The Greatest Books of All Time on Frontier Life

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 '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
693 Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder 1935 American English
1440 The Virginian Owen Wister 1902 American English
2503 The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1827 American English
3313 Roughing It Mark Twain 1872 American English
3638 The Leatherstocking Tales James Fenimore Cooper 1823 American English
5854 The Oregon Trail Francis Parkman 1849 American English
6147 In The Distance Hernan Díaz 2017 American English
8105 Mountain Charley Elsa Jane Guerin 1861 American English
8768 Inland Téa Obreht 2019 American English
8796 Trails Plowed Under Charles Marion Russell 1927 American English
9032 Them Old Cowboy Songs Annie Proulx 2008 American English
9372 Edgar Huntly Charles Brockden Brown 1799 American English
9892 Bad Land Jonathan Raban 1996 British English
10154 Honey in the Horn Harold L. Davis 1935 American English
13359 The Pioneers James Fenimore Cooper 1823 American English
14815 The Big Sky A. B. Guthrie 1947 American English
14983 Follow the River James Alexander Thom 1981 American English
15827 The Little House Collection Laura Ingalls Wilder 1932 American English
15897 Letters Of A Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart 1914 American English
15897 The Forest And The Fort Hervey Allen 1943 American English
15897 Drums Along The Mohawk Walter D. Edmonds 1936 American English
15897 Cimarron Edna Ferber 1929 American English
16720 Life in the Far West George Frederick Ruxton 1849 British English
17117 The Course of Empire Bernard A. DeVoto 1952 American English
17117 History of the American Frontier Frederic L. Paxson 1924 American English
17117 The Tenderness of Wolves Stef Penney 2006 British English
17117 Across the Wide Missouri Bernard A. DeVoto 1947 American English
17117 The Old Northwest, Pioneer Period 1815-1840 R. Carlyle Buley 1950 American English
16817 The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Washington Irving 1837 American English
16906 Journal of a Trapper Osborne Russell 1921 American English
17117 Tisha Robert Specht 1976 American English
16755 Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink 1935 American English
16858 By The Shores Of Silver Lake Laura Ingalls Wilder 1939 American English
17117 The Last Crossing Guy Vanderhaeghe 2002 Canadian English
17117 A Distant Trumpet Paul Horgan 1960 American English
16816 The Frontiersmen Allan W. Eckert 1967 American English
17117 O Beulah Land Mary Lee Settle 1981 American English
17117 Bounty Lands William Ellis 1981 Unknown English
16764 Hannah Fowler Janice Giles 1956 American English
16933 Astoria Washington Irving 1835 American English