25 Western Books Everyone Needs to Read

Louis L'Amour penned plenty of Westerns worthy of inclusion on this list, but if I have to pick just one, it has to be Sackett's Land. This quintessentially American tale begins not in the dusty wilderness of the West but in England with a young nobleman looking forward to an adventure. Barnabas Sackett's plans go awry when he's tossed into the hold of a pirate ship, kicking off an epic that spans the breadth of America and England as Barnabas seeks the truth about his family's past.