Best American West

Chloé Zhao's intimate portrait of Fern, a woman who sells her belongings and hits the road in a van, won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film blends professional actors with real nomads, creat...

Malick's debut feature, 'Badlands' (1973), established his signature style, albeit in a more conventional narrative form. The film follows a young couple who embark on a killing spree across the Ameri...

DBC Pierre's 'Vernon God Little' is a darkly comedic and satirical novel narrated by a teenage boy in Texas after a school shooting. The novels unconventional structure, irreverent tone, and unflinchi...

Wallace Stegner's 'Angle of Repose,' the 1972 National Book Award winner, is a complex and richly layered novel that interweaves the story of a modern historian with the life of his pioneering grandpa...

Wallace Stegner's 'Angle of Repose' (1971) is a sprawling, multi-layered novel that interweaves the story of a modern man with the biography of his pioneering grandparents in the American West. Stegne...

Téa Obreht is an author known for her richly imagined historical fiction infused with elements of magical realism. Her novel 'The Tiger's Daughter' blends folklore and historical events to create a ca...

Lauren Groffs 'The Vaster Wilds' is a captivating historical novel set in 17th-century America, following a young woman who escapes a failing settlement and ventures into the wilderness. The novel exp...

Jeremiah Johnson (1972) chronicles the life of a mountain man who chooses to live a solitary existence in the Rocky Mountains. The film showcases the skills and knowledge required to survive in a hars...

Edward Bellamy's lesser-known work, 'The Cooperative Commonwealth,' is a sequel to 'Looking Backward.' It details the practical implementation of the socialist system described in the first novel, foc...