When they’re not out riding, most horsepersons we know are usually curled up with a good book. Here are some of our favorites, perfect for a late night by a warm fireplace, a sunny afternoon on the back porch, or stuffed inside your saddlebags. Happy reading!
| Non-Fiction | |
| Bear-Step, Shatka | Painted Ponies, 1952 |
| Berg, W.A. | The Mysterious Western Horse of N. America, 1960 |
| Cisneros, Jose | Riders Across the Centuries, 1984 |
| Clark, LaVerne Harrell | They Sang for Horses, 1966 |
| Derring, Davis | The American Cow Pony, 1962 |
| Dobie, J. Frank | The Mustangs, 1934 Mustangs and Cow Horses, 1940 |
| Ewers, John C. | The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture, 1955 |
| Graham, R. B. Cunninghame | The Horses of the Conquest, 1949 |
| Haines, Frances | Appaloosa: The Spotted Horse in Art & History, 1963 |
| Howard, Robert West | The Horse in America, 1965 |
| Knudsen & Speir | Saltbrush and Sagebrush, 1986 |
| Mails, Thomas E. | The People Called Apache, 1974 Mystic Warriors of the Plains, 1972 Dog Soldiers, Bear Men & Buffalo Women, 1973 |
| Newcomb, W. W. | The Indians of Texas, 1961 |
| Osborne, Walter D. | A Treasury of Horses, 1966 |
| Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw | Where the Wild Horses Roam, 1989 |
| Roe, Frank G. | The Indian and the Horse, 1955 |
| Rojas, A.R. | Bits, Bitting and the Spanish Horse, 1970 |
| Ryden, Hope | America’s Wild Horses |
| Sponenberg & Beaver | Horse Color, 1983 |
| Taylor, Colin | The Warrior of the Plains, 1975 |
| Webb, Walter Prescott | The Great Plains, 1931 |
| Worcester, D. | The Spanish Mustang, 1986 |
| Wyman, Walker D. | The Wild Horse of the West, 1945 |
| Fiction | |
| Blake, Michael | Dances With Wolves |
| Capps, Benjamin | Season of Yellow Leaf The White Man’s Road |
| Coldsmith, Don | The Spanish Bit Series |
| Lea, Tom | The Hands of Cantu The Wonderful Country |
| Robson, Lucia St. Clair | Light A Distant Fire Ride the Wind Walk In My Soul |
| Worcester, Donald | War Pony |