Lonesome Dove appears in 15 book lists

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Lonesome Dove appears in 15 book lists on Shepherd.

The best books to portray a sense of place

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The best western books to make your heart race with empathy and adventure

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The best books that find the humor that makes us human

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The best books that take you to another world

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The best books for elements of historical adventure fiction

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The best books of the West…the gateway to discovering a great new thriller series

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The best novels about cowboys who are actually cowboys

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The best westerns to read if you don’t read westerns

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The best books on the Wild West and the ladies who rule it

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The best books about the Wild West that you’ll ever read

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The best westerns where friendships drive the story

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The best books that will make you fall in love with Montana

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The best books you’d never think were so compulsively readable, but are

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The best Westerns that will transport you to the American frontier

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The best books about frontier life in early 19th century Canada

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