The Lonesome Dove series is great. I'm not in to westerns but this was great, unforgettable characters, Gus McCrae! After that I tried the Sisters Brothers which was a good read too; dark and funny. I also loved 'The power of the dog' by Don Winslow (fantastic read with The Maffia, Mexican drug cartels, corrupt American officials, communist guerilla movements in central America, chinese arms dealers, the roman catholic church, great!! I'm on his sequel 'The Cartel' at the moment. And a funny one for those not easily offended 'The Second Coming' by John Niven, an easy read but a funny one! God sends 'JC' back to sort things out, he ends up on American X Factor...