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Lonesome Dove

by Larry McMurtry

Series: Lonesome Dove: Publication Order (book 1), Lonesome Dove: Chronological Order (book 3)

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ReeC in Club Read 2010 : ReeC's 2010 Reading (Dec 28, 2009, 3:03pm)

... over the coming year as part of a monthly Reading Group that I belong to: Night Train to Lisbon Pascal Mercier Lonesome Dove Larry McMurty Blindness Jose Saramago Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education Sybille Bedford Homestead Rosina Lippi Her Fearful Symmetry Audrey Niffenegg ...

homeschoolmom in 2009 Genre Challenge : November Genre -- Western (Dec 18, 2009, 11:12pm)

... Louis L'Amour? I think that's his name anyway, or Larry McMurtry ? They've both written some wonderful stories. Lonesome Dove is a favorite.

bedda in List Five Books Parlour Game : Birds (Dec 15, 2009, 12:07pm)

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett The Eagle and the Raven by James A. Michener Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters The Eagle Has Flown by Jack Higgins

Smiley in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 10 Favorite Books (Dec 2, 2009, 1:44pm)

... Lavransdatter novels 2. Fifth Business 3. Dancing at the Rascal Fair 4. The Civil War, a Narrative 5. Lonesome Dove 6. The White Nile 7. The Caine Mutiny 8. The Fitzgerald translation of The Aeneid 9. The Making of the Atomic Bomb 10. The Aubrey/Maturin ...

vreeland in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 10 Favorite Books (Nov 30, 2009, 4:43am)

... 6. The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Alberto Manguel - and more of him 7. Everything by Somerset Maugham 8. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 9. War and Piece by Leo Tolstoi 10.Essays by Michel de Montaigne

msf59 in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of November 7, 2009? (Nov 12, 2009, 6:45pm)

... book and you'll have to watch the film again, it's a masterpiece! And speaking of masterpieces, you'll have to move onto Lonesome Dove.

laytonwoman3rd in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Laytonwoman3rd Reads the Year Away 2009 (Thread 3) (Oct 26, 2009, 5:03pm)

... Where did your mother and I go wrong?? I liked Robert Urich in other things, (he was perfect as Jake Spoon in Lonesome Dove) but he was never my idea of Spenser. Now, Avery Brooks as Hawk---spot on.

teelgee in 1010 Category Challenge : teelgee Tries Ten Ten (Oct 17, 2009, 11:37pm)

... Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck B. Empire Falls by Richard Russo C. The Known World by Edward P. Jones D. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry E. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

MarianV in Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Your personal top 10 all time favorites list(s) (Oct 5, 2009, 10:22am)

... in order of apprecation. Also I probably forgot a few. Kristin Lavransdatter War & Peace Dr. Zhivago Lonesome dove Raintree County Gone with the Wind Grapes of Wrath Look Homeward, Angel The Rains Came The Awakening Land trilogy Friendly Pe ...

fig2 in Pulitzer Fiction Challenge : Lonesome Dove (Oct 2, 2009, 10:57am)

I loved Lonesome Dove, and I hate westerns. Keep going - it is so worth it!

Franzou in Literary Snobs : Best Books on CD (Sep 24, 2009, 9:09pm)

De-lurking here, because I really enjoy having a story read to me. I recently listened to Lonesome Dove , read by Lee Horsley. It was absolutely delicious, and the characters truly came alive. I'm not sure if this is because of the writing or because of the reader - but I immediately ordered ...

HMOKeefe in Folio Society devotees : Which books would you like to see as Folio volumes? (2) (Sep 23, 2009, 3:02pm)

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

fig2 in Pulitzer Fiction Challenge : Hola? (Sep 9, 2009, 5:32pm)

I did read Lonesome Dove and loved it. A perfect piece of literature: 5-star worthy. And, I hate westerns, so there you go. I got my copy autographed when he came to a reading in my city - I was thrilled about that - and he was a very nice man!

TracieG in 50 Book Challenge : Tracie's 50 book effort for 2009 (Aug 5, 2009, 2:05am)

#27. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry - 5 stars

miseLAINIous in Fifty States Fiction (or Nonfiction) Challenge : Texas books (Jul 18, 2009, 9:12pm)

Are there any of Larry McMurtry's books that AREN'T Texas based? Check out Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo or The Last Picture Show. I have to rave since he's a fellow alumnus of UNT (actually NTSU). :)

PaperbackPirate in Book talk : Choose a book that you haven't read yet. (4) (Jul 18, 2009, 7:27pm)

... like to take from DeltaQueen50's library (which I love because of how well everything is tagged!) but my final choice is Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I was enthralled with the mini-series as a kid!

justjim in Bug Collectors : cover not showing (Jun 24, 2009, 2:03am)

... LT staff will be a-mountin' their trusty hoss's and driving the new servers to their new server farm. It'll be a bit like Lonesome Dove, but I hope nobody falls in a river and gets all bit up by water moccasins!

jseger9000 in Westerns : Too bad the group is dormant... (Jun 21, 2009, 11:06pm)

I'm pretty new to westerns myself. I've only read a few (Lonesome Dove, Shane, the first two Longarms, Edge: The Loner and .45-Caliber Revenge) but have been snapping up new ones like crazy. I'm about to start Marcus Galloway's Death of a Bad Man. It'd be nice to share western ...

MarianV in Book talk : The Great American Epic (Jun 17, 2009, 10:06am)

... the whole country. James Michener tried with his "epics" of various locations Centennial & Texas Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove is considered an epic western. The covered wagon ipopular in the 1930's is an epic of the westward journey to settle Oregon & California Raintree ...

benitastrnad in What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home- June 2009 (Jun 6, 2009, 4:30pm)

... keeping them. They just pass through my hands on the way to somebody else. For graduation gifts I purchased two copies of Lonesome Dove, Far Pavilions, and Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House. The last one is for a wedding shower gift. I figure that when a person ...

jseger9000 in Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : The Bride of "What scary book are you reading right now?" (May 27, 2009, 11:55pm)

#290 - Tim, I've started reading westerns lately. I don't mean classy westerns like Shane or Lonesome Dove (though I've read and enjoyed both of 'em), but the fun, schlocky pulp stuff. I was interested in Grave Men and Coffin Blues, but I really didn't like my brushes with Tom Piccir ...

codiebelle78 in What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home, May 2009 part 2 (May 27, 2009, 8:06pm)

... by Tracy Chevalier Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs Stuck in the Middle Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

atlargeintheworld in Historical Fiction : Need a Recommendation (May 24, 2009, 12:02am)

... d he does like Western films. we grew up on a farm, so cowboy stuff is usually a good bet with him. i never thought about Lonesome Dove for him... i'm pretty sure our dad has a copy of that at home already (he's a big reader like me, especially of Westerns). thanks!

ktleyed in Historical Fiction : Need a Recommendation (May 23, 2009, 9:33pm)

... the 20th c. too, but the best part of it is during the 1800's. Another good one that can't be beat which is a Western is Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, I'll be amazed if he doesn't get caught up in it - though it's a big book.

Storeetllr in I want to read that! : Storeetllr's TBR List (May 10, 2009, 10:34pm)

... 1983: The Color Purple by Alice Walker 1984: Ironweed by William Kennedy 1985: Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie 1986: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry - wonderful 1987: A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor 1988: Beloved by Toni Morrison 1989: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler 1990: The ...

Storeetllr in Pulitzer Fiction Challenge : Lonesome Dove (May 10, 2009, 10:15pm)

I'm not much one for Westerns, but I loved Lonesome Dove! In fact, I think it's time for a reread. I hope it picks up for you.

theexiledlibrarian in Hogwarts Express : Add a Word Drop a Word 5 (Apr 19, 2009, 11:37pm)

Lonesome Dove

snat in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Amanda's Reading List for 2009 (Apr 14, 2009, 3:14pm)

... would it be? Dirty Work by Larry Brown (one of the best books about the return home from Vietnam that I've ever read) or Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, which is so much more than just a western. 10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature? I'm sure that there is a highly ...

StormRaven in Science Fiction Fans : Science Fiction versus 'Proper Literature' (Mar 11, 2009, 12:33pm)

... condition" or some such silliness, that doesn't make it anything other than a romance novel. Or if Larry McMurtry says "Lonesome Dove isn't a western, it is an alternate history", that doesn't make it not a western. Similarly, when Margaret Atwood says Oryx and Crake isn't science ...

hemlokgang in Book talk : Another Silly Game - Part 19 (Feb 26, 2009, 10:26am)

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; read quite a while ago

orangeena in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : orangeena's 75 for 2009 (Feb 23, 2009, 2:21pm)

... s: Gone With the Wind Vanity Fair East of Eden Buddenbrooks Sophie's Choice Underworld Henry and Clara Lonesome Dove Can You Forgive Her

blackdogbooks in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : jayde1599's 75 in 2009 list (Feb 19, 2009, 7:06pm)

I favor the Westerns. I enjoyed the Sin Killer series quite a bit. And you can't go wrong with Lonesome Dove.

ejj1955 in Literary Snobs : Favorite lines... (Feb 14, 2009, 12:02am)

When Augustus came out on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake--not a very big one. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry

Joycepa in Club Read 2009 : Talbin's 2009 Reading (Feb 12, 2009, 10:51am)

You're absolutely right about Lonesome Dove--I just looked at my copy and sure enough.... So OK, OK--both go on the book order about to take place in a few days. I know when to obey orders as well as the next trooper! :-) * she says, coming out from under a bout of reading about Jeb Stuart ...

Talbin in Club Read 2009 : Talbin's 2009 Reading (Feb 12, 2009, 10:37am)

... :-) I'm just a bit worried about getting drawn into ancient Rome for the rest of the year! My paperback copy of Lonesome Dove is 960 pages of pretty dense text - definitely denser than the typical paperback spy novel. Last year when I was contemplating reading it, several LTer's ...

Joycepa in Club Read 2009 : Talbin's 2009 Reading (Feb 12, 2009, 10:10am)

... scholar and writes like a dream. She takes liberties--and then tells you what they are and why she did it. I think Lonesome Dove is lot shorter. I have it but haven't read it yet. I have been hovering over Quincunx now for about a year, wondering whether or not to buy it. Awaitin ...

Talbin in Club Read 2009 : Talbin's 2009 Reading (Feb 12, 2009, 9:58am)

... stopping by! I have Drood on my wishlist . . . . I have lots of door stoppers on my TBR pile right here at home, too: Lonesome Dove, The Sunne in Splendour, The First Man in Rome, Katherine, The Quincunx. Plus, I started War and Peace last year and would like to get back to it ...

freelunch in BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: February 2009 (Feb 12, 2009, 5:09am)

I've not read it myself but Lonesome Dove springs to mind as a potentially less-violent-than-usual western - I think it was awarded the Pulitzer prize back in the 80s...

jargoneer in Literary Snobs : Best books by GENRE (Jan 25, 2009, 4:53am)

... were rough drafts on that novel's themes, everything since then has been too structured to be fully successful). Enjoyed Lonesome Dove but couldn't help thinking that McMurtry had watched a bunch of classic westerns and then written them all into a single novel. To my mind, westerns work ...

vq5p9 in Literary Snobs : Best books by GENRE (Jan 24, 2009, 10:07pm)

... or The Stand or Diamond Age (loved them all) Best Love Story: A Prayer for Owen Meany Best Western: Lonesome Dove Best YA: Book Theif Best Nonfiction:Walden

laytonwoman3rd in Pulitzer Fiction Challenge : Laytonwoman3rd's Pulitzer Reading (Jan 13, 2009, 10:57am)

... Song by Norman Mailer 1983: The Color Purple by Alice Walker 1984: Ironweed by William Kennedy * 1986: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 1988: Beloved by Toni Morrison 1989: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler 1992: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley 1994: The Sh ...

ireed110 in What Are You Reading Now? : Favorite 5 Fiction Reads of 2008 (Jan 5, 2009, 7:29pm)

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Road by Cormac McCarthy Timbuktu* by Paul Auster Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Mystic Arts of Erasing all Signs of Death* by Charlie Huston *A couple of these I had rated at 4 stars right after I read them, but the ...

ireed110 in What Are You Reading Now? : Your BEST BOOKS of 2008 (Jan 2, 2009, 11:23am)

... Shore by Haruki Murakami Timbuktu by Paul Auster The Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Mystic Arts of Erasing all Signs of Death by Charlie Huston I thought I didn't have too ...

zanix in What Are You Reading Now? : Your BEST BOOKS of 2008 (Jan 1, 2009, 2:12am)

... and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham ...

sherton in 999 Challenge : sherton's 999 challenge (Dec 26, 2008, 9:53pm)

... by Owen Wister * 6. The Way West by A. B. Guthrie * 7. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy * 8. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry * 9. Trail of the Spanish Bit by Don Coldsmith *

Atomicmutant in The Green Dragon : Your best books read in 2008! Fiction (Dec 20, 2008, 1:26pm)

... by Albert Camus Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

zanix in 888 Challenge : Favourite Book in Each Category? (Nov 30, 2008, 1:34pm)

... (9-16) A Hero of Our Time Speculative Fiction Ubik Dystopia A Clockwork Orange The West Lonesome Dove (Semi) Autobiographical Novels The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man Non-Fiction (1-8) The Gulag Archipelago (9-16) Narrative of ...

blackdogbooks in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Looks like I'm trending towards 75 (Nov 13, 2008, 2:34pm)

... of taking over alcott's acre any more. I didn't think you cam across as a know it all or disrespectful in any way about Lonesome Dove. After reading your response, I worried that my post might have read as defensive. I didn't intend that. I was only trying to describe my recommendation ...

alaskabookworm in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : AlcottAcre's 2008 Reads (Nov 13, 2008, 12:19pm)

I avoided reading Lonesome Dove for years (I generally don't enjoy any kind of "genre" fiction), but several well-respected readers I know kept saying it was an all time fave. So I took the bait and read it a couple years ago. I loved it! I went right out and bought a bunch more McMurtry, but ...

ktleyed in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : AlcottAcre's 2008 Reads (Nov 12, 2008, 5:36pm)

... recommendation, I was really going more on my own impressions when I read the books. I was overwhelmed and in awe of Lonesome Dove when I read it (way back in '86) and all the others just seemed so blah compared to it. I wanted alcottacre to get the best (IMHO) experience out of it. I'm ...

blackdogbooks in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : AlcottAcre's 2008 Reads (Nov 12, 2008, 10:25am)

... Man's Walk as the starting point out of a sense of chonological obssession. Though you're right, it is not better than Lonesome Dove, I found it still quite good and it tells the early days of the main characters. McMurtry is superhuman at creating colorful, baudy, and interesting ...

suslyn in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : AlcottAcre's 2008 Reads (Nov 12, 2008, 8:37am)

#361 -- I'm glad to know Lonesome Dove isn't horrible. That book came in my shipment too, and my knee-jerk reaction was just to immediately recycle it. Guess it's just as well that I didn't. Happy to report that the sequels didn't arrive as well, so I'm left with the better book. Works for me.

alcottacre in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : AlcottAcre's 2008 Reads (Nov 12, 2008, 3:36am)

... was one and loved it, which is why it is surprising to me that I just have not been able to enjoy McMurtry's books. I own Lonesome Dove, but am not sure that I have ever read it (if I did it was years ago when the miniseries came out), so I think I will go back and try it. Thanks for your ...

ktleyed in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : AlcottAcre's 2008 Reads (Nov 11, 2008, 9:19pm)

#348 - I'll chime in on McMurtry - I have to say if you're going to read his Lonesome Dove westerns, read Lonesome Dove first, it's by far the best thing he's ever written. His other Lonesome Dove books pale in comparison, and I'm afraid if you start with Dead Man's Walk you might think it' ...

blackdogbooks in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : AlcottAcre's 2008 Reads (Nov 10, 2008, 6:12pm)

If you are going to read other McMurtry, start with Dead Man's Walk before Lonesome Dove. Also, try his Sin Killer series (4 books) which are really fun westerns!! I think the first is Sin Killer.

alcottacre in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : AlcottAcre's 2008 Reads (Nov 10, 2008, 1:32am)

... and was not impressed by it. I have not read any of his other books at all. Maybe I would do better with his westerns, Lonesome Dove et all, than I have with his autobiography and modern books.

jcmontgomery in Reading through the Pulitzer Prize Winners : J.C.'s List (Read, Reading, TBR) (Nov 6, 2008, 1:00am)

... Reading: 1923 - One of Ours What is on My TBR shelf: 1921 - The Age of Innocence 1983 - The Color Purple 1986 - Lonesome Dove 1988 - Beloved 1994 - The Shipping News 1996 - Independence Day 1999 - The Hours 2002 - Empire Falls 2003 - Middlesex 2004 - The Known Worl ...

jcmontgomery in 999 Challenge : J.C. Montgomery's List (Nov 4, 2008, 8:40pm)

... zier The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The Archivist's Story by Travis Holland Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor READ A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal READ Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks READ March by G ...

justchris in Reading through the Pulitzer Prize Winners : Which Pulitzer Are You Reading Now? (Oct 21, 2008, 11:54pm)

... written story. The others are The Old Man and the Sea (did not enjoy that in high school), Angle of Repose, Lonesome Dove, Beloved (I can't remember if this was an audio book), The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, A Thousand Acres (audio book), and The Shipping News.

hemlokgang in List Five Books Parlour Game : This is for the birds (Oct 16, 2008, 9:55am)

Gifts of an Eagle by Kent Durden Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

kiwiflowa in What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of October 11? (Oct 14, 2008, 2:45pm)

... all the other books she's written. Sunne has remained my favourite of hers. Although after all the recommendations for Lonesome Dove I will be looking out for that one tonight at the bookshop!

Talbin in What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of October 11? (Oct 14, 2008, 7:20am)

You guys are great. I just wanted to let you know that I'm bringing Lonesome Dove. The deciding factor was that my edition is the small paperback size, which will be just a bit easier to haul around with my computer. And of course, I couldn't bring just one book, so No Country for Old Men and A ...

Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of October 11? (Oct 13, 2008, 9:45pm)

#90 Both Lonesome Dove and The Sunne in Splendor are amazing, but in different ways. Lonesome Dove has more humor than The Sunne in Splendor but is almost as rich in emotion and drama. Both are histories of different eras and places, with wonderfully developed unforgettable characters and ...

jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of October 11? (Oct 13, 2008, 6:36pm)

... weekend and have just started The Egyptologist - I think I am going to like it, so far. #97 - Talbin - I loved both Lonesome Dove and Sunne in Splendor. Both excellent, engrossing travel reads. You can't go wrong!

Talbin in What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of October 11? (Oct 13, 2008, 6:05pm)

Thanks, everyone - this is what LT is for - suggesting the book I should bring on my business trip! :-) Another reason Lonesome Dove is a good choice is that it's physically smaller than The Sunne in Splendor. >94 msf59 A Feast for Crows is definitely much slower than the first three books ...

msf59 in What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of October 11? (Oct 13, 2008, 5:51pm)

>90: Talbin- I'm not familiar with the other book but you have to select Lonesome Dove, easily one of the best books I've ever read and as an added bonus it was a terrific mini-series! I'm still making my way through A Feast For Crows. It's not as solid as the earlier books. Some of the ...

ktleyed in What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of October 11? (Oct 13, 2008, 5:46pm)

... choices are favorite books of mine - I envy you reading them for the first time! But, if I had to choose again, I'd go with Lonesome Dove, so well done and engrossing, it's hard to put down and the character of Gus is just unforgettable - enjoy it!

Talbin in What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of October 11? (Oct 13, 2008, 5:30pm)

... I can't have too many. I need something long and meaty, I think, with one or two others for back-up. I think it's between Lonesome Dove or The Sunne in Splendor - the two longest books on my TBR pile.

msf59 in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - OCTOBER 2008 (Oct 10, 2008, 9:25pm)

Friends of the Library sale books: A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. A paperback of one of my all-time favorite books! Everyman by Philip Roth. This author seems to get a lot of attention on LT and I've only read one of his.

kristenhazard in Reading through the Pulitzer Prize Winners : The pulizer prize fiction winners (Oct 9, 2008, 11:11pm)

... Beloved by Toni Morrison (Alfred A. Knopf) 1987 A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor (Alfred A. Knopf) 1986 Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Simon and Schuster) 1985 Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie (Random House) 1984 Ironweed by William Kennedy (Viking) 1983 T ...

timdt in Book talk : Loooonnnnngggg Novels (Sep 12, 2008, 10:51pm)

Lonesome Dove is a great read. Adventure, love story, friendship. My favorite of any genre. Of course, then there is the sequels and prequels.

janeajones in Reading Globally : janeajones' memorable books from around the world (Sep 7, 2008, 1:52pm)

... No Horse Oklahoma -- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Texas -- The Liars' Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry and Giant by Edna Ferber

ireed110 in 50 Book Challenge : Ingrid's Challenge (Aug 5, 2008, 5:16pm)

33. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Five stars. I listened to this on mp3 - it took me many many commutes but I enjoyed every one of them because I got to listen to this.

Talbin in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - #1: AUGUST. 2008 (Aug 2, 2008, 8:12pm)

... and $10 in Borders Rewards money, I purchased the following books at Borders today: Disobedience by Naomi Alderman Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (joycepa, teelgee and all the others - I finally have my first Ishiguro) The Shado ...

Oklahoma in Book talk : Loooonnnnngggg Novels (Aug 1, 2008, 4:19pm)

... Les Miserables--Victor Hugo Trinity--Leon Uris Redemption--Leon Uris Gone with the Wind-Margaret Mitchell Lonesome Dove--Larry McMurtry The Far Pavillions--M.M. Kaye The Raj Quartet Texas--James Michener Don Quixote--Miguel de Cervantes North and South--John Jakes ...

Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads July 2008 (Aug 1, 2008, 1:41am)

... of Fortune Telegraph Days Fingersmith I know not everyone liked Telegraph Days, and it was not as good as Lonesome Dove (what is?), but it harkened back to Buffalo Girls and Anything for Billy, which I thought were just wonderful.

MarianV in The Green Dragon : Books that you have enjoyed the most~ fiction (Jul 17, 2008, 9:12pm)

... The Awakening Land trilogy Edith Pargeter's The Heaven Tree Trilogy Young'un Herbert Best Moving on & Lonesome Dove most of Larry McMurtry's stuff Mrs. Mike Breathing lessons & St. Maybe & All Anne Tyler Bel Canto Louis Bromfield's The Rains Came & ...

Atomicmutant in The Green Dragon : Weekend of July 4th - 6th, 2008 - What are your plans? (Jul 3, 2008, 7:42pm)

... fireworks, but don't like fighting the traffic and crowds to get to displays. So...maybe on that one. And reading Lonesome Dove, which I'm about halfway through and only one word comes to mind . . . . . splendid. Wow, it's a great book, a great summer read. Happy 4th, everyone!

Tigercrane in The Green Dragon : Which fictional character/s would you like to meet in real life??? (Jun 24, 2008, 3:28pm)

Oh, and Augustus McCrae from Lonesome Dove. A new favorite of mine!

whymaggiemay in Book talk : Fiction or non-fiction? (Jun 22, 2008, 5:14pm)

... test.) As a fiction reader I enjoy character studies, so I'm one who is perfectly happy to wade through 100+ pages of Lonesome Dove waiting for the trail drive to begin because McMurtry is introducing the myriad characters in the book. I want to know about those characters, where they ...

thekoolaidmom in Book Listers UNITE! : The EW 100 New Classics List (Jun 22, 2008, 1:39pm)

... King (2000) 22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz (2007) 23. The Ghost Road, Pat Barker (1996) 24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985) 25. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (1989) 26. Neuromancer, William Gibson (1984) 27. Possession, A.S. Byatt (1990) 28. Naked, Da ...

Storeetllr in Audiobooks : What are you listening to now? Part 3 (Jun 14, 2008, 1:03pm)

#174 Lonesome Dove is just brilliant, isn't it! It was the same with me ~ I thought I'd hate it but it ended up one of my all-time desert-island favorites! Hmm, I haven't listened to it on audiobook, though. I take it the reader is good?

ireed110 in Audiobooks : What are you listening to now? Part 3 (Jun 14, 2008, 9:33am)

Currently listening to Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. This is way outside my typical fare, and I didn't expect to like it much. I am thrilled to be wrong.

zanix in 50 Book Challenge : Zero to 150 - 2008 (Jun 11, 2008, 11:14pm)

Lonesome Dove ****½ (#115) by Larry McMurtry 06/09/08 Strait is the Gate ****½ by André Gide 06/10/08

ireed110 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 7 June 2008 (Jun 7, 2008, 9:43am)

... a quickie, childlike book; and Jefferson Bass's Flesh and Bone, the second of the Body Farm novels. On audio, I have Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry going.

zanix in 888 Challenge : Zero's 888 (May 15, 2008, 1:26am)

... West {complete} 1. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy ****½ 2. The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard ***½ 3. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry ****½ 4. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy **** 5. No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy ***½ 6. Horseman, Pass By by Larry Mc ...

quartzite in Book talk : Modern Love Story Fiction? (May 4, 2008, 2:58pm)

... Boy. You might also enjoy some John Irving possibly the The Cider House Rules. Though not in a contemporary setting Lonesome Dove is very enjoyable and has a theme of unrequited love. Wilton Barnhardt's Emma, Who Saved My Life is another possibility.  Finally another British ...

jhowell in Book talk : Desert Island Books (Apr 27, 2008, 7:55pm)

... litude The Lord of the Rings trilogy (I guess thats three, but worth it) Watership Down Mansfield Park Rebecca Lonesome Dove War and Peace that ought to keep me busy -- I went for favorites that are long, involved, and that I would want to re-read. I am not entirely sure ...

LouisBranning in Deep South : March 2008 Book of the Month (Apr 1, 2008, 5:58am)

... and they might as well have been cartoons. As somewhat of a parallel, there was plenty of violence and graphic mayhem in Lonesome Dove, Little Big Man, and Blood Meridian, with many scenes as grotesque as anything in Smonk, but the writers made me care about the characters in those ...

bookladykm in Book talk : List ten books that... (Mar 28, 2008, 6:33pm)

... for whatever reason. In no particular order (no authors where obvious or the touchstone works): Wuthering Heights Lonesome Dove A prayer for owen meany I was Amelia Earhart We speak no treason (I'm a Richard III freak Bel Canto A Game of Thrones (1st that started me on ...

MarianV in LT's list of great books you should read : Top 25 (Mar 25, 2008, 3:05pm)

... To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 13. Little women Louisa May Alcott 14. Raintree County Ross Lockridge Jr. 15. Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 16. Dr. Zhivago Boris Pasternak 17. Collected Short Stories by Anton Chekov l8. The God of small things by Arundhati Roy 19 A T ...

motherofpolyphemus in Book talk : Please recommend a long good book! (Mar 16, 2008, 8:34pm)

Lonesome Dove is 900+- pages...a wonderful story with rich characters on a journey. I had a second hand paperback copy which I sliced into three parts.

MarianV in LT's list of great books you should read : Action thread (Mar 16, 2008, 5:16pm)

... Wind Margaret mitchell Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck War & Peace Leo Tolstoy Raintree County Ross Lockridge Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee The Good Earth Pearl B ...

Storeetllr in Book talk : Your favorite book? (Mar 15, 2008, 8:19pm)

... and over again without getting tired of them (or, worse, being disappointed). The Sparrow, The Sunne in Splendour, Lonesome Dove, and The Stand are four that would pass the test. In fact, I've already read The Sparrow and The Stand more than once and enjoyed them as much the second (a ...

fersher in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - March. 2008 (Mar 13, 2008, 10:13pm)

This in today from BookMooch: Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry, completing my quest to own the entire Lonesome Dove series!

fersher in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - March. 2008 (Mar 3, 2008, 11:42pm)

... by Plato Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry (trying to complete the Lonesome Dove series) Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery Whew! There is another thrift store on my way home from work ...

mccin68 in 888 Challenge : How fun! (Feb 15, 2008, 1:15pm)

... the meaning of night by michael cox no 888 hone yet 1) lost by gregory maguire 2) chocolat by joanne harris 3) lonesome dove 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Historical fiction 1) mary magdelene by margaret george 2) virgin's lover by philippa gregory 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Books to ...

MarianV in Book talk : Thumping Good Reads (Feb 8, 2008, 4:13pm)

... to reading the Common Reader Catalogue. I think their "thumping Good Reads" always involved some action & adventure. Lonesome Dove is a good example. I would add The Poisonwood Bible & 5 Quarters of the Orange They could also be called "page turners" only well written.

quartzite in Book talk : Thumping Good Reads (Feb 7, 2008, 9:22pm)

... convalescing. Some the books I put in this category are: Boy's Life Shining Through The Gold Coast December Lonesome Dove Last Call The Winds Of War The Prince of Tides Ultimate Prizes What are some of your Thumping Good Reads?

Morphidae in Book talk : Changing reading habits (Feb 5, 2008, 5:52pm)

... to stay with "popular" books when trying out a new genre. For instance, when I try westerns, the first book I'll read is Lonesome Dove.

pdxwoman in LibraryThing Book Challenge : First Lines (Feb 4, 2008, 4:18pm)

... in a Strange Land When Augustus came out on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake – not a very big one. Lonesome Dove Some notable sight was drawing the passengers, both men and women, to the window; therefore I rose and crossed the car to see what it was. The Virginian ...

laytonwoman3rd in What Are You Reading Now? : Oldest book in your To Be Read pile (Feb 2, 2008, 6:18pm)

... in 1980 or thereabouts. I recently bought the new translation and I absolutely mean to read it this year. #21 READ Lonesome Dove It's totally wonderful. #5 Give Plague Dogs to the library booksale. It was grim, gruesome and nasty. After Watership Down it left a bad taste in ...

Shortride in What Are You Reading Now? : Oldest book in your To Be Read pile (Feb 1, 2008, 12:01pm)

Nothing too bad on my TBR shelf. I think Lonesome Dove has been on my TBR list for a couple years, though.

Storeetllr in Book talk : Is there any film that actually does justice to the book? (Jan 20, 2008, 6:41pm)

Eeek! How did I manage to omit Lonesome Dove?!? Yes, Heath, that was an excellent film adaptation of the book too.

HeathMochaFrost in Book talk : Is there any film that actually does justice to the book? (Jan 20, 2008, 5:55pm)

... Endearment or Sophie's Choice (shame on me, I know), but your mentioning Terms reminded me, the mini-series of McMurtry's Lonesome Dove, with Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, is absolutely wonderful. I read the book a LONG time ago, so not 100% certain, but I seem to recall the mini-series ...

Marchbanks in Reading the States : reading about Texas (Jan 12, 2008, 12:04pm)

... historian that he couldn't abandon the facts, and the two in combination restrained him. And as far as McMurtry goes, while Lonesome Dove was certainly good, I much prefer The Last Picture Show, which tells the grim, hopeless truth about How Life Was in that place, at that time. That's my ...

MarianV in Book talk : A modern day Hemingway please! (Jan 11, 2008, 1:15pm)

Have you read anything by Larry McMurtry? He is best known forLonesome Dove a novel of the American west which takes place in the 1870's. However, he has written novels set in the present which feature strong male protaganists. Personally, I prefer him to Hemingway & believe he is a much ...

ktleyed in 50 Book Challenge : Favorite Book Ever?? (Jan 5, 2008, 12:12am)

Add me to the Gone With the Wind list, but Lonesome Dove is tied with it. Two great books! I just re-read GWTW this past year and having not read it since I was a teenager, I was glad to see that it stood up to the test of time as I got older, and I still think it's a great book!

jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Books read 4th quarter 2007 October -December (Dec 28, 2007, 7:26pm)

In order: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck Rebecca Daphne DuMaurier Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (an LTearly reviewer) First Man in Rome by Coleeen McCullough I have also just started The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor which is ...

Always_Reading in Hogwarts Express : What''s your Top Ten? (Dec 26, 2007, 8:07pm)

... to soundtrack now, so I just remembered) -The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Cannot believe I forgot that earlier!) -Lonesome Dove (slipped my mind for some weird reason) Hey suge, is there any vampire book with a hot vampire male in it that you haven't read?

ktleyed in Historical Fiction : Westerns Anyone? (Dec 25, 2007, 7:56am)

... Edna Ferber I'm sure you've heard of the movie, but the book is so much more detailed and engrossing. I also second Lonesome Dove, one of my all time favorite books!

Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 (Dec 17, 2007, 8:43pm)

Oooh, jhowell, wasn't Lonesome Dove wonderful!

jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 (Dec 17, 2007, 8:12pm)

... Middlemarch George Eliot (2) The French Lieutenant's Woman John Fowles (3) A Bend in the River V.S. Naipaul (2) Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry (4) I am Charlotte Simmons Tom Wolfe (1)

Storeetllr in 50 Book Challenge : Favorite Book Ever?? (Dec 13, 2007, 9:40pm)

Lonesome Dove by McMurtry pretty much tops my list for sheer storytelling wonder, although The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell and The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman are close seconds. Of course, there's also Gate to Women's Country and Dune that sussabmax mentioned, and ...

LouisBranning in Westerns : Westerns Message Board (Dec 8, 2007, 7:05pm)

... like no more than a notation effort, I thought I'd list my 'favorite' Westerns, a cross-genre compilation of classics: -Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry -Warlock - Oakley Hall -The Last Crossing - Guy Vanderhaeghe -Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy -The Big Sky / The Way Wes ...

jhowell in Book talk : Recommend a good book you've read lately (Oct 31, 2007, 11:47am)

Some of my favorites lately: The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry In the Fall by Jeffrey Lent The Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck

Always_Reading in Art is Life : Has a book or piece of artwork ever made you weep? (Oct 22, 2007, 1:19am)

... the end of Where the Red Fern Grows. I must be so calous, not crying at the end. I barely felt sad, actually. Now, Lonesome Dove, I teared up pretty bad. And Bridge to Terabithia, I bawled, baby bawls with hiccups and everything. Same with The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. ...

margad in Art is Life : Has a book or piece of artwork ever made you weep? (Oct 19, 2007, 9:47pm)

... paintings don't move me in quite this way. Music sometimes makes me cry. Novels very often. Yes, Cliff, I know the scene in Lonesome Dove that you are referring to, and I was reading through a haze of tears by that point. I cry at funerals, too - even of people I barely knew.

jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 13 October 2007 (Oct 16, 2007, 8:10am)

I loved Lonesome Dove - just finished last night ( I can't believe that it's not on the 1001 Novels . . . list). I just started Grapes of Wrath which I have never read before.

jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 6 October 2007 (Oct 12, 2007, 5:36pm)

#140 - Yes; my copy of Lonesome Dove is a chunky #810 -- but I am flying right through it; it is definately one of those books that you can't put down. #124,125,127 etc -- count me in as one who loved The Namesake! I love Indian fiction for some reason. I recently loved The Inheritance ...

whymaggiemay in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 6 October 2007 (Oct 12, 2007, 4:03pm)

jhowell I loved Lonesome Dove. It was one of the few books where I cried when it was over because I wanted more, and, as I remember, the book is over 900 pages.

bookladykm in Book talk : What are you rereading? (Oct 11, 2007, 6:32pm)

... obvious classics pride and prejudice and wuthering heights, I also plan to re-read: bel canto by ann patchett lonesome dove by larry mcmurtry i was amelia earhart by jane mendolsohn I've also re-read George RR Martin's series at least once and will do so again before the ...

jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 6 October 2007 (Oct 11, 2007, 2:06pm)

I am reading Lonesome Dove and really enjoying it. It is such an entertaining novel. I certainly wasn't prepared for how funny it is.

jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 6 October 2007 (Oct 7, 2007, 12:29pm)

... the hype. Doesn't come close to touching All Quiet on the Western Front in terms of great war novels. I just started Lonesome Dove last night.

bookworm12 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 September 2007 (Oct 3, 2007, 1:46pm)

... enthralling, but it was fascinating. I couldn't say that I really liked it, but I learned so much. I also finished Lonesome Dove and am in the last few pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I fell hard for 'Brooklyn.' It's definitely one of my new favorite books. It's so simple, but at ...

bookworm12 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 22 September 2007 (Sep 23, 2007, 7:43pm)

... A Tree Grows in Brooklyn which has been on my TBR list for so long! Great so far. I'm also still making my way through Lonesome Dove on audiobook. I'm enjoying it, but it's definitely not a quick read as the narrator talks like a cowboy with a slow, lilting voice. I'm in the midst of ...

sergerca in What Are You Reading Now? : Books being turned into movies. (Sep 19, 2007, 1:52pm)

While the book was amazing Lonesome Dove the mini-series blows it away.

bookworm12 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 15 September 2007 (Sep 17, 2007, 5:49pm)

I'm reading Lonesome Dove which I started during my recent roadtrip out west to South Dakota. It was a good fit. But I'm still reading it, good so far. I'm also reading Howards End which I love. This is my fourth or fifth E.M. Forster book I've read and soo far it's my favorite. Also ...

MarianV in Book talk : List ten books that... (Sep 11, 2007, 7:09pm)

Can I add Lonesome Dove?

Karbie in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 8 September 2007 (Sep 10, 2007, 4:48pm)

I am just about finished with Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I loved this book and don't want it to end, so am putting off the last few pages. It took me all summer to read, but it was worth it! I think I'll read The Edge of the Crazies by Jamie Harrison next.

bookladykm in Book talk : Your blindspot (Aug 23, 2007, 11:12am)

Re: GRRM, Lonesome Dove and various popular books containing massive amounts of human (or otherwise) misery. Gee...I count those among my favorites! Must be the black Irish in me. I do not, however, like sappy, tear-jerkers like many of the Oprah "{insert enthnic or sociological stereotype ...

randomarbitrary in Book talk : Your blindspot (Aug 17, 2007, 10:35pm)

... read that book and laughed. Then one would have to wonder about your empathy and sanity... I was actually thinking of Lonesome Dove -- my friend loved that book and mini-series and I used to describe it to him like that, and he always just laughed and agreed with my assessment. But he ...

Karbie in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 11 August 2007 (Aug 17, 2007, 3:30pm)

#166 - That's what everyone keeps telling me about Lonesome Dove. I am loving it so far! Can't believe I have just found it, but I'll give all the credit to the LibraryThingers who have recommended it all over this site. #177 - Watership Down was a great book. I was surprised how much I ...

ellevee in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 11 August 2007 (Aug 17, 2007, 9:49am)

#161 Lonesome Dove rules!

Karbie in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 11 August 2007 (Aug 16, 2007, 11:56pm)

I'm working my way through (finally up to page 494) Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. It's really a great book, but slow going for me with summer winding down and kids heading back to school. I'm also ready When God Weeps by Joni Tada and Steve Estes. Really good book dealing with the reasons ...

Karbie in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 July 2007 (Aug 11, 2007, 6:58pm)

#183 and #184 Thanks for all the info. I've just put the sequel to Lonesome Dove on my Amazon.com wishlist. Someone's review gave away something sad about the ending of Lonesome Dove. Wish I hadn't read it! Think I'll put the movies on my Netflix, though.

Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 July 2007 (Aug 10, 2007, 2:10am)

... enjoyed his historicals about the American West, like Buffalo Girls and Anything for Billy, and the prequels/sequels to Lonesome Dove, and to a lesser degree the Berrybender series, but, really, nothing comes close to Lonesome Dove, imho. I thought the movie was really good too.

ellevee in The Green Dragon : stalking fictional characters (Aug 9, 2007, 4:02pm)

... Thomas - Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz Lucas Corso - The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte Woodrow Call - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Raoul Duke - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson Holden Caufield - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger ...

Karbie in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 July 2007 (Aug 8, 2007, 4:51pm)

#157 #158 #154 Wow, can't believe I have never read this wonderful book Lonesome Dove before. It's fantastic so far and I find myself thinking of the characters when I'm unable to do some more reading. Have you read other books by McMurtry? Are they just as good? Is it worth seeing/renting ...

ellevee in The Green Dragon : Attachments (Aug 8, 2007, 9:33am)

Signs Of Book Attachments: * When my copy of Lonesome Dove fell apart, I literally ran to the bookstore, and spent way too much time stress-testing copies to see which would survive the longest. * I own two copies of Watchmen, and briefly owned five copies of Fear and Loathing on the Campai ...

ladybookworm in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 July 2007 (Aug 1, 2007, 11:07pm)

Lonesome Dove was a wonderful book! I too hope you enjoy it as much as I did when I read it years ago. Let us know what you think! I just finished Hell House by Richard Matheson, and now I'm on to Ghost Story by Peter Straub. I guess I'm on a horror kick this week!

Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 July 2007 (Aug 1, 2007, 10:53pm)

#151 I do hope you enjoy Lonesome Dove as much as I did! I second Smiley's comment ~ it's a masterpiece! Let us know.

Karbie in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 July 2007 (Aug 1, 2007, 4:20pm)

After hearing so many LibraryThingers rave about Lonesome Dove, I decided to order it used from Amazon.com. So far so good and it is keeping my interest. I was thinking I would be bored because it's a western. I've never seen the movie/TV series so it's all new to me. I think I'll enjoy it. B ...

Storeetllr in Historical Fiction : Westerns Anyone? (Jul 31, 2007, 12:29am)

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry is by far and away my favorite, that's desert-island favorite, historical Western ever. It was just phenomenal! I also liked McMurtry's Anything for Billy and Buffalo Girls, and mostly enjoyed the prequel and sequels of Lonesome Dove and his Berrybender ...

ellevee in The Green Dragon : Argh! My HP and the Chamber of Secrets is FALLING APART! (Jul 23, 2007, 11:02am)

I was rereading my copy of Lonesome Dove one day, and the entire contents of the paperback fell out on my lap. In the subway. It was snowing outside. Maybe three pages survived. Since then, when a book starts looking... elderly... I either A) panic and buy a back-up copy, or B) buy that ...

bookladykm in Book talk : Cry like a baby (Jul 12, 2007, 7:32pm)

... and Me. Makes me teary just thinking about it! And any book where an animal dies, really. Also when Gus dies in Lonesome Dove. *sniff*

ellevee in The Green Dragon : Imaginary Friends (Jul 7, 2007, 10:52am)

... character with the same name from the cartoon 'Gargoyles.' He rocked. Later, I had a friend from the mini-series/book, Lonesome Dove. She was the daughter of one of the characters. Catherine Call (my middle name was her first name - coincidence?). I still love that book. Reportedly I was ...

MarianV in Modern Classics Club : Modern Classics Message Board (Jun 27, 2007, 10:19am)

... Repose Donna Tartt The secret history Richard Ford The sportswriter William Styron Sophie's choice Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove Margaret Lawrence A jest of God Ross Lockridge Raintree County Joyce Carol Oates Dark water These are all books I want to hang on to. And don't ...

eba1999 in List Five Books Parlour Game : Cities (Jun 9, 2007, 11:54pm)

... by Simon Winchester The Oxford Book of Children's Verse The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel

bookladykm in Book talk : Name authors that after youve red them first, you had the urge to read EVERYTHING they wrote. (Jun 6, 2007, 2:05pm)

Larry McMurtry after the wonderful Lonesome Dove, but was sorely disappointed after the sequel, so quit him altogether. George RR Martin and have really enjoyed all of the Song of Fire and Ice series and some of his work, but not as much. Margaret Atwood:my first hit of the devine Ms. At ...

writestuff in What Are You Reading Now? : Any FANTASTIC books to read? (May 24, 2007, 9:19am)

Lonesome Dove series by Larry McMurtry - actually anything by him is wonderful. The Stand by Stephen King Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett The Book Thief by Markus Zusak War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Road by Cormac McCarthy Half of a Yellow Sun by ...

kayaalder in Book Fiend : a new challenge (May 17, 2007, 1:28pm)

... by Pat Conroy - the movie was atrocious but the book is incredible The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry These are all oldies so you may have already read them but they always come up when anyone asks me about favorites.

Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 12 May 2007 (May 14, 2007, 11:34pm)

#69 ~ Ooooh, dugmel, I envy you reading Lonesome Dove for the first time! It was my very first Western, and I started it very reluctantly, because, I mean, a WESTERN? Hah! Only one of the best novels of all time! (imho) Enjoy!

bookladykm in Book Fiend : Hello :) (Apr 27, 2007, 3:34pm)

... (both recent and from my dark, lonely past; but is one ever alone with a book? Yes, yes, I know: rationalizing again.): lonesome dove seabiscuit a sentimental favorite. My friends became terribly concerned with my Seabuiscuit obsession. I have a literary shrine to this little horse! out ...

AmandaB18 in Historical Fiction : History through fiction (Apr 26, 2007, 2:17pm)

#92 - I also loved Lonesome Dove, that is one of the best stories. Have you ever seen the mini series with Robert Duvall? I also have Sunne in Splendour and The Far Pavillions on my wishlist.

bookladykm in Historical Fiction : History through fiction (Apr 26, 2007, 1:45pm)

... Treason; both sympathetic views of Richard (which I share). As for favorite historical fiction...a favorite of mine is Lonesome Dove for the American west and The Far Pavillions by m. m. kaye for the Raj India (far less daunting than Scott's Raj Quartet).

bookworm12 in What did YOU buy today? : What did you buy today? April 2007 edition (Apr 20, 2007, 1:10pm)

... more books for presents for people. Happy Friday for me! The Thirteenth Tale Cross 4th of july 5th horseman Lonesome dove cloud atlas Down Under The Camel Club The Outsiders Rise and Shine Dear John The Lincoln Lawyer Judge and Jury This Christmas The ...

Lilandorth in Book talk : All-time Favorite Book (Apr 17, 2007, 10:53pm)

... with the Civil War. The Mists of Avalon: I have read it several times and it got me interested in Arthurian tales. Lonesome Dove: I loved this book which was amazing because it was a Western...the only Western I have ever enjoyed. Time and Again: This book is the epitome of time ...

margad in Books Compared : [Lonesome Dove] compared to [The Stand] (Spoilers for both novels) (Mar 27, 2007, 7:29pm)

This is fascinating! Lonesome Dove is one of my favorite books of all time, and I read part I of The Stand some years ago and enjoyed it. I would never have thought to compare them -- but you're right, there is a lot of similarity. Also, both novels are set in a dying world. In The Stand, it ...

StefanY in Books Compared : [Lonesome Dove] compared to [The Stand] (Spoilers for both novels) (Mar 27, 2007, 12:37pm)

... have some sort of basis for comparison, and my mind kept going back (jokingly at first because they're both so long) to Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry and The Stand: complete & uncut edition by Stephen King. Once I started to really consider it, I was surprised by how closely ...

tontine2 in Hogwarts Express : just went to mugglenet (Mar 26, 2007, 8:26pm)

Kerian, I'm laughing because I did the same with Harry Potter as I did with Lonesome Dove in that I thought, "I won't read that, it's too popular, I'm sure to hate it." Then, in both cases, I read and loved. So maybe I'm a young 65, or a stubborn 65. Yeah, that's it, a stubborn 65. Of course, ...

Morphidae in Book talk : How broad are your tastes? (Mar 13, 2007, 5:27pm)

I haven't read a western yet though I have Lonesome Dove on my TBR Someday list.

Storeetllr in Book talk : Lonesome Dove (Feb 19, 2007, 11:58pm)

Both the sequel and the prequel. I didn't want Lonesome Dove to end, so I had to keep reading about the characters. :) Neither matched Lonesome Dove for sheer genius, but I enjoyed them. I hope to reread it (L.D.) this year.

dougwood57 in 1001 Books to read before you die : 1001 Books to read before you die Message Board (Jan 30, 2007, 3:07pm)

... McEwan, Toni Morrison, Douglas Adams, et al) - that's ain't right, man!! Not when Cormac McCarthy and Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove don't make the list at all. And there's room for a zillion Jane austen, but only one Roman poet (Ovid) and no Homer??

dchaikin in Reading the States : reading about Texas (Jan 22, 2007, 11:20pm)

... by Sallie Reynolds fiction The Time it Never Rained by Elmer Kelton The Train to Estelline by Jane Roberts Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John Erikson anthology Lone Star Literature by Don Graham (ed.) And the ...

Retrogirl85 in Book talk : Fun with Libraries: The Zoo in the Library (Jan 19, 2007, 10:31pm)

... Cave Bear The Valley of Horses The Mammoth Hunters Saving Fish from Drowning Sarah Canary The Thorn Birds Lonesome Dove To kill a Mockingbird Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix The Secret life of Bees If you give a Mouse a Cookie

Storeetllr in Romance - from historical to contemporary : Anybody else have an interest in paranormal/fantasy/romances? (Jan 10, 2007, 2:18pm)

... I did read the second and I think the third in the series. As far as Westerns go, I used to loathe them until I read Lonesome Dove. It is a wonderful, wonderful novel! I highly recommend it.

misslilpaw in Historical Fiction : Deadwood fan - historical recommendations 1870-? (Dec 30, 2006, 12:40pm)

Lonesome Dove is brilliant. The lightning dancing in the cattle horns haunts me still! Also, Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey by Lillian Schlissel is an excellent dip into the real life experiences of westward migration.

quartzite in Historical Fiction : Deadwood fan - historical recommendations 1870-? (Dec 29, 2006, 6:36am)

Also Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove series.

Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 Dec 2006 (Dec 17, 2006, 6:58pm)

... The Alienist. Mary Renault writes magnificent historicals about the ancient world. I don't know if McMurtry's Lonesome Dove would be considered a historical, but it was set in the old West and was really really good. I've heard that Mary Doria Russell's latest novel ~ A Thread ...

williamc in Western Americana : What book would you recommend someone unfamiliar with this genre start with? (Oct 26, 2006, 12:29pm)

... House of Sky. Though a great pair of novels to read are Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose and Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove.

sergerca in Made into a Movie : When the movies are better than the books or vice versa (Sep 7, 2006, 9:52pm)

It might be a tie, but the Lonesome Dove mini-series was as good or better as the book- and the book is my all time favorite.

LilyHarvester in What Are You Reading Now? : Lonesome Dove (Aug 21, 2006, 2:19pm)

Loved Lonesome Dove, an absolute all-time favorite. I read it after seeing the mini-series on TV (out on disc now, praise the Lord). Gave my copy to a friend in Paris, and will now have to go buy another one--I hadn't considered reading it again, an excellent idea!

LouisBranning in What Are You Reading Now? : Lonesome Dove (Aug 14, 2006, 2:57pm)

A few years ago I bought a copy of Lonesome Dove from a college professor/book collector in Wichita, who told me he owned 12 first editions of LD, eight of which were signed. He said he just couldn't help himself and planned to buy even more, particularly since he now owned one less.

cabegley in What Are You Reading Now? : Lonesome Dove (Aug 4, 2006, 8:37pm)

I loved Lonesome Dove--I think Larry McMurtry is fantastic. The characters really make this book. Entertainment Weekly has a great interview with McMurtry from a few years back http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,547914_7_0_,00.html I was unsuccessful at making this a link, but try ...

gerg in Westerns : Westerns Message Board (Jul 27, 2006, 3:46pm)

... is a place to share favorites and browse the libraries of this rich, broad genre. My favorites are pretty generic: Lonesome Dove and Little Big Man I've also read most of the Owen Wister's The Virginian and found it enjoyable but half the reason I read Westerns is for the ...

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