50 Westerns – The Best Cowboy Adventures, Rider Trails, Stories of Outlaws & Battles with Indians
Classic Cowboy Tales of Outlaws, Cattle Drives & Frontier PerilBy Andre Norton, Zane Grey, Karl May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Max Brand, Owen Wister, James Fenimore Cooper, B. M. Bower, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, Bret Harte, O. Henry, Emerson Hough, Willa Cather, Andy Adams, Charles Alden Seltzer, Jackson Gregory, Frank H. Spearman, Charles Siringo, Grace Livingston Hill, Robert W. Chambers, Frederic Remington, Frederic Homer Balch, Dane Coolidge
Length455h 58m
About this audiobook
This capacious anthology surveys the Western as a popular literary form: a terrain of cattle drives, outlaw pursuits, rider trails, frontier settlements, and violent encounters across contested landscapes. Its fifty selections range from brisk adventure yarns and romance-inflected narratives to regional sketches, historical fiction, detective-like pursuits, and tales bordering on the fantastic. Memorable episodes of pursuit, survival, and moral reckoning reveal both the genre's narrative energy and its enduring investment in mobility, law, community, and wilderness. At the same time, the volume invites attention to the conventional—and often fraught—representations of Indigenous peoples and frontier conflict inherited from its period. The contributors collectively span major shapers of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century popular fiction, including writers associated with the literary Western, dime-novel adventure, historical romance, pulp storytelling, and regional realism. Their varied careers bring distinct social geographies to the page: ranch country, mining camps, borderlands, rail corridors, and imagined frontiers. Read together, these voices illuminate the Western's emergence alongside national mythmaking, mass-market publishing, and changing ideas of American expansion, masculinity, and belonging. Ideal for students of genre fiction and general readers alike, this collection offers an unusually broad encounter with the Western's styles and assumptions in a single volume. It rewards comparative reading, enabling readers to trace recurring plots and archetypes while recognizing divergent tonal, cultural, and formal approaches. Its breadth makes it a valuable starting point for examining how frontier stories entertain, memorialize, and debate the American past.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, General Fiction
Length455 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 9, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1150 Western Classics
2Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey) (pt. 1)
3Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey) (pt. 2)
4Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey) (pt. 3)
5Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey) (pt. 4)
Show all chaptersShow less
6Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey) (pt. 5)
7The Rainbow Trail (Zane Grey) (pt. 1)
8The Rainbow Trail (Zane Grey) (pt. 2)
9The Rainbow Trail (Zane Grey) (pt. 3)
10The Rainbow Trail (Zane Grey) (pt. 4)
11The Rainbow Trail (Zane Grey) (pt. 5)
12The Spirit of the Border (Zane Grey) (pt. 1)
13The Spirit of the Border (Zane Grey) (pt. 2)
14The Spirit of the Border (Zane Grey) (pt. 3)
15The Spirit of the Border (Zane Grey) (pt. 4)
16The Spirit of the Border (Zane Grey) (pt. 5)
17The Untamed (Max Brand)
1810. THE STRENGTH OF WOMEN
1920. ONE TRAIL ENDS
2031. "LAUGH, DAMN IT!"
21The Night Horseman (Max Brand) (pt. 1)
22The Night Horseman (Max Brand) (pt. 2)
23The Night Horseman (Max Brand) (pt. 3)
24The Night Horseman (Max Brand) (pt. 4)
25The Seventh Man (Max Brand) (pt. 1)
26The Seventh Man (Max Brand) (pt. 2)
27The Seventh Man (Max Brand) (pt. 3)
28The Seventh Man (Max Brand) (pt. 4)
29Winnetou, the Apache Knight (Karl May) (pt. 1)
30Winnetou, the Apache Knight (Karl May) (pt. 2)
31Winnetou, the Apache Knight (Karl May) (pt. 3)
32A Texas Ranger (William MacLeod Raine)
33Part I. The Man from the Panhandle (pt. 1)
34Part I. The Man from the Panhandle (pt. 2)
35Part II. The Girl of Lost Valley (pt. 1)
36Part II. The Girl of Lost Valley (pt. 2)
37Gunsight Pass (William MacLeod Raine) (pt. 1)
38Gunsight Pass (William MacLeod Raine) (pt. 2)
39Gunsight Pass (William MacLeod Raine) (pt. 3)
40Gunsight Pass (William MacLeod Raine) (pt. 4)
41Rebel Spurs (Andre Norton) (pt. 1)
42Rebel Spurs (Andre Norton) (pt. 2)
43Rebel Spurs (Andre Norton) (pt. 3)
44Ride Proud, Rebel! (Andre Norton)
456 Horse Trade
4612 Guerrillas
4718 Texas Spurs
48The Bandit of Hell's Bend (Edgar Rice Burroughs) (pt. 1)
49The Bandit of Hell's Bend (Edgar Rice Burroughs) (pt. 2)
50The Bandit of Hell's Bend (Edgar Rice Burroughs) (pt. 3)
More from Andre Norton, Zane Grey, Karl May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Max Brand, Owen Wister, James Fenimore Cooper, B. M. Bower, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, Bret Harte, O. Henry, Emerson Hough, Willa Cather, Andy Adams, Charles Alden Seltzer, Jackson Gregory, Frank H. Spearman, Charles Siringo, Grace Livingston Hill, Robert W. Chambers, Frederic Remington, Frederic Homer Balch, Dane Coolidge
Key Out of TimeAndre Norton4h 44m3.9 (1.6K)$1 · $0.00
The People of the CraterAndre Norton1h 46m3.2 (348)$2 · $0.00
The Time TradersAndre Norton6h 54m3.9 (8.3K)$2 · $0.00
The Time TradersAndre Norton6h 39m3.9 (7.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Time Traders (Annotated)Andre Norton8h 32m3.9 (7.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Time Traders (Summarized Edition)Andre Norton3h 8m$2
Plague Ship (Annotated)Andre Norton8h 15m$2 · $0.00
The Time Traders (Sci-Fi Novel)Andre Norton8h 20m3.9 (7.2K)$2 · $0.00
Voodoo PlanetAndre Norton2h 50m3.9 (1.3K)$9.40
Voodoo PlanetAndre Norton2h 42m3.7 (2.6K)$10 · $0.00
Star BornAndre Norton6h 36m4.0 (2.3K)$15 · $0.00
Storm Over WarlockAndre Norton7h3.9 (2.3K)$11.60
Key Out of TimeAndre Norton6h 29m3.7 (2.2K)$8.40
The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio CollectionC. S. Lewis33h 46m4.7 (17.1K)$52 · $0.00
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m4.7 (669)$28 · $0.00
Forgotten SeasonDonald L. Robertson10h4.7 (3.2K)$20
CollateralBrian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson13h 8m4.6 (7K)$23
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m4.6 (33.1K)$33 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
The Newly Witch GameRobyn Peterman4h 39m4.7 (549)$15
Louis L’Amour’s Trio of TalesLouis L’Amour2h 8m4.7 (262)$10
Scaramouche (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini15h 24m4.6 (1.8K)$2 · $0.00
Northern ShadowsDaniel Greene12h 52m4.7 (281)$23
Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal: Blood Trail To Hell: A Western Adventure NovelCasey Nash3h 42m4.6 (3.2K)$18 · $0.00
Sons of War Series Box SetNicholas Sansbury Smith49h 30m4.6 (2.6K)$40
Can’t Ride Around ItAnn Charles, Sam Lucky10h 13m4.6 (796)$25
Punk’s FightWard Carroll10h 28m4.6 (796)$20
Sons of Valor IV: False FlagJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews11h 47m4.6 (1.1K)$25
With Fire and Sword (Annotated)Henryk Sienkiewicz36h 6m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m4.5 (77.2K)$53 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Once an EagleAnton Myrer41h 21m4.5 (25.7K)$40
The Count of Monte Cristo + The Three Musketeers + The Man in the Iron Mask (3 Unabridged Classics) (Annotated)Alexandre Dumas101h 51m4.6 (2.1K)$2 · $0.00
The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio CollectionC. S. Lewis33h 46m4.7 (17.1K)$52 · $0.00
Under His ProtectionB. Love5h 7m4.8 (1.4K)$15
Heart of IronC. M. Alongi15h 24m4.8 (665)$30
Ethic IIAshley Antoinette9h 1m4.7 (8K)$20
RiversnowTess Thompson8h 11m4.7 (1.3K)$20
Supreme ClienteleAshley & JaQuavis8h 58m4.7 (3.4K)$20
Body Refinement in a Beast Tamer’s World, Book 1Seth Ring14h 7m4.7 (1.3K)$27
The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Unabridged)Jane Austen88h 8m4.7 (8.6K)$1 · $0.00
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m4.7 (669)$28 · $0.00
Searching For ThanksgivingS.E. Smith4h 24m4.8 (395)$20
Naughty 4Brenda Hampton7h 30m4.7 (726)$17
The Dance with Me TrilogyShelley Shepard Gray21h 44m4.7 (1.2K)$35
Anne Shirley (Complete 14 Book Collection)Lucy Maud Montgomery125h 28m4.7 (2.4K)$2 · $0.00
The DopemanJaQuavis Coleman5h 25m4.7 (3.8K)$20
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate CollectionArthur Conan Doyle59h 49m4.6 (16.7K)$5 · $0.00
BAEJahquel J.5h 22m4.7 (3.1K)$20
Dark RisingJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews13h 47m4.7 (1.3K)$27
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Grand Opening 2Carl Weber9h 16m4.7 (2.4K)$20
Sons of Valor II: Violence of ActionBrian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson12h 34m4.6 (3.6K)$23
You may also like
THE ALASKAN (Annotated)James Oliver Curwood9h 29m4.0 (1.3K)$2 · $0.00
Seven Pillars of WisdomT. E. Lawrence27h 27m4.0 (19.6K)$21 · $0.00
The ChouansHonoré de Balzac13h 26m3.7 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
The Purple LandW. H. Hudson10h 49m3.7 (1.5K)$2 · $0.00
Riders of the Purple SageZane Grey11h 34m3.9 (23.2K)$1 · $0.00
Osceola The Seminole, or The Red Fawn of the Flower LandThomas Mayne Reid15h 44m4.0 (1.2K)$2.30
Riders of the Purple SageZane Grey11h 28m3.6 (15.2K)$20
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the SusquehannaJames Fenimore Cooper19h 39m3.7 (5K)$2 · $0.00
A Book of the CevennesS. Baring-Gould5h 30m$2 · $0.00
The Last of the ForestersJohn Esten Cooke13h 28m$2 · $0.00
Napoleon's Russian Odyssey: Historical NovelsFrederick Whishaw, Max Pemberton, Henry Seton Merriman, G. A. Henty, Leo Tolstoy, Carl Von Clausewitz105h 22m$0.99 · $0.00
WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE Ultimate Collection: 25 Western Novels & Adventure Books (Annotated)William MacLeod Raine197h 52m4.4 (12)$2 · $0.00
60 WESTERNS: Cowboy Adventures, Yukon & Oregon Trail Tales, Famous Outlaws, Gold Rush AdventuresZane Grey, Max Brand, Owen Wister, James Fenimore Cooper, B. M. Bower, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Jack London, O. Henry, James Oliver Curwood, Emerson Hough, Willa Cather, Andy Adams, Charles Alden Seltzer, Jackson Gregory, Washington Irving, R.M. Ballantyne, Frank H. Spearman, Charles Siringo, Stephen Crane, Grace Livingston Hill, Robert W. Chambers, Frederic Remington, Frederic Homer Balch, Will Lillibridge, Dane Coolidge, Marah Ellis Ryan, Forrestine C. Hooker519h 50m4.2 (17)$2 · $0.00
African Novels: Premium Collection of ALL 12 Novels (Annotated)Edgar Wallace85h 43m4.5 (10)$2 · $0.00
The Boreal Code of Courage - 4 Classic Northern Wilderness Adventure NovelsCatharine Parr Strickland Traill, James Oliver Curwood, Ralph Connor, Holman Day35h 20m$2
The Andy Adams Cowboy Collection – 19 Western Classics in One Volume (Annotated)Andy Adams55h 27m4.2 (10)$2 · $0.00
Trouble ShooterErnest Haycox9h 50m3.8 (45)$2 · $0.00
The AlaskanJames Oliver Curwood9h 16m3.7 (241)$1 · $0.00
The Captain of the Gray-Horse TroopHamlin Garland11h 35m3.6 (15)$2.30 · $0.00
The Valley of the Giants (Annotated)Peter B. Kyne11h 59m$2 · $0.00