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

Horseman, Pass By / Hud	(1961)
Leaving Cheyenne	(1962)
Thalia	(2017)

Publication Order of Last Picture Show Books

The Last Picture Show	(1966)
Texasville	(1987)
Duane's Depressed	(1999)
When the Light Goes	(2007)
Rhino Ranch	(2009)

Publication Order of Houston Books

Moving On	(1970)
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers	(1972)
Terms of Endearment	(1975)
Somebody's Darling	(1978)
Some Can Whistle	(1989)
The Evening Star	(1992)

Publication Order of Desert Rose Books

The Desert Rose	(1983)
The Late Child	(1995)

Publication Order of Lonesome Dove Books

Lonesome Dove	(1985)
Streets of Laredo	(1993)
Dead Man's Walk	(1995)
Comanche Moon	(1997)

Chronological Order of Lonesome Dove Books

Dead Man's Walk	(1995)
Comanche Moon	(1997)
Lonesome Dove	(1985)
Streets of Laredo	(1993)

Publication Order of Berrybender Narratives Books

Sin Killer	(2002)
The Wandering Hill	(2003)
By Sorrow's River	(2003)
Folly and Glory	(2004)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Cadillac Jack	(1982)
Anything for Billy	(1988)
Buffalo Girls	(1990)
Pretty Boy Floyd (With: Diana Ossana)	(1994)
Zeke and Ned (With: Diana Ossana)	(1997)
Boone's Lick	(2000)
Loop Group	(2004)
Telegraph Days	(2006)
The Last Kind Words Saloon	(2014)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay (With: Annie Proulx,Diana Ossana)

(2005)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas	(1968)
Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood	(1987)
Crazy Horse	(1999)
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen	(1999)
Roads: A Millennial Journey Along America's Great Interstate Highways	(2000)
Paradise	(2001)
Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West	(2001)
Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890	(2005)
The Colonel and Little Missie	(2006)
Books: A Memoir	(2008)
Literary Life: A Second Memoir	(2009)
Hollywood: A Third Memoir	(2010)
Custer	(2012)
Missouri River	(2015)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Still Wild	(2000)
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.

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