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The American West

Description: Books set in the American West that reflect its culture and history.

Rank Title Author Added

1

Snow Falling on Cedars

by David Guterson

12,986 members

190 reviews

3.8

2 Members: desertbloom, sturlington

2

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

34,516 members

478 reviews

4.1

2 Members: desertbloom, sturlington

3

All the Pretty Horses

by Cormac McCarthy

10,836 members

253 reviews

4

2 Members: desertbloom, sturlington

4

by Larry McMurtry

8,378 members

239 reviews

½ 4.6

2 Members: desertbloom, sturlington

5

Peace Like a River

5,732 members

164 reviews

4

2 Members: desertbloom, sturlington

6

by Cormac McCarthy

11,680 members

274 reviews

4.2

Member: sturlington

7

by Louise Erdrich

3,945 members

78 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

8

by John Steinbeck

23,552 members

425 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: sturlington

9

No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

11,169 members

292 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

10

by Barbara Kingsolver

5,618 members

76 reviews

4

Member: desertbloom

11

Angle of Repose

by Wallace Stegner

5,487 members

183 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: sturlington

12

by A.B. Jr Guthrie

724 members

21 reviews

4

Member: desertbloom

13

The Ox-Bow Incident

by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

1,619 members

39 reviews

3.9

Member: desertbloom

14

The Last Picture Show

by Larry McMurtry

1,875 members

52 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

15

by Edward Abbey

300 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

16

by Leslie Marmon Silko

3,588 members

60 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

17

by Annie Proulx

3,460 members

70 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

18

The Call of the Wild / White Fang

4,972 members

36 reviews

4

Member: desertbloom,sturlington

About This List

Started: sturlington
June 2017
Type: Numbered and unnumbered

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