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17 Best Westerns Books

Goal: Find the best Westerns books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best westerns books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

17 Best Westerns Books

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1

Lonesome Dove

A Novel

by Larry McMurtry

Also recommended by:

Charles Koch

2

True Grit

A Novel

by Charles Portis

Also recommended by:

Anthony Bourdain

3

Hondo

A Novel

by Louis L'Amour

4

Riders of the Purple Sage

Riders of the Purple Sage, Book 1

by Zane Grey

Also recommended by:

Tim O’Reilly

5

The Sisters Brothers

by Patrick deWitt

Also recommended by:

Salman Rushdie

6

Shane

by Jack Schaefer

7

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

A Novel

by Ron Hansen

8

The Time It Never Rained

by Elmer Kelton

9

All the Pretty Horses

The Border Trilogy, Book 1

by Cormac McCarthy

10

Butcher's Crossing

by John Williams

11

Centennial

A Novel

by James A. Michener

12

No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

13

Smoky the Cowhorse

by Will James

14

The Hell Bent Kid

A Novel

by Charles O. Locke

15

The Searchers

by Alan Le May

16

The Shootist

by Glendon Swarthout

17

The Son

by Philipp Meyer

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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