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American West Bestsellers

The top 50 American West books on Amazon — with recorded rankings, chart movement, and tracking history. Check the snapshot date to see when these books were collected.

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American West — 2026-11-0250 booksAvg 4.51★272,329 total reviewsLatest collected snapshot

Movement compared with 2026-11-01

CoverRankMoveBookRatingReviewsShare

1–

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Lonesome Dove: A Novel

Larry McMurtry

35 days tracked

4.833,234 reviews

2New

New

People of Darkness: A Gripping Southwest Mystery Where a Navajo Detective Confronts a Ruthless Assassin (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Book 4)

Tony Hillerman

4.65,057 reviews

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Vintage International)

Cormac McCarthy

30 days tracked · peak #2

4.322,041 reviews

A Week from Never (Murphy's Law Book 2)

William W. Johnstone

33 days tracked · peak #3 · +16 this week

4.7521 reviews

5New

New

Joe Pickett: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)

C. J. Box

4.42,602 reviews

6–

–

Have Courage: Longmire Stories (A Longmire Mystery)

Craig Johnson

18 days tracked

—— reviews

Roped in Rawhide: An Enemies to Lovers Small Town Romance

Harloe Rae

12 days tracked · peak #3 · −4 this week

4.2214 reviews

The Man from Stone Creek (A Stone Creek Novel Book 1)

Linda Lael Miller

3 days tracked · peak #3

4.51,559 reviews

All the Pretty Horses: The Border Trilogy, Book One

Cormac McCarthy

35 days tracked · peak #3 · −4 this week

4.57,704 reviews

103

The Lone Deputy (The Regulator Chronicles Book 2)

John Deacon

28 days tracked · peak #3 · −4 this week

4.71,305 reviews

112

The Giant of Cold River (American Post-Civil War Westerns)

William Black

35 days tracked · peak #6 · −3 this week

4.5614 reviews

121

In the Great Quiet: A Novel

Laura Vogt

35 days tracked · peak #4 · −2 this week

4.217,941 reviews

132

Where the Lost Wander: A Novel

Amy Harmon

35 days tracked · peak #3 · −2 this week

4.645,750 reviews

142

Dead Man's Walk

Larry McMurtry

35 days tracked · peak #7 · −5 this week

4.57,538 reviews

155

Promises to Keep (Stagecoach to Golden Valley Book 8)

Linda Ford

6 days tracked · peak #8

4.753 reviews

163

No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)

Cormac McCarthy

35 days tracked · peak #4 · −4 this week

4.516,494 reviews

171

The Guns of the Mountain Hermit: A Historical Western Adventure Novel (Blood and Honor in the Wild West)

Austin Grayson

10 days tracked · peak #14 · +1 this week

4.527 reviews

186

Murphy's Law

William W. Johnstone

34 days tracked · peak #3 · −4 this week

4.6661 reviews

195

Streets Of Laredo

Larry McMurtry

35 days tracked · peak #7 · −12 this week

4.58,081 reviews

207

The Regulator (The Regulator Chronicles Book 1)

John Deacon

35 days tracked · peak #7 · −5 this week

4.72,428 reviews

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The Man They Freed (American Post-Civil War Westerns)

William Black

21 days tracked · peak #13 · +7 this week

4.4114 reviews

225

TROUBLE IN TECUMSEH: One Hundred Fifty-Seventh in a Series of Jess Williams Westerns (A Jess Williams Western Book 157)

Robert J. Thomas

18 days tracked · peak #3 · −9 this week

4.7325 reviews

231

Snowbound With The Cattleman (Red Willow Junction Book 1)

Faith Quinn

35 days tracked · peak #19

4.52,016 reviews

244

Shawnee Scream: A Mountain Man Western Series (The Long Hunter’s Journals Book 1)

B.N. Rundell

35 days tracked · peak #14 · +5 this week

4.41,183 reviews

25New

New

Warlock (New York Review Books Classics)

Oakley Hall

4.4687 reviews

264

True Grit

Charles Portis

15 days tracked · peak #22

4.69,879 reviews

272

Comanche Moon

Larry McMurtry

35 days tracked · peak #16 · −11 this week

4.57,350 reviews

285

Tombstone Reckoning: Classic Western (A Johnny Irons Classic Western Adventure Book 4)

Travis McGraw

30 days tracked · peak #14 · −1 this week

4.6368 reviews

29New

New

Frontier Ghosts: A Coogan Mystery (Frontier Series Book 6)

Michael Cardwell

52 reviews

303

Train Dreams

Denis Johnson

35 days tracked · peak #9 · −9 this week

45,297 reviews

314

Last Transfer : A Classic Western Adventure (Westward Western Saga)

Frank Wheeler

25 days tracked · peak #21 · +9 this week

4.633 reviews

326

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women Series, 1)

Jim Fergus

35 days tracked · peak #4 · −28 this week

4.416,023 reviews

332

The Brothers McKay: A Longmire Mystery

Craig Johnson

35 days tracked · peak #20 · −11 this week

4.64,651 reviews

346

The Boy Sheriff: Classic Western (A Johnny Irons Classic Western Adventure Book 1)

Travis McGraw

35 days tracked · peak #15 · −9 this week

4.31,517 reviews

355

Eastbound : A Classic Western Adventure (Westward Western Saga)

Frank Wheeler

35 days tracked · peak #14 · −5 this week

4.2497 reviews

362

Grit Calhoun: Mountain Man: Cold Smoke In The Rockies: A Mountain Man Adventure

Robert Hanlon

35 days tracked · peak #34 · +7 this week

4.3— reviews

378

Driftwood Justice: Classic Western (A Johnny Irons Classic Western Adventure Book 3)

Travis McGraw

35 days tracked · peak #20 · −6 this week

4.6421 reviews

386

Cherokee Cry: A Mountain Man Western Series (The Long Hunter’s Journals Book 2)

B.N. Rundell

35 days tracked · peak #9 · −5 this week

4.6556 reviews

393

The Hangman’s Lie : A Classic Western Adventure (Westward Western Saga)

Frank Wheeler

3 days tracked · peak #36

4.510 reviews

402

Never Again: A Classic Western Series (Brody Connor Book 1)

Monty R. Garner

35 days tracked · peak #31 · +9 this week

4.5— reviews

414

The Rancher's Unexpected Bride: in Harmony Springs (Second Chances of the High Country Book 1)

Lauralyn Keller

35 days tracked · peak #18 · −15 this week

4.62,667 reviews

426

Cowboy's Christmas Baker: Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Village Christmas - Book 1

Clara Pines

35 days tracked · peak #32 · +2 this week

4.8— reviews

432

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Hernan Diaz

35 days tracked · peak #27 · −7 this week

4.140,949 reviews

44New

New

Butcher's Crossing (New York Review Books Classics)

John Williams

35 days tracked · peak #38

4.3— reviews

453

Colton: A Hammond Brothers Novel (Christmas at Whiskey Mountain Lodge in Coral Canyon™ Book 1)

Liz Isaacson

24 days tracked · peak #37

4.53,899 reviews

46New

New

MACK: A Small-Town One-Night Stand Single Dad Forbidden Romance (Devil's Ridge: The BAD BOYS of Hellfire Ranch)

Ivy Starck

4 days tracked · peak #38

4.861 reviews

47New

New

The Crossing: Border Trilogy (2)

Cormac McCarthy

27 days tracked · peak #45

4.4— reviews

488

The Woman Who Came After

Faith Quinn

14 days tracked · peak #38

4.6— reviews

49–

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The Doctor's Convenient Marriage: in Harmony Springs (Second Chances of the High Country Book 3)

Lauralyn Keller

28 days tracked · peak #40 · −2 this week

4.7— reviews

50New

New

Petticoat Ranch (Petticoats and Cowboys Book 1)

Mary Connealy

35 days tracked · peak #34 · −16 this week

4.7— reviews

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