The SLIS Reading Group

"It looks like we got ourselves a reader." - Bill Hicks

A Reader
Adventure

Chick Lit

Fantasy

Gentle

Graphic Novels

Historical

Horror

Literary

Mystery

Nonfiction

Romance

Science Fiction

Western

Western

Reviewed Authors

Bly, Stephen [C2]
Conwell, Kent
Cook, Will
Estleman, Loren D. [2]
Evans, Tabor
Grey, Zane
Henry, Will
Hogan, Ray

 

Huebner, Andrew
Jones, Robert F.
Kelton, Elmer
L'Amour, Louis [4]
Logan, Jake
McCarthy, Cormac
McMurtry, Larry [2]
Randisi, Robert J.

 

Recknor, Ellen
Roberts, J.R.
Watson, H.J.


Online Resources

Information on female authors in the Western genre
Reviews of Westerns at MostlyFiction.com
Read West Network - book reviews, news, and author profiles
Roundup Magazine - reviews, author interviews, and more
Spur Award - winners from 1953 to the present
Western Writers of America - reading lists, convention info, and much more


Print Resources

Herald, Diane Tixier. (2005). Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction. Greenwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

McVeigh, Stephen. (2007). The American Western. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press.

Mort, John. (2006). Read the High Country: Guide to Western Books and Films. Greenwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Saricks, Joyce. (2001). Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction. Chicago: ALA Editions.

 


Contact Phil at pneskew [at] indiana.edu