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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
by (shelved 198 times as texas)
avg rating 4.60 — 285,806 ratings — published 1985
News of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 189 times as texas)
avg rating 4.08 — 114,808 ratings — published 2016
The Four Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 144 times as texas)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,092,015 ratings — published 2021
The Son (Hardcover)
by (shelved 121 times as texas)
avg rating 4.04 — 39,060 ratings — published 2013
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 119 times as texas)
avg rating 4.07 — 156,008 ratings — published 1992
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as texas)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,129 ratings — published 2018
Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59, #1)
by (shelved 110 times as texas)
avg rating 3.83 — 32,224 ratings — published 2017
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as texas)
avg rating 4.04 — 75,367 ratings — published 1999
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as texas)
avg rating 4.17 — 268,297 ratings — published 2005
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as texas)
avg rating 4.25 — 71,414 ratings — published 2010
Valentine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as texas)
avg rating 3.76 — 47,093 ratings — published 2020
Listen for the Lie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 84 times as texas)
avg rating 4.06 — 635,171 ratings — published 2024
The Last Thing He Told Me (Hannah Hall, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as texas)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,211,870 ratings — published 2021
11/22/63 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as texas)
avg rating 4.35 — 705,968 ratings — published 2011
The Last Picture Show (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as texas)
avg rating 4.00 — 22,774 ratings — published 1966
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as texas)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,400,076 ratings — published 1998
Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as texas)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,517 ratings — published 2021
Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1)
by (shelved 75 times as texas)
avg rating 3.88 — 92,927 ratings — published 2015
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as texas)
avg rating 4.00 — 36,254 ratings — published 2009
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as texas)
avg rating 4.14 — 244,838 ratings — published 1985
Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as texas)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,203 ratings — published 1968
The Bodyguard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as texas)
avg rating 3.93 — 453,768 ratings — published 2022
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as texas)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,034,689 ratings — published 2025
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as texas)
avg rating 3.90 — 204,153 ratings — published 2012
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as texas)
avg rating 4.28 — 693,814 ratings — published 2012
The Liars' Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as texas)
avg rating 3.94 — 73,310 ratings — published 1995
Goodbye to a River: A Narrative (Vintage Departures)
by (shelved 63 times as texas)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,836 ratings — published 1959
Friday Night Lights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as texas)
avg rating 4.14 — 68,371 ratings — published 1988
On Juneteenth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as texas)
avg rating 4.17 — 11,175 ratings — published 2021
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as texas)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,153,388 ratings — published 2020
Olympus, Texas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as texas)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,873 ratings — published 2021
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as texas)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,111 ratings — published 2016
Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2)
by (shelved 45 times as texas)
avg rating 3.96 — 265,351 ratings — published 2002
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as texas)
avg rating 3.79 — 31,240 ratings — published 2012
Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5)
by (shelved 44 times as texas)
avg rating 4.05 — 111,605 ratings — published 2001
Streets of Laredo (Lonesome Dove, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as texas)
avg rating 4.14 — 31,255 ratings — published 1993
Simon the Fiddler (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as texas)
avg rating 3.84 — 12,086 ratings — published 2020
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as texas)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,392 ratings — published 2009
The Gates of the Alamo (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as texas)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,919 ratings — published 2000
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as texas)
avg rating 4.44 — 27,552 ratings — published 1982
Horseman, Pass By (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as texas)
avg rating 3.94 — 5,926 ratings — published 1961
The Time It Never Rained (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as texas)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,388 ratings — published 1973
Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas (The Texas Bookshelf)
by (shelved 37 times as texas)
avg rating 4.57 — 593 ratings — published 2019
Heaven, My Home (Highway 59, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as texas)
avg rating 3.89 — 10,242 ratings — published 2019
Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as texas)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,280,117 ratings — published 2019
Terms of Endearment (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as texas)
avg rating 4.12 — 27,365 ratings — published 1975
Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as texas)
avg rating 3.75 — 38,683 ratings — published 2014
“There are parts of Texas where a fly lives ten thousand years and a man can't die soon enough.”
― Geek Love
― Geek Love
“Yeah, you almost got yourself killed, you idiot,” she said smiling. She
was well aware of his daredevil tendencies and to the extent possible,
comfortable with them.
“No, it was something stranger than that. When I was underwater,
my life did flash before my eyes. You know, just like everyone says it
does. But there was . . . something else . . . something that wasn’t part
of my life. It was like it was stuck right there at the end, just before I
popped to the surface, and I can’t imagine what it was.”
Val slowly turned her head back toward the road then asked, “Well,
what was it you saw?”
― The Mayan Legacy
was well aware of his daredevil tendencies and to the extent possible,
comfortable with them.
“No, it was something stranger than that. When I was underwater,
my life did flash before my eyes. You know, just like everyone says it
does. But there was . . . something else . . . something that wasn’t part
of my life. It was like it was stuck right there at the end, just before I
popped to the surface, and I can’t imagine what it was.”
Val slowly turned her head back toward the road then asked, “Well,
what was it you saw?”
― The Mayan Legacy
