Best nonfiction books about New Mexico
1. 
Hillerman Country: A Journey Through the Southwest With Tony Hillerman
by:
Tony Hillerman
4.24 avg rating — 331 ratings 2. 
The Great Taos Bank Robbery and other True Stories of the Southwest
by:
Tony Hillerman
3.82 avg rating — 1,088 ratings 
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The Last Conquistador: Juan De Onate and the Settling of the Far Southwest
by:
Marc Simmons
4.03 avg rating — 68 ratings 5. 
El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America
by:
Carrie Gibson
4.02 avg rating — 683 ratings 
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The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Gettysburg in the West, March 26-28, 1862 4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Chaco Meridian: One Thousand Years of Political and Religious Power in the Ancient Southwest 4.28 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Theater of a Separate War: The Civil War West of the Mississippi River, 1861-1865
by:
Thomas W. Cutrer
3.34 avg rating — 32 ratings 
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Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period
by:
Angélico Chávez
4.49 avg rating — 63 ratings 12. 
Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert: My Life Among the Navajo People
by:
Erica M. Elliott
4.42 avg rating — 209 ratings 12. 
Amazing Mexican Mole: Best Mole Sauce Recipes for Every Occasion
by:
Martha Stone
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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Mabel's Santa Fe and Taos: Bohemian Legends, 1900-1950
by:
Elmo Baca
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings 
21. 
Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann
by:
David Acton
4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings 
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The Little Lion of the Southwest: A Life Of Manuel Antonio Chaves
by:
Marc Simmons
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings 24. 
Wildflowers of the Sandia and Manzano Mountains of Central New Mexico really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Warrior, Shield, and Star: Imagery and Ideology of Pueblo Warfare
by:
Polly Schaafsma
4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings 26. 
Kearny's March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847
by:
Winston Groom
4.01 avg rating — 393 ratings 
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The Civil War in West Texas and New Mexico: The Lost Letterbook of Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America
by:
Paul Schneider
3.98 avg rating — 582 ratings 32. 
109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos
by:
Jennet Conant
4.16 avg rating — 2,545 ratings 
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A Campaign From Santa Fe to the Mississippi
by:
Theophilus Noel
it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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Confederate Invasion of New Mexico and Arizona, 1861-1862. (Great West and Indian Series, Vol. 13)
by:
Robert Lee Kerby
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 37. 
The Civil War in the Western Territories: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah 3.44 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico
by:
Flint Whitlock
4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings 
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Mike Butterfield's Guide to the Mountains of New Mexico
by:
Peter Greene
3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings 43. 
Literary Pilgrims: The Santa Fe and Taos Writers' Colonies, 1917-1950
by:
Lynn Cline
3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings 43. 
The Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Colorado Volunteers in the Civil War
by:
William Whitford
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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Glory, Glory, Glorieta: The Gettysburg of the West
by:
Robert Scott
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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Empire of Sand: The Struggle for the Southwest, 1862
by:
Thomas W. Cutrer
2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 52. 
The Geology of Northern New Mexico's Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands
by:
L. Greer Price
4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings 53. 
Mimbres Painted Pottery, Revised Edition (A School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar Book)
by:
J.J. Brody
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings 54. 
Painted by a Distant Hand: Mimbres Pottery from the American Southwest (Peabody Museum Collections Series) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Behind Adobe Walls: The Hidden Homes and Gardens of Santa Fe and Taos
by:
Landt Dennis
4.07 avg rating — 46 ratings 61. 
Spirit and Vision: Images of Ranchos De Taos Church : Essays
by:
Sandra D'Emilio
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings 62. 
A More Abundant Life: New Deal Artists and Public Art in New Mexico really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Two Zuni Artists: A Tale of Art and Mystery
by:
Keith Cunningham
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 67. 
Heartland New Mexico: Photographs from the Farm Security Administration, 1935-1943
by:
Nancy Wood
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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Modern by Tradition: American Indian Painting in the Studio Style
by:
Bruce Bernstein
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 70. 
All That Glitters: The Emergence of Native American Micaceous Art Pottery in Northern New Mexico
by:
Duane Anderson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 71. 
Santa Fe Indian Market: A History of Native Arts and the Marketplace
by:
Bruce Bernstein
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings 72. 
Spirit Ascendant: The Art and Life of Patrociño Barela
by:
Edward Gonzales
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 73. 
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Ernest Knee in New Mexico: Photographs, 1930s–1940s: Photographs, 1930s–1940s
by:
Dana Knee
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 77. 
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Mimbres Pottery: Ancient Art of the American Southwest
by:
J.J. Brody
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings 80. 
Scrapbook of a Taos Hippie: Tribal Tales from the Heart of a Cultural Revolution
by:
Iris Keltz
3.56 avg rating — 34 ratings 81. 
Enchantment and Exploitation: The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range
by:
William deBuys
4.25 avg rating — 111 ratings 
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Generations in Clay Pueblo Pottery of the American Southwest
by:
Alfred Dittert
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
88. 
Beauty From the Earth: Pueblo Indian Pottery from the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
by:
J.J. Brody
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 89. 
Spider Woman's Gift: Nineteenth-Century Diné Textiles: Nineteenth-Century Diné Textiles really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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A River Apart: The Pottery of Cochiti Santa Domingo Pueblos liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Spanish-American Blanketry: Its Relationship to Aboriginal Weaving in the Southwest
by:
H.P. Mera
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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Through Their Eyes: Indian Painting in Santa Fe, 1918-1945 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
