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Books Set in Montana:



600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster
Bad Land: An American Romance by Jonathan Raban
The Bartender's Tale by Ivan Doig
Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
Canada by Richard Ford
Crime Scene At Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels (1st book of Montana Mystique series)
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs (1st book in Alpha & Omega series)
Dancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan Doig
Die Trying by Lee Child
English Creek by Ivan Doig (1st book of the McCaskill Trilogy)
Fools Crow by James Welch
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson
Left to Die by Lisa Jackson (1st book of To Die series)
Logan by Linda Lael Miller (1st book of Montana Creeds series)
Lost Souls by Dean Koontz
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
The Manning Sisters by Debbie Macomber (1st book of the Manning Sisters series)
Montana 1948: A Novel by Larry Watson
Montana Sky by Nora Roberts
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Ride with Me, Mariah Montana by Ivan Doig
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind by Ivan Doig
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (1st book in Vampire Academy series)
Winter: Notes from Montana by Rick Bass
Winter Moon by Dean Koontz
Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker
Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean

Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean

Blood Lure by Nevada Barr

Lifting the Wheel of Karma by Paul H. Magid (half Montana and half India)

The Whistling Season
Work Song
Blind Your Ponies

Non-Fiction:



Excellent book about a mine disaster in the early 20th century.

The Dinosaur Hunter: A Novel by Homer H. Hickam

The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans
The Loop by Nicholas Evans

The Shelter Cycle by Peter Rock

The Poacher's Daughter by Michael Zimmer

More books set in Montana:


As Cool As I Am by Pete Fromm
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan
Bound Like Grass: A Memoir from the Western High Plains by Ruth McLaughlin
Breaking Clean by Judy Blunt
Bucking the Sun by Ivan Doig
Buckskin Brigades by L. Ron Hubbard
The Bushwacked Piano by Thomas McGuane
Buster Midnight's Cafe by Sandra Dallas
Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
Cogewea, The Half Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range by Mourning Dove
The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton (1st book in The Cowboys of Chance Creek)
A Cowboy's Touch by Denise Hunter (1st book in A Big Sky Romance series)
Crazy for Trying by Joni Rodgers
Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann
Death al Dente by Leslie Budewitz (1st Food Lovers' Village Mystery)
The Divide by Nicholas Evans
The Eleventh Man by Ivan Doig
The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe (1st book of the Frontier Trilogy)
Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Novel by Tim Laskowski
Everything by Kevin Canty
Forbidden by Suzanne Brockmann (1st book in Bartlett Brothers series)
Gnome On The Range by Jennifer Zane (1st book in The Gnome series)
Grizzly by Gary Paulsen
Heart Earth by Ivan Doig
Heart of the West by Penelope Williamson
The Highway by C.J. Box (1st book in Cassie Dewell series)
The Home Place by Carrie La Seur
Homespun Bride by Jillian Hart
Hunting for Hidden Gold by Franklin W. Dixon (Hardy Boys #5)
In Open Spaces by Russell Rowland
The Interrogation of Gabriel James by Charlie Price
Land of My Heart by Tracie Peterson (1st book in the Heirs of Montana series)
by William Kittredge
The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley (1st book in C.W. Sughrue series)
Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison
Let Him Go by Larry Watson
Letters to a Secret Lover by Toni Blake
The Loop by Nicholas Evans
The Light of Falling Stars: A Novel by J. Robert Lennon
Loving Cara by Kristen Proby (1st book in Love Under the Big Sky series)
Maybe in Missoula by Toni Volk
McKenzie by Penny Zeller (1st book in Montana Skies series)
Mission to America by Walter Kirn
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
Montana by Debbie Macomber
Mountain Time by Ivan Doig
My One and Only by Kristan Higgins
Our Little Secrets by Merry Farmer (1st book in Montana Romance series)
Painted Horses by Malcolm Brooks
Perma Red Debra Magpie Earling
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen
The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan
The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage
Prairie Nocturne by Ivan Doig
Queer Person by Ralph Hubbard
Red Rover by Deirdre McNamer
Rock Springs by Richard Ford
The Royal Wulff Murders by Keith McCafferty (1st Sean Stranahan Mystery)
The Surrounded by D'Arcy McNickle
Swan Peak by James Lee Burke (17th book in Dave Robicheaux series)
Sweet Thunder by Ivan Doig
These Thousand Hills by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta
Travers Corners: Classic Stories about Fly Fishing and a Small Montana Town
Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King
What a Bride Wants by Kelly Hunter (1st book in Montana Born Brides series)
Where the Sea Used to Be by Rick Bass
Wild Horses by B.J. Daniels (1st book in The Montana Hamiltons series)
Wild Horses by Linda Byler (1st book in Sadie's Montana series)
The Wild Marsh: Four Seasons at Home in Montana by Rick Bass
Wild Montana Sky by Debra Holland (1st book in Montana Sky series)
Winter in the Blood by James Welch
Winter Range: A Novel by Claire Davis
Wolf: The Journey Home by Asta Bowen
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris

McGUFFEY'S LAW: INHERITANCE by Jordan Phillips

Her Sanctuary by Toni Anderson

The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne

Ivan Doig is on the list a couple of times, but I wanted to mention him as a native of Montana.