Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
12 people recommended it in 9 threads, 2009–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
I have a problem: I’ve already read Lonesome Dove. And Lonesome Dove is the most totally absorbing wonderfully awesome novel on the planet. So nothing else really compares. Hence, my problem.
For pure entertainment and nothing else, Lonesome Dove. It was the first Western I read. I did not think I’d like it because it’s a Western... just not my thing. I was very wrong.
It’s living. I doubt it matters where you die. But it matters where you live. We named our youngest Augustus after Augustus McCrae. It’s amazing how a novel that really shows the randomness and absurdity of life in the west ended up being such a beautiful and meaningful story.
Either David Copperfield by Charles Dickens or Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Both are very long novels that get better and better with every page.
I hadn't read any fictional "westerns" and this came well recommended. I loved it. Listening to it while backpacking and on a road trip was extremely rewarding.
Finally got around to reading Lonesome Dove and it is one of the best things I’ve ever read. Will likely check out the sequels.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What book have you re-read 3x or more? 2022 · 3 recommendations
- Ask HN: What is the best book you have read with the greatest impact on you? 2022 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year? 2024 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2023 and recommend for 2024? 2023 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What books have you read recently? 2021 · 1 recommendation
- My Favorite Books 2020 2020 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Which books have you read more than once? 2020 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2018? 2018 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books. 2009 · 1 recommendation