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If you loved Lonesome Dove

Books like Lonesome Dove

If you loved Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, these are the books its readers love most, closest first: chosen from the ratings and recommendations of the readers who loved it.

No. 1

The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough

No. 2

Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

James Clavell

No. 3

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Alex Haley

No. 4

The Prince of Tides

Pat Conroy

No. 5

Hawaii

James A. Michener

No. 6

Tales of the South Pacific

James A. Michener

No. 7

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

No. 8

Terms of Endearment

Larry McMurtry

No. 9

Cold Mountain

Charles Frazier

No. 10

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg

No. 11

Exodus

Leon Uris

No. 12

Centennial

James A. Michener

No. 13

The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)

Herman Wouk

No. 14

The Shell Seekers

Rosamunde Pilcher

No. 15

The Pillars of the Earth (The Kingsbridge Series, #1)

Ken Follett

No. 16

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

No. 17

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

No. 18

The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

No. 19

North and South (North and South, #1)

John Jakes

No. 20

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

No. 21

The Accidental Tourist

Anne Tyler, Jennifer Bassett

No. 22

The Help

Kathryn Stockett

No. 23

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

No. 24

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver