25 Best Western Novels - April 2024

Lonesome Dove: A Novel

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize— winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America.Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1439195269
• ASIN: 1439195269
• ISBN: 1439195269
• Brand: Larry McMurtry
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Midnight's Children

• ASIN: B003WUYQCS
• ASIN: B003WUYQCS
• Manufacturer: Random House

Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from An Unlikely Life on a Farm

Star of Food Network's Girl Meets Farm, and winner of the Judges' Choice IACP Cookbook Award, Molly Yeh explores home and family and celebrates her Jewish and Chinese heritage and her current Midwestern farm life in this cookbook featuring more than 120 recipes.In 2013, food blogger and classical musician Molly Yeh left Brooklyn to live on a farm on the North Dakota-Minnesota border, where her fiancé was a fifth-generation Norwegian-American sugar beet farmer. Like her award-winning blog My Name is Yeh, Molly on the Range chronicles her life through photos, new recipes, and hilarious stori... [Read More]

• ASIN: 162336695X
• ASIN: 162336695X
• ISBN: 162336695X
• Brand: RODALE
• Manufacturer: Rodale Books

The Wake of the Bertrand

The sternwheeler Bertrand struck the submerged tree trunk and struggled to reach the shore as it was sinking. The Burleighs escaped, then decided to complete their journey to Yankton in the Dakota Territory overland. They hired guides to get them there, not knowing that the guides’ plans were maliciously different. There would be deaths on the plains of Nebraska Territory.

• ASIN: B074DZC7VV
• ASIN: B074DZC7VV

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

• ASIN: B0026772N8
• ASIN: B0026772N8
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

Little Big Man: A Novel

“The truth is always made up of little particulars which sound ridiculous when repeated.” So says Jack Crabb, the 111-year-old narrator of Thomas Berger’s 1964 masterpiece of American fiction, Little Big Man. Berger claimed the Western as serious literature with this savage and epic account of one man’s extraordinary double life.After surviving the massacre of his pioneer family, ten-year-old Jack is adopted by an Indian chief who nicknames him Little Big Man. As a Cheyenne, he feasts on dog, loves four wives, and sees his people butchered by horse soldiers commanded by General George ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385298293
• ASIN: 0385298293
• ISBN: 0385298293
• Brand: Delta
• Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback

The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond

At a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a seventeen-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie Mitchell--"organized baseball's first girl pitcher." On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax made baseball history by pitching his fourth perfect game. In July 1970, a stripper rushed onto the field at Riverfront Stadium to kiss Johnny Bench, temporarily disrupting a game attended by President Nixon and his family. These are just some of the great, quirky, and comic moments in the annals of baseball recorded in THE GREAT... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1592280838
• ASIN: 1592280838
• ISBN: 1592280838
• Manufacturer: Lyons Press

Murder & Mayhem (Cryptic Cove Cozy Mystery Series Book 1)

Within twenty-four hours, Alexis Danforth's world is shattered. She loses her parents and her job.Rummaging through the attic she discovers family secrets and returns to her hometown of Cryptic Cove; a quiet, sleepy little town perched above the sea.The disappearance and death of an elderly couple sets the town on edge. Accusations fly. The past is dredged up. Bodies are found.Some even question her return and the timing of the murders.As she joins the town constable to help solve the case, she finds herself attracted to her main suspect, Jake Donovan.Jake is handsome, charming, and secretive.... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01F0L5B2K
• ASIN: B01F0L5B2K
• Manufacturer: S&S Publications

The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen

A #1 international bestseller in the vein of Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove: a funny and tender-hearted tale about friendship, love, and an old man who is young at heart.Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is....elderly. But at age 83 1/4, this feisty, indomitable curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly. Bored of weak tea and potted geraniums, exasperated by the indignities of aging, Hendrik has decided to rebel--on his own terms. He begins writing an exposé: secretly recording the antics of day-to-day life in his retirement home, where he refuses to take himself, or his fellow "inmates... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01K3WN90C
• ASIN: B01K3WN90C
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

2001: a Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey Series)

The classic science fiction novel that captures and expands on the vision of Stanley Kubrick’s immortal film—and changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves.From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other.This allegory about humanity’s exploration of the universe—and the universe’s reaction to humanity—is a hallmark achievement in storytelling that follows the crew of the spacecraft Discovery as they embark on a mission to Saturn. Their ves... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451457994
• ASIN: 0451457994
• ISBN: 9780451457998
• Brand: Clarke, Arthur C.
• Manufacturer: Ace

The Second Western Megapack: 25 Classic Western Stories

The Second Western Megapack presents a wide-ranging selection of western stories sure to get your pulse racing. Here are action tales of the old west by masters such as Zane Grey, Ed Earl Repp, Robert E. Howard, Clarence E. Mulford, Max Brand -- and many more. More than 2,000 pages of great reading!Complete contents:QUICK PAY FOR MAVERICK MEN, by Ed Earl ReppTOM’S MONEY, by Harriet Prescott SpoffordWHILE SMOKE ROLLED, by Robert E. HowardTHE AFFAIR AT GROVER STATION, by Willa CatherTHE OUTLAW PILOT, by Stephen PayneREADY FOR A COFFIN, by Gene AustinBULLDOG CARNEY, by W. A. FraserDUST, by Marc... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00CHXIWVM
• ASIN: B00CHXIWVM
• Manufacturer: Wildside Press

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness

From Paulo Coelho, author of the international bestseller The Alchemist, comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life. Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years? Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and charismatic spiritual leader. She has learned well how to bury her feelings . . . and he has turned to religion as a refuge from his raging inner conflicts. Now they are together once again, e... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061122092
• ASIN: 0061122092
• ISBN: 9780061122095
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Blood and Thunder

• ASIN: B000W969O0
• ASIN: B000W969O0
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The Big Sky

A classic portrait of America's vast frontier that inspired the Western genre in fiction. Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Big Sky is the first of A. B. Guthrie Jr.'s epic adventure novels set in the American West. Here he introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers: traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as trappers, traders, guides, and explorers. The story centers on Caudill, a young Kentuckian driven by a raging hunger for life and a longing for the blue sky and brown earth of big, wild places. Caught up in the fr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0618154639
• UPC: 046442154635
• ASIN: 0618154639
• ISBN: 0618154639
• Brand: Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now

From the moment Peter Mayle and his wife, Jennie, uprooted their lives in England and crossed the Channel permanently, they never looked back. Here the beloved author of A Year in Provence pays tribute to the most endearing and enduring aspects of his life in France—the charming and indelible parade of village life, the sheer beauty, the ancient history. He celebrates the café and lists some of his favorites; identifies his favorite villages, restaurants, and open-air markets; and recounts his most memorable meals. A celebration of twenty-five years of Provençal living—of lessons learned... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079D9VP1C
• ASIN: B079D9VP1C
• Manufacturer: Knopf

All Quiet on the Western Front : A Novel

The testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I, illuminates the savagery and futility of

• UPC: 441679
• Rating: 4.433

Slow Burn Cowboy : A Western Romance Novel

In Copper Ridge, Oregon, a cowboy's best friend might turn out to be the woman of his dreams... If Finn Donnelly makes a plan, he sticks to it. After his brothers left Copper Ridge, Finn

• UPC: 55313468

Forever a Hero : A Western Romance Novel

For the youngest Carson brother, finding--and fixing--trouble seems to be all in a day's work Mace Carson doesn't consider himself a

• UPC: 54706254
• Rating: 5.0

Undaunted : A Western Romance Novel

Inspired by her classic romance "Bound by a Promise, New York Times"- and "USA Today"-bestselling phenomenon Palmer returns with her trademark rugged heroes and relatable heroines in her most emotionally compelling romance to

• UPC: 269331389

All Quiet on the Western Front : A Novel

The testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I, illuminates the savagery and futility of

• UPC: 441025
• Rating: 4.43

Renegade's Pride : A Western Romance Novel

"It's been nine years since Trask Beaumont left Gilt Edge, Montana, with an unsolved crime in his wake, and Lillian Cahill has convinced herself she's finally over him. But when the rugged cowboy with the

• UPC: 54785463
• Rating: 4.333

Branded as Trouble : A Western Romance Novel

Every town needs a bad boy, and Wrangler's Creek's has been gone far too long...Getting his high school girlfriend pregnant was just one square in Roman Granger's checkered past, but it changed him forever. When

• UPC: 55601094
• Rating: 4.0

No Getting Over a Cowboy : A Western Romance Novel

"The golden cowboy of Wrangler's Creek returns home to Texas to discover some old flames never fizzle. There are plenty of things Garrett Granger hadn't counted on losing-- losing his child to miscarriage, his wife

• UPC: 54785457
• Rating: 4.0

Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle : The First of the Tristan and Isolde Novels

In the first volume of a trilogy chronicling the lives of star-crossed Celtic lovers Tristan and Isolde, Isolde, a gifted healer and princess destined to inherit the Irish throne from her mother, falls in love

• UPC: 2072033
• Rating: 3.0

Her Rebel Cowboy: Rodeo Knights, A Western Romance Novel - eBook

When a struggling mystery writer's accidental house swap sends her to the ranch of a sexy bull rider with a murderer on his tail, the sassy city girl finds herself in the middle of a

• UPC: 890869406
• Rating: 5.0