Ranked #2 in Western, Ranked #21 in Pulitzer Prize — see more rankings.
A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize— winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America.
Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember.
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Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember.
Series in order of... more
Rankings by Category
Lonesome Dove is ranked in the following categories:
- #61 in Americana
- #93 in Award-Winning
- #68 in Cowboys
- #46 in Dad
- #61 in Epic
- #77 in Fiction Series
- #61 in Long
- #98 in Saga
- #57 in Top Ten