What are some genuinely good pulp novels/ novellas? Looking specifically for westerns but would be open to noir, detective, crime. Stuff with decent prose and alot of blood and seedy characters.
The Beetle Leg
>>8157489
I only know of fantasy, in which I would recommend the following works
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser
Conan
John Carter (Princes of Mars)
Pop. 1280
Everything from Jim Thompson is amazing crime noir pulp, you'd have to read him in small doses because he uses the same themes over and over.
King Solomon's Mines
Alan Quatermain
She
All by H. Rider Haggard
Lovecraft. The Necronomicon collection.
Puzo - Godfather
Shakespeare - Titus Andronicus
True Grit!
Just finished The Ox-Bow Incident last night. Not bloody, but other than that, I think it may be just what you are looking for.
Also, you might enjoy The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour.
