title: The Book of Wanderers
text: # The Book of Wanderers
  
  The Book of Wanderers is a 2022 short story collection by American writer Reyes Ramirez.
  
  ## Writing and publication
  
  Ramirez chose to set the stories in the collection in Houston in part to "explore" the city as it "remains elusive in the American imagination".
  
  ## Accolades
  
  Ramirez was nominated for the Young Lions Fiction Award for the short story collection.
  
  