14 Top westerns books like Cloudy in the West by Elmer Kelton

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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…

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Cover of The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1) by Paul Doiron

1. The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1)

By: Paul Doiron

3.84

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find a cryptic message on his answering machi… read more

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  • fiction
"Nature will forgive humankind just about anything, and what it won’t forgive I hope never to witness."

-Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1)

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2. Black Hawk Down

By: Mark Bowden

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market … read more

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  • historical
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3. 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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  • westerns
  • historical
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

4. Riding the Rap

By: Elmore Leonard

3.44

Format: 347 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Wicked and irresistible....Elmore Leonard is a literary genius." --New York Times Book Review Befo… read more

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  • fiction
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5. Lay Down My Sword And Shield (Hackberry Holland, #1)

By: James Lee Burke

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

Hackberry Holland, cousin of beloved James Lee Burke hero Billy Bob Holland, made his debut in this… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Lay Down My Sword And Shield (Hackberry Holland, #1) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • westerns
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

6. Endangered (Joe Pickett, #15)

By: C.J. Box

3.81

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

New York Times-bestselling writer C. J. Box returns with a thrilling new novel, featuring Wyoming g… read more

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7. West of the Tularosa

By: Louis L'Amour

5.00

Format: 120 pages,

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8. Blind Descent (Anna Pigeon, #6)

By: Nevada Barr

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Lechuguilla Cavern is a man-eating cave discovered in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns National Park i… read more

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9. The Rider of the Ruby Hills

By: Louis L'Amour

3.18

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

A WORD FROM LOUIS L'AMOUR "Almost four decades ago, when my fiction was being published exclusively… read more

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10. Silence

By: Shūsaku Endō , William Johnston

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

Beneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees, staring in front of me. And… read more

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11. The Shootist

By: Glendon Swarthout , None

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

By the author of The Homesman, now a major motion picture The Shootist is John Bernard Books, a gun… read more

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  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

12. Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)

By: Ian Rankin , Mircea Pricăjan

3.00

Format: None pages,

Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied … read more

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13. Breaking Point (Joe Pickett, #13)

By: C.J. Box

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

It was always good to see Butch Roberson, Joe thought--a hard-working, upright local business owner… read more

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14. Pronto

By: Elmore Leonard

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

"Speedy, exhilarating, and smooth. Nobody does it better." --Washington Post "The man knows how to … read more

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15. 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

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

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

16. 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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  • westerns
  • fiction
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17. 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

Similar categories in Gregg Hurwitz's Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

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

18. 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

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • westerns
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Devil's Hand (Terminal List, #4)

By: Jack Carr

4.45

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

It’s been 20 years since 9/11. Two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and em… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett, #22) by C.J. Box

20. Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett, #22)

By: C.J. Box

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett’s job has many times put his wife and daughters in harm’s way. Now … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett, #22) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • westerns
  • fiction
Cover of Kit McBride Gets a Wife (The McBrides of Montana, #1) by Amy Barry

21. Kit McBride Gets a Wife (The McBrides of Montana, #1)

By: Amy Barry

3.77

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

The four McBride brothers have their worlds turned upside down when their precocious younger sister… read more

Similar categories in Amy Barry's Kit McBride Gets a Wife (The McBrides of Montana, #1) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. Dark Sky (Joe Pickett, #21)

By: C.J. Box

4.46

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must a… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Dark Sky (Joe Pickett, #21) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • westerns
  • fiction
Cover of Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown

23. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

By: Daniel James Brown

4.49

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga… read more

Similar categories in Daniel James Brown's Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • historical
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24. Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

By: Jaron Lanier

3.58

Format: 146 pages, Hardcover

Jaron Lanier, the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer who first alerted us to the danger… read more

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"Go to where you are kindest"

-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

"Each of us has an inner troll."

-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

"Statistics are reliable, but only as idiot demons."

-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

"Fake people are a cultural denial-of-service attack."

-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

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25. The Which Way Tree

By: Elizabeth Crook

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The poignant odyssey of a tenacious young girl who braves the dangers of the Texas frontier to aven… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Reason to Die (Perley Gates Western #2) by William W. Johnstone

26. A Reason to Die (Perley Gates Western #2)

By: William W. Johnstone

4.49

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

A cowboy is hunting a fortune in buried gold—but he may have to fight off every bad man in the Blac… read more

Similar categories in William W. Johnstone's A Reason to Die (Perley Gates Western #2) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • westerns
Cover of The Legend of Perley Gates (Perley Gates Western, #1) by William W. Johnstone

27. The Legend of Perley Gates (Perley Gates Western, #1)

By: William W. Johnstone

4.32

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone comes the fiery saga of Perley Gates, a lege… read more

Similar categories in William W. Johnstone's The Legend of Perley Gates (Perley Gates Western, #1) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • westerns
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. Bullets Don't Argue (Perley Gates Western #3)

By: William W. Johnstone

4.47

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A new kind of hero in the Old West tradition, Perley Gates is as honest and good as his heavenly na… read more

Similar categories in William W. Johnstone's Bullets Don't Argue (Perley Gates Western #3) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • westerns
  • fiction
Cover of Criminal Mischief (Stone Barrington, #60) by Stuart Woods

29. Criminal Mischief (Stone Barrington, #60)

By: Stuart Woods

3.83

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In this exhilarating new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Bar… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Woods's Criminal Mischief (Stone Barrington, #60) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • fiction
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30. A Parchment of Leaves

By: Silas House

4.22

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

In this nationally bestselling novel, A Parchment of Leaves, Silas House produced an iconic story o… read more

Similar categories in Silas House's A Parchment of Leaves book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I wondered if we were put on this earth only to destroy every beautiful thing, to make chaos. Or were we meant to overcome this? Did bad things happen so that goodness could show through in people?"

-Silas House, A Parchment of Leaves

"Every morning I was renewed, though. Air and light healed me, over and over. I got to where I depended on it. When I was feeling my worst, I would step out into the yard and put my hands on the branc…"

-Silas House, A Parchment of Leaves

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31. Elmer Kelton's The Unlikely Lawman: A Hewey Calloway Adventure (Hewey Calloway, 4)

By: Steve Kelton

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Elmer Kelton’s Hewey Calloway, one of the best-loved cowboys in all of Western fiction, returns in … read more

Similar categories in Steve Kelton's Elmer Kelton's The Unlikely Lawman: A Hewey Calloway Adventure (Hewey Calloway, 4) book and Elmer Kelton's Cloudy in the West

  • westerns
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

19 Best fiction books like Cloudy in the West by Elmer Kelton

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The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1)

Paul Doiron

3.84

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Cloudy in the West

Elmer Kelton

2.77

Riding the Rap

Elmore Leonard

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Lay Down My Sword And Shield (Hackberry Holland, #1)

James Lee Burke

3.99

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John Sandford

4.45

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Crosshairs (Michael Bennett, #16)

James Patterson

4.48

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Dream Town (Archer, #3)

David Baldacci

4.08

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Ace Atkins

4.08

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