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News of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 188 times as texas)
avg rating 4.08 — 113,254 ratings — published 2016
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
by (shelved 182 times as texas)
avg rating 4.59 — 256,714 ratings — published 1985
The Four Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 142 times as texas)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,031,652 ratings — published 2021
The Son (Hardcover)
by (shelved 120 times as texas)
avg rating 4.03 — 38,276 ratings — published 2013
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 117 times as texas)
avg rating 4.06 — 150,382 ratings — published 1992
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as texas)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,051 ratings — published 2018
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as texas)
avg rating 4.05 — 73,689 ratings — published 1999
Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59, #1)
by (shelved 107 times as texas)
avg rating 3.83 — 30,955 ratings — published 2017
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as texas)
avg rating 4.17 — 257,186 ratings — published 2005
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as texas)
avg rating 4.25 — 69,170 ratings — published 2010
Valentine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 84 times as texas)
avg rating 3.76 — 46,094 ratings — published 2020
The Last Thing He Told Me (Hannah Hall, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as texas)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,177,406 ratings — published 2021
Listen for the Lie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as texas)
avg rating 4.07 — 574,323 ratings — published 2024
11/22/63 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as texas)
avg rating 4.35 — 677,197 ratings — published 2011
The Last Picture Show (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as texas)
avg rating 4.01 — 21,863 ratings — published 1966
Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as texas)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,202 ratings — published 2021
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as texas)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,377,265 ratings — published 1998
Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1)
by (shelved 75 times as texas)
avg rating 3.88 — 92,374 ratings — published 2015
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as texas)
avg rating 4.00 — 35,986 ratings — published 2009
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as texas)
avg rating 4.15 — 230,202 ratings — published 1985
Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as texas)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,179 ratings — published 1968
The Bodyguard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as texas)
avg rating 3.94 — 420,058 ratings — published 2022
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as texas)
avg rating 3.90 — 202,383 ratings — published 2012
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as texas)
avg rating 4.28 — 683,325 ratings — published 2012
The Liars' Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as texas)
avg rating 3.94 — 72,518 ratings — published 1995
Goodbye to a River: A Narrative (Vintage Departures)
by (shelved 62 times as texas)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,787 ratings — published 1959
Friday Night Lights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as texas)
avg rating 4.14 — 67,392 ratings — published 1988
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as texas)
avg rating 4.32 — 824,590 ratings — published 2025
On Juneteenth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as texas)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,652 ratings — published 2021
Olympus, Texas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as texas)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,655 ratings — published 2021
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as texas)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,110,708 ratings — published 2020
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as texas)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,023 ratings — published 2016
Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2)
by (shelved 45 times as texas)
avg rating 3.96 — 263,920 ratings — published 2002
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as texas)
avg rating 3.79 — 31,127 ratings — published 2012
Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5)
by (shelved 44 times as texas)
avg rating 4.05 — 109,464 ratings — published 2001
Simon the Fiddler (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as texas)
avg rating 3.84 — 11,931 ratings — published 2020
Streets of Laredo (Lonesome Dove, #2)
by (shelved 42 times as texas)
avg rating 4.12 — 28,239 ratings — published 1993
The Gates of the Alamo (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as texas)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,883 ratings — published 2000
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as texas)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,310 ratings — published 2009
The Time It Never Rained (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as texas)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,306 ratings — published 1973
Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas (The Texas Bookshelf)
by (shelved 37 times as texas)
avg rating 4.57 — 579 ratings — published 2019
Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as texas)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,250,073 ratings — published 2019
Terms of Endearment (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as texas)
avg rating 4.13 — 26,941 ratings — published 1975
Horseman, Pass By (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as texas)
avg rating 3.94 — 5,672 ratings — published 1961
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as texas)
avg rating 4.43 — 27,008 ratings — published 1982
Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2)
by (shelved 36 times as texas)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,911 ratings — published 2019
Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as texas)
avg rating 3.75 — 38,293 ratings — published 2014
“No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them humble.
... it was real muggy earlier, hot enough to cook a bear. Anyway, you get used a rapid weather change.”
―
... it was real muggy earlier, hot enough to cook a bear. Anyway, you get used a rapid weather change.”
―
“Yeah, you almost got yourself killed, you idiot,” she said smiling. She
was well aware of his daredevil tendencies and to the extent possible,
comfortable with them.
“No, it was something stranger than that. When I was underwater,
my life did flash before my eyes. You know, just like everyone says it
does. But there was . . . something else . . . something that wasn’t part
of my life. It was like it was stuck right there at the end, just before I
popped to the surface, and I can’t imagine what it was.”
Val slowly turned her head back toward the road then asked, “Well,
what was it you saw?”
― The Mayan Legacy
was well aware of his daredevil tendencies and to the extent possible,
comfortable with them.
“No, it was something stranger than that. When I was underwater,
my life did flash before my eyes. You know, just like everyone says it
does. But there was . . . something else . . . something that wasn’t part
of my life. It was like it was stuck right there at the end, just before I
popped to the surface, and I can’t imagine what it was.”
Val slowly turned her head back toward the road then asked, “Well,
what was it you saw?”
― The Mayan Legacy
