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Larry McMurtry

American author best known for the *Lonesome Dove* series and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel *Lonesome Dove*. His works have sold millions of copies, cementing his legacy as a master of the Western genre. This page provides the Larry McMurtry books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1960Abraham Lincoln(By: Thomas Keneally)POoPLB · 1Buy ↗

1961Horseman, Pass By / HudPOoTTB · 1Buy ↗

1962Leaving CheyennePOoTTB · 2Buy ↗

1966The Last Picture ShowPOoLPSB · 1Buy ↗

1968In a Narrow Grave: Essays on TexasPOoNB · 1Buy ↗

1970Moving OnPOoHB · 1Buy ↗

1972All My Friends Are Going to Be StrangersPOoHB · 2Buy ↗

1975Terms of EndearmentPOoHB · 3Buy ↗

1978Somebody's DarlingPOoHB · 4Buy ↗

1982Cadillac JackPOoSN · 1Buy ↗

1983The Desert RosePOoDRB · 1Buy ↗

1985Lonesome DovePOoLDB · 1Buy ↗

1987Film Flam: Essays on HollywoodPOoNB · 2Buy ↗

1987TexasvillePOoLPSB · 2Buy ↗

1988Anything for BillyPOoSN · 2Buy ↗

1989Some Can WhistlePOoHB · 5Buy ↗

1990Buffalo GirlsPOoSN · 3Buy ↗

1992The Evening StarPOoHB · 6Buy ↗

1993Streets of LaredoPOoLDB · 2Buy ↗

1994Pretty Boy Floyd(With: Diana Ossana)POoSN · 4Buy ↗

1995The Late ChildPOoDRB · 2Buy ↗

1995Dead Man's WalkPOoLDB · 3Buy ↗

1997Comanche MoonPOoLDB · 4Buy ↗

1997Zeke and Ned(With: Diana Ossana)POoSN · 5Buy ↗

1999Mao Zedong: A Life(By: Jonathan D. Spence)POoPLB · 2Buy ↗

1999Mozart: A Life(By: Peter Gay)POoPLB · 3Buy ↗

1999Duane's DepressedPOoLPSB · 3Buy ↗

1999Walter Benjamin at the Dairy QueenPOoNB · 4Buy ↗

1999Marcel Proust(By: Edmund White)POoPLB · 4Buy ↗

1999Crazy HorsePOoPLB · 5Buy ↗

1999Saint Augustine(By: Garry Wills)POoPLB · 6Buy ↗

1999James Joyce(By: Edna O'Brien)POoPLB · 7Buy ↗

2000Roads: A Millennial Journey Along America's Great Interstate HighwaysPOoNB · 5Buy ↗

2000Boone's LickPOoSN · 6Buy ↗

2000Rosa Parks(By: Douglas Brinkley)POoPLB · 8Buy ↗

2000Virginia Woolf(By: Nigel Nicolson)POoPLB · 9Buy ↗

2000Woodrow Wilson(By: Louis Auchincloss)POoPLB · 10Buy ↗

2000Herman Melville(By: Elizabeth Hardwick)POoPLB · 11Buy ↗

2000Leonardo da Vinci: A Life(By: Sherwin B. Nuland)POoPLB · 12Buy ↗

2001ParadisePOoNB · 6Buy ↗

2001Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American WestPOoNB · 7Buy ↗

2001Dante(By: R.W.B. Lewis)POoPLB · 13Buy ↗

2001Jane Austen(By: Carol Shields)POoPLB · 14Buy ↗

2001Buddha(By: Karen Armstrong)POoPLB · 15Buy ↗

2001Simone Weil(By: Francine du Plessix Gray)POoPLB · 16Buy ↗

2001Andy Warhol: A Biography(By: Wayne Koestenbaum)POoPLB · 17Buy ↗

2001Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life(By: Marshall Frady)POoPLB · 18Buy ↗

2002Sin KillerPOoBNB · 1Buy ↗

2002Joseph Smith(By: Robert V. Remini)POoPLB · 19Buy ↗

2002Winston Churchill: A Life(By: John Keegan)POoPLB · 20Buy ↗

2002Pope John XXIII(By: Thomas Cahill)POoPLB · 21Buy ↗

2002Charles Dickens(By: Jane Smiley)POoPLB · 22Buy ↗

2002Elvis Presley(By: Bobbie Ann Mason)POoPLB · 23Buy ↗

2003The Wandering HillPOoBNB · 2Buy ↗

2003By Sorrow's RiverPOoBNB · 3Buy ↗

2003Saint Therese of Lisieux(By: Kathryn Harrison)POoPLB · 24Buy ↗

2003Robert E. Lee(By: Roy Blount Jr.)POoPLB · 25Buy ↗

2004Folly and GloryPOoBNB · 4Buy ↗

2004Loop GroupPOoSN · 7Buy ↗

2004Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life(By: Ada Louise Huxtable)POoPLB · 26Buy ↗

2004George Herbert Walker Bush(By: Tom Wicker)POoPLB · 27Buy ↗

2005Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay(With: Annie Proulx,Diana Ossana)POoSSC · 1Buy ↗

2005Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890POoNB · 8Buy ↗

2006Telegraph DaysPOoSN · 8Buy ↗

2006The Colonel and Little MissiePOoNB · 9Buy ↗

2006Napoleon(By: Paul Johnson)POoPLB · 28Buy ↗

2007When the Light GoesPOoLPSB · 4Buy ↗

2007Julia Child(By: Laura Shapiro)POoPLB · 29Buy ↗

2008Books: A MemoirPOoNB · 10Buy ↗

2008Joan of Arc(By: Mary Gordon)POoPLB · 30Buy ↗

2008Martin Luther(By: Martin E. Marty)POoPLB · 31Buy ↗

2009Rhino RanchPOoLPSB · 5Buy ↗

2009Literary Life: A Second MemoirPOoNB · 11Buy ↗

2010Hollywood: A Third MemoirPOoNB · 12Buy ↗

2011Branch Rickey: A Life(By: Jimmy Breslin)POoPLB · 32Buy ↗

2012CusterPOoNB · 13Buy ↗

2014The Last Kind Words SaloonPOoSN · 9Buy ↗

2015Missouri RiverPOoNB · 14Buy ↗

2017ThaliaPOoTTB · 3Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Last Picture Show Books5 books · 1966–2009

01The Last Picture Show1966Buy ↗

02Texasville1987Buy ↗

03Duane's Depressed1999Buy ↗

04When the Light Goes2007Buy ↗

05Rhino Ranch2009Buy ↗

Publication Order of Houston Books6 books · 1970–1992

01Moving On1970Buy ↗

02All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers1972Buy ↗

03Terms of Endearment1975Buy ↗

04Somebody's Darling1978Buy ↗

05Some Can Whistle1989Buy ↗

06The Evening Star1992Buy ↗

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books13 books · 1968–2015

01In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas1968Buy ↗

02Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood1987Buy ↗

04Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen1999Buy ↗

05Roads: A Millennial Journey Along America's Great Interstate Highways2000Buy ↗

06Paradise2001Buy ↗

07Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West2001Buy ↗

08Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-18902005Buy ↗

09The Colonel and Little Missie2006Buy ↗

10Books: A Memoir2008Buy ↗

11Literary Life: A Second Memoir2009Buy ↗

12Hollywood: A Third Memoir2010Buy ↗

13Custer2012Buy ↗

14Missouri River2015Buy ↗

Publication Order of Berrybender Narratives Books4 books · 2002–2004

01Sin Killer2002Buy ↗

02The Wandering Hill2003Buy ↗

03By Sorrow's River2003Buy ↗

04Folly and Glory2004Buy ↗

Publication Order of Thalia, Texas Books3 books · 1961–2017

01Horseman, Pass By / Hud1961Buy ↗

02Leaving Cheyenne1962Buy ↗

03Thalia2017Buy ↗

Publication Order of Lonesome Dove Books4 books · 1985–1997

01Lonesome Dove1985Buy ↗

02Streets of Laredo1993Buy ↗

03Dead Man's Walk1995Buy ↗

04Comanche Moon1997Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Story Collections1 book · 2005

01Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay(With: Annie Proulx,Diana Ossana)2005Buy ↗

Publication Order of Standalone Novels9 books · 1982–2014

01Cadillac Jack1982Buy ↗

02Anything for Billy1988Buy ↗

03Buffalo Girls1990Buy ↗

04Pretty Boy Floyd(With: Diana Ossana)1994Buy ↗

05Zeke and Ned(With: Diana Ossana)1997Buy ↗

06Boone's Lick2000Buy ↗

07Loop Group2004Buy ↗

08Telegraph Days2006Buy ↗

09The Last Kind Words Saloon2014Buy ↗

Publication Order of Penguin Lives Books32 books · 1960–2011

01Abraham Lincoln(By: Thomas Keneally)1960Buy ↗

02Mao Zedong: A Life(By: Jonathan D. Spence)1999Buy ↗

03Mozart: A Life(By: Peter Gay)1999Buy ↗

04Marcel Proust(By: Edmund White)1999Buy ↗

05Crazy Horse1999Buy ↗

06Saint Augustine(By: Garry Wills)1999Buy ↗

07James Joyce(By: Edna O'Brien)1999Buy ↗

08Rosa Parks(By: Douglas Brinkley)2000Buy ↗

09Virginia Woolf(By: Nigel Nicolson)2000Buy ↗

10Woodrow Wilson(By: Louis Auchincloss)2000Buy ↗

11Herman Melville(By: Elizabeth Hardwick)2000Buy ↗

12Leonardo da Vinci: A Life(By: Sherwin B. Nuland)2000Buy ↗

13Dante(By: R.W.B. Lewis)2001Buy ↗

14Jane Austen(By: Carol Shields)2001Buy ↗

15Buddha(By: Karen Armstrong)2001Buy ↗

16Simone Weil(By: Francine du Plessix Gray)2001Buy ↗

17Andy Warhol: A Biography(By: Wayne Koestenbaum)2001Buy ↗

18Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life(By: Marshall Frady)2001Buy ↗

19Joseph Smith(By: Robert V. Remini)2002Buy ↗

20Winston Churchill: A Life(By: John Keegan)2002Buy ↗

21Pope John XXIII(By: Thomas Cahill)2002Buy ↗

22Charles Dickens(By: Jane Smiley)2002Buy ↗

23Elvis Presley(By: Bobbie Ann Mason)2002Buy ↗

24Saint Therese of Lisieux(By: Kathryn Harrison)2003Buy ↗

25Robert E. Lee(By: Roy Blount Jr.)2003Buy ↗

26Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life(By: Ada Louise Huxtable)2004Buy ↗

27George Herbert Walker Bush(By: Tom Wicker)2004Buy ↗

28Napoleon(By: Paul Johnson)2006Buy ↗

29Julia Child(By: Laura Shapiro)2007Buy ↗

30Joan of Arc(By: Mary Gordon)2008Buy ↗

31Martin Luther(By: Martin E. Marty)2008Buy ↗

32Branch Rickey: A Life(By: Jimmy Breslin)2011Buy ↗

Publication Order of Desert Rose Books2 books · 1983–1995

01The Desert Rose1983Buy ↗

02The Late Child1995Buy ↗

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