Reading list for the Coronavirus shut-in

So everybody’s at home. Tired of Netflix. Tired of the news. What is there to do?

How about getting lost in a book?

Here is a list of fiction that I’ve found incredibly captivating over the years. Ten books to get lost in. They are not all westerns, but they are generally full of action, contain compelling characters and, most importantly, move fast enough to keep your attention despite what’s happening in the world outside.

So here they are, in no particular order:

Ian McGuire— The North Water

Glendon Swarthout— The Shootist

Alex Garland— The Beach

Elmore Leonard— Valdez is Coming

Cormac McCarthy— No Country for Old Men

John Williams— Butcher’s Crossing

Charles Bukowski— Factotum

Louis L’Amour— Sackett

John Kennedy Toole— A Confederacy of Dunces

Nolan Cordovano— In the West