Dwayne Roberts
asked:
I'm confused about the order of the tetralogy. LD is the 3rd book, Streets of Loredo (LD #2) is the 4th book, Dead Man's Walk (LD #3) is the 1st book, and Comanche Moon (LD #4) is the 2nd book. Should they be read in LD #1 - LD #4 order? Or book 1 - book 4 order? Or does it matter?
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Katy M
Just read Lonesome Dove and skip the rest. If you insist on reading them all, read in pub order.
Jennifer
Dead man’s walk, Comanche moon, lonesome dove, and streets of Laredo in that order! Just got done reading them and this was chronological order. Definitely don’t read streets of Laredo until last.
JD Buie
I'll buck the trend here and say read Lonesome Dove (#3) first - it is the best stand alone, and makes you fall in love with all the characters. Then read chronologically - Dead Man's Walk > Comanche Moon > Streets of Laredo. If you read by publication order, you will end with Comanche Moon - this will end the series with something of a whimper. With my suggested order, you meet the characters, learn their back story, and then have the closure of Streets of Laredo
Jonathan Patrowicz
As with any series, read in publication order.
Michael Whyte
I have chosen to read them in the order the Author wrote them. I believe that would align better with his thought pattern at the time of writing so this should (or might) create some symmetry between the writing and reading of them. I have only finished LD and S of L. Starting Dead Man's Walk today. so far happy to have read LD and then S of L first, but time will tell if I reconsider when I complete the last two books. Of course, this is simply my humble opinion. I'll report back in a couple of weeks when completed the last two books and advise if my mind has changed.
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