Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Which Louis L'Amour book is YOUR all-time favorite?

Louis L’Amour, who died at the age of 80 in 1988, is arguably the most famous Western writer of all time, and I hate to admit that I’ve never read any of his books.

Last year, I put on my bucket list that I wanted to read all of L’Amour’s books at some point. I put it on my bucket list because the only books, aside from The Bible, that I ever saw my granddad in Frisco City ever read were Louis L’Amour’s novels. I knew that if he liked them, they had to be good.

It would be an understatement to say that L’Amour was a prolific writer. In all, he wrote 89 novels, two nonfiction books and 14 short story collections. What follows is a complete list of his books, taken from his official Web site, www.louislamour.com.

1. Bendigo Schafter (1979)
2. Beyond the Great Snow Mountains (1999)
3. Borden Chantry (1977)
4. Bowdrie (1983)
5. Bowdrie's Law (1984)
6. Brionne (1968)
7. The Broken Gun (1966)
8. Buckskin Run (1981)
9. The Burning Hills (1956)
10. The Californios (1974)
11. Callaghen (1972)
12. Catlow (1963)
13. Chancy (1968)
14. The Cherokee Trail (1982)
15. Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Vol. 1 (2004)
16. Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Vol. 2 (2004)
17. Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Vol. 3 (2005)
18. Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Vol. 4 (2006)
19. Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Vol. 5 (2007)
20. Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Vol. 6 (2008)
21. Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Vol. 7 (2009)
22. Comstock Lode (1981)
23. Conagher (1969)
24. Crossfire Trail (1954)
25. Dark Canyon (1963)
26. The Daybreakers (1960)
27. Down The Long Hills (1968)
28. Dutchman's Flat (1986)
29. Education of a Wandering Man (1989)
30. The Empty Land (1969)
31. End of the Drive (1997)
32. Fair Blows The Wind (1978)
33. Fallon (1963)
34. The Ferguson Rifle (1973)
35. The First Fast Draw (1959)
36. Flint (1960)
37. Frontier (1984)
38. From the Listening Hills (2003)
39. Galloway (1970)
40. Guns of the Timberlands (1955)
41. Hanging Woman Creek (1964)
42. The Haunted Mesa (1987)
43. Heller With A Gun (1955)
44. The High Graders (1965)
45. High Lonesome (1962)
46. The Hills of Homicide (1983)
47. Hondo (1953)
48. How The West Was Won (1962)
49. The Iron Marshal (1979)
50. Jubal Sackett (1985)
51. The Key Lock Man (1965)
52. Kid Rodelo (1966)
53. Kilkenny (1954)
54. Killoe (1962)
55. Kilrone (1966)
56. Kiowa Trail (1964)
57. Lando (1962)
58. Last of the Breed (1986)
59. Last Stand at Papago Wells (1957)
60. Law of the Desert Born (1983)
61. The Lonely Men (1969)
62. Lonely on the Mountain (1980)
63. The Lonesome Gods (1983)
64. Long Ride Home (1989)
65. Lonigan (1988)
66. A Man Called Noon (1970)
67. The Man From Skibbereen (1973)
68. The Man From the Broken Hills (1975)
69. Matagorda (1967)
70. May There Be A Road (2001)
71. Milo Talon (1981)
72. Mojave Crossing (1964)
73. Monument Rock (1998)
74. The Mountain Valley War (1978)
75. Mustang Man (1966)
76. Night Over the Solomons (1986)
77. North to the Rails (1971)
78. Off the Mangrove Coast (2000)
79. The Outlaws of Mesquite (1990)
80. Over on the Dry Side (1976)
81. Passin' Through (1985)
82. The Proving Trail (1979)
83. The Quick and the Dead (1973)
84. Radigan (1958)
85. Reilly's Luck (1970)
86. Ride the Dark Trail (1972)
87. Ride the River (1983)
88. The Rider of Lost Creek (1976)
89. The Rider of the Ruby Hills (1986)
90. The Riders of High Rock (1993)
91. Riding for the Brand (1986)
92. Rivers West (1975)
93. Rowdy Rides to Glory
94. The Rustlers of the West Fork (1991)
95. Sackett (1961)
96. The Sackett Brand (1965)
97. The Sackett Companion (1988)
98. Sackett's Land (1975)
99. The Shadow Riders (1982)
100. Shalako (1962)
101. Showdown at Yellow Butte (1953)
102. Silver Canyon (1956)
103. Sitka (1957)
104. The Skyliners (1967)
105. Smoke From This Altar (1990)
106. Son of a Wanted Man (1984)
107. The Strong Shall Live (1980)
108. Taggart (1959)
109. The Tall Stranger (1957)
110. To Tame A Land (1955)
111. To the Far Blue Mountains (1977)
112. A Trail of Memories (1988)
113. The Trail to Crazy Man (1986)
114. The Trail to Seven Pines (1992)
115. Treasure Mountain (1972)
116. Trouble Shooter (1994)
117. Tucker (1971)
118. Under the Sweetwater Rim (1971)
119. Utah Blaine (1954)
120. Valley of the Sun (1995)
121. The Walking Drum (1984)
122. War Party (1975)
123. The Warrior's Path (1980)
124. West From Singapore (1987)
125. West of Dodge (1996)
126. Westward the Tide (1977)
127. Where the Long Grass Blows (1976)
128. With These Hands (2002)
129. Yondering (1980)

In the end, how many of these Louis L’Amour books have you had the chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend? Which was your favorite and why? Let us know in the comments section below.

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