14 must-read westerns books like Stranger From Abilene by Joseph A. West

Cover of Stranger From Abilene by Joseph A. West

Stranger From Abilene

By: Joseph A. West

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this thrilling Ralph Compton western, a rancher is on the hunt for a despicable bandit hiding in…

If you liked the westerns plot in Stranger From Abilene by Joseph A. West , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Western Trail (Trail Drive, #02) by Ralph Compton

1. The Western Trail (Trail Drive, #02)

By: Ralph Compton

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From bestselling author Ralph Compton-an extraordinary saga of the hard-driving Texans who locked h… read more

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Cover of T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone, #20) by Sue Grafton

2. T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone, #20)

By: Sue Grafton

3.99

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

trespass \'trespes\ n: a transgression of law involving one's obligations to God or to one's neighb… read more

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"I did an about-face and veered into the sandwich shop. What I ordered is none of your business, but it was really good."

-Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone, #20)

"You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympath…"

-Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone, #20)

3. The Case of the Gilded Lily

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Stewart G. Bedford loves his wife Ann, and cooperates with blackmailer Binney Denham. But he wakes … read more

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4. Cloudy in the West

By: Elmer Kelton

2.77

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Joey Shipman, growing up in the East Texas blacklands in 1885, has more of a burden… read more

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Cover of The Goodnight Trail (Trail Drive #01) by Ralph Compton

5. The Goodnight Trail (Trail Drive #01)

By: Ralph Compton

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as… read more

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6. End Game (Will Robie, #5)

By: David Baldacci

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Will Robie and Jessica Reel are two of the most lethal people alive. They're the ones the governmen… read more

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7. The Smiling Country

By: Elmer Kelton

3.37

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

Hewey is back; older, wiser, and badly banged up trying to break a renegade bronc. His wandering da… read more

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8. R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18)

By: Sue Grafton

3.40

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Nord Lafferty was a… read more

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Cover of Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs

9. Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.90

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

1888 W Africa. Newlyweds Lord and Lady Greystoke are marooned by mutineers. He builds a snug cabin … read more

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"Teach me to speak the language of men."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"P43- that the huge, fierce brute loved this child of another race is beyond question."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

10. We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher

By: None , None

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

E. C. Abbott was a cowboy in the great days of the 1870's and 1880's. He came up the trail to Monta… read more

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11. Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

By: C.J. Box

4.36

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human… read more

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Cover of Prodigal Son (Orphan X, #6) by Gregg Hurwitz

12. Prodigal Son (Orphan X, #6)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even susp… read more

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"The hardest part of trying to become an adult is realizing that your suffering doesn't entitle you to anything."

-Gregg Hurwitz, Prodigal Son (Orphan X, #6)

"You took your own insecurity and put it on her. That weakens her. And it weakens you. You treat a young woman like that with respect. If nothing else it'll teach you about yourself. teach you who you…"

-Gregg Hurwitz, Prodigal Son (Orphan X, #6)

"Every time I consider myself an adult, I think back five years to when I also thought of myself as an adult. An I'm aghast at how staggeringly blind I was. Maybe what I hold to be true right now will…"

-Gregg Hurwitz, Prodigal Son (Orphan X, #6)

"Maybe that's what intimacy was... A sense of dread at what could go wrong, a stifling of fear, a baring of the vulnerable self to the judgement of someone else. The jagged edge of one soul meeting an…"

-Gregg Hurwitz, Prodigal Son (Orphan X, #6)

Cover of Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23) by C.J. Box

13. Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23)

By: C.J. Box

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facili… read more

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Cover of Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9) by Gregg Hurwitz

14. Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.37

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep und… read more

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Cover of First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) by Craig Johnson

15. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

By: Craig Johnson

4.37

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more

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Cover of The Longmire Defense (Walt Longmire, #19) by Craig Johnson

16. The Longmire Defense (Walt Longmire, #19)

By: Craig Johnson

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Walt Longmire faces one of his most challenging crime scenes as he tries to reckon with the revelat… read more

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Cover of Hell and Back (Walt Longmire, #18) by Craig Johnson

17. Hell and Back (Walt Longmire, #18)

By: Craig Johnson

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series. Picking up where Daughter of… read more

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Cover of The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25) by Lee Child

18. The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25)

By: Lee Child

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

As always, Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. One m… read more

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"Only a fool would be dishonest about that could be disproved in a matter of seconds."

-Lee Child, The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25)

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19. The Last Orphan (Orphan X #8)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Evan Smoak returns in The Last Orphan , the next New York Times bestselling Orphan X thriller--when… read more

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"Don’t surround yourself with like-minded people. You’ll get limited or radicalized."

-Gregg Hurwitz, The Last Orphan (Orphan X #8)

Cover of Almost Midnight (Mike Bowditch, #10) by Paul Doiron

20. Almost Midnight (Mike Bowditch, #10)

By: Paul Doiron

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this thrilling entry in Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron's bestselling series, the death of Main… read more

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21. Dark Horse (Orphan X, #7)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.37

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Gregg Hurwitz's New York Times bestselling series returns when Orphan X faces his most challenging … read more

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"That is the awful, beautiful, sacrificial power of love. We sharpen ourselves against those we love in order to cut ourselves open and see what’s inside. Sometimes I wonder if wisdom is nothing more …"

-Gregg Hurwitz, Dark Horse (Orphan X, #7)

"Women are fucking Swiss Army knives. Throw anything at them and they figure out which part of them to use to fix it, care for it, make it better. They can hear if a baby’s cough is just a cough, can …"

-Gregg Hurwitz, Dark Horse (Orphan X, #7)

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22. Down Range (Garrett Kohl, #1)

By: Taylor Moore

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this action-packed debut thriller for fans of C. J. Box and Jack Carr, DEA agent Garrett Kohl fi… read more

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Cover of Into the Fire (Orphan X, #5) by Gregg Hurwitz

23. Into the Fire (Orphan X, #5)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Orphan X returns—facing his own uncertain future and undertaking one… read more

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"He looked fit and healthy, a vibrant seventy-something. The kind of man who was superb at caring for himself. Organic food and facial peels and a weekly massage at the racket club. The kind of man wh…"

-Gregg Hurwitz, Into the Fire (Orphan X, #5)

Cover of Hellbent (Orphan X, #3) by Gregg Hurwitz

24. Hellbent (Orphan X, #3)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.44

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

To some he was Orphan X. Others knew him as the Nowhere Man. But to Jack Johns he was a boy named E… read more

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"I'm not saying it's easy. I'm saying it's worth doing. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

-Gregg Hurwitz, Hellbent (Orphan X, #3)

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25. For The Brand

By: David Robbins

4.32

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Willis Lander was the T-Bar ranch's best bronc buster until a stallion shattered his leg. Unable to… read more

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Cover of Silver City Massacre by Charles G. West

26. Silver City Massacre

By: Charles G. West

4.24

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

A former soldier must survive a journey more treacherous than any war in this novel from Spur Award… read more

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Cover of Ralph Compton Prairie Fire, Kansas (The Sundown Riders Series) by John Shirley

27. Ralph Compton Prairie Fire, Kansas (The Sundown Riders Series)

By: John Shirley

4.08

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

In this roller-coaster new installment in bestselling author Ralph Compton's Sundown Riders series,… read more

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28. Ralph Compton Broken Rider (The Gunfighter Series)

By: John Shirley

4.35

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

In this exciting new Ralph Compton western, a man without a memory meets an unforgettable the one … read more

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Cover of Ralph Compton Red Trail (The Trail Drive Series) by John Shirley

29. Ralph Compton Red Trail (The Trail Drive Series)

By: John Shirley

4.27

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A cattle drive faces long odds in this exciting new installment in Ralph Compton’s Trail Drive seri… read more

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Cover of Stranger From Abilene by Joseph A. West

30. Stranger From Abilene

By: Joseph A. West

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this thrilling Ralph Compton western, a rancher is on the hunt for a despicable bandit hiding in… read more

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Cover of Hard Ride: Stories of the Old West by Elmer Kelton

31. Hard Ride: Stories of the Old West

By: Elmer Kelton

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bandits, outlaws, romance, and adventure abound in Hard Ride, a collection of tales of the American… read more

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17 best-selling fiction books like The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25) by Lee Child

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Jack in the Green (Hunt for Reacher, #5)

Diane Capri

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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John Sandford

4.36

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