Larry McMurtry

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in Wichita Falls, Texas, The United States

June 03, 1936

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Literature & Fiction

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Among many other accolades he was the co-winner of an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Brokeback Mountain in 2006.

Larry McMurty was born in Wichita Falls Texas in 1936. His first published book Horseman, Pass By was adapted into the film "Hud".

McMurty went on to publish many more novels, a number of which went on to become movies as well as a TV mini-series.

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Larry McMurtry's Books

Average rating: 4.08 · 119,084 ratings · 6,869 reviews · 59 distinct works · Similar authors

	Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 60,445 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terms of Endearment 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 9,010 ratings — published 1975 — 29 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Picture Show 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 5,637 ratings — published 1966 — 29 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Streets of Laredo (Lonesome Dove, #2) 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 5,292 ratings — published 1993 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comanche Moon (Lonesome Dove, #4) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 4,558 ratings — published 1997 — 22 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3) 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 4,263 ratings — published 1995 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Texasville 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 2,217 ratings — published 1987 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sin Killer 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 1,949 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All My Friends are Going to Be Strangers by Larry McMurtry, Raymond L. Neinstein (Afterword) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,529 ratings — published 1972 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anything for Billy 3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 1,695 ratings — published 1988 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Lonesome Dove (4 books)
by Larry McMurtry
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The Last Picture Show (5 books)
by Larry McMurtry
3.7488739865879293 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 9,991 ratings

The Berrybender Narratives (4 books)
by Larry McMurtry
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A Southwest Landmark, No 3 (1 book)
by Larry McMurtry
3.8900112233445565 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 891 ratings

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Quotes by Larry McMurtry

“If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.”
― Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

tags: awesome, dealing-with-it, mottos

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“It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae”
― Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

100 people liked it

“If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.”
― Larry McMurtry

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August 2012 Monthly Group Read
Remember only one winner!

Genre: Historical (16th-19th century)

Deadline to vote will be 7/14/12

Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln by Janis Cooke Newman

4 votes, 33.3%

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

3 votes, 25.0%

Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell

3 votes, 25.0%

The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean

1 vote, 8.3%

The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander

1 vote, 8.3%

12 total votes

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