The Book Sense Literature of the American West Bestseller List

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Based on four weeks of sales ended February 22, 2004, in hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

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The Book Sense Literature of the American West Bestseller List
1. The Wandering Hill
Larry McMurtry, Pocket, $7.99, 0743451422
2. Sin Killer
Larry McMurtry, Pocket, $7.99, 0743451414
3. By Sorrow's River
Larry McMurtry, S&S, $26, 0743233042
4. Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14, 0679728759
5. Shooting the Sun
Max Byrd, Bantam, $23.95, 0553802089
6. Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry, Pocket, $7.99, 067168390X
7. Preacher's Justice
William W. Johnstone, Pinnacle, $5.99, 0786015489
8. Longarm and the Grand Canyon Gang
Tabor Evans, Jove, $4.99, 0515136859
9. The Fruit of Stone
Mark Spragg, Riverhead, $14, 1573229938
10. The Missing
Thomas Eidson, Random House, $13.95, 0812972384
11. With These Hands
Louis L'Amour, Bantam, $4.99, 055358491X
12. Ralph Compton, Nowhere, TX
David Robbins, Signet, $5.99, 0451211324
13. Longarm and the Golden Ghost
Tabor Evans, Jove, $4.99, 051513659X
14. Slocum and the Storekeeper's Wife
Jake Logan, Jove, $4.99, 0515136840
15. Shotgun Bride
Linda Lael Miller, Pocket, $7.99, 0743422740
16. The Trailsman: New Mexico Nymph
Jon Sharpe, Signet, $4.99, 0451211375
17. Ambush of the Mountain Man
William W. Johnstone, Pinnacle, $5.99, 0786014393
18. Last of the Breed
Louis L'Amour, Bantam, $5.50, 0553280422
19. Bittersweet
Nevada Barr, Perennial, $13.95, 0380799502
20. Gunman's Song
Ralph Cotton, Signet, $5.99, 0451210921
21. The Trailsman: Menagerie of Malice
Jon Sharpe, Signet, $5.99, 0451211391
22. The Thirteenth Bullet
Cotton Smith, Pocket, $5.99, 0743475682
23. These Is My Words
Nancy E. Turner, Regan, $14, 0060987510
24. Blind Your Ponies
Stanley Gordon West, Lexington-Marshall, $16, 0965624781
25. The Gunsmith: The Red Queen
J.R. Roberts, Jove, $4.99, 0515136867
26. High Graders
Louis L'Amour, Bantam, $4.50, 0553278649
27. The Lonesome Gods
Louis L'Amour, Bantam, $5.50, 0553275186
28.

The Bounty Hunters
Elmore Leonard, HarperTorch, $5.99, 0380822253

29. Shadow of a Star
Elmer Kelton, Forge, $5.99, 0765342995
30. High Country Bride
Linda Lael Miller, Pocket, $7.99, 0743422732
31. The Last Gunfighter: The Burning
William W. Johnstone, Pinnacle, $5.99, 0786014458
32. Open Range
Lauran Paine, Leisure, $5.99, 084395261X
33. The Last Canyon
John Vernon, Mariner, $13, 0618257748
34. Ralph Compton, Doomsday Rider
Joseph A. West, Signet, $5.99, 0451210808
35. Comanche Moon
Larry McMurtry, Pocket, $7.99, 0671020641
36. So Big
Edna Ferber, Perennial, $13, 0060956690
37. Longarm and the Bank Robber's Daughter
Tabor Evans, Jove, $4.99, 0515136417
38. Night Wolf
Cassie Edwards, Signet, $6.99, 0451210786
39. Quest of the Mountain Man
William W. Johnstone, Pinnacle, $5.99, 0786014385
40. Utah Blaine
Louis L'Amour, Bantam, $4.50, 0553247611
41. Taggart
Louis L'Amour, Bantam, $4.50, 0553254774
42. The Last Gunfighter: No Man's Land
William W. Johnstone, Pinnacle, $5.99, 0786015446
43. Silence Is Golden
Penny Warner, Perseverance Press, $13.95, 1880284669
44. Longarm and the Dead Man's Tale
Tabor Evans, Jove, $4.99, 0515136336
45. Bowdrie's Law
Louis L'Amour, Bantam, $4.50, 0553245503
46. Law of the Land: The Trial of Billy the Kid
Johnny D. Boggs, Signet, $5.99, 0451211022
47. How the West Was Won
Louis L'Amour, Bantam, $4.50, 0553269135
48. The Chisholms
Evan Hunter, Pocket, $5.99, 0743471407
49. The Devil Gets His Due
Peter Brandvold, Berkley, $5.99, 042519454X
50. The Last Picture Show
Larry McMurtry, S&S, $13, 0684853868