx 1999 American English
3372 The Crossing Cormac McCarthy 1994 American English
4439 Centennial James A. Michener 1974 American English
5130 The Virginian Owen Wister 1902 American English
5238 Cities of the Plain Cormac McCarthy 1998 American English
5272 Leaving Cheyenne Larry McMurtry 1963 American English
5590 The Englishman's Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe 1996 Canadian English
9526 Go in Beauty William Eastlake 1956 American English
9703 The Bronc People William Eastlake 1958 American English
11539 The Way West A. B. Guthrie 1949 American English
11539 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters Robert Lewis Taylor 1958 American English
12987 Shane Jack Schaefer 1949 American English
13343 The Ox Bow Incident Walter Van Tilburg Clark 1940 American English
13497 The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1841 American English
13386 The Big Sky A. B. Guthrie 1947 American English
14371 The Cowboy And The Cossack Clair Huffaker 1973 American English
14371 Little Big Man Thomas Berger 1964 American English
14371 Hondo Louis L'Amour 1953 American English
14311 Paso Por Aqui Eugene Manlove Rhodes 1926 American English
14371 A Distant Trumpet Paul Horgan 1960 American English
14371 The Covered Wagon Emerson Hough 1922 American English