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Daughter of Fortune By Isabel Allende
F ALLENDE Isabel
A Chilean woman searches for her lover in the goldfields of 1840s California.
F ALLENDE Isabel
A Chilean woman searches for her lover in the goldfields of 1840s California.
The Best Bad Things By Katrina Marie Carrasco
F CARRASCO Katrina
A period novel about a female detective who goes undercover to try to bust an underground smuggling ring.
F CARRASCO Katrina
A period novel about a female detective who goes undercover to try to bust an underground smuggling ring.
The Sisters Brothers By Patrick deWitt
F DEWITT Patrick
A frontier baron known as the Commodore orders Charlie and Eli Sisters to track down and kill a prospector.
F DEWITT Patrick
A frontier baron known as the Commodore orders Charlie and Eli Sisters to track down and kill a prospector.
Devil’s Call By Danielle Dorn
F DORN J. Danielle
In this Western with Paranormal elements, Li Lians embarks on a quest from the Nebraska Territory, to Louisiana, to the frozen Badlands, to bring to justice to the monster responsible for shooting her husband.
F DORN J. Danielle
In this Western with Paranormal elements, Li Lians embarks on a quest from the Nebraska Territory, to Louisiana, to the frozen Badlands, to bring to justice to the monster responsible for shooting her husband.
The Hunger By Katsu Alma
F KATSU Alma
A retelling of the fate of the Donner Party, with a Walking Dead style twist.
F KATSU Alma
A retelling of the fate of the Donner Party, with a Walking Dead style twist.
The Outcasts By Kathleen Kent
F KENT Kathleen
Buried treasure, a manhunt, and a woman determined to make a new life for herself in the old west.
F KENT Kathleen
Buried treasure, a manhunt, and a woman determined to make a new life for herself in the old west.
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu By Tom Lin
W LIN Tom
Ming Tsu is fighting his way across the West to rescue his wife and exact revenge on the men who destroyed him, while settling old scores along the way.
W LIN Tom
Ming Tsu is fighting his way across the West to rescue his wife and exact revenge on the men who destroyed him, while settling old scores along the way.
All the Pretty Horses By Cormac McCarthy
F McCARTHY Cormac
The travels and toils of a 16 year old East Texan boy.
F McCARTHY Cormac
The travels and toils of a 16 year old East Texan boy.
Inland By Tea Obreht
F OBREHT Tea
An unexpected relationship between a frontierswoman riding out the Arizona Territory drought of 1893 and a former outlaw, who has the ability to see ghosts, inspires an epic journey across the West.
F OBREHT Tea
An unexpected relationship between a frontierswoman riding out the Arizona Territory drought of 1893 and a former outlaw, who has the ability to see ghosts, inspires an epic journey across the West.
Sarah Jane By James Sallis
F SALLIS James
Sarah Pullman’s life takes a turn when she becomes the new sheriff, and has to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the last sheriff.
F SALLIS James
Sarah Pullman’s life takes a turn when she becomes the new sheriff, and has to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the last sheriff.
Don’t Send Flowers By Martin Solares
F SOLARES Martin
Carlos Treviño, a retired police detective in northern Mexico is hired by a wealthy businessman to find his missing daughter.
F SOLARES Martin
Carlos Treviño, a retired police detective in northern Mexico is hired by a wealthy businessman to find his missing daughter.
Cherokee America By Margaret Verble
F VERBLE Margaret
A web of complex family alliances and culture clashes in the Cherokee Nation during the aftermath of the Civil War, and the unforgettable woman at its center.
F VERBLE Margaret
A web of complex family alliances and culture clashes in the Cherokee Nation during the aftermath of the Civil War, and the unforgettable woman at its center.
Winter Counts By David Weiden
F WEIDEN David
A Native American vigilante-for-hire, Virgil Wounded Horse, takes his most personal assignment.
F WEIDEN David
A Native American vigilante-for-hire, Virgil Wounded Horse, takes his most personal assignment.
How Much of These Hills Is Gold? By C. Pam Zhang
F ZHANG C
Two orphaned Chinese immigrant siblings flee the threats of their gold rush mining town across an unforgiving landscape.
F ZHANG C
Two orphaned Chinese immigrant siblings flee the threats of their gold rush mining town across an unforgiving landscape.
Four Treasures in the Sky By Jenny Tinghui Zhang
F ZHANG Jenny
In this tale of self-discovery, Daiyu, a Chinese girl, struggles to find her place in the 1880s American West.
F ZHANG Jenny
In this tale of self-discovery, Daiyu, a Chinese girl, struggles to find her place in the 1880s American West.
Romance
Wild Rain By Beverly Jenkins
R JENKINS Beverly WOMEN 2
In this Western Romance, Spring Lee runs her own ranch in the wake of the Civil Wary when a reporter arrives to interview her brother and becomes enamored with her instead.
R JENKINS Beverly WOMEN 2
In this Western Romance, Spring Lee runs her own ranch in the wake of the Civil Wary when a reporter arrives to interview her brother and becomes enamored with her instead.
Breakfast at Honey Creek By Jodi Thomas
R THOMAS Jodi HONEY 1
In this Western Romance Piper Kate McKenzie welcomes an undercover detective hired to help solve the mystery behind her fiancé's disappearance.
R THOMAS Jodi HONEY 1
In this Western Romance Piper Kate McKenzie welcomes an undercover detective hired to help solve the mystery behind her fiancé's disappearance.
Fantasy
An Easy Death By Charlaine Harris
FAN Harris Charlaine GUNNIE 1
In this alternative reality Fantasy, a gunslinger navigating the Great Depression in the searches for a low-level magician who may be able to save the tsar.
FAN Harris Charlaine GUNNIE 1
In this alternative reality Fantasy, a gunslinger navigating the Great Depression in the searches for a low-level magician who may be able to save the tsar.
Tread of Angels By Rebecca Roanhorse
FAN ROANHORSE Rebecca
In this Western Fantasy, Celeste will do everything in her power to prove her sister is innocent—even accept the help of a demon.
FAN ROANHORSE Rebecca
In this Western Fantasy, Celeste will do everything in her power to prove her sister is innocent—even accept the help of a demon.
Graphic Novels
Witchblood Vl 1: Hounds of Love By Matthew Erman
ADULT GN WITCHBLOOD
A modern, Wild West road with a Fantasy setting about a witch cruising the Southwest as a band of bloodthirsty biker vampires, The Hounds of Love, hunt her.
ADULT GN WITCHBLOOD
A modern, Wild West road with a Fantasy setting about a witch cruising the Southwest as a band of bloodthirsty biker vampires, The Hounds of Love, hunt her.