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Larry McMurtry

Born

in Wichita Falls, Texas, The United States

June 03, 1936

Died

March 25, 2021

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins). He was also a prominent book collector and bookseller.
His 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries that earned 18 Emmy Award nominations (seven wins). The subsequent three novels in his Lonesome Dove series were adapted as three more miniseries, earning eight more Emmy nominations. McMurtry and co-writer Diana Ossana adapted the scre ...more

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	Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.57 avg rating — 236,519 ratings — published 1985 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.13 avg rating — 26,517 ratings — published 1975 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.11 avg rating — 25,816 ratings — published 1993 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.06 avg rating — 24,323 ratings — published 1995 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.15 avg rating — 20,825 ratings — published 1997 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.01 avg rating — 21,152 ratings — published 1966 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 (The Berrybender Narratives, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 5,867 ratings — published 2002 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Horseman, Pass By 3.93 avg rating — 5,456 ratings — published 1961	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.75 avg rating — 5,175 ratings — published 1987 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.83 avg rating — 4,776 ratings — published 1972 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Ulysses by James Joyce, 1922, 810 pages

69 votes, 20.0%

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, 1849, 974 pages

67 votes, 19.4%

The Arabian Nights, 800, 1049 pages

46 votes, 13.3%

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847, 867 pages

41 votes, 11.9%

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, 1946, 661 pages

24 votes, 7.0%

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19 votes, 5.5%

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19 votes, 5.5%

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 1925, 859 pages

14 votes, 4.1%

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 1353, 909 pages

14 votes, 4.1%

Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas, 1845, 788 pages

10 votes, 2.9%

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne, 1767, 784 pages

6 votes, 1.7%

From Here to Eternity by James Jones, 1951, 816 pages

6 votes, 1.7%

The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, 1921, 752 pages

6 votes, 1.7%

Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens, 1948, 614 pages

2 votes, 0.6%

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2 votes, 0.6%

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