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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
41
John L.Kessell
Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker (Samuel Holiday & Robert McPherson)
Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker
42
Samuel Holiday & Robert McPherson
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest (Craig Childs)
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
43
Craig Childs
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
44
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Hampton Sides)
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
45
Hampton Sides
The Man Who Walked Through Time (Colin Fletcher)
The Man Who Walked Through Time
46
Colin Fletcher
The Grand Canyon and the Southwest (Ansel Adams)
The Grand Canyon and the Southwest
47
Ansel Adams
American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest (Hannah Nordhaus)
American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest
48
Hannah Nordhaus
The Jaguar's Children (John Vaillant)
The Jaguar's Children
49
John Vaillant
The Quiet Streets of Winslow (Judy Troy)
The Quiet Streets of Winslow
50
Judy Troy
Bad Country (Cb McKenzie)
Bad Country
51
Cb McKenzie
Zia Summer (Rudolfo Anaya)
Zia Summer
52
Rudolfo Anaya
The Carrion Birds (Urban Waite)
The Carrion Birds
53
Urban Waite
Blackening Song (Aimée and David Thurlo)
Blackening Song
54
Aimée and David Thurlo
Rage Against Dying (Becky Masterman)
Rage Against Dying
55
Becky Masterman
The Blessing Way
The Blessing Way
56
Tainted Mountain (Shannon Baker)
Tainted Mountain
57
Shannon Baker
The Visitant (Kathleen O'Neal Gear)
The Visitant
58
Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Desert Heat (J.A. Jance)
Desert Heat
59
J.A. Jance
Desert Dark (Sonja Stone)
Desert Dark
60
Sonja Stone
Cool in Tucson (Elizabeth Gunn)
Cool in Tucson
61
Elizabeth Gunn
Spider Woman's Daughter (Anne Hillerman)
Spider Woman's Daughter
62
Anne Hillerman
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
63
David Gessner
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
64
Ken Lamberton
Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food (Megan Kimble)
Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food
65
Megan Kimble
An Anthropologist's Arrival (Ruth M. Underhill)
An Anthropologist's Arrival
66
Ruth M. Underhill
Red-Inked Retablos (Rigoberto González)
Red-Inked Retablos
67
Rigoberto González
Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir (Linda Ronstadt)
Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir
68
Linda Ronstadt
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place (Terry Tempest Williams)
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
69
Terry Tempest Williams
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
70
Jeannette Walls
Tortilla Chronicles: Growing Up in Santa Fe (Marie Romero Cash)
Tortilla Chronicles: Growing Up in Santa Fe
71
Marie Romero Cash
The Water Knife (Paolo Bacigalupi)
The Water Knife
72
Paolo Bacigalupi
Demigods on Speedway (Aurelie Sheehan)
Demigods on Speedway
73
Aurelie Sheehan
Touched by an Alien (Gini Koch)
Touched by an Alien
74
Gini Koch
Under Dark Sky Law (Tamara Boyens)
Under Dark Sky Law
75
Tamara Boyens
Taming Shadows (Fiona Skye)
Taming Shadows
76
Fiona Skye
Hounded (Kevin Hearne)
Hounded
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Kevin Hearne
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Milagro Beanfield War
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The House of the Scorpion (Nancy Farmer)
The House of the Scorpion
79
Nancy Farmer
Return of the Bones (Belinda Vasquez Garcia)
Return of the Bones
80
Belinda Vasquez Garcia
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