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Larry McMurtry

Born

in Wichita Falls, Texas, The United States

June 03, 1936

Died

March 25, 2021

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins). He was also a prominent book collector and bookseller.
His 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries that earned 18 Emmy Award nominations (seven wins). The subsequent three novels in his Lonesome Dove series were adapted as three more miniseries, earning eight more Emmy nominations. McMurtry and co-writer Diana Ossana adapted the scre ...more

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	Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.60 avg rating — 276,247 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Streets of Laredo (Lonesome Dove, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 30,214 ratings — published 1993 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 28,441 ratings — published 1995 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terms of Endearment 4.12 avg rating — 27,241 ratings — published 1975 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comanche Moon (Lonesome Dove, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 23,722 ratings — published 1997 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Picture Show 4.01 avg rating — 22,460 ratings — published 1966 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horseman, Pass By 3.94 avg rating — 5,841 ratings — published 1961 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sin Killer (The Berrybender Narratives, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 6,118 ratings — published 2002 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Texasville 3.75 avg rating — 5,311 ratings — published 1987 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers 3.83 avg rating — 5,065 ratings — published 1972 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, 1989, 976 pages
(last read 2019)

31 votes, 20.5%

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 1985, 960 pages (last read 2012)

29 votes, 19.2%

The Arabian Nights by Anonymous, 800, 1049 pages
(last read 2018)

26 votes, 17.2%

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne, 1767, 715 pages

20 votes, 13.2%

The World According to Garp by John Irving, 1978, 610 pages

17 votes, 11.3%

Adam Bede by George Eliot, 1859, 624 pages

16 votes, 10.6%

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay, 1990, 675 pages

12 votes, 7.9%

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