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.
Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
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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 |