25 Best Western Novels (Western Writers of America)

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In the mid 1980s, the 300+ members of the Western Writers of America (WWA) were asked to select the best western novels ever written. This is their list.
1
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
by Owen Wister
2,652 members
48 reviews
3.8
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2
The Ox-Bow Incident
by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
1,827 members
45 reviews
3.9
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3
The Big Sky
by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
1,261 members
28 reviews
4.1
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4
The Searchers
by Alan Le May
385 members
14 reviews
4.1
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5
Riders of the Purple Sage
by Zane Grey
2,086 members
66 reviews
½ 3.4
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6
Pasó por Aquí
by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
33 members
2 reviews
5
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7
Bugles in the Afternoon
by Ernest Haycox
85 members
1 review
½ 3.4
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8
The Long Rifle
by Steward Edward White
44 members
1 review
4
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9
Vengeance Valley
by Luke Short
28 members
½ 3.5
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10
The Hell Bent Kid
by Charles O. Locke
35 members
1 review
4.1
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11
Cheyenne Autumn
by Mari Sandoz
365 members
7 reviews
3.9
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12
Destry Rides Again
by Max Brand
149 members
4 reviews
3.2
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13
Hondo
by Louis L'Amour
1,456 members
33 reviews
3.8
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14
The Sea of Grass
by Conrad Richter
296 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
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15
Ride the Man Down
by Luke Short
35 members
1 review
½ 3.6
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16
The Day the Cowboys Quit
by Elmer Kelton
163 members
2 reviews
4
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17
Stay Away, Joe
by Dan Cushman
76 members
2.9
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18
The Time It Never Rained
by Elmer Kelton
362 members
10 reviews
½ 4.3
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19
True Grit
by Charles Portis
5,163 members
240 reviews
4.2
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20
Monte Walsh
by Jack Schaefer
132 members
11 reviews
½ 4.3
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21
Flint
by Louis L'Amour
1,144 members
12 reviews
4
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22
From Where the Sun now Stands
by Will Henry
100 members
3 reviews
4.1
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23
Hombre
by Elmore Leonard
531 members
26 reviews
3.8
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24
The Wonderful Country
by Tom Lea
110 members
3 reviews
3.9
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25
Shane
by Jack Schaefer
2,082 members
50 reviews
3.9
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