Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Battleborn | 2012 | Claire Vaye Watkins | Buy |
Battleborn is Claire Vaye Watkins’s debut, a collection of short stories set in Nevada and the broader American West. The stories range across time periods and perspectives but share a sense of place — the desert as both refuge and trap, a landscape that shapes the people who live in it.
The collection won the Story Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, establishing Watkins as one of the most talented young fiction writers in America. “Ghosts, Cowboys” and the title story are among the most anthologized pieces.