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Behind every great Western movie is a great Western book.

Okay, that was a lie for dramatic effect. But Western novels have produced some awesome films, and Western non-fiction is just plain awesome.

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March 6, 2025

Smonk

A depraved Western that's not for the faint-of-heart.
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Books |
January 3, 2025

Bloody Newton: The Town From Hell

A well-paced but overall 'meh' retelling of a major historic gunfight.
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Books |
October 16, 2024

Wagons West: Independence!

The first in a surprisingly female-driven Western saga about wagons west.
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September 15, 2024

Wild Canadian West

A short n' punchy collection of stories about Canada's fascinating Wild West.
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August 12, 2024

A Sometimes Paradise

The fascinating family history of a Wyoming ranching family.
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July 11, 2024

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

A moody telling of this story with almost no action and no likeable characters.
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May 16, 2024

Swift and Saddled

A thoroughly entertaining modern Western romance.
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April 23, 2024

Payback at Morning Peak

A decent novel that does no wrong, it just could have been better.
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March 7, 2024

The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint

A dark, brutally violent, occasionally funny, totally surprising Western.
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Books |
February 22, 2024

Vampires of El Norte

It’s like Mexican Romeo and Juliet, but in an 1800s horror Western.
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Hated It |
January 9, 2024

Marilee

A single trigger warning isn't enough for this icky dung-heap.
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Books |
December 4, 2023

The Good Lord Bird

An award-winning book about slavery, abolitionists, war, and a most unlikely protagonist.
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photo of a hazy, smoky sky with sun behind the haze, over a long corn field.
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October 19, 2023

A Thousand for the Cariboo

A quick and mostly entertaining Western about the Pacific Northwest.
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September 27, 2023

In the Company of Cows

Author: Sequoyah Branham Published: 2023 Mood: If you’re aching for a short n’ sweet read about the realities of modern […]
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August 26, 2023

The Thicket (Book)

A darkly funny and frequently violent must-read Western adventure.
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Books |
July 28, 2023

Little Big Man (Novel)

A shockingly funny and self-aware account of some seriously epic Western adventures.
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photo of an appaloosa mare in a Western saddle grazing in a field, with an overcast sky in the background
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June 13, 2023

Tombstone (Novel)

A fun exploration of all things Tombstone that wanders off course but still gets you there.
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May 17, 2023

Dodge City (Novel)

A quality Western about the lawyers and politics of 1870s Dodge City.
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