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
2189 No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy 2005 American English
2524 The Passage Of Power Robert Caro 2012 American English
2741 The Martian Andy Weir 2011 American English
3015 Friday Night Lights H. G. Bissinger 1990 American English
3139 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
3902 Cities of the Plain Cormac McCarthy 1998 American English
4076 Travels With Lizbeth Lars Eighner 1993 American English
4140 The Liars' Club Mary Karr 1995 American English
4145 Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 American English
4736 The Headless Horseman Thomas Mayne Reid 1865 Irish English
4900 The Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt 1899 American English
5119 North Toward Home Willie Morris 1967 American English
5330 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
5362 The Hite Report Shere Hite 1976 American English
5662 Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke 2017 American English
5736 Vernon God Little DBC Pierre 2003 British English
6005 Testimony Charles Reznikoff 1965 American English
6096 Tonight And Forever Brenda Jackson 1995 American English
6138 The Queen Of The South Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2002 Spanish Spanish
6317 Borderlands/La Frontera Gloria Anzaldúa 1987 American English
6672 What The Dog Saw And Other Adventures Malcolm Gladwell 2009 Canadian English
6737 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
7689 The Time It Never Rained Elmer Kelton 1973 American English
7977 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
8076 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8377 Belong To Me Shayla Black 2011 American English
8466 Griftopia Matt Taibbi 2010 American English
8927 The End Of Men Hanna Rosin 2012 American English
9260 The Sexual Politics Of Meat Carol J. Adams 1990 American English
9262 Lit Mary Karr 2009 American English
9284 News Of The World Paulette Jiles 2016 American English
9326 The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling 1992 American English
9330 In Search Of Excellence Tom Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr. 1982 American English
9533 Black Water Rising Attica Locke 2009 American English
9711 Hell Divers Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2016 American English
10191 Little Soldiers Lenora Chu 2017 Unknown English
10216 The Slip Lucas Schaefer 2025 Unknown English
10426 The Son Philipp Meyer 2013 American English
10442 Rain Of Scorpions And Other Stories Estela Portillo Trambley 1975 American English
10453 Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 2009 American English
10702 Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid 2025 Unknown English
10751 The Moor's Account Laila Lalami 2014 American English
10828 This Bridge We Call Home Gloria Anzaldúa, AnaLouise Keating 2002 Multiple English
10900 America’s Women Gail Collins 2003 American English
11022 The War On Choice Gloria Feldt 2004 American English
11083 How The Pro Choice Movement Saved America Cristina Page 2006 American English
11277 Where We Come From Oscar Cásares 2019 American English
11365 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11491 When Everything Changed Gail Collins 2009 American English
11515 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11662 On Juneteenth Annette Gordon-Reed 2021 American English
11662 Lake Success Gary Shteyngart 2018 American English
11662 Fly Girls Keith O'Brien 2018 American English
11662 God Save Texas Lawrence Wright 2018 American English
11662 We The Corporations Adam Winkler 2018 American English
11864 Dumplin' Julie Murphy 2015 American English
11940 The Raven Marquis James 1929 American English
12123 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12133 Awake Jen Hatmaker 2025 American English
12588 How All This Started Pete Fromm 2000 American English
12735 Space James A. Michener 1982 American English
13259 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13288 Nocilla Dream Agustín Fernández Mallo 2006 Spanish Spanish
13340 The Rule Of Four Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason 2004 American English
13340 Candyfreak Steve Almond 2004 American English
13560 The Path to Power Robert Caro 1982 American English
13567 Butterfly Boy Rigoberto González 2006 American English
13772 The Flowers Dagoberto Gilb 2008 American English
13879 Love Me Back Merritt Tierce 2014 American English
13886 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
14348 Paco's Story Larry Heinemann 1986 American English
14348 Lord of Misrule Rachel Caine 2008 American English
14589 Two Truths And A Lie Ellen McGarrahan 2021 Unknown English
14698 The Age Of American Unreason Susan Jacoby 2008 American English
14815 Old Yeller Fred Gipson 1956 American English
14985 Wild at Heart Barry Gifford 1990 American English
14985 Make Your Bed William H. McRaven 2017 American English
14985 A Snake Falls To Earth Darcie Little Badger 2021 American English
14985 Isaac's Storm Erik Larson 1999 American English
14985 Elon Musk Walter Isaacson 2023 American English
14985 The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias 2022 American English
14985 I Was A Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones 2024 American Unknown
14968 End Zone Don DeLillo 1972 American English
14985 The Four Winds Kristin Hannah 2021 American English
14985 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
14985 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
15616 Play Nice But Win Michael Dell 2021 American English
15915 The Searchers Alan LeMay 1953 American English
16502 The Last Picture Show Larry McMurtry 1966 American English
15915 La Salle And The Discovery Of The Great West Francis Parkman 1869 American English
16694 Terms Of Endearment Larry McMurtry 1975 American English
16834 Castaways Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca 1542 Spanish Spanish
17161 Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 American English
17161 Galveston Sean Stewart 1997 American English
17161 Woman Hollering Creek Sandra Cisneros 1991 American English
17161 The Line Becomes A River Francisco Cantú 2018 American English
17161 The Tennis Partner Abraham Verghese 1998 American English
17161 Angel Fire Ron Franscell 1998 American English
17161 Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson 2012 American English
17161 Invisible Monsters Chuck Palahniuk 1999 American English
17161 Flesh Eaters Joe McKinney 2011 American English
17161 Savage Season Joe R. Lansdale 1990 American English
17161 Wildfire Ilona Andrews 2017 American English
17161 Walk In My Combat Boots James Patterson 2021 American English
17161 The Barefoot Brigade By Douglas C. Jones Douglas C. Jones 1979 American English
17161 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17161 Streets Of Laredo Larry McMurtry 1993 American English