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3 Best Western & Frontier Historical Novels in the Cold War and Post-war Era

Western and frontier fiction examines settlement, mobility, violence and cultural contact in contested borderlands. The genre includes the American West but can also accommodate other historical frontiers where authority and community remain unsettled.

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3 Western & Frontier Fiction books in Cold War and Post-war Era

1. No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

First published 2005 · 4.5(15,666)

2. All the Pretty Horses

by Cormac McCarthy

First published 1992 · The Border Trilogy · 4.5(7,288)

3. Cities of the Plain

by Cormac McCarthy

First published 1998 · The Border Trilogy · 4.5(2,635)