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100 MUST-READ BOOKS ABOUT THE SOUTHWEST

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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The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
1
Barbara Kingsolver
The King and Queen of Comezon (Denise Chavez)
The King and Queen of Comezon
2
Denise Chavez
The Old Man's Love Story (Rudolfo Anaya)
The Old Man's Love Story
3
Rudolfo Anaya
Sunland (Don Waters)
Sunland
4
Don Waters
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Edward Abbey)
The Monkey Wrench Gang
5
Edward Abbey
Laughing Boy by Oliver Lafarge
Laughing Boy by Oliver Lafarge
6
The Guardians (Ana Castillo)
The Guardians
7
Ana Castillo
Changing Light (Nora Gallagher)
Changing Light
8
Nora Gallagher
Pretty Crooked (Elisa Ludwig)
Pretty Crooked
9
Elisa Ludwig
Last Summer of the Death Warriors (Francisco X.Stork)
Last Summer of the Death Warriors
10
Francisco X.Stork
Walks Away Woman (Ki Longfellow)
Walks Away Woman
11
Ki Longfellow
In the Heart of the Canyon (Elisabeth Hyde)
In the Heart of the Canyon
12
Elisabeth Hyde
Sizzle (Lee McClain)
Sizzle
13
Lee McClain
Everybody Sees the Ants (A.S. King)
Everybody Sees the Ants
14
A.S. King
Waiting to Exhale (Terry McMillan)
Waiting to Exhale
15
Terry McMillan
If I Fix You (Abigail Johnson)
If I Fix You
16
Abigail Johnson
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
17
Benjamin Alire Saenz
Crossing Purgatory (Gary Schanbacher)
Crossing Purgatory
18
Gary Schanbacher
Dawn Comes Early (Margaret Brownley)
Dawn Comes Early
19
Margaret Brownley
Wraiths of the Broken Land (S.Craig Zahler)
Wraiths of the Broken Land
20
S.Craig Zahler
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
21
Willa Cather
Meet Josefina (Valerie Tripp)
Meet Josefina
22
Valerie Tripp
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 (Nancy E. Turner)
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
23
Nancy E. Turner
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
24
Leslie Marmon Silko
Doc
Doc
25
Weedflower (Cynthia Kadohata)
Weedflower
26
Cynthia Kadohata
Vengeance Road (Erin Bowman)
Vengeance Road
27
Erin Bowman
Once in a Promised Land (Laila Halaby)
Once in a Promised Land
28
Laila Halaby
Where They Bury You (Steven W.Kohlhagen)
Where They Bury You
29
Steven W.Kohlhagen
Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire (Margaret Regan)
Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire
30
Margaret Regan
How the World Moves: The Odyssey of an American Indian Family (Peter Nabokov)
How the World Moves: The Odyssey of an American Indian Family
31
Peter Nabokov
Ladies of the Canyons: A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwes (Lesley Poling-Kempes)
Ladies of the Canyons: A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwes
32
Lesley Poling-Kempes
Among Unknown Tribes (Bill Broyles Et Al)
Among Unknown Tribes
33
Bill Broyles Et Al
Standing on Common Ground (Geraldo L.Cadava)
Standing on Common Ground
34
Geraldo L.Cadava
Trauma Red: The Making of a Surgeon in War and in America's Cities (Peter Rhee)
Trauma Red: The Making of a Surgeon in War and in America's Cities
35
Peter Rhee
Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the West (Judith Nies)
Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the West
36
Judith Nies
At the Border of Empires: The Tohono O'odham, Gender, and Assimilation, 1880-1934 (Andrae Marak & Laura Tuennerman)
At the Border of Empires: The Tohono O'odham, Gender, and Assimilation, 1880-1934
37
Andrae Marak & Laura Tuennerman
Dragoons in Apacheland (William S.Kiser)
Dragoons in Apacheland
38
William S.Kiser
Grandma's Santo on Its Head (Nasario Garcia)
Grandma's Santo on Its Head
39
Nasario Garcia
In the Shadow of Billy the Kid: Susan McSween and the Lincoln County War (Kathleen P.Chamberlain)
In the Shadow of Billy the Kid: Susan McSween and the Lincoln County War
40
Kathleen P.Chamberlain
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