Books about the Western United States


American west - General

Fiction

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

Non-Fiction

Dreams of El Dorado by H.W. Brands - read our review here


alaska

Fiction

Alaska by James Michener

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz



arizona

Read all of our Arizona posts here

Fiction

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy


california

Read all of our California posts here

Fiction

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

There There by Tommy Orange - Read our book review here

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck

The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West

Non-Fiction

Dreams of El Dorado by H.W. Brands - read our review here

Roadside Geology of Northern and Central California by David Alt and Donald W. Hyndman

A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir by Donald Worster


hawaii

Fiction

Hawaii: A Novel by James Michener


new mexico

Fiction

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy


oregon

Fiction

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Non-Fiction

Dreams of El Dorado by H.W. Brands - read our review here


washington

Fiction

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson