Larry McMurtry Books in Order
Larry McMurtry is a prolific American author and screenwriter, born in Wichita Falls, Texas on June 3, 1936. His extensive body of work includes twenty-nine novels, such as the critically acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning novel <i>Lonesome Dove</i>, three memoirs, two essay collections, and over thirty screenplays. A versatile writer, McMurtry's first published book, <i>Horseman, Pass By</i>, was adapted into the film "Hud," while several of his novels have been adapted into movies and a television mini-series. This literary icon has garnered numerous accolades, including a share of the 2006 Golden Globe for Best Screenplay and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain."
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Larry McMurtry
- #1AmazonIn a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas(1968)
- #2AmazonFilm Flam: Essays on Hollywood(1987)
- #3AmazonCrazy Horse(1999)
- #4AmazonWalter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen(1999)
- #5AmazonRoads: A Millennial Journey Along America's Great Interstate Highways(2000)
- #6AmazonParadise(2001)
- #7AmazonSacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West(2001)
- #8AmazonOh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890(2005)
- #9AmazonThe Colonel and Little Missie(2006)
- #10AmazonBooks: A Memoir(2008)
- #11AmazonLiterary Life: A Second Memoir(2009)
- #12AmazonHollywood: A Third Memoir(2010)
- #13AmazonCuster(2012)
- #14AmazonMissouri River(2015)
- #1AmazonAbraham Lincoln (By: Thomas Keneally)(1960)
- #2AmazonMao Zedong: A Life (By: Jonathan D. Spence)(1999)
- #3AmazonMozart: A Life (By: Peter Gay)(1999)
- #4AmazonMarcel Proust (By: Edmund White)(1999)
- #5AmazonCrazy Horse(1999)
- #6AmazonSaint Augustine (By: Garry Wills)(1999)
- #7AmazonJames Joyce (By: Edna O'Brien)(1999)
- #8AmazonRosa Parks (By: Douglas Brinkley)(2000)
- #9AmazonVirginia Woolf (By: Nigel Nicolson)(2000)
- #10AmazonWoodrow Wilson (By: Louis Auchincloss)(2000)
- #11AmazonHerman Melville (By: Elizabeth Hardwick)(2000)
- #12AmazonLeonardo da Vinci: A Life (By: Sherwin B. Nuland)(2000)
- #13AmazonDante (By: R.W.B. Lewis)(2001)
- #14AmazonJane Austen: A Life (By: Carol Shields)(2001)
- #15AmazonBuddha (By: Karen Armstrong)(2001)
- #16AmazonSimone Weil (By: Francine du Plessix Gray)(2001)
- #17AmazonAndy Warhol: A Biography (By: Wayne Koestenbaum)(2001)
- #18AmazonMartin Luther King, Jr.: A Life (By: Marshall Frady)(2001)
- #19AmazonJoseph Smith (By: Robert V. Remini)(2002)
- #20AmazonWinston Churchill: A Life (By: John Keegan)(2002)
- #21AmazonPope John XXIII (By: Thomas Cahill)(2002)
- #22AmazonCharles Dickens (By: Jane Smiley)(2002)
- #23AmazonElvis Presley (By: Bobbie Ann Mason)(2002)
- #24AmazonSaint Therese of Lisieux (By: Kathryn Harrison)(2003)
- #25AmazonRobert E. Lee (By: Roy Blount Jr.)(2003)
- #26AmazonFrank Lloyd Wright: A Life (By: Ada Louise Huxtable)(2004)
- #27AmazonGeorge Herbert Walker Bush (By: Tom Wicker)(2004)
- #28AmazonNapoleon (By: Paul Johnson)(2006)
- #29AmazonJulia Child (By: Laura Shapiro)(2007)
- #30AmazonJoan of Arc (By: Mary Gordon)(2008)
- #31AmazonMartin Luther (By: Martin E. Marty)(2008)
- #32AmazonBranch Rickey: A Life (By: Jimmy Breslin)(2011)
- #33AmazonSouthwest Stories(1993)
- #34AmazonStill Wild(2000)
- #35AmazonUnholy Ghost: Writers on Depression(2001)
- #36AmazonLone Star Literature(2003)
- #37Larry passed in March 2021.(20)
- #1AmazonSan Francisco Stories (By: John Miller)(1990)
- #2AmazonLos Angeles Stories (By: John Miller)(1991)
- #3AmazonNew Orleans Stories (By: John Miller,Genevieve Anderson)(1992)
- #4AmazonChicago Stories (By: Stuart Dybek,John Miller)(1993)
- #5AmazonLust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems (By: John Miller,KirstenMiller)(1994)
- #6AmazonAlaska Stories (By: John Miller,KirstenMiller)(1995)
- #7AmazonTexas Stories (By: John Miller,KirstenMiller)(1995)
- #8AmazonSan Francisco Thrillers (By: Tim Smith,John Miller)(1995)
- #9AmazonCape Cod Stories (By: Tim Smith,John Miller)(2002)
- #1AmazonCadillac Jack(1982)
- #2AmazonAnything for Billy(1988)
- #3AmazonBuffalo Girls(1990)
- #4AmazonPretty Boy Floyd (With: Diana Ossana)(1994)
- #5AmazonZeke and Ned (With: Diana Ossana)(1997)
- #6AmazonBoone's Lick(2000)
- #7AmazonLoop Group(2004)
- #8AmazonTelegraph Days(2006)
- #9AmazonThe Last Kind Words Saloon(2014)
- #10AmazonBrokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay (With: Annie Proulx,Diana Ossana)(2005)
About Larry McMurtry
Larry McMurtry is a prolific American author and screenwriter, born in Wichita Falls, Texas on June 3, 1936. His extensive body of work includes twenty-nine novels, such as the critically acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning novel <i>Lonesome Dove</i>, three memoirs, two essay collections, and over thirty screenplays. A versatile writer, McMurtry's first published book, <i>Horseman, Pass By</i>, was adapted into the film "Hud," while several of his novels have been adapted into movies and a television mini-series. This literary icon has garnered numerous accolades, including a share of the 2006 Golden Globe for Best Screenplay and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain."
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