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Replying to myself, for anyone reading this: don't pass over novels either. Western was a written genre as well as a movie genre.
I mean, Western once was a highly popular literary genre and not just because they were easy reads.
Like with movies there was a lot of crap but there was also some true gems. Works that are still really relevant nowadays... and there is still the occasional new novel that is published that will have you wonder why there isn't more like it.
To name just 1 old-ish (I'm almost the same age as this book so, no, it's not old it's just getting aged enough to deliver all its qualities to the amateur :p) and 2 recent-ish books:
There are so much more, not forgetting short stories too, or essays and memoirs! All those books are waiting in many public libraries barely ever read, always willing to surprise the adventurous reader that will be daring enough to change their habits and pick them instead of what they usually read.
And if you're an audiobook person, Willie Nelson has narrated some Louis L'Amour novels. They're not terribly long and interesting enough.