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
2505 The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1827 American English
3312 Roughing It Mark Twain 1872 American English
3637 The Leatherstocking Tales James Fenimore Cooper 1823 American English
5857 The Oregon Trail Francis Parkman 1849 American English
6150 In The Distance Hernan Díaz 2017 American English
8107 Mountain Charley Elsa Jane Guerin 1861 American English
8774 Inland Téa Obreht 2019 American English
8802 Trails Plowed Under Charles Marion Russell 1927 American English
9037 Them Old Cowboy Songs Annie Proulx 2008 American English
9378 Edgar Huntly Charles Brockden Brown 1799 American English
9897 Bad Land Jonathan Raban 1996 British English
10159 Honey in the Horn Harold L. Davis 1935 American English
13362 The Pioneers James Fenimore Cooper 1823 American English
14816 The Big Sky A. B. Guthrie 1947 American English
14985 Follow the River James Alexander Thom 1981 American English
15839 The Little House Collection Laura Ingalls Wilder 1932 American English
15916 Letters Of A Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart 1914 American English
15916 The Forest And The Fort Hervey Allen 1943 American English
15916 Drums Along The Mohawk Walter D. Edmonds 1936 American English
15916 Cimarron Edna Ferber 1929 American English
16755 Life in the Far West George Frederick Ruxton 1849 British English
17164 The Course of Empire Bernard A. DeVoto 1952 American English
17164 History of the American Frontier Frederic L. Paxson 1924 American English
17164 The Tenderness of Wolves Stef Penney 2006 British English
17164 Across the Wide Missouri Bernard A. DeVoto 1947 American English
17164 The Old Northwest, Pioneer Period 1815-1840 R. Carlyle Buley 1950 American English
16860 The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Washington Irving 1837 American English
16939 Journal of a Trapper Osborne Russell 1921 American English
17164 Tisha Robert Specht 1976 American English
16798 Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink 1935 American English
16901 By The Shores Of Silver Lake Laura Ingalls Wilder 1939 American English
17164 The Last Crossing Guy Vanderhaeghe 2002 Canadian English
17164 A Distant Trumpet Paul Horgan 1960 American English
16866 The Frontiersmen Allan W. Eckert 1967 American English
17164 O Beulah Land Mary Lee Settle 1981 American English
17164 Bounty Lands William Ellis 1981 Unknown English
16809 Hannah Fowler Janice Giles 1956 American English
16986 Astoria Washington Irving 1835 American English