Books: A Memoir

Books: A Memoir
Author	Larry McMurtry
Language	English
Genre	memoir
Publication date	2008
Publication place	USA
Followed by	Literary Life: A Second Memoir

Books: A Memoir is a 2008 memoir by Larry McMurtry. It focuses on his love of books and his experiences as a book buyer and seller.^[1]^[2]

Kirkus called it "A pleasant amble in Bookland and a treat for the bookishly inclined, as well as for McMurtry buffs. "^[3]

References

^ Campbell, James (July 27, 2008). "Shelf-Possessed". The New York Times.
^ Review of book at Publishers Weekly
^ Review of book at Kirkus

v t e Larry McMurtry
Novels	Horseman, Pass By (1961) Leaving Cheyenne (1963) The Last Picture Show (1966) Moving On (1970) All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers (1972) Terms of Endearment (1975) Somebody's Darling (1978) Cadillac Jack (1982) The Desert Rose (1983) Lonesome Dove (1985) Texasville (1987) Anything for Billy (1988) Some Can Whistle (1989) Buffalo Girls (1990) The Evening Star (1992) Streets of Laredo (1993) Pretty Boy Floyd (1994) Dead Man's Walk (1995) The Late Child (1995) Comanche Moon (1997) Zeke and Ned (1997) Duane's Depressed (1999) Boone's Lick (2000) Sin Killer (2002) The Wandering Hill (2003) By Sorrow's River (2003) Folly and Glory (2004) Loop Group (2005) Telegraph Days (2006) When the Light Goes (2007) Rhino Ranch: A Novel (2009) The Last Kind Words Saloon (2014)
History	Crazy Horse: A Life (1999) The Colonel and Little Missie (2005) Oh What a Slaughter! (2006) Custer (2012)
Memoirs	Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen (1999) Roads: Driving America's Great Highways (2000) Paradise (2001) Books: A Memoir (2008) Literary Life: A Second Memoir (2009) Hollywood: A Third Memoir (2010)
Essays	In a Narrow Grave (1968) Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood (1987) Sacagawea's Nickname (2001)
Films written	The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988) Montana (1990) Memphis (1992) Falling from Grace (1992) Streets of Laredo (1995) Johnson County War (2002) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Joe Bell (2020)
Adaptations	Hud (1963) The Last Picture Show (1971) Lovin' Molly (1974) Terms of Endearment (1983) Lonesome Dove (1989) Texasville (1990) Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994-95) Streets of Laredo (1995) Buffalo Girls (1995) Lonesome Dove: The Series (1995–96) Dead Man's Walk (1996) The Evening Star (1996) Comanche Moon (2008)
Other	Diana Ossana

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