The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Texas

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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
623 Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985 American English
751 All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy 1992 American English
1240 Strangers On A Train Patricia Highsmith 1950 American English
1630 Halbzeit Martin Walser 1960 German German
1679 The Killer Inside Me Jim Thompson 1952 American English
2188 No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy 2005 American English
2522 The Passage Of Power Robert Caro 2012 American English
2740 The Martian Andy Weir 2011 American English
3012 Friday Night Lights H. G. Bissinger 1990 American English
3138 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Ben Fountain 2012 American English
3316 City Of Night John Rechy 1963 American English
3434 Horseman, Pass By Larry McMurtry 1961 American English
3616 11 22 63 Stephen King 2011 American English
3903 Cities of the Plain Cormac McCarthy 1998 American English
4075 Travels With Lizbeth Lars Eighner 1993 American English
4139 The Liars' Club Mary Karr 1995 American English
4144 Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 American English
4734 The Headless Horseman Thomas Mayne Reid 1865 Irish English
4898 The Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt 1899 American English
5116 North Toward Home Willie Morris 1967 American English
5328 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
5360 The Hite Report Shere Hite 1976 American English
5659 Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke 2017 American English
5733 Vernon God Little DBC Pierre 2003 British English
6002 Testimony Charles Reznikoff 1965 American English
6093 Tonight And Forever Brenda Jackson 1995 American English
6135 The Queen Of The South Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2002 Spanish Spanish
6314 Borderlands/La Frontera Gloria Anzaldúa 1987 American English
6671 What The Dog Saw And Other Adventures Malcolm Gladwell 2009 Canadian English
6736 The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup Susan Orlean 2001 American English
6806 America Jean Baudrillard 1986 French French
6957 There Will Be No Miracles Here Casey Gerald 2018 American English
7006 Leaving Cheyenne Larry McMurtry 1963 American English
7688 The Time It Never Rained Elmer Kelton 1973 American English
7976 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
8075 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8374 Belong To Me Shayla Black 2011 American English
8461 Griftopia Matt Taibbi 2010 American English
8923 The End Of Men Hanna Rosin 2012 American English
9256 The Sexual Politics Of Meat Carol J. Adams 1990 American English
9258 Lit Mary Karr 2009 American English
9279 News Of The World Paulette Jiles 2016 American English
9321 The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling 1992 American English
9325 In Search Of Excellence Tom Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr. 1982 American English
9528 Black Water Rising Attica Locke 2009 American English
9708 Hell Divers Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2016 American English
10186 Little Soldiers Lenora Chu 2017 Unknown English
10210 The Slip Lucas Schaefer 2025 Unknown English
10421 The Son Philipp Meyer 2013 American English
10437 Rain Of Scorpions And Other Stories Estela Portillo Trambley 1975 American English
10448 Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 2009 American English
10696 Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid 2025 Unknown English
10745 The Moor's Account Laila Lalami 2014 American English
10822 This Bridge We Call Home Gloria Anzaldúa, AnaLouise Keating 2002 Multiple English
10894 America’s Women Gail Collins 2003 American English
11016 The War On Choice Gloria Feldt 2004 American English
11077 How The Pro Choice Movement Saved America Cristina Page 2006 American English
11271 Where We Come From Oscar Cásares 2019 American English
11360 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11488 When Everything Changed Gail Collins 2009 American English
11513 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11660 On Juneteenth Annette Gordon-Reed 2021 American English
11660 Lake Success Gary Shteyngart 2018 American English
11660 Fly Girls Keith O'Brien 2018 American English
11660 God Save Texas Lawrence Wright 2018 American English
11660 We The Corporations Adam Winkler 2018 American English
11863 Dumplin' Julie Murphy 2015 American English
11939 The Raven Marquis James 1929 American English
12122 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12132 Awake Jen Hatmaker 2025 American English
12586 How All This Started Pete Fromm 2000 American English
12733 Space James A. Michener 1982 American English
13256 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13285 Nocilla Dream Agustín Fernández Mallo 2006 Spanish Spanish
13337 The Rule Of Four Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason 2004 American English
13337 Candyfreak Steve Almond 2004 American English
13559 The Path to Power Robert Caro 1982 American English
13566 Butterfly Boy Rigoberto González 2006 American English
13771 The Flowers Dagoberto Gilb 2008 American English
13878 Love Me Back Merritt Tierce 2014 American English
13885 American Voyeur Benoit Denizet-Lewis 2009 American English
14176 To Be A Machine Mark O'Connell 2017 Irish English
14232 Means Of Ascent Robert Caro 1990 American English
14347 Paco's Story Larry Heinemann 1986 American English
14347 Lord of Misrule Rachel Caine 2008 American English
14588 Two Truths And A Lie Ellen McGarrahan 2021 Unknown English
14697 The Age Of American Unreason Susan Jacoby 2008 American English
14814 Old Yeller Fred Gipson 1956 American English
14983 Wild at Heart Barry Gifford 1990 American English
14983 Make Your Bed William H. McRaven 2017 American English
14983 A Snake Falls To Earth Darcie Little Badger 2021 American English
14983 Isaac's Storm Erik Larson 1999 American English
14983 Elon Musk Walter Isaacson 2023 American English
14983 The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias 2022 American English
14983 I Was A Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones 2024 American Unknown
14966 End Zone Don DeLillo 1972 American English
14983 The Four Winds Kristin Hannah 2021 American English
14983 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
14983 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
15608 Play Nice But Win Michael Dell 2021 American English
15897 The Searchers Alan LeMay 1953 American English
16487 The Last Picture Show Larry McMurtry 1966 American English
15897 La Salle And The Discovery Of The Great West Francis Parkman 1869 American English
16665 Terms Of Endearment Larry McMurtry 1975 American English
16794 Castaways Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca 1542 Spanish Spanish
17117 Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 American English
17117 Galveston Sean Stewart 1997 American English
17117 Woman Hollering Creek Sandra Cisneros 1991 American English
17117 The Line Becomes A River Francisco Cantú 2018 American English
17117 The Tennis Partner Abraham Verghese 1998 American English
17117 Angel Fire Ron Franscell 1998 American English
17117 Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson 2012 American English
17117 Invisible Monsters Chuck Palahniuk 1999 American English
17117 Flesh Eaters Joe McKinney 2011 American English
17117 Savage Season Joe R. Lansdale 1990 American English
17117 Wildfire Ilona Andrews 2017 American English
17117 Walk In My Combat Boots James Patterson 2021 American English
17117 The Barefoot Brigade By Douglas C. Jones Douglas C. Jones 1979 American English
17117 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17117 Streets Of Laredo Larry McMurtry 1993 American English