Louis L'Amour
22 March 1908 – 10 June 1988
528 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Louis Dearborn L'Amour was an American author. His books consisted primarily of Western fiction novels (though he called his work 'Frontier Stories'), however he also wrote historical fiction (The Walking Drum), science fiction (The Haunted Mesa), nonfiction (Frontier), as well as poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into movies. L'Amour's books remain popular, and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death all 105 of his existing works were in print (89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction) and he was considered "one of the world's most popular writers."<sup>1</sup>
Also published as: L'Amour Louis, Louis L'AMOUR, Louis L Amour, LOUIS L'AMOUR, Louis L'amour, L'AMOUR LOUIS
Most-read books
Flint
4.8 · 1960 · 165 want to read
The Daybreakers
4.5 · 1960 · 128 want to read
Dutchman's Flat
4.3 · 1979 · 113 want to read
Last of the breed
4.8 · 1986 · 87 want to read
Sackett's Land
3.5 · 1973 · 84 want to read
Hondo
4.3 · 1953 · 93 want to read
Brionne
3.9 · 1796 · 75 want to read
The sky-liners
4.3 · 1967 · 78 want to read
Radigan
4.2 · 1958 · 69 want to read
To the Far Blue Mountains
4.7 · 1976 · 72 want to read
Short stories
2.7 · 2003 · 65 want to read
Tucker
2 · 1971 · 58 want to read
To Tame a Land
5 · 1940 · 58 want to read
The Sackett novels of Louis L'Amour
5 · 1980 · 53 want to read
The Walking Drum
4.2 · 1984 · 54 want to read
The Warrior's Path
3.8 · 1980 · 49 want to read
Conagher
3.5 · 1969 · 47 want to read
Lando
3.5 · 1962 · 42 want to read
Showdown Trail
5 · 1987 · 37 want to read
The Mountain Valley War
3 · 1978 · 36 want to read
Ride the river
4 · 1983 · 36 want to read
Chancy
4 · 1968 · 36 want to read
Bendigo Shafter
4 · 1979 · 37 want to read
Sackett
4 · 1971 · 43 want to read