Westerns

Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, but there are also a number of works about Western-type characters in contemporary settings.

Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid, desolate landscape.

The Case of Elmwood Ranch
One Last Rodeo (Willow Ridge #3)
Battle of the Round House (Magic & Mystery, #6)
Untamed: A Spicy Small Town Cowboy Romance (Wild Sage Ranch Book 1)
Wrangled by the Star (Hollow Hills Ranch #1)
Romantic Hero
West of Forever (Heartstone Ranch #1)
North Country
Long Time Coming (Mercy River Ranch #1)
Pretty Little Scars (Silver Springs, #1)
The Brave and the Fearless (Bravetown #2)
What Came West
Part of Your World (#2, Once Upon a Time in Texas)
Saddled Up (Windy Peaks #3)
Anything For You (Pinecrest, Montana #2)
West of Forever (Heartstone Ranch #1)
Maple Mountain (Saddles & Spurs Book 4)
Wild and Wrangled (Rebel Blue Ranch, #4)
Ryder (Lucky River Ranch #5)
Battle of the Round House (Magic & Mystery, #6)
Calico
The Crossroads (Joe Pickett, #26)
Untamed (Redford Ranch, #1)
North Country
In the Great Quiet
Sap & Secrets (Maplewood, #1)
Riding the High (Silver Pines Ranch, #3)
Soul Searching (Sweetwater Peak, #1)
Freeing the Wild (Silver Pines Ranch, #4)
At Whit's End (Wells Ranch, #4)
Devil in Winter by Lisa KleypasNine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLeanRomancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia QuinnThe Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia QuinnThe Duke and I by Julia Quinn
Best Humorous Historical Romances
820 books — 1,299 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyTrue Grit by Charles PortisAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Literary Westerns
293 books — 406 voters

On the Road to Death's Door by Peggy Joque WilliamsBlue Coyote Motel by Dianne HarmanCornered Coyote by Dianne HarmanHeavy Duty People by Iain ParkeThe Saladin Strategy by Norm Clark
Indie Mysteries, Thrillers, Westerns
606 books — 556 voters
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'ConnellDancing on Coals by Ellen O'ConnellTexas Destiny by Lorraine HeathMacKenzie Fire by Elle CaseyTexas Straight Up by Jodi Vaughn
Favorite Western/Cowboy Romance Novels
777 books — 876 voters


Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
True Grit
The Sisters Brothers
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1)
Heartless (Chestnut Springs, #2)
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
No Country for Old Men
Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
Reckless (Chestnut Springs, #4)
Hondo
Butcher's Crossing

Charles Portis
You are a pearl of great price to me, but there are times when you are an almighty trial to those who love you.
Charles Portis, True Grit

John Wayne
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