Order of Larry McMurtry Books
Larry McMurtry was an American author and screenwriter of novels set in the West; whether they be set historically or during contemporary times. He had also written several works of non-fiction. He was best known for his novels Terms of Endearment, Lonesome Dove and co-writing the screenplay to Brokeback Mountain. Both Brokeback Mountain and Terms of Endearment won Academy Awards, while Lonesome Dove won a Pulitzer Prize.
Larry McMurtry became a published novelist in 1961 with Horseman, Pass By. That novel would be adapted into the film Hud, which the novel was also released as.
Larry passed on March 25th, 2021. he was 84 years old.
Below is a list of Larry McMurtry’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Thalia, Texas Books
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Horseman, Pass By / Hud |
(1961) |
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Leaving Cheyenne |
(1962) |
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Thalia |
(2017) |
Publication Order of Last Picture Show Books
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The Last Picture Show |
(1966) |
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Texasville |
(1987) |
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Duane’s Depressed |
(1999) |
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When the Light Goes |
(2007) |
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Rhino Ranch |
(2009) |
Publication Order of Houston Books
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Moving On |
(1970) |
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All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers |
(1972) |
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Terms of Endearment |
(1975) |
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Somebody’s Darling |
(1978) |
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Some Can Whistle |
(1989) |
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The Evening Star |
(1992) |
Publication Order of Desert Rose Books
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The Desert Rose |
(1983) |
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The Late Child |
(1995) |
Publication Order of Lonesome Dove Books
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Lonesome Dove |
(1985) |
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Streets of Laredo |
(1993) |
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Dead Man’s Walk |
(1995) |
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Comanche Moon |
(1997) |
Chronological Order of Lonesome Dove Books
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Dead Man’s Walk |
(1995) |
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Comanche Moon |
(1997) |
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Lonesome Dove |
(1985) |
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Streets of Laredo |
(1993) |
Publication Order of Berrybender Narratives Books
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Sin Killer |
(2002) |
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The Wandering Hill |
(2003) |
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By Sorrow’s River |
(2003) |
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Folly and Glory |
(2004) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Cadillac Jack |
(1982) |
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Anything for Billy |
(1988) |
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Buffalo Girls |
(1990) |
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Pretty Boy Floyd |
(1994) |
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Zeke and Ned |
(1997) |
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Boone’s Lick |
(2000) |
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Loop Group |
(2004) |
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Telegraph Days |
(2006) |
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The Last Kind Words Saloon |
(2014) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay |
(2005) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas |
(1968) |
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Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood |
(1987) |
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Crazy Horse |
(1999) |
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Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen |
(1999) |
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Roads: A Millennial Journey Along America’s Great Interstate Highways |
(2000) |
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Paradise |
(2001) |
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Sacagawea’s Nickname: Essays on the American West |
(2001) |
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Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890 |
(2005) |
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The Colonel and Little Missie |
(2006) |
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Books: A Memoir |
(2008) |
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Literary Life: A Second Memoir |
(2009) |
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Hollywood: A Third Memoir |
(2010) |
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Custer |
(2012) |
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Missouri River |
(2015) |
Publication Order of Penguin Lives Books
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Abraham Lincoln |
(1960) |
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Mao Zedong: A Life |
(1999) |
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Mozart: A Life |
(1999) |
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Marcel Proust |
(1999) |
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Crazy Horse |
(1999) |
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Saint Augustine |
(1999) |
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James Joyce |
(1999) |
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Rosa Parks |
(2000) |
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Virginia Woolf |
(2000) |
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Woodrow Wilson |
(2000) |
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Herman Melville |
(2000) |
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Leonardo da Vinci: A Life |
(2000) |
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Dante |
(2001) |
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Jane Austen: A Life |
(2001) |
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Buddha |
(2001) |
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Simone Weil |
(2001) |
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Andy Warhol: A Biography |
(2001) |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life |
(2001) |
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Joseph Smith |
(2002) |
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Winston Churchill: A Life |
(2002) |
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Pope John XXIII |
(2002) |
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Charles Dickens |
(2002) |
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Elvis Presley |
(2002) |
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Saint Therese of Lisieux |
(2003) |
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Robert E. Lee |
(2003) |
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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life |
(2004) |
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George Herbert Walker Bush |
(2004) |
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Napoleon |
(2006) |
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Julia Child |
(2007) |
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Joan of Arc |
(2008) |
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Martin Luther |
(2008) |
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Branch Rickey: A Life |
(2011) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Southwest Stories |
(1993) |
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Still Wild |
(2000) |
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Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression |
(2001) |
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Lone Star Literature |
(2003) |
Notes: Horseman, Pass By was also released under the title Hud. The novels Pretty Boy Floyd and Zeke and Ned were written alongside Diana Ossana. Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay was written with Diana Ossana and Annie Proulx.