Story Collections
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Published by Graywolf Press, April 2009
Living to Be 100
Published by Knopf in 1994.
Paperback published by HarperCollins in 1995.
Dancing in the Movies
Selected by Tim O'Brien as the Winner of the Iowa Prize in 1985
Published by the University of Iowa Press in 1986.
Paperback edition from New American Library published in 1987.
Nonfiction
The Half-Known World
Essays on the writing of fiction.
Published by Graywolf in 2008
What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak
Co-written with David Schweidel. Finalist for the 2008 Western Writers of America Best Work of Nonfiction. Published by Cinco Puntos Press in 2008.
Novels
Century's Son
Published in 2002 by Knopf
Paperback published in 2003 by Picador
American Owned Love
Published by Knopf in 1997.
Paperback published by HarperPerennial in 1998
Mystery Ride
Published by Knopf in 1993.
Paperback published by HarperCollins in 1994.
The Geography of Desire
Published by Knopf in 1989.
Paperback published by HarperCollins in 1994.
Crooked Hearts
Published by Knopf in 1987.
Paperback published by HarperCollins in 1988.
Virtual Death
Published by HarperPrism, 1995
Plays
Tongues
Winner of the John Gassner Prize
First performed by American Southwest Theatre Company in 1999