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Updated 2026-07-11 / 79 books / 10 series
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.
Books by Larry McMurtry in Publication Order
1960
Abraham Lincoln(By: Thomas Keneally)
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1961
Horseman, Pass By / Hud
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1962
Leaving Cheyenne
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1966
The Last Picture Show
POoLPSB / 1
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1968
In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas
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1970
Moving On
POoHB / 1
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1972
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers
POoHB / 2
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1975
Terms of Endearment
POoHB / 3
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1978
Somebody's Darling
POoHB / 4
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1982
Cadillac Jack
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1983
The Desert Rose
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1985
Lonesome Dove
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1987
Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood
POoNB / 2
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1987
Texasville
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1988
Anything for Billy
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1989
Some Can Whistle
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1990
Buffalo Girls
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1992
The Evening Star
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1993
Streets of Laredo
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1994
Pretty Boy Floyd(With: Diana Ossana)
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1995
The Late Child
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1995
Dead Man's Walk
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1997
Comanche Moon
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1997
Zeke and Ned(With: Diana Ossana)
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1999
Mao Zedong: A Life(By: Jonathan D. Spence)
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1999
Duane's Depressed
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1999
Mozart: A Life(By: Peter Gay)
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1999
Marcel Proust(By: Edmund White)
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1999
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen
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1999
Crazy Horse
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1999
Saint Augustine(By: Garry Wills)
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1999
James Joyce(By: Edna O'Brien)
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2000
Roads: A Millennial Journey Along America's Great Interstate Highways
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2000
Boone's Lick
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2000
Rosa Parks(By: Douglas Brinkley)
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2000
Virginia Woolf(By: Nigel Nicolson)
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2000
Woodrow Wilson(By: Louis Auchincloss)
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2000
Herman Melville(By: Elizabeth Hardwick)
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2000
Leonardo da Vinci: A Life(By: Sherwin B. Nuland)
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2001
Paradise
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2001
Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West
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2001
Dante(By: R.W.B. Lewis)
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2001
Jane Austen(By: Carol Shields)
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2001
Buddha(By: Karen Armstrong)
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2001
Simone Weil(By: Francine du Plessix Gray)
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2001
Andy Warhol: A Biography(By: Wayne Koestenbaum)
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2001
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life(By: Marshall Frady)
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2002
Sin Killer
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2002
Joseph Smith(By: Robert V. Remini)
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2002
Winston Churchill: A Life(By: John Keegan)
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2002
Pope John XXIII(By: Thomas Cahill)
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2002
Charles Dickens(By: Jane Smiley)
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2002
Elvis Presley(By: Bobbie Ann Mason)
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2003
The Wandering Hill
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2003
By Sorrow's River
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2003
Saint Therese of Lisieux(By: Kathryn Harrison)
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2003
Robert E. Lee(By: Roy Blount Jr.)
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2004
Folly and Glory
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2004
Loop Group
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2004
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life(By: Ada Louise Huxtable)
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2004
George Herbert Walker Bush(By: Tom Wicker)
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2005
Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay(With: Annie Proulx,Diana Ossana)
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2005
Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890
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2006
Telegraph Days
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2006
The Colonel and Little Missie
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2006
Napoleon(By: Paul Johnson)
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2007
When the Light Goes
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2007
Julia Child(By: Laura Shapiro)
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2008
Books: A Memoir
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2008
Joan of Arc(By: Mary Gordon)
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2008
Martin Luther(By: Martin E. Marty)
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2009
Rhino Ranch
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2009
Literary Life: A Second Memoir
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2010
Hollywood: A Third Memoir
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2011
Branch Rickey: A Life(By: Jimmy Breslin)
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2012
Custer
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2014
The Last Kind Words Saloon
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2015
Missouri River
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2017
Thalia
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Complete Larry McMurtry Series Reading Order /
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01
The Last Picture Show
1966
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03
Duane's Depressed
1999
Buy
04
When the Light Goes
2007
Buy
02
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers
1972
Buy
03
Terms of Endearment
1975
Buy
04
Somebody's Darling
1978
Buy
05
Some Can Whistle
1989
Buy
06
The Evening Star
1992
Buy
01
In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas
1968
Buy
02
Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood
1987
Buy
04
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen
1999
Buy
05
Roads: A Millennial Journey Along America's Great Interstate Highways
2000
Buy
07
Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West
2001
Buy
08
Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890
2005
Buy
09
The Colonel and Little Missie
2006
Buy
10
Books: A Memoir
2008
Buy
11
Literary Life: A Second Memoir
2009
Buy
12
Hollywood: A Third Memoir
2010
Buy
14
Missouri River
2015
Buy
02
The Wandering Hill
2003
Buy
03
By Sorrow's River
2003
Buy
04
Folly and Glory
2004
Buy
01
Horseman, Pass By / Hud
1961
Buy
02
Leaving Cheyenne
1962
Buy
01
Lonesome Dove
1985
Buy
02
Streets of Laredo
1993
Buy
03
Dead Man's Walk
1995
Buy
04
Comanche Moon
1997
Buy
01
Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay(With: Annie Proulx,Diana Ossana)
2005
Buy
01
Cadillac Jack
1982
Buy
02
Anything for Billy
1988
Buy
03
Buffalo Girls
1990
Buy
04
Pretty Boy Floyd(With: Diana Ossana)
1994
Buy
05
Zeke and Ned(With: Diana Ossana)
1997
Buy
08
Telegraph Days
2006
Buy
09
The Last Kind Words Saloon
2014
Buy
01
Abraham Lincoln(By: Thomas Keneally)
1960
Buy
02
Mao Zedong: A Life(By: Jonathan D. Spence)
1999
Buy
03
Mozart: A Life(By: Peter Gay)
1999
Buy
04
Marcel Proust(By: Edmund White)
1999
Buy
06
Saint Augustine(By: Garry Wills)
1999
Buy
07
James Joyce(By: Edna O'Brien)
1999
Buy
08
Rosa Parks(By: Douglas Brinkley)
2000
Buy
09
Virginia Woolf(By: Nigel Nicolson)
2000
Buy
10
Woodrow Wilson(By: Louis Auchincloss)
2000
Buy
11
Herman Melville(By: Elizabeth Hardwick)
2000
Buy
12
Leonardo da Vinci: A Life(By: Sherwin B. Nuland)
2000
Buy
13
Dante(By: R.W.B. Lewis)
2001
Buy
14
Jane Austen(By: Carol Shields)
2001
Buy
15
Buddha(By: Karen Armstrong)
2001
Buy
16
Simone Weil(By: Francine du Plessix Gray)
2001
Buy
17
Andy Warhol: A Biography(By: Wayne Koestenbaum)
2001
Buy
18
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life(By: Marshall Frady)
2001
Buy
19
Joseph Smith(By: Robert V. Remini)
2002
Buy
20
Winston Churchill: A Life(By: John Keegan)
2002
Buy
21
Pope John XXIII(By: Thomas Cahill)
2002
Buy
22
Charles Dickens(By: Jane Smiley)
2002
Buy
23
Elvis Presley(By: Bobbie Ann Mason)
2002
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24
Saint Therese of Lisieux(By: Kathryn Harrison)
2003
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25
Robert E. Lee(By: Roy Blount Jr.)
2003
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26
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life(By: Ada Louise Huxtable)
2004
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27
George Herbert Walker Bush(By: Tom Wicker)
2004
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28
Napoleon(By: Paul Johnson)
2006
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29
Julia Child(By: Laura Shapiro)
2007
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30
Joan of Arc(By: Mary Gordon)
2008
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31
Martin Luther(By: Martin E. Marty)
2008
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32
Branch Rickey: A Life(By: Jimmy Breslin)
2011
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01
The Desert Rose
1983
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02
The Late Child
1995
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Where to start with Larry McMurtry
What is the best order to read Larry McMurtry books?
Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series,
follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.
Are standalone books and series both included?
Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are
broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.