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.

The Case of Elmwood Ranch
One Last Rodeo (Willow Ridge #3)
Battle of the Round House (Magic & Mystery, #6)
Untamed: A Spicy Small Town Cowboy Romance (Wild Sage Ranch Book 1)
Wrangled by the Star (Hollow Hills Ranch #1)
Romantic Hero
West of Forever (Heartstone Ranch #1)
North Country
Long Time Coming (Mercy River Ranch #1)
Pretty Little Scars (Silver Springs, #1)
The Brave and the Fearless (Bravetown #2)
What Came West
Part of Your World (#2, Once Upon a Time in Texas)
Saddled Up (Windy Peaks #3)
Anything For You (Pinecrest, Montana #2)
West of Forever (Heartstone Ranch #1)
Maple Mountain (Saddles & Spurs Book 4)
Wild and Wrangled (Rebel Blue Ranch, #4)
Ryder (Lucky River Ranch #5)
Battle of the Round House (Magic & Mystery, #6)
Calico
The Crossroads (Joe Pickett, #26)
Untamed (Redford Ranch, #1)
North Country
In the Great Quiet
Sap & Secrets (Maplewood, #1)
Riding the High (Silver Pines Ranch, #3)
Soul Searching (Sweetwater Peak, #1)
Freeing the Wild (Silver Pines Ranch, #4)
At Whit's End (Wells Ranch, #4)
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'ConnellDancing on Coals by Ellen O'ConnellTexas Destiny by Lorraine HeathMacKenzie Fire by Elle CaseyTexas Straight Up by Jodi Vaughn
Favorite Western/Cowboy Romance Novels
776 books — 875 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
606 books — 556 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 by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
1,441 books — 1,630 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
437 books — 420 voters
Finding Cinderella by Colleen HooverLegally Wed by N.M. SilberBeg by C.D. ReissHearts in Darkness by Laura KayeCastle Hill by Samantha Young
Romance Short Stories and Novellas
725 books — 462 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)
Heartless (Chestnut Springs, #2)
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
No Country for Old Men
Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
Reckless (Chestnut Springs, #4)
Hondo
Butcher's Crossing

Erich Maria Remarque
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Erich Maria Remarque

Cormac McCarthy
Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

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