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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseBlood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
The American Frontier
685 books — 155 voters
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls WilderBy the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Children's Frontier Fiction
304 books — 59 voters

Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt StewartTomboy Bride by Harriet Fish BackusWe Pointed Them North by E.C. "Teddy Blue" AbbottDoc Susie by Virginia CornellA Bride Goes West by Nannie T. Alderson
The Old West in First Person
268 books — 48 voters
Where the Lost Wander by Amy HarmonUnder a Painted Sky by Stacey LeeAcross the Wide and Lonesome Prairie by Kristiana GregoryBound for Oregon by Jean Van LeeuwenAll Together in One Place by Jane Kirkpatrick
Oregon Trail fiction
54 books — 44 voters

The Six Pillars Of Effective Leadership by Jim CarloughEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneBlood and Thunder by Hampton SidesBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Last Gunfight by Jeff Guinn
Great books about the Old West
284 books — 43 voters
San Domingo by Marguerite HenryMoccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGrawRebel Spurs by Andre NortonHattie Big Sky by Kirby LarsonVengeance Road by Erin Bowman
YA Westerns
33 books — 28 voters

Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtryTwin Springs Ranch by Isla RyderLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryCloudy in the West by Elmer KeltonOpen Season by C.J. Box
Books with Cowboys
111 books — 20 voters
Red Black Dawn by Lea BronsenTwin Springs Ranch by Isla RyderLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryBoone's Lick by Larry McMurtryDead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry
Westerns, Western Romance, Cowboys, and the Old West
81 books — 17 voters

Santiago by Mike ResnickEarthrise by M.C.A. HogarthInto the Dark by J.A. SutherlandStalker's Luck by Chris StrangeFortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach
Best Space Westerns
61 books — 16 voters
What My Father Taught Me by Maria GiuraCelibate by Maria GiuraThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinPhantasms of the Living (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiri... by Edmund GurneyAdventures of a Mountain Man by Zenas Leonard
Nonfiction Books Published in the 19th Century
232 books — 15 voters

The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow by Rachel AaronOf Honey and Wildfires by Sarah ChornThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingRed Country by Joe AbercrombieWhere Blood Runs Gold by A.C. Cross
Fantasy Westerns
31 books — 14 voters
My Ántonia by Willa CatherThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThese Is My Words by Nancy E. TurnerLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderO Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Pioneer Women
98 books — 13 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckSon of the Mountain by M.J. HayesInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Reject Society, Live in the Woods
97 books — 13 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisThe Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtryRiders of the Purple Sage by Zane GreyRed Black Dawn by Lea Bronsen
Favorite American West Novels
71 books — 11 voters

Light Changes Everything by Nancy E. TurnerRed Black Dawn by Lea BronsenThe Red Pony by John SteinbeckThe Bastard Boys of Montezuma by Jaromy HenryCrack in the Sky by Terry C. Johnston
Frontier/Western
14 books — 10 voters
Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesThe Captured by Scott ZeschJohn Ringo by Jack BurrowsAnd Die in the West by Paula Mitchell MarksBoots and Saddles or, Life in Dakota with General Custer by Elizabeth Bacon Custer
Favourite Old West History Reads
255 books — 9 voters

Sunset Embrace by Sandra BrownWillow by Carolyn BrownWagon Train Reunion by Linda FordBackwards to Oregon by JaeEmma's Journey by Callie Hutton
ROMANCE: WAGON TRAIN/TRAIL
82 books — 5 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderOx-Cart Man by Donald HallWagons Ho! by George HallowellAlways Room for One More by Sorche Nic LeodhasThe Plains Across by John David Unruh
Covered Wagons on the Cover
94 books — 5 voters

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan BannenThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingLone Women by Victor LaValleDead Cowpokes Don't Wrangle by Mars AdlerA Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
Weird Wild West
20 books — 5 voters
The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls WilderRed Settlement by Henry TreeceTidewater by Libbie HawkerJersey Blue by Rebecca SingletonThe Land Breakers by John Ehle
European Settlement of North America (fiction)
7 books — 3 voters

The Jump-Off Creek by Molly GlossThe Hearts of Horses by Molly GlossInland by Téa ObrehtFather Brother Keeper by Nathan Poole
slice of life westerns
4 books — 2 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithOne Writer's Beginnings by Eudora WeltyMemories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthyA Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin GarlandAn Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter
Memoirs and Autobiographies of American Childhood Before World War II
52 books — 2 voters

Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman
Femme Western
1 book — 1 voter

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