Top 5 Best Western Reads

[270.Rose]

Stephen Bly's Code of the West series is always good no matter how many times I read it. His writing is spot on and he once said he drove every single dirt road in the West researching his books...I believe it.

 

[Valley1320]

Elmer Kelton has plenty of good ones to.

 

[Irrelevant]

Neffa3,
What did you read? I just finished English Creek after learning of Doig on this thread. Decent read as far as story goes.

Actually just started Dancing at the Rascal County Fair

 

[DanWyo]

Thanks all who recommended Doig. The Whistling Season was a fantastic refresher on beautiful prose and lexicon that inspires me to stretch, not to mention a lively cast and story arc. I’ll be devouring more.

 

[275Rigby]

Idaho’s greatest Mule Deer, Vol 1 & 2
Idaho’s greatest Whitetails
Idaho’s greatest Elk
By Ryan Hatfield - these are more of a tribute to the great big game animals of Idaho. Lots of pictures and short stories from the hunters who were lucky enough to experience it.

Anything from Jack O’Connor. While he does have many stories on African hunting, he has a wealth of stories about hunts that took place from Sonora to the Yukon. Always entertaining, but be careful, you may have to go buy a .270 Win after reading his stuff!

Lord Grizzly by Frederick Manfred. A definite favorite mountain man story about Hugh Glass

 

[Deleted member 52847]

Pretty much anything that Louis L'Amour wrote.

 

[JT88]

Basically any Louis L'Amour and No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

 

[220yotekiller]

The Sackett series
The Stephen Bly books
Log of a Cowboy by Andy Adams
Horse Trading by Ben green
Louis Lamours Lance Killkenny books

 

[2rocky]

I’m surprised Blood and Thunder hasn’t been mentioned.

Just Ordered it on Audible and got a paperback off of Amazon for my dad.

 

[Badger5]

I’ve always enjoyed Louis L’Amour books for easy reads when out in the woods. They are entertaining and quick reads, for the most part.

The Border Crossing Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy are very good books, very well written and really make you think.

 

[atlas]

The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy

 

[atlas]

oops missed that it was just mentioned

 

[ismith]

“Hell, I Was There” Elmer Keith
“The Lochsa Story” Bud Moore

 

[Valley1320]

Eye of the hawk by elmer kelton

 

[Forkyfinder]

Hell i was there. @ismith beat me

 

[The Missing Link]

I am big fan of William Johnstone and I read his books in the order he writes a series before going to another one. I keep a checklist updated with all the books listed by series. He puts out a new updated list each year updated with all of the new releases in each series.