Any one else enjoy western novels i love em. Favorite author would have to be either ralph cotton or louis L'amour. Once i get a western i just cant seem to put it down but thats how i am with most good books.

Have not read a western in years but a buddy gave me the book Appaloosa a while back and I loved it.Watched the movie after reading the book and even the movie was great!Well the movie was great except for Renée Zellweger.I don't care for her at all.

-Baldy-

Try Not Between Brothers by David Wilkinson or Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (an American masterpiece IMO).

The Lonesome Dove stuff (McMurtry) was good. But I don't usually read Westerns as a rule.

And I love Rene Zellwinger

I have Michener's "Texas" on deck.............right after I finish his book about Jews.

'The Source' was interesting. 'Texas' had good parts.

Niether are Michener at his peak--but that's just my worthless opinion.

'Hawaii' and 'Chesepeake' rule; 'Alaska' is good,too.

I read his 'Bridge At something or other' (published early in his career). It reeked.

#3 i will look into those thanks.

besides the ones mentioned, Elmore Leonard has written some really good Western Novels....

Charlie

Cool i will check that out.

what Charlie said.

These are very simple reads. Read them years ago, but they are short, violent, and decent.

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"Blood Meridian" is a great western read.

Re#6..........I really liked "Caribbean" from JM as well.

(and of course "Tales from the South Pacific".)

Not sure I'm familiar...I will check the library--my 'Source'...

Loved the Louis L’amour books. I've probably read 2/3 of his catalog. Right now into Wilbur Smith's 'Courtney' series. It's very wild westy, but set in South Africa.

You're in my wheelhouse now....

For a factually accurate and riveting account of life "back in the day" read --

The Big Sky and The Way West by A.B. Guthrie

Heyday by Kurt Anderson

Deadwood by Pete Dexter

High Country by Willard Wyman

I'm a huge fan of both MacCarthy and McMurtry and if you are too, you owe it to yourself to read these books. Trust me, you'll thank me later. I read a LOT, many different genres, and these are some of my favorite books ever.