Lonesome Dove
A Novel
Ranked #17 in 100 Most Popular BookTok and Bookstagram Books
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About Lonesome Dove
Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.
Reader guide at a glance
Use these edition facts and spoiler-light notes to decide whether this book fits your mood, time, and preferred reading experience.
- Audience
- Adult/general
- Commitment
- Standalone or self-contained
- Estimated reading time
- 21.5 hours at about 40 pages per hour
- Length
- Long read
- Best for
- Readers seeking quest, survival, bittersweet, emotional
Why readers are finding Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, published in 1986, is a 864-page book for readers who prefer to browse by the experience of a story, not only by its sales category. Its strongest discovery signals include Quest, Survival, Bittersweet, Emotional.
This edition also appears at number 17 in our researched social reading top 100, reflecting current discussion across BookTok alongside longer-running reader interest. The ranking uses one verified English-language print ISBN per work so retailer links, cover metadata, and search results point to a real edition rather than a workbook, translation, or duplicate collector version.
- Print ISBN
- 978-1-439-19526-0
- Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 864
