Why is there a cowboy?
Books that are not westerns yet inexplicably include a cowboy in the cast.
created by ClutteredBookshelf
last updated September, 2026
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Saw this list title and went āOh! Dracula!ā and was very pleased to see it is indeed included š
I love this š Dracula had me laughing
Dracula!? What you are doing here. For reasons I canāt understand this news actually makes me want to read Dracula more
You must, if only to meet dear Mr. Quincy P. Morris.
that sounds like a cowboy name to me!
The setting of Dracula covers both Cowboys and Coke a cola. Er, well, the time period
I am CACKLING. I love this so much. Amazing š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
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I love this!
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100000/10 list
Obsessed with this list. Why /aren't/ there more random cowboys in literature?
Really hesitant rec, since Iron Council does draw from a lot of western tropes (the train as a tool of westward expansion, guy that is a vaquero, etc.), but also like, idk. It's book 3 in what was once definitely a DnD campaign. Baleful polymorph, magic that removes the colors of things, flesh elementals, etc.
Who is the random cowboy in Dune???
When I was making the list, a friend of mine insisted that Duncan Idaho met the "cowboy criteria," so I included it.
You know your friend is correct
iām obsessed with the range of books in this list. cowboys are truly cross-genre i suppose :)
I love finding funny lists like and realizing I've read almost all of them.
