Series

Lonesome Dove series in reading order

There are 4 books in the Lonesome Dove series.

Published between 1920 and 1997. The publication order differs from the reading order — both are below.

The prequel to Lonesome Dove—Call and McCrae as young Texas Rangers, battling Comanches and their own recklessness. McMurtry fills in the years before the drive, where friendships were forged and the frontier was still something to conquer rather than mourn. Sprawling, violent, and full of the West'

2 of 4 books, in reading order

• 2. Comanche Moon (1997) — Larry McMurtry · 720 pages
• 3. Lonesome Dove (1920) — Larry McMurtry · 866 pages

Lonesome Dove in publication order

1. Lonesome Dove (1920) — Larry McMurtry
2. Comanche Moon (1997) — Larry McMurtry

The 2 books listed here total 1,586 pages.

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