Appaloosa vs Where the Long Grass Blows: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Ranchers, Western, Westerns, Fiction
Appaloosa
When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in Appaloosa, they find a town suffering at the hands of a renegade rancher who’s already left the city marshal and one of his deputies dead. Cole and Hitch are used to cleaning…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Where the Long Grass Blows is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Appaloosa.
- Appaloosa has the widest readership — 243 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Appaloosa | Where the Long Grass Blows | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.6 (12) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (243) | 4.5 (81) |
Reception
| Appaloosa | Where the Long Grass Blows | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 243 | 81 |
| Editions | 3 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 11691 | — |
| Pages | 296 | 185 |