Larry McMurtry Books In Order

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Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American author, bookseller, screenwriter, and essayist who predominantly wrote his books either in contemporary or Old West Texas.

His books Horseman, Pass By (1962), Terms of Endearment (1975), and The Last Picture Show (1966) were adapted into movies.

The movies adapted from his books have earned 13 Oscar wins and 34 Nominations. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for his book Lonesome Dove and the movie adapted from it has won 7 awards out of 18 Emmy nominations.

Thalia, Texas Books in Order (3 Books)

  1. Horseman, Pass By (1961)
  2. Leaving Cheyenne (1962)
  3. Thalia (2017)

Last Picture Show Books in Order (5 Books)

  1. The Last Picture Show (1966)
  2. Texasville (1987)
  3. Duane’s Depressed (1999)
  4. When the Light Goes (2007)
  5. Rhino Ranch (2009)

Houston Books in Order (6 Books)

  1. Moving On (1970)
  2. All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers (1972)
  3. Terms of Endearment (1975)
  4. Somebody’s Darling (1978)
  5. The Evening Star (1984)
  6. Some Can Whistle (1989)

Desert Rose Books in Order (2 Books)

  1. The Desert Rose (1983)
  2. The Late Child (1995)

Lonesome Dove Books in Order (4 Books)

  1. Lonesome Dove (1985)
  2. Streets of Laredo (1993)
  3. Dead Man’s Walk (1995)
  4. Comanche Moon (1997)

Berrybender Narratives Books in Order (4 Books)

  1. Sin Killer (2002)
  2. The Wandering Hill (2003)
  3. By Sorrow’s River (2003)
  4. Folly and Glory (2004)

Standalone Novels in Order (9 Books)

  1. Cadillac Jack (1982)
  2. Anything for Billy (1988)
  3. Buffalo Girls (1990)
  4. Pretty Boy Floyd (1994)
  5. Zeke and Ned (1997)
  6. Boone’s Lick (2000)
  7. Loop Group (2004)
  8. Telegraph Days (2006)
  9. The Last Kind Words Saloon (2014)

Short Story Collections in Order (1 Book)

  1. Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay (1997)

Non-Fiction Books in Order (14 Books)

  1. In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas (1968)
  2. Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood (1987)
  3. Crazy Horse (1999)
  4. Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen (1999)
  5. Roads: A Millennial Journey Along America’s Great Interstate Highways (2000)
  6. Paradise (2001)
  7. Sacagawea’s Nickname: Essays on the American West (2001)
  8. Hollywood: A Third Memoir (2002)
  9. Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890 (2005)
  10. The Colonel and Little Missie (2005)
  11. Missouri River (2006)
  12. Books: A Memoir (2008)
  13. Literary Life: A Second Memoir (2009)
  14. Custer (2012)

Anthologies in Order (2 Books)

  1. Still Wild (2000)
  2. Lone Star Literature (2003)

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