Best Contemporary Western Novels

1.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,503 ratings
2.
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove 4.56 avg rating — 222,379 ratings
3.
True Grit
True Grit 4.17 avg rating — 68,489 ratings
4.
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 140,292 ratings
5.
The Son
The Son 4.03 avg rating — 37,219 ratings
6.
Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall 4.05 avg rating — 12,781 ratings
7.
The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2)
The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 45,422 ratings
8.
The Sisters Brothers
The Sisters Brothers 3.85 avg rating — 101,548 ratings
9.
Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 30,587 ratings
10.
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men 4.17 avg rating — 233,412 ratings
11.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,309 ratings
12.
Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire 4.18 avg rating — 53,112 ratings
13.
The Scholar of Moab
The Scholar of Moab 4.03 avg rating — 265 ratings
14.
The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2)
The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 45,422 ratings
15.
Restless Heart
Restless Heart 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
16.
The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20,486 ratings
17.
Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage
by: Zane Grey
3.75 avg rating — 14,360 ratings
18.
The Time It Never Rained
The Time It Never Rained 4.32 avg rating — 2,156 ratings
19.
The Backslider
The Backslider 4.11 avg rating — 394 ratings
20.
In the Distance
In the Distance 4.11 avg rating — 23,212 ratings
21.
Deadwood
Deadwood 4.02 avg rating — 4,324 ratings
22.
Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon 4.24 avg rating — 64,216 ratings
23.
Winter in the Blood
Winter in the Blood 3.81 avg rating — 4,564 ratings
23.
Streets of Laredo
Streets of Laredo 4.09 avg rating — 23,936 ratings
25.
Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3)
Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 22,425 ratings
26.
Kiowa Trail
Kiowa Trail 4.06 avg rating — 2,874 ratings
27.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 3.91 avg rating — 3,563 ratings
28.
The Revenant
The Revenant 3.96 avg rating — 53,471 ratings
29.
Ever the Wayward Sky
Ever the Wayward Sky 4.59 avg rating — 169 ratings
29.
The Powell Expeditions (Jubilee Walker Book 1)
The Powell Expeditions (Jubilee Walker Book 1)
by: Tim Piper
4.26 avg rating — 47 ratings
31.
Dead West: West of Pale (Dead West, vol. 1 )
Dead West: West of Pale (Dead West, vol. 1 ) 3.86 avg rating — 36 ratings
32.
Maggie's Fall
Maggie's Fall 4.26 avg rating — 35 ratings
33.
North to Yesterday (Texas Tradition Series) (Volume 4)
North to Yesterday (Texas Tradition Series) (Volume 4) 4.28 avg rating — 43 ratings
34.
Doc
Doc really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,362 ratings
34.
Comanche Moon (Lonesome Dove, #4)
Comanche Moon (Lonesome Dove, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 19,433 ratings
36.
Coyote Waits (Leaphorn & Chee, #10)
Coyote Waits (Leaphorn & Chee, #10) 4.06 avg rating — 12,547 ratings
37.
The Powwow Highway
The Powwow Highway 4.16 avg rating — 197 ratings
37.
The Death of Jim Loney
The Death of Jim Loney 3.92 avg rating — 726 ratings
39.
Warlock (Legends West, #1)
Warlock (Legends West, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 4,366 ratings
39.
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West 4.23 avg rating — 66,335 ratings
39.
The Whistling Season (Morrie Morgan #1, Two Medicine Country #7)
The Whistling Season (Morrie Morgan #1, Two Medicine Country #7)
by: Ivan Doig
4.07 avg rating — 21,117 ratings
42.
High Lonesome
High Lonesome 4.03 avg rating — 3,856 ratings
43.
My Antonia
My Antonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,872 ratings
44.
Work Song (Morrie Morgan #2)
Work Song (Morrie Morgan #2)
by: Ivan Doig
3.86 avg rating — 3,977 ratings
45.
Desperadoes
Desperadoes 3.87 avg rating — 560 ratings
46.
The Motel Life
The Motel Life 3.91 avg rating — 4,281 ratings
47.
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
by: Ivan Doig
4.28 avg rating — 7,237 ratings
48.
Ceremony
Ceremony 3.84 avg rating — 25,794 ratings
49.
Journal of the Gun Years
Journal of the Gun Years 3.91 avg rating — 560 ratings
50.
They Came to Cordura
They Came to Cordura 4.03 avg rating — 123 ratings
51.
The Day the Cowboys Quit
The Day the Cowboys Quit 4.20 avg rating — 779 ratings
52.
Butcher's Crossing
Butcher's Crossing 4.18 avg rating — 31,901 ratings
52.
A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - The Last Great Battle of the American West
A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - The Last Great Battle of the American West 4.15 avg rating — 2,426 ratings
52.
Wulf's Tracks
Wulf's Tracks 4.62 avg rating — 81 ratings
52.
Montana Revenge (Thorndike Large Print Western Series)
Montana Revenge (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) 4.31 avg rating — 104 ratings
52.
The Horse Creek Incident
The Horse Creek Incident 3.93 avg rating — 70 ratings
52.
Soledad, or Solitudes (Texas Tradition Series) (Volume 6)
Soledad, or Solitudes (Texas Tradition Series) (Volume 6) 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings
58.
Perma Red
Perma Red 4.06 avg rating — 1,673 ratings
59.
Rockspring
Rockspring 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
60.
Five Skies
Five Skies 3.77 avg rating — 1,350 ratings
61.
His Dakota Heart (Dakota Hearts #7)
His Dakota Heart (Dakota Hearts #7) 4.49 avg rating — 282 ratings
62.
In Calamity's Wake
In Calamity's Wake 3.30 avg rating — 206 ratings
62.
Scorpio Rising
Scorpio Rising 4.06 avg rating — 32 ratings
64.
Jade: The Law
Jade: The Law 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
65.
The Sundown Chaser (Herschel Baker Book 3)
The Sundown Chaser (Herschel Baker Book 3) 4.09 avg rating — 111 ratings
66.
Baptism for the Dead
Baptism for the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 132 ratings
66.
The Mulligan
The Mulligan 4.11 avg rating — 458 ratings
66.
Jade: Outlaw
Jade: Outlaw 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
66.
Bridle My Heart (Redeeming Romance #4)
Bridle My Heart (Redeeming Romance #4) 3.86 avg rating — 59 ratings
66.
Rank
Rank 3.98 avg rating — 58 ratings
66.
The Hi-Lo Country
The Hi-Lo Country
by: Max Evans
3.97 avg rating — 95 ratings
66.
Rio Sonora
Rio Sonora it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
66.
The Poker Chip
The Poker Chip
by: R.O. Lane
4.55 avg rating — 2,564 ratings
66.
Witches
Witches it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
66.
The Thin Gray Line
The Thin Gray Line 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
66.
HEROICA, El Carácter de un Hombre es su Destino
HEROICA, El Carácter de un Hombre es su Destino 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
66.
Strongheart: The Lost Journals of May Dodd and Molly McGill (One Thousand White Women, #3)
Strongheart: The Lost Journals of May Dodd and Molly McGill (One Thousand White Women, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 1,987 ratings
66.
Leave My Ashes on Blackheart Mountain (The Two Revolvers Saga #1)
Leave My Ashes on Blackheart Mountain (The Two Revolvers Saga #1) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
66.
Legend of the Horizon Vengeance (The Two Revolvers Saga, #2)
Legend of the Horizon Vengeance (The Two Revolvers Saga, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
66.
Hey Cowboy, Wanna Get Lucky?
Hey Cowboy, Wanna Get Lucky? 3.93 avg rating — 174 ratings
66.
The Misadventures of Maude March (Maude March Misadventures #1)
The Misadventures of Maude March (Maude March Misadventures #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,741 ratings
66.
The Bullet Swallower
The Bullet Swallower 3.78 avg rating — 12,024 ratings
66.
Holliday
Holliday 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings
84.
Appaloosa (Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch, #1)
Appaloosa (Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 9,113 ratings
84.
The Hunger
The Hunger 3.60 avg rating — 33,551 ratings
84.
Tough Luck
Tough Luck 3.93 avg rating — 1,373 ratings
87.
Zorro
Zorro 3.80 avg rating — 24,277 ratings
88.
Wild Indians And Other Creatures (Western Literature Series)
Wild Indians And Other Creatures (Western Literature Series) 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings
89.
The Old Gringo
The Old Gringo 3.53 avg rating — 3,831 ratings
89.
Appaloosa Rising: Or, the Legend of the Cowboy Buddha
Appaloosa Rising: Or, the Legend of the Cowboy Buddha
by: Gino Sky
4.46 avg rating — 26 ratings
89.
One Step Over the Border
One Step Over the Border 3.84 avg rating — 64 ratings
92.
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir 4.08 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
93.
Skins
Skins 3.88 avg rating — 157 ratings
94.
The Homesman
The Homesman 3.89 avg rating — 4,295 ratings
95.
The Shootist
The Shootist 4.14 avg rating — 2,996 ratings
96.
Some Went West
Some Went West 3.62 avg rating — 24 ratings
97.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: The Best Stories of the American West
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: The Best Stories of the American West 3.99 avg rating — 276 ratings
98.
Paint the Wind
Paint the Wind 4.32 avg rating — 755 ratings
99.
Ride the Wind: Story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the Last Days of the Comanche
Ride the Wind: Story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the Last Days of the Comanche 4.39 avg rating — 6,242 ratings
100.
Winter Harvest
Winter Harvest 3.98 avg rating — 90 ratings
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