Small Game by Blair Braverman
Abandoned in a remote North American forest a small group of reality TV contestants try to survive.
The Hours of Lead by Bruce Holbert
An artful western saga set in austere central and eastern Washington where towns were flooded for the good of all and human communion roiled with unspoken care.
Midnight in Soap Lake by Matthew Sullivan
A woman stumbles upon a murder and solves a limnological mystery.
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
A meditative study of a man’s life spent outdoors during the birth of the modern world.
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
A gritty and clever look at life on the far edge of the United States where boundaries were suggestions and gold lured men to their deaths.
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
A human apocalypse seen through the eyes of a crow.
The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter
A surprising and tender mid-life crisis.
Bear by Julia Phillips
A story about sisterly love and frustration, about delayed lives both ending and beginning, and a grizzly bear.
An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo
In An American Sunrise: Poems, Joy Harjo reappropriates a portion of United States history and centers Native Americans within it, removing the sanitized version of events that many / most…








