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100 MUST-READ BOOKS ABOUT THE SOUTHWEST - Page 2

I thought The Southwest was much bigger than it actually is, until Wikipedia told me otherwise. Turns out, The Southwest region consists of Arizona and its surrounding areas, but no other complete states: the southeasternmost part of California's Inland Empire up into the bottom of Nevada; the lower areas of Colorado and Utah in the Four Corners region; the Western half of New Mexico, and a tiny corner of West Texas.
But there is still a huge literary tradition in the Southwest region of the United States, and here are the books you should read either about or taking place there.
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Miera Y Pacheco: A Renaissance Spaniard in Eighteenth Century New Mexico (John L.Kessell)
Miera Y Pacheco: A Renaissance Spaniard in Eighteenth Century New Mexico
John L.Kessell
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Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker (Samuel Holiday & Robert McPherson)
Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker
Samuel Holiday & Robert McPherson
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House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest (Craig Childs)
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
Craig Childs
44
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keefe by Laurie Listle
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keefe by Laurie Listle
45
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Hampton Sides)
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
Hampton Sides
46
The Man Who Walked Through Time (Colin Fletcher)
The Man Who Walked Through Time
Colin Fletcher
47
The Grand Canyon and the Southwest (Ansel Adams)
The Grand Canyon and the Southwest
Ansel Adams
48
American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest (Hannah Nordhaus)
American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest
Hannah Nordhaus
49
The Jaguar's Children (John Vaillant)
The Jaguar's Children
John Vaillant
50
The Quiet Streets of Winslow (Judy Troy)
The Quiet Streets of Winslow
Judy Troy
51
Bad Country (Cb McKenzie)
Bad Country
Cb McKenzie
52
Zia Summer (Rudolfo Anaya)
Zia Summer
Rudolfo Anaya
53
The Carrion Birds (Urban Waite)
The Carrion Birds
Urban Waite
54
Blackening Song (Aimée and David Thurlo)
Blackening Song
Aimée and David Thurlo
55
Rage Against Dying (Becky Masterman)
Rage Against Dying
Becky Masterman
56
The Blessing Way
The Blessing Way
57
Tainted Mountain (Shannon Baker)
Tainted Mountain
Shannon Baker
58
The Visitant (Kathleen O'Neal Gear)
The Visitant
Kathleen O'Neal Gear
59
Desert Heat (J.A. Jance)
Desert Heat
J.A. Jance
60
Desert Dark (Sonja Stone)
Desert Dark
Sonja Stone
61
Cool in Tucson (Elizabeth Gunn)
Cool in Tucson
Elizabeth Gunn
62
Spider Woman's Daughter (Anne Hillerman)
Spider Woman's Daughter
Anne Hillerman
63
All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner and the American West (David Gessner)
All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner and the American West
David Gessner
64
Chasing Arizona: One Man's Yearlong Obsession With the Grand Canyon State (Ken Lamberton)
Chasing Arizona: One Man's Yearlong Obsession With the Grand Canyon State
Ken Lamberton
65
Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food (Megan Kimble)
Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food
Megan Kimble
66
An Anthropologist's Arrival (Ruth M. Underhill)
An Anthropologist's Arrival
Ruth M. Underhill
67
Red-Inked Retablos (Rigoberto González)
Red-Inked Retablos
Rigoberto González
68
Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir (Linda Ronstadt)
Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir
Linda Ronstadt
69
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place (Terry Tempest Williams)
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Terry Tempest Williams
70
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle
71
Tortilla Chronicles: Growing Up in Santa Fe (Marie Romero Cash)
Tortilla Chronicles: Growing Up in Santa Fe
Marie Romero Cash
72
The Water Knife (Paolo Bacigalupi)
The Water Knife
Paolo Bacigalupi
73
Demigods on Speedway (Aurelie Sheehan)
Demigods on Speedway
Aurelie Sheehan
74
Touched by an Alien (Gini Koch)
Touched by an Alien
Gini Koch
75
Under Dark Sky Law (Tamara Boyens)
Under Dark Sky Law
Tamara Boyens
76
Taming Shadows (Fiona Skye)
Taming Shadows
Fiona Skye
77
Hounded
Hounded
78
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Milagro Beanfield War
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The House of the Scorpion
The House of the Scorpion
80
Return of the Bones (Belinda Vasquez Garcia)
Return of the Bones
Belinda Vasquez Garcia
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