Hondo vs Shalako: Which Should You Read?

Hondo Louis L'Amour · 1953 ★★★★☆ 4.1 169 pages · ≈ 3 h 08 m · Moderate

Two men. One woman. A land that demanded courage - or death ... He was a man etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and ways of staying alive. She was a woman…

Shalako Louis L'Amour · 1962 ★★★★☆ 4.1 169 pages · ≈ 3 h 08 m · Moderate

He rode wild country with wilder men. He was a loner who owned nothing but his horse and saddle-and his guns. He was a man willing to gamble his life to get the woman he wanted... He was Shalako.From the Paperback…