Reading Recommendations: Western

Westerns are alive and kicking, with many of their beloved elements cropping up in cross-overs with mystery, fantasy, SF, and horror stories. Dig your spurs into some wild new-fangled Western reads, pardners!

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A western is a novel or collection of stories set in 19th century frontier America with a strong, self-reliant central character; simple plots; full of action; often involves cowboys, cavalrymen, lawmen and outlaws of the Old West. (Steve Bennett)

The Spur Awards are given annually by the Western Writers of America for distinguished writing about the American West. 

Awarded by the Women Writing the West for outstanding literature featuring women's stories set in the west. October 2023.