Legends of the Fall, by Jim Harrison.Read about another entry on the list.
Based on the last novella in a 1970s trilogy, both the book and the film center on Tristan, a rancher, soldier, and ferocious bear wrestler. Pitt’s hyper-masculine Tristan has great chemistry with Julia Ormond’s Susannah, but it’s the gorgeous mountain panoramas, which won an Oscar for cinematography, that steal the show.
Legends of the Fall is one of Robert Olmstead's 6 favorite books.
--Marshal Zeringue