Westerns

Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, but there are also a number of works about Western-type characters in contemporary settings.

Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid, desolate landscape.

Ryder (Lucky River Ranch #5)
Chasing the Fire (Silver Pines Ranch, #5)
In the Great Quiet
Boots Beneath Her Bed
This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
Prospector's Peak (Saddles & Spurs #3)
The Lost Cities of El Norte: Coronado's Quest, the Unconquered West, and the Birth of American Indian Resistance
Darling Daffodils Farm (Hope Harbor, #1)
Love Grows Wild
Unraveled (Redford Ranch, #3)
Wilde Ride (Love is a Cowboy #2)
The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier
The Harvey Girl
Fight for Us (Pinecrest, Montana #1)
Need You Close (Second Chance Ranch, #3)
Ryder (Lucky River Ranch #5)
In the Great Quiet
Wild and Wrangled (Rebel Blue Ranch, #4)
Chasing the Fire (Silver Pines Ranch, #5)
Whisper Sweet Nothings (Rosewood River, #6)
Riding the High (Silver Pines Ranch, #3)
Darling Daffodils Farm (Hope Harbor, #1)
Love Grows Wild
Between the Pines (Black Springs Ranch, #1)
In a Heartbeat (Rosewood River, #5)
High Water (The Quiet Horsemen #4)
Come What May (Ember Falls #4)
Burning Skies (Wild at Heart #3)
At Whit's End (Wells Ranch, #4)
Chasing the Sun (Star Harbor #1)
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'ConnellAnnie's Song by Catherine AndersonComanche Moon by Catherine AndersonDancing on Coals by Ellen O'ConnellTexas Destiny by Lorraine Heath
Favorite Historical Western Romance Novels
704 books — 1,310 voters
On the Road to Death's Door by Peggy Joque WilliamsBlue Coyote Motel by Dianne HarmanCornered Coyote by Dianne HarmanHeavy Duty People by Iain ParkeThe Saladin Strategy by Norm Clark
Indie Mysteries, Thrillers, Westerns
600 books — 537 voters

Almost a Cowboy by Em PetrovaTexas Straight Up by Jodi VaughnOne Night with a Cowboy by Cat JohnsonGoing Cowboy Crazy by Katie LaneMcKettrick's Pride by Linda Lael Miller
Best Cowboy Romance Books
434 books — 416 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyTrue Grit by Charles PortisAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Literary Westerns
288 books — 392 voters

Hedge King in Winter by Michael E. DellertThe Redemption of Caralynne Hayman by Carole   BrownDavid by Louis  McCallInfernal Gates by Michael Jack WebbMARY by Louis   McCall
Christian Indie Authors
1,154 books — 757 voters
The Tin Star by J.L. LangleyBareback by Chris OwenThe Broken H by J.L. LangleyTiming by Mary CalmesNowhere Ranch by Heidi Cullinan
Best Gay Cowboys
435 books — 642 voters

Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
True Grit
The Sisters Brothers
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1)
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
Heartless (Chestnut Springs, #2)
No Country for Old Men
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)
Hondo
Reckless (Chestnut Springs, #4)
Butcher's Crossing

Nothing spells trouble like two drunk cowboys with a rocket launcher.
C.J. Box, Cold Wind

Cricket Rohman
Hannah knelt to get a closer look at the trail of holes. “Last night’s vandal wore stilettos.” The two men stared at her, confused. “English, please. You’re talking to country boys.
Cricket Rohman, Colorado Takedown

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