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Lonesome Dove Reading Order
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry has 4 main books (1985–1997). Start with Dead Man's Walk (1995) and read the numbered books in order.
Lonesome Dove books in order
Your reading speed
- 8 h 33 min
- 13 h 10 min
- 16 h 33 min
- 9 h 35 min
Main books together: 2,732 pages, about 47 h 51 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Lonesome Dove: common questions
- How many books are in the Lonesome Dove series?
- There are 4 main books in Lonesome Dove. The most recent main book listed here is Streets of Laredo (1993).
- What order should I read Lonesome Dove in?
- Read Lonesome Dove in its numbered order: Dead Man's Walk, Comanche Moon, Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo. Numbered in story order; Lonesome Dove (1985) was published first.
- What is the first Lonesome Dove book?
- The first book is Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry, published in 1995.
- How long does it take to read the whole Lonesome Dove series?
- The 4 main books add up to about 2,732 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 48 hours of reading, or about 96 days at 30 minutes a day.