Most Essential Books About Texas

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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History 4.05 avg rating — 70,018 ratings
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God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,875 ratings
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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,349 ratings
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No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men 4.17 avg rating — 233,391 ratings
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In a Narrow Grave : Essays on Texas
In a Narrow Grave : Essays on Texas 3.93 avg rating — 817 ratings
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News of the World
News of the World 4.08 avg rating — 110,557 ratings
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Goodbye to a River: A Narrative
Goodbye to a River: A Narrative 4.23 avg rating — 1,688 ratings
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Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour
Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Dance across Texas
Dance across Texas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Whiskey River (Take My Mind): The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk
Whiskey River (Take My Mind): The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers
Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers 3.86 avg rating — 703 ratings
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Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon 4.24 avg rating — 64,212 ratings
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Los Tejanos
Los Tejanos 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Hold Texas, Hold the Nation: Victory or Death
Hold Texas, Hold the Nation: Victory or Death 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Chenneville
Chenneville 4.09 avg rating — 6,242 ratings
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Comanche Moon
Comanche Moon 3.95 avg rating — 60 ratings
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The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter 3.97 avg rating — 6,229 ratings
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Indian Lover: Sam Houston and the Cherokees
Indian Lover: Sam Houston and the Cherokees 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Simon the Fiddler
Simon the Fiddler 3.84 avg rating — 11,509 ratings
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Lost Cause: John Wesley Hardin, the Taylor Sutton Feud, and Reconstruction Texas
Lost Cause: John Wesley Hardin, the Taylor Sutton Feud, and Reconstruction Texas 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Searchers
The Searchers 3.90 avg rating — 1,619 ratings
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The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating — 71,039 ratings
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Los Mesteños: Spanish Ranching in Texas, 1721-1821 (Volume 18) (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University)
Los Mesteños: Spanish Ranching in Texas, 1721-1821 (Volume 18) (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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New Texas History Movies
New Texas History Movies 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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God's Bosom and Other Stories: The Historical Strips
God's Bosom and Other Stories: The Historical Strips 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas (The Texas Bookshelf)
Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas (The Texas Bookshelf) 4.58 avg rating — 542 ratings
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Jack Jackson's American History: Los Tejanos & Lost Cause
Jack Jackson's American History: Los Tejanos & Lost Cause 4.03 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Life Among the Texas Flora: Ferdinand Lindheimer's Letters to George Engelmann
Life Among the Texas Flora: Ferdinand Lindheimer's Letters to George Engelmann 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
28.
Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
by: Alan Paul
4.29 avg rating — 1,257 ratings
30.
Adventures with a Texas Naturalist
Adventures with a Texas Naturalist really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 79 ratings
30.
Texas History Movies
Texas History Movies 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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A Mile Above Texas
A Mile Above Texas really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Loblolly book: Water witching, wild hog hunting, home remedies, grandma's moral tales, and other affairs of plain Texas living
The Loblolly book: Water witching, wild hog hunting, home remedies, grandma's moral tales, and other affairs of plain Texas living 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Evening Star
The Evening Star 3.69 avg rating — 2,392 ratings
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Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans
Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans 4.18 avg rating — 1,118 ratings
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East Texas: Tales from Behind the Pine Curtain
East Texas: Tales from Behind the Pine Curtain 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Duane's Depressed
Duane's Depressed 3.81 avg rating — 3,030 ratings
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Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette: Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth
Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette: Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth 3.42 avg rating — 371 ratings
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Texas Music: Legends from the Lonestar State (The Texas Series)
Texas Music: Legends from the Lonestar State (The Texas Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Texasville
Texasville 3.74 avg rating — 5,088 ratings
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Texas Night Before Christmas (Night Before Christmas Series)
Texas Night Before Christmas (Night Before Christmas Series) 4.12 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Comanche Moon (Lonesome Dove, #4)
Comanche Moon (Lonesome Dove, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 19,431 ratings
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A Texas-Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border
A Texas-Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
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All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers 3.84 avg rating — 4,630 ratings
45.
Folklore and Culture on the Texas-Mexican Border
Folklore and Culture on the Texas-Mexican Border 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Streets of Laredo (Lonesome Dove, #2)
Streets of Laredo (Lonesome Dove, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 23,933 ratings
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Tales of Texas Cooking: Stories and Recipes from the Trans Pecos to the Piney Woods and High Plains to the Gulf Prairies (Volume 70) (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society)
Tales of Texas Cooking: Stories and Recipes from the Trans Pecos to the Piney Woods and High Plains to the Gulf Prairies (Volume 70) (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society) 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment 4.13 avg rating — 26,188 ratings
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J. Mason Brewer, Folklorist and Scholar: His Early Texas Writings
J. Mason Brewer, Folklorist and Scholar: His Early Texas Writings it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20,484 ratings
51.
Legends and Life in Texas: Folklore from the Lone Star State, In Stories and Song (Volume 72) (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society)
Legends and Life in Texas: Folklore from the Lone Star State, In Stories and Song (Volume 72) (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3)
Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 22,422 ratings
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Texas Zydeco (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music Series)
Texas Zydeco (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Supernatural Texas: 50 Chilling Tales from the Lone Star State
Supernatural Texas: 50 Chilling Tales from the Lone Star State 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
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All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music (Volume 11) (North Texas Lives of Musician Series)
All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music (Volume 11) (North Texas Lives of Musician Series) 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Thalia: A Texas Trilogy
Thalia: A Texas Trilogy 4.31 avg rating — 753 ratings
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Pickers and Poets: The Ruthlessly Poetic Singer-Songwriters of Texas (John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University)
Pickers and Poets: The Ruthlessly Poetic Singer-Songwriters of Texas (John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University) 4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Airmail to Texas: 8,422 Miles to Home
Airmail to Texas: 8,422 Miles to Home
by: Linda Ann
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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In Search of the Blues: A Journey to the Soul of Black Texas (Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University)
In Search of the Blues: A Journey to the Soul of Black Texas (Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University) 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Two for Texas
Two for Texas 4.03 avg rating — 1,709 ratings
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The Texas Bluebonnet
The Texas Bluebonnet 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Night Shift (Midnight, Texas, #3)
Night Shift (Midnight, Texas, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 20,114 ratings
63.
Texas and Swing Fiddle
Texas and Swing Fiddle 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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An Illustrated History of Denton County, Texas: From Peters Colony to Metroplex
An Illustrated History of Denton County, Texas: From Peters Colony to Metroplex really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Texas Tornado: The Times and Music of Doug Sahm (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music Series)
Texas Tornado: The Times and Music of Doug Sahm (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music Series)
by: Jan Reid
3.79 avg rating — 68 ratings
65.
Day Shift (Midnight, Texas, #2)
Day Shift (Midnight, Texas, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 23,541 ratings
67.
Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas, #1)
Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 37,637 ratings
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One Man's Music: The Life and Times of Texas Songwriter Vince Bell (North Texas Lives of Musicians (Paperback))
One Man's Music: The Life and Times of Texas Songwriter Vince Bell (North Texas Lives of Musicians (Paperback)) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
68.
Texas Rifles and Massacre at Goliad
Texas Rifles and Massacre at Goliad 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Cowboy Fiddler in Bob Wills' Band
Cowboy Fiddler in Bob Wills' Band 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Many a River
Many a River 4.08 avg rating — 290 ratings
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Bob Wills: Hubbin It
Bob Wills: Hubbin It 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Man Who Rode Midnight
The Man Who Rode Midnight 4.15 avg rating — 263 ratings
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San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills
San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills 4.24 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Cloudy in the West
Cloudy in the West 3.93 avg rating — 226 ratings
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Austin City Limits: 35 Years in Photographs
Austin City Limits: 35 Years in Photographs 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Time It Never Rained
The Time It Never Rained 4.32 avg rating — 2,155 ratings
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The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic: A "Walk" in Austin
The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic: A "Walk" in Austin 3.43 avg rating — 360 ratings
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Buffalo Wagons
Buffalo Wagons 3.86 avg rating — 251 ratings
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Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982 (Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University)
Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982 (Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1) 4.42 avg rating — 25,860 ratings
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Dallas 1963
Dallas 1963 4.17 avg rating — 1,110 ratings
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So Far from God: The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848
So Far from God: The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848 3.97 avg rating — 453 ratings
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The Alamo: An Epic Told from Both Sides
The Alamo: An Epic Told from Both Sides 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture (Volume 2) (American Crossroads)
The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture (Volume 2) (American Crossroads) 3.81 avg rating — 118 ratings
86.
Janis: Her Life and Music
Janis: Her Life and Music 4.13 avg rating — 2,762 ratings
87.
Love, Janis
Love, Janis 4.11 avg rating — 3,951 ratings
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Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax, 1867-1948
Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax, 1867-1948 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Adventures of a Ballad Hunter (Focus on American History Series)
Adventures of a Ballad Hunter (Focus on American History Series) 3.68 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The American West
The American West
by: Dee Brown
3.91 avg rating — 874 ratings
91.
The Comanche Empire
The Comanche Empire 4.17 avg rating — 1,797 ratings
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Comin' Right at Ya: How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country, or, the Often Outrageous History of Asleep at the Wheel
Comin' Right at Ya: How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country, or, the Often Outrageous History of Asleep at the Wheel 4.08 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Heroes of a Texas Childhood
Heroes of a Texas Childhood 3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth
Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth 4.26 avg rating — 5,655 ratings
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A Deeper Blue: The Life and Music of Townes Van Zandt (North Texas Lives of Musician Series)
A Deeper Blue: The Life and Music of Townes Van Zandt (North Texas Lives of Musician Series) 4.03 avg rating — 566 ratings
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The Roots of Texas Music (Volume 93) (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University)
The Roots of Texas Music (Volume 93) (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Lone Stars Rising: The Fifty People Who Turned Texas Into the Fastest-Growing, Most Exciting, and, Sometimes, Most Exasperating State in the Country
Lone Stars Rising: The Fifty People Who Turned Texas Into the Fastest-Growing, Most Exciting, and, Sometimes, Most Exasperating State in the Country 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Texas Jailhouse Music: A Prison Band History
Texas Jailhouse Music: A Prison Band History 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers
Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers 3.86 avg rating — 703 ratings
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Almonte's Texas: Juan N. Almonte's 1834 Inspection, Secret Report, and Role in the 1836 Campaign
Almonte's Texas: Juan N. Almonte's 1834 Inspection, Secret Report, and Role in the 1836 Campaign really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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