Best Westerns

In my list of best westerns you can see that my tastes are old fashioned and inclinations literary (no gun-slinging is listed below). But I post just a list of suggestions to somebody new to westerns. You can see that the western takes in a lot of different kinds of novels. You'll never go wrong with L'Amour and Kelton and Estleman.

1. Indians: Oliver, Chad -- The Wolf is My Brother

2. Family Saga: Braun, Matthew The Kincaids

3. Cowboys: Capps, Benjamin: The Trail to Ogallala; Schaefer, Jack – Monte Walsh;

4. Adventure: L'Amour, Louis – Down the Long Hills

5. Passing of the Olde West: Kelton, Elmer - The Good Old Boys

6. Historical Western: Estleman, Loren  - Billy Gashade

7. Literary Western: Hall, Oakley – Warlock

8. Custer Novel: Henry, Will – No Survivors

9. Epic: McMurtry, Larry - Lonesome Dove

10. Stagecoach Drama: Leonard, Elmore – Hombre

11. Old Timey: Gray, Zane – Nevada, A Romance of the West

12. Pioneers: Guthrie, Jr., A.B. – The Big Sky

13. Short Stories: Johnson, Dorothy - "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" among many others