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Larry McMurtry Books in Order

12 series including Penguin Lives Series, Houston Series and more

12 series 88 books Latest: Thalia (2017)

Reading Order

12 series · 88 books

Thalia, Texas Series

0 of 3 read
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1 Horseman, Pass By / Hud 1961 Buy from Amazon
2 Leaving Cheyenne 1962 Buy from Amazon
3 Thalia 2017 Buy from Amazon
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1 The Last Picture Show 1966 Buy from Amazon
2 Texasville 1987 Buy from Amazon
3 Duane's Depressed 1999 Buy from Amazon
4 When the Light Goes 2007 Buy from Amazon
5 Rhino Ranch 2009 Buy from Amazon
# Title Year Buy
1 Moving On 1970 Buy from Amazon
2 All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers 1972 Buy from Amazon
3 Terms of Endearment 1975 Buy from Amazon
4 Somebody's Darling 1978 Buy from Amazon
5 Some Can Whistle 1989 Buy from Amazon
6 The Evening Star 1992 Buy from Amazon

Desert Rose Series

0 of 2 read
# Title Year Buy
1 The Desert Rose 1983 Buy from Amazon
2 The Late Child 1995 Buy from Amazon

Lonesome Dove Series

0 of 4 read
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1 Lonesome Dove 1985 Buy from Amazon
2 Streets of Laredo 1993 Buy from Amazon
3 Dead Man's Walk 1995 Buy from Amazon
4 Comanche Moon 1997 Buy from Amazon

Lonesome Dove SeriesChronological

0 of 4 read
# Title Year Buy
1 Lonesome Dove 1985 Buy from Amazon
2 Streets of Laredo 1993 Buy from Amazon
3 Dead Man's Walk 1995 Buy from Amazon
4 Comanche Moon 1997 Buy from Amazon

Berrybender Narratives Series

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1 Sin Killer 2002 Buy from Amazon
2 The Wandering Hill 2003 Buy from Amazon
3 By Sorrow's River 2003 Buy from Amazon
4 Folly and Glory 2004 Buy from Amazon

Larry McMurtry Other Novels

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1 Cadillac Jack 1982 Buy from Amazon
2 Anything for Billy 1988 Buy from Amazon
3 Buffalo Girls 1990 Buy from Amazon
4 Pretty Boy Floyd ( With: Diana Ossana) 1994 Buy from Amazon
5 Zeke and Ned ( With: Diana Ossana) 1997 Buy from Amazon
6 Boone's Lick 2000 Buy from Amazon
7 Loop Group 2004 Buy from Amazon
8 Telegraph Days 2006 Buy from Amazon
9 The Last Kind Words Saloon 2014 Buy from Amazon

Larry McMurtry Short Story Collections

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1 Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay ( With: Annie Proulx, Diana Ossana) 2005 Buy from Amazon

Larry McMurtry Non-Fiction Books

0 of 14 read
# Title Year Buy
1 In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas 1968 Buy from Amazon
2 Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood 1987 Buy from Amazon
3 Crazy Horse (Short Story) 1999 Buy from Amazon
4 Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen 1999 Buy from Amazon
5 Roads: A Millennial Journey Along America's Great Interstate Highways 2000 Buy from Amazon
6 Paradise 2001 Buy from Amazon
7 Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West 2001 Buy from Amazon
8 Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890 2005 Buy from Amazon
9 The Colonel and Little Missie 2006 Buy from Amazon
10 Books: A Memoir 2008 Buy from Amazon
11 Literary Life: A Second Memoir 2009 Buy from Amazon
12 Hollywood: A Third Memoir 2010 Buy from Amazon
13 Custer 2012 Buy from Amazon
14 Missouri River 2015 Buy from Amazon
# Title Year Buy
1 Abraham Lincoln ( By: Thomas Keneally) 1960 Buy from Amazon
2 Mao Zedong: A Life ( By: Jonathan D. Spence) 1999 Buy from Amazon
3 Mozart: A Life (Short Story) ( By: Peter Gay) 1999 Buy from Amazon
4 Marcel Proust ( By: Edmund White) 1999 Buy from Amazon
5 Crazy Horse (Short Story) 1999 Buy from Amazon
6 Saint Augustine ( By: Garry Wills) 1999 Buy from Amazon
7 James Joyce ( By: Edna O'Brien) 1999 Buy from Amazon
8 Rosa Parks ( By: Douglas Brinkley) 2000 Buy from Amazon
9 Virginia Woolf ( By: Nigel Nicolson) 2000 Buy from Amazon
10 Woodrow Wilson (Short Story) ( By: Louis Auchincloss) 2000 Buy from Amazon
11 Herman Melville ( By: Elizabeth Hardwick) 2000 Buy from Amazon
12 Leonardo da Vinci: A Life ( By: Sherwin B. Nuland) 2000 Buy from Amazon
13 Dante ( By: R.W.B. Lewis) 2001 Buy from Amazon
14 Jane Austen: A Life ( By: Carol Shields) 2001 Buy from Amazon
15 Buddha ( By: Karen Armstrong) 2001 Buy from Amazon
16 Simone Weil ( By: Francine du Plessix Gray) 2001 Buy from Amazon
17 Andy Warhol: A Biography ( By: Wayne Koestenbaum) 2001 Buy from Amazon
18 Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life ( By: Marshall Frady) 2001 Buy from Amazon
19 Joseph Smith ( By: Robert V. Remini) 2002 Buy from Amazon
20 Winston Churchill: A Life ( By: John Keegan) 2002 Buy from Amazon
21 Pope John XXIII ( By: Thomas Cahill) 2002 Buy from Amazon
22 Charles Dickens ( By: Jane Smiley) 2002 Buy from Amazon
23 Elvis Presley ( By: Bobbie Ann Mason) 2002 Buy from Amazon
24 Saint Therese of Lisieux ( By: Kathryn Harrison) 2003 Buy from Amazon
25 Robert E. Lee ( By: Roy Blount Jr.) 2003 Buy from Amazon
26 Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life ( By: Ada Louise Huxtable) 2004 Buy from Amazon
27 George Herbert Walker Bush ( By: Tom Wicker) 2004 Buy from Amazon
28 Napoleon ( By: Paul Johnson) 2006 Buy from Amazon
29 Julia Child ( By: Laura Shapiro) 2007 Buy from Amazon
30 Joan of Arc ( By: Mary Gordon) 2008 Buy from Amazon
31 Martin Luther ( By: Martin E. Marty) 2008 Buy from Amazon
32 Branch Rickey: A Life ( By: Jimmy Breslin) 2011 Buy from Amazon

Larry McMurtry Anthologies

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1 Southwest Stories 1993 Buy from Amazon
2 Still Wild 2000 Buy from Amazon
3 Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression 2001 Buy from Amazon
4 Lone Star Literature 2003 Buy from Amazon

Larry McMurtry (1936-2021) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and essayist known for his works set in the American West. Born in Archer City, Texas, McMurtry was the son of a rancher. He graduated from North Texas State College and worked as a journalist before turning to writing. His 1966 novel "The Last Picture Show" and its 1971 film adaptation earned him critical acclaim and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The novel was followed by the sequels "Texasville" (1987) and "Duane's Depressed" (1999). McMurtry also wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Lonesome Dove" (1985), a historical epic about a cattle drive from Texas to Montana. He penned several other acclaimed novels, including "The Horseman, Pass By" (1961), "Terms of Endearment" (1975), and "Brokeback Mountain" (1997). McMurtry's works explored themes of family, loss, and the changing American West. He received numerous awards, including the National Book Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the Academy Award.

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