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12 series · 88 booksThalia, Texas Series
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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 |
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| 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
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| 1 | The Desert Rose | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Late Child | 1995 | Buy from Amazon |
Lonesome Dove Series
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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
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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 |
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
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
About the Author
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.