Comanche Moon
- Spur Award for Best Novel of the West
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Our view
“Comanche Moon” is a sweeping, unsparing Western that follows Gus and Call through their years as Texas Rangers. Written last but set second in the timeline, it moves between several viewpoints, including those of the Comanche. Some readers welcome new figures such as Inish Scull, a Harvard professor turned Ranger, and the sense of an era closing, though some are troubled by its extreme violence, much of it aimed at women; others never get invested.
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About the book
Comanche Moon (1997) is a Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the fourth and final book he published in the Lonesome Dove series. In terms of chronology, it is the second installment of the narrative. A Comanche Moon in Texas history was a full moon in autumn which permitted Comanche warriors to ride by night journeying southward to raid Mexico for livestock and captives.
Reading order · Lonesome Dove series
Full order & progress →- Lonesome DoveStart here
9.19.1 / 10 - Streets of Laredo
8.38.3 / 10 - Dead Man's Walk
8.28.2 / 10 - Comanche MoonThis book
8.38.3 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 55 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 8.3. That is how 8.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 55 | 100% |
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