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Western Fiction
"The truth that will prevail lives in novels more than history books."
— Western historian Terry Beers
Western novels
anthologies & short fiction
Western romances
Books on the West [non-fiction]
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Novels of the West
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"The Missouri Riders" [2007] by George Banks Outskirts Press 8½x5½ pb [7/2007] for $15.56 |
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"Gunfight At The O.K. Corral: Luke & Jenny Visit Tombstone" [ages 8-12; 2006] by Gayle Martin Five Star 9x6 pb [9/2006] for $10.17 official booksite |
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"Nickel-Plated Dream" [2006] by Stephen Lodge
The rowdy escapades of The Kid and his faithful Indian companion among B-movie film companies in 1950s Texas, Arizona & Hollywood. Behler Publns 8½x5½ pb [5/2006] for $10.17 author's website |
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"Tehano: An Epic Novel" [2006] by Allen Wier Southern Methodist Univ Press hardcover [3/2006] for $17.33 publisher bookpage |
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"Toby Ryker" [2005] by Steven Merrill Ulmen Lulu Press 9x6 pb [12/2005] for $15.96 publisher bookpage |
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"Saragosa" [2005] by Bill Wilbur PublishAmerica 8½x5½ pb [11/2005] for $19.95 official website |
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"The Heart of A Legend" [2005] by Amy Lignor The real-life tale of Fort Sumner, New Mexico pioneer Paulita Maxwell, 'the love of Billy the Kid'. Helm large print pb [9/2005] for $16.95 |
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"Playing God" [2005] by Allen P. Bristow VirtualBookworm 8x5 pb [7/2005] for $14.95 publisher bookpage |
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"Appaloosa: A Novel" [2005] by Robert B. Parker "A stunning Western ... one of Parker's finest." — Publishers Weekly Putnam 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2005] for $16.47 Random House UNABR audio CD [6/2005] for $18.15 Random House UNABR audio [6/2005] for $16.50 |
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"Hombrecito's War" [2005] by W. Michael Farmer Llumina Press 9x6 pb [5/2005] for $21.95 Llumina Press 9x6 hardcover [5/2005] for $44.95 author's website |
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"The Death of Desert Belle" [2004] by Phil Dunlap A G-rated murder mystery in the Old West. Avalon hardcover [10/2004] for $15.37 publisher bookpage |
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"The Strawberry Mountain War" [2004] by Dave P. Fisher PublishAmerica pb [8/2004] for $21.94 publisher bookpage author's website |
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"Charley Sunday's Texas Outfit!" [2004] by Stephen Lodge Charley takes his grandson along on a modern, thousand-mile cattle drive. Behler Publns 8½x5¾ pb [5/2004] for $10.85 publisher bookpage |
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"Massacre At Bend-In-The-River" [2004] by Michael J. Kahmann Virtual Bookworm 8½x5½ pb [1/2004] for $12.95 |
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"Gunman's Rhapsody: A Novel" [2001] by Robert B. Parker
Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, the O.K. Corral, this is most certainly a Western tale; but it is also a deeply-affecting love story. Berkley pb [3/2002] for $7.99 Putnam 9x6 hardcover [6/2001] out of print/many used New Millennium UNABR audio CD [1/2003] for $34.95 New Millennium UNABR audio [1/2003] for $17.00 |
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"Echoes of A Silent River: A Fictional Poetry-Prose Narrative of The True Largest Massacre of Native Americans In The History of The United States" [2003] by Rebekah Fawn Cochran A fictional look at the 1863 Bear River Massacre. BookLocker 8¾x5½ pb [9/2003] for $14.95 publisher bookpage {also ebook} |
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"Caprock" [2003] by S.J. Beres
U.S. Marshall Joshua Block trails a herd of stolen cattle and the secret of Coronado's gold, in the Llano Estacado {Staked Plains} of West Texas. ImprintBooks pb [5/2003] for $27.98 pb [2003] for $13.99 from Booksurge author website |
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"Silver Creek" [2003] by A.H. Holt
Range war and romance in Central Arizona. Avalon Books hardcover [6/2003] for $13.97 author website |
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"The Pinkerton Eye" [2001] by Allen P. Bristow AuthorHouse 8¼x5 pb [8/2001] for $19.95 publisher bookpage & excerpt |
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"Walking West" [2000] by James Andrews Kiehle Xlibris 8½x5½ pb [6/2000] for $21.99 |
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"Messenger Twelve" [2000] by James Lynn Bartz Slave ships and Wells Fargo intrigue in Gold Rush-era San Francisco. Westbound Stage hardcover [4/2000] out of print/used |
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"Ghost Town" [1998] by Robert Coover
A nightmasrish and surreal lampoon set smack dab in the middle of the Western genre. Grove Press 8x5¼ pb [3/2000] for $10.20 Henry Holt 8¾x5¾ hardcover [9/98] out of print/many used |
Western Fiction
Anthologies
  
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"Stories of The Golden West: A Western Trio" series [2000-2006] Edited by Jon Tuska Book One [2000]: includes novellas "Riders of The Storm" by Robert J. Horton, "The Texas Hellion" by Walt Coburn & "The Cayuse" by Cherry Wilson Five Star 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2000] for $21.95 Book Two [2001]: includes 3 novellas Five Star 8¾x5¾ hardcover [5/2001] for $22.95 Book Three [2002]: includes novellas "Tappan’s Burro" by Zane Grey, "Jargan" by Max Brand & "The Trail To Crazy Man" by Louis L'Amour Five Star 9x6 hardcover [5/2002] out of print/used Thorndike Largeprint 8¾x6 hardcover [6/2002] out of print/used Book Four [2003]: includes novellas "Rocky Rhodes of Roaring Camp" by W.C. Tuttle, "Riders of The Crimson Trail" by Jack Natteford & "Outlaw Guns" by Cliff Farrell Five Star 8½x6½ hardcover [2/2003] out of print/used Ulverscroft Large Print 9½x6 hardcover [11/2005] for $27.99 Book Five [2004]: includes "Showdown On The Hogback" by Louis L'Amour, "Cañon Walls" by Zane Grey & "Black Sheep" by Max Brand Five Star 8½x6 hardcover [5/2004] for $25.95 Book Six [2005]: includes novellas "Thirsty Acres" by L.P. Holmes, "Hell for Sale" by Tom W. Blackburn & "Proud Rider," a two-part serial by Harvey Fergusson Five Star hardcover [4/2005] for $25.95 Book Seven [2006]: includes novellas "Riders of The Dawn" by Louis L'Amour, "From Missouri" by Zane Grey & "Over The Northern Border" by Max Brand Five Star 8½x6 hardcover [5/2006] for $17.13 |
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"Bull By The Tale" [stories 2006] by John Duncklee UNM Press 7¾x5½ pb [10/2006] for $17.95 |
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"The End of The Trail: Western Stories" [2005] by Robert E. Howard [1906-36], edited by Rusty Burke Univ NE Press 8x5½ pb [4/2005] for $12.21 Univ NE Press 8x5½ hardcover [4/2005] for $23.10 |
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"The Riot At Bucksnort and Other Western Tales" [2005] by Robert E. Howard [1906-36], edited by David Gentzel Univ NE Press 8x5½ pb [4/2005] for $10.17 Univ NE Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2005] for $23.10 |
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"Classic Cowboy Stories: 18 Extraordinary Tales of The Old West" [2004] Edited by Michael McCoy Zane Grey, O. Henry, Emerson Hough, Nat Love, Clarence Mulford, Bill Nye, Walter MacLeod Raine, Frederic Remington, Theodore Roosevelt, Charlie Siringo, Mark Twain & Owen Wister Lyons Press mass pb [6/2004] for $9.95 M.J.F. Books hardcover [6/2004] out of print/used |
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"The Golden West: Stories From Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey & Max Brand" [2003] Edited by Jon Tuska Leisure pb [4/2003] for $5.99 |
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"American West: Twenty New Stories From The Western Writers of America" [2002] Edited by Loren D. Estleman St Martin9¼x6 hardcover [1/2002] for $11.17 |
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"Tales of The American West: The Best of Spur Award-Winning Authors" [2000] Edited by Richard S. Wheeler Signet pb [6/2001] for $5.99 NAL 7½x5½ hardcover [9/2000] for $14.00 |
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"Still Wild: Short Fiction of The American West, 1950 to Present" [2000] Edited by Larry McMurtry S&S 8x5¼ pb [6/2001] for $11.20 S&S 8¾x5¾ hardcover [7/2000] out of print/used |
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"Tin Star" [stories; 2000] Edited by Robert J. Randisi Berkley mass pb [4/2000] out of print/used |
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"The American West: The Greatest Tales From The Masters of Western Fiction" [20 stories; 1999] Edited by Jon Tuska Bristol Park Books 8¼x5½ pb [10/99] out of print/used |
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"The Portable Western Reader" [1997] Edited by William Kittredge Penguin 7¾x5 pb [7/97] for $11.96 |
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"The Morrow Anthology of Great Western Short Stories" [1997]
Edited by Jon Tuska & Vicki Piekarski Wm. Morrow 9½x6½ hardcover [3/97] out of stock/used |
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"Western American Novelists Vol. 1: Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Dan Cushman, H.L. Davis, Vardis Fisher, A.B. Guthrie Jr., William Humphrey & Dorothy M. Johnson" [1995] Compiled by Martin Kich Routledge/Garland 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/95] for $75.00 |
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"The Western Story: A Chronological Treasury" [20 stories; 1995] Edited by Jon Tuska Univ NE Press 8¾x5¾ pb [11/99] for $15.00 Univ NE Press 9½x6½ hardcover [9/95] out of print/used |
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"The Mysterious West" [20 original stories 1994] Edited by Tony Hillerman Harper pb [11/95] for $6.99 HarperCollins hardcover [12/94] out of stock/used |
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"New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories of The West From Western Writers of America" [1994] Edited by John Jakes & Martin H. Greenberg stories by John Jakes, Elmore Leonard, Gordon Shirreffs, Elmer Kelton, Loren D. Estleman, John D. Nesbitt & others Domain pb [12/95] out of print/used Doubleday hardcover [10/94] out of print/used |
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"Great Stories of The American West" [1994 & 1996] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg Volume 1: 19 stories by Loren D. Estleman, Louis L'Amour, John D. MacDonald, Bill Pronzini, John Jakes, Bret Harte, Owen Wister, Mark Twain, Marcia Muller & others Jove pb [3/96] out of print/many used Dutton 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/94] out of print/many used Volume 2: 14 stories by Dorothy M. Johnson, Elmore Leonard & others, and a novella by Ed Gorman Berkeley pb [8/97] out of print/many used Penguin 9½x6½ hardcover [2/96] out of print/used |
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"The Best of The American West" [1988] Edited by Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg Volume 1: stories by Louis L'Amour, Loren D. Estleman, Richard Matheson, Luke Short & others Berkeley pb [9/98] out of print/used Volume 2: The Stories That Inspired Classic Western Films NAL pb [5/90] out of print/used NAL pb [8/88] out of print/used |
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"Best of The West: Classic Stories From The American Frontier" [2003]
Vol 1: New Millenium UNABR audio [8/2003] 4 tapes for $25.00 Vol 2: New Millenium UNABR audio [8/2003] 4 tapes for $17.00 Vol 3: New Millenium UNABR audio [8/2003] for $25.00 |
"Gunsight": An Existential Western Novel by G.E. Nordell pending
"Zane Grey's Western Magazine" index
Western Fiction Review [online + free ezine]
Western Romance Novels
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"The Man From Shenandoah" [2003] by Marsha Ward Writers Club Press 9x6 pb [1/2003] for $14.95 author website |
The McQuaid Brothers trilogy: book 1 • book 2 • book 3
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