If you loved
Books like Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry: what to read next, and why.
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Blood Meridian
A far harsher and more mythic Western that strips away every romantic idea about the frontier.
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The Grapes of Wrath
Another long American journey of endurance, though about families in poverty instead of cowboys.
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Cold Mountain
A slower, more lyrical travel story about a man crossing a ravaged landscape toward home.