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It is a bit older, but I would recommend the Pete Dexter novel, Deadwood, as well. I think a lot of people tend to overlook this novel because they think that the HBO television series was based on it. While the show shared some eery similarities with the book, the producer of the show claimed to have never read the book. Whether you want to believe him or not, the one thing that the book has, which the television show did not, is an actual ending. If you are still upset that Deadwood was canceled before the show could finish the story, then you should definitely read the book.
- Elmore Leonard. I know that Elmore Leonard only wrote one Western novel, but Hombre is just such a good example of this genre that it can't be missed. The protagonist, John Russell, is as cowboy as they come and this book about him protecting a stagecoach as it makes it way through the desert is riveting stuff.
- Kim Zupan. Kim Zupan is a bit of an odd choice, but allow me to explain. His novel Ploughmen may not seem like it is part of the typical Western genre at first, and it really isn't actually, but somehow it does fit in. It is about a sheriff's deputy who has to watch over a murderer who is waiting for his trial. There is seemingly very little that these two men could have in common, but when they begin talking to each other, it is impossible not to get caught up. Ploughmen, to me at least, feels like a modern Western and I think it is a very underrated book.