On the run, they search for a legendary woman who can remove the marks that identify them.

In an alternate west, a group of young women escape from sexual servitude in a welcome house after one of them kills a man in self defense. The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis This classic novel tells the story of Fools Crow, a medicine man and warrior of the Lone Eaters, a small band of Black Feet in Montana territory who are dealing with the encroaching white migration west. In an alternate 1890 U.S., Winslow Houndstooth gathers a crew of the “damnedest cons, outlaws, and assassins to ever ride a hippo” and attempts to pull off a heist. 13 Books Like Red Dead Redemption American Hippo by Sarah GaileyĪ bind-up of their novellas River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow, with additional new stories, American Hippo is THE alternate western of my heart. *Red Dead Redemption is itself a sequel, to a mostly forgotten PS2/X-Box game called Red Dead Revolver. Westerns are my problematic fave, and I enjoyed making this list of books like Red Dead Redemption (2, mostly) to read when I can’t convince my husband to play. (In a game called Red Dead Redemption, perhaps it would be nice if actually letting your character redeem himself were an option?) I enjoy watching someone else play more than playing myself, personally, but playing can be really, really fun. They’re also just really fun, especially if I don’t think too hard about the occasionally appallingly bad storytelling. Red Dead Redemption, and especially the sequel* Red Dead Redemption 2, are something of a cultural milestone in video games.