The Best Books of or about Texas!
Discover the best books about Texas, from Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove to Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses. Explore iconic fiction capturing the Lone Star State's spirit, history, and landscapes in this curated reading list.
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All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the Border Trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.
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The Last Picture Show
by Larry McMurtry
Story of a small town in Texas where the private lives and transgressions of the entire community are laid bare.
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Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
Tells of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana and shows how one man's dream to create an empire affects others.
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Horseman, Pass By
by Larry McMurtry
Told from a 17-year-old's point of view, Hud emerges as ruthless, cold and mean.
