24 must-read westerns books like The Abilene Trail (Trail Drive) by Ralph Compton

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The Abilene Trail (Trail Drive)

By: Ralph Compton

4.17

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

There's no such thing as safe passage in this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling seri…

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1. Pale Kings And Princes (Spenser, #14)

By: Robert B. Parker

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Wheaton is a typical New England small-college town, not the sort of place for drugs and murder. Bu… read more

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"Susan told me on the way out,"

-Robert B. Parker, Pale Kings And Princes (Spenser, #14)

"Say it turns out to be the gun, and it’s going to be major-league coincidence if it doesn’t, you’re going to want to know whose gun it is, and if I tell you that I’ll have to tell you how I know it’s…"

-Robert B. Parker, Pale Kings And Princes (Spenser, #14)

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2. The Affair (Jack Reacher, #16)

By: Lee Child

3.50

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the … read more

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3. Wrath of the Mountain Man

By: William W. Johnstone

4.00

Format: 158 pages,

Somewhere in his past, Smoke Jensen crossed paths with a lowlife who has now built himself a little… read more

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4. Winterkill (Joe Pickett, #3)

By: C.J. Box

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

Joe Pickett's pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn w… read more

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5. Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

By: C.J. Box

4.00

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts, an… read more

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"Joe had always considered individual words as finite units of currency, and he believed in savings."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

"I don't know why it is that alcohol and tobacco are now bad, but jolts of caffeine are suddenly good. It is beyond me, and it makes me feel old."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

"...sometimes we see things in animals that aren't really there. It's called transference, if that makes any sense. ...I think there are a lot of people who say they do things for animals when they're…"

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

6. The Cheyenne Trail

By: Jory Sherman , Ralph Compton

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

OLD FRIENDS Chip Chippendale met Ransom Barnes after the War Between the States, when the two cowbo… read more

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7. Trophy Hunt (Joe Pickett, #4)

By: C.J. Box

3.91

Format: 385 pages,

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8. The First Mountain Man

By: William W. Johnstone

3.93

Format: 265 pages,

The only man who can lead a wagon train through the last leg of the Oregon Trail, Preacher knows th… read more

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9. Open Carry (Arliss Cutter #1)

By: Marc Cameron

4.17

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

ALASKAN CRIME, AMERICAN JUSTICE   Raised in the swamplands of Florida, U.S. Marshal Arliss Cutter i… read more

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"It was a quote by Isak Dinesen. 'The cure for anything is salt water--sweat, tears, or the sea."

-Marc Cameron, Open Carry (Arliss Cutter #1)

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10. The Unhired Hand

By: R.O. Lane

4.69

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

A Wyoming homesteader family settles in a little valley only to find that a big cattleman hates all… read more

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11. Ethan's Justice

By: R.O. Lane

4.51

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

After his uncle is hanged, Ethan Cochran leaves his New York City job and comes to Buffalo, Wyoming… read more

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12. Destitution: A Classic Western

By: John Deacon

4.52

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Elijah Rable rides into Destitution looking for some fun but ends up with a badge on his chest, a p… read more

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13. The Tenderfoot

By: Robert Vaughan

4.45

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Master of the Western adventure, New York Times best selling author Robert Vaughan is back with ano… read more

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14. Forever Texas (Forever Texas, #1)

By: William W. Johnstone

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. No one knows better than the American masters of epic Western fiction that f… read more

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15. Hell Town (The Last Gunfighter, #16)

By: William W. Johnstone

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

From the harsh, windswept prairies to the rough and bare-knuckle mountain towns, USA Today bestsell… read more

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16. Dreams of Eagles

By: William W. Johnstone

4.47

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

From the greatest western writers of the 21st century, the classic second adventure in The Eagles, … read more

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17. To the River's End (Jake Ransom, Man of the Mountains)

By: William W. Johnstone

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

An epic saga based on true events of the American West —with the trailblazing fur trappers and the … read more

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18. Ghost Valley (The Last Gunfighter Book 3)

By: William W. Johnstone

3.73

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY New York Times bestselling author William W. Johns… read more

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19. Deadwood Gulch

By: John Edward Ames

4.08

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

The most lawless town in the West is about to get some justice in this novel in the USA Today bests… read more

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20. Navarro

By: Peter Brandvold

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Hardened ex-gunslinger Tommy Navarro turned away Karla Vannorsdell when she needed him the most. Bu… read more

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21. Guns of the Canyonlands

By: Joseph A. West

4.18

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA read more

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22. The Violent Storm (Will Tanner #7)

By: William W. Johnstone

4.40

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Johnstone Country. Forecast: Deadly. Will Tanner is no ordinary lawman. He’s a force of nature. … read more

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23. No Justice in Hell (John Hawk #2)

By: Charles G. West

4.39

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

Finalist for the 2018 Spur Award for Best Paperback Western   From acclaimed storyteller Charles G.… read more

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24. Blood Bond (Blood Bond #1)

By: William W. Johnstone

4.30

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Two friends—one white and one Cheyenne—must choose sides as frontier tensions built to the Battle o… read more

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25. Eyes of Eagles

By: William W. Johnstone

4.46

Format: 484 pages, Kindle Edition

THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITER OF THE 21ST CENTURYA man as rugged as the New Frontier and as bold as t… read more

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26. Trail of Blood (The Loner, #8)

By: J.A. Johnstone

4.28

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

Conrad Browning is about to face his deadliest challenge yet in this wild west thriller from the US… read more

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27. The Abilene Trail (Trail Drive)

By: Ralph Compton

4.17

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

There's no such thing as safe passage in this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling seri… read more

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28. Scream of Eagles

By: William W. Johnstone

4.55

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITER OF THE 21ST CENTURY LIFE IS CHEAP IN ARIZONA TERRITORY   Raised by the … read more

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29. Tanner's Law

By: Charles G. West

4.21

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A soldier gets swept up in the gold rush in this western from Charles G. West....Tanner Bland leave… read more

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30. Blood and Gold

By: Ralph Compton

4.18

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A young cowhand-entrusted with $30,000 of his employer's money-must traverse hostile Indian territo… read more

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Cover of Preacher's Journey (The First Mountain Man, #11) by William W. Johnstone

31. Preacher's Journey (The First Mountain Man, #11)

By: William W. Johnstone

4.39

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing is as it seems on the snowy frontier. Preacher returns in a hoof-pounding adventure by the … read more

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18 best-selling fiction books like The Affair (Jack Reacher, #16) by Lee Child

Transform Your Habits

The Affair (Jack Reacher, #16)

Lee Child

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Split Second (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #1)

David Baldacci

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Innocent (Will Robie, #1)

David Baldacci

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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