Books like The hawk is dying by Harry Crews

A weary father and his young son journey across a bleak, post‑apocalyptic America, battling cannibals, starvation, and a harsh winter in a desperate quest for safety and a glimpse of remaining civilization.

Child of God is a psychological thriller by Cormac McCarthy that centers on a man falsely accused of rape who, after his release, navigates a bleak, rural landscape while confronting the extremes of human depravity.

A woman discovers her brother, who abandoned her baby son, has left him in the woods and claims natural death. She embarks alone on a quest to find the child, facing harsh landscapes and unsettling strangers along the way.

In 1951 Knoxville, Tennessee, a misfit fisherman named Cornelius "Buddy" Suttree retreats to the Tennessee River to live among drifters, avoiding city life and connecting with the river’s rugged people.

In 1072, after the Norman conquest of England, a soldier named Vallon must rescue a captured knight by capturing four rare hawks, undertaking a perilous quest across harsh seas and battlefields.

In *Call Down the Hawk*, the dream‑touched world of Maggie Stiefvater’s Dreamers Trilogy swirls around a dreamer, a thief, and a hunter—each drawn into a perilous fight over the power of dreams.

Eden, a young white woman, falls in love with Iron Hawk, a Kiowa warrior, and faces cultural hatred and war that demands a painful sacrifice and a hopeful quest for peace.

The sinister Patron of the Rancho filled Courtney's heart with passion and fear. Courtney Keating is young, beautiful and alone in the world. All she has is a letter from her father promising her a share in the rich strike he called "The Queen of Tears." The secret of that legacy is concealed in the somber mansion known as Hawkshadow, the home of the infamous Barrons: Persia Barron Keating Courtney's - Courtney's stepmother, a stunning woman who makes no secret of her scandalous past. She has no intention of sharing anything with Courtney--not her home, nor her wealth, nor her stepsons. Nace Barron - A man of violent contrasts who is known as "The Sinister Falcon." He gives Courtney two choices: marriage or ravishment. Gill Barron - The charming, genial younger brother. He has his own ideas about the Barron line of succession-and his plans include Courtney. Caught in a dangerous drama of greed, jealousy, and revenge, Courtney is afraid to trust anyone-until she gives in to the impulses of her own heart.