Train Dreams by Denis Johnson (2002)

This got some deserved attention because of the 2025 movie, which I couldn't quite bring myself to watch because the Denis Johnson novella it's based on has been one of my all-time favorite pieces of writing for over 20 years—a spare, beautiful, haunting work. (Apparently either it's not for everyone or a bunch of people read it who were expecting something other than literary fiction, because the 3.87 it has on GoodReads is an absolute travesty.)