Filed under: cowboy books
Hi!
I was wondering if anyone knows of any good western or cowboy series or sagas?
I have already read:
Janet Dailey’s: Calder Saga
Linda Lael Miller’s: The McKettrick Series (all of them)
Genell Dellin’s: Montana Series
Teresa Bodwell’s: Loving Mercy & Loving Miranda
Linda Lael Miller’s: Orphan Train Series
Thats all I can think of right now. So any recommendations?
The only thing is that I really want western type books. But if you have any other books that are amazing you can include those as well.
If you want to include other books besides western/cowboy, I like teen, romance, horror, basically any book that is really good.
I will give 10 points to the best answer!
Thanks in advance! 
The border trilofy by Cormac McCarthy
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith. is one of the best western novels ive read in a long time.
as a warning it is a mystery/humor book but it has enough action and deepness to not be a one trick Pony. (pardon the pun)
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the road of the dead by kevin brooks isn’t set in the american west but the author said he was inspired by westerns, and the book has a western standoffish feel… it’s set in england though
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Dead Man’s Walk, Commanche Moon and Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, read in that order.
"The Sweetest Gift" by Janet Mills
"The Wren" and "The Dove" by Kristy McCaffrey
I enjoyed Louis L’Amour’s "Sacketts" series.
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http://www.janetmills.net/
http://www.kristymccaffrey.com/
http://www.westernauthors.com/AuthorsList.htm
http://www.louislamour.com/sackett/index.htm
The Ox-Bow Incident – William A. Wellman (1942) Henry Fonda
Duel in the Sun – King Vidor (1946) Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones
My Darling Clementine – John Ford (1946) Henry Fonda, Victor Mature
Red River – Howard Hawks (1948) John Wayne, Montgomery Clift
Broken Arrow – Delmer Daves (1950) James Stewart, Jeff Chandler
The Gunfighter – Henry King (1950) Gregory Peck
Stars in My Crown – Jacques Tourneur (1950) Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew
Winchester ‘73 – Anthony Mann (1950) James Stewart, Stephen McNally
High Noon – Fred Zinnemann (1952) Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly
The Naked Spur – Anthony Mann (1953) James Stewart, Robert Ryan
Shane – George Stevens (1953) Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jack Palance
Johnny Guitar – Nicholas Ray (1954) Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden
Vera Cruz – Robert Aldrich (1954) Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster
The Man from Laramie – Anthony Mann (1955) James Stewart
The Searchers – John Ford (1956) John Wayne
Seven Men from Now – Budd Boetticher (1956) Randolph Scott
Forty Guns – Samuel Fuller (1957) Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan
The Tall T – Budd Boetticher (1957) Randolph Scott
The Big Country – William Wyler (1958) Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons
The Bravados – Henry King (1958) Gregory Peck
Man of the West – Anthony Mann (1958) Gary Cooper, Lee J. Cobb
The Hanging Tree – Delmer Daves (1959) Gary Cooper, Karl Malden
Rio Bravo – Howard Hawks (1959) John Wayne, Dean Martin
The Magnificent 7 – John Sturges (1960) Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen
One Eyed Jacks – Marlon Brando (1961) Brando, Karl Malden
Lonely Are the Brave – David Miller (1962) Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – John Ford (1962) Wayne & Stewart
Ride the High Country – Sam Peckinpah (1962) Scott & McCrea
For a Few Dollars More – Sergio Leone (1965) Clint Eastwood
Good, the Bad & the Ugly – Sergio Leone (1966) Eastwood, Eli Wallach
The Professionals – Richard Brooks (1966) Lancaster, Marvin, Ryan
El Dorado – Howard Hawks (1967) John Wayne, Robert Mitchum
Hour of the Gun – John Sturges (1967) James Garner, Jason Robards
Once Upon a Time in the West – Leone (1968) Bronson, Fonda, Robards
Mackenna’s Gold – J. Lee Thompson (1969) Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif
True Grit – Henry Hathaway (1969) John Wayne, Dennis Hopper
The Wild Bunch – Sam Peckinpah (1969) William Holden, Robert Ryan
The Ballad of Cable Hogue – Sam Peckinpah (1970) Jason Robards
The Hired Hand – Peter Fonda (1971) Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom
High Plains Drifter – Clint Eastwood (1973) Clint Eastwood
My Name Is Nobody – Tonino Valerii, Leone (1973) Fonda, Terence Hill
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid – Peckinpah (1973) Kristofferson & Coburn
Bite the Bullet – Richard Brooks (1975) Gene Hackman, James Coburn
The Outlaw Josey Wales – Clint Eastwood (1976) Chief Dan George
The Shootist – Don Siegel (1976) John Wayne, James Stewart
Pale Rider – Clint Eastwood (1985)
Dances with Wolves – Kevin Costner (1990)
Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood (1992) Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman
Tombstone – George P. Cosmatos (1995) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer
Open Range – Kevin Costner (2003) Robert Duvall, Annette Bening
60 More Super Westerns
Pursued – Raoul Walsh (1947) Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright
3 Godfathers – John Ford (1948) Wayne, Pedro Armend‡riz, Ward Bond
Colorado Territory – Raoul Walsh (1949) Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo
The Furies – Anthony Mann (1950) Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Huston
Viva Zapata! – Elia Kazan (1952) Marlon Brando, Anthony Quinn
Hondo – John Farrow (1953) John Wayne, Geraldine Page
Garden of Evil – Henry Hathaway (1954) Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark
Silver Lode – Allan Dwan (1954) John Payne, Dan Duryea, Lizabeth Scott
Track of the Cat – William A. Wellman (1954) Robert Mitchum
Run for Cover – Nicholas Ray (1955) James Cagney, John Derek
The Violent Men – Rudolph MatŽ (1955) Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck
Bandido – Richard Fleischer (1956) Robert Mitchum, Gilbert Roland
The Fastest Gun Alive – Russell Rouse (1956) Glenn Ford
The Last Hunt – Richard Brooks (1956) Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger
Decision at Sundown – Budd Boetticher (1957) Randolph Scott
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral – John Sturges (1957) Lancaster & Douglas
Night Passage – James Neilson (1957) James Stewart, Audie Murphy
The Ride Back – Allen H. Miner (1957) Anthony Quinn, William Conrad
3:10 to Yuma – Delmer Daves (1957) Glenn Ford, Van Heflin
The Tin Star – Anthony Mann (1957) Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins
The Badlanders – Delmer Daves (1958) Alan Ladd, Ernest Brognine
Buchanan Rides Alone – Budd Boetticher (1958) Randolph Scott
Cowboy – Delmer Daves (1958) Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon
The Left Handed Gun – Arthur Penn (1958) Paul Newman, John Dehner
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The border trilofy by Cormac McCarthy
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