Reading the Southwest

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The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1)
The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 2,380 ratings
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Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire 4.18 avg rating — 53,118 ratings
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In the Distance
In the Distance 4.11 avg rating — 23,216 ratings
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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,439 ratings
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,463 ratings
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Battleborn
Battleborn 4.12 avg rating — 5,354 ratings
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When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine 3.81 avg rating — 29,663 ratings
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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border 3.97 avg rating — 15,190 ratings
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My Dirty California
My Dirty California 3.94 avg rating — 317 ratings
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Turtle Tears: A Play in Two Acts
Turtle Tears: A Play in Two Acts it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Blue Horse (Porter Beck, #3)
The Blue Horse (Porter Beck, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 337 ratings
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Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2)
Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 1,022 ratings
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All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 140,318 ratings
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Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness
Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness 4.01 avg rating — 685 ratings
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,776 ratings
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The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 28,460 ratings
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Bless Me, Ultima
Bless Me, Ultima 3.82 avg rating — 36,622 ratings
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Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2)
Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 18,537 ratings
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The Milagro Beanfield War
The Milagro Beanfield War 4.10 avg rating — 10,587 ratings
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Into the Beautiful North
Into the Beautiful North 3.83 avg rating — 8,616 ratings
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The Great Taos Bank Robbery and other True Stories of the Southwest
The Great Taos Bank Robbery and other True Stories of the Southwest 3.82 avg rating — 1,088 ratings
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Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place 4.18 avg rating — 10,620 ratings
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News of the World
News of the World 4.08 avg rating — 110,566 ratings
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Solomon's Oak
Solomon's Oak 3.77 avg rating — 2,773 ratings
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The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 169,200 ratings
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The House of Broken Angels
The House of Broken Angels 3.88 avg rating — 18,829 ratings
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The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20,489 ratings
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Hillerman Country: A Journey Through the Southwest With Tony Hillerman
Hillerman Country: A Journey Through the Southwest With Tony Hillerman 4.24 avg rating — 331 ratings
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Epitaph
Epitaph 4.14 avg rating — 6,307 ratings
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 663,244 ratings
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Chicken Every Sunday: My Life with Mother's Boarders
Chicken Every Sunday: My Life with Mother's Boarders 4.06 avg rating — 385 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,689 ratings
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The God of War
The God of War 3.77 avg rating — 918 ratings
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water 4.28 avg rating — 11,662 ratings
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Carry Me Like Water
Carry Me Like Water 4.14 avg rating — 755 ratings
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Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
by: Zane Grey
3.75 avg rating — 14,363 ratings
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Half Broke Horses
Half Broke Horses 4.09 avg rating — 171,110 ratings
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American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest
American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest 3.44 avg rating — 3,001 ratings
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Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir
Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir 3.65 avg rating — 3,513 ratings
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West 4.29 avg rating — 19,134 ratings
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Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,310 ratings
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Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West 3.81 avg rating — 4,238 ratings
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Trinity Sight
Trinity Sight 3.73 avg rating — 537 ratings
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Oasis
Oasis 3.83 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Light Changes Everything
Light Changes Everything 4.12 avg rating — 3,720 ratings
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Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats 4.06 avg rating — 4,497 ratings
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Amazing Mexican Mole: Best Mole Sauce Recipes for Every Occasion
Amazing Mexican Mole: Best Mole Sauce Recipes for Every Occasion 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles 3.86 avg rating — 861 ratings
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The Healing Place (Love Inspired #426)
The Healing Place (Love Inspired #426) 3.93 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Wolvers
Wolvers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Restless Wrangler (Colter Sons, #5)
The Restless Wrangler (Colter Sons, #5) 4.61 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Red Sky at Morning
Red Sky at Morning 4.10 avg rating — 3,247 ratings
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Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest
Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest 3.91 avg rating — 445 ratings
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Deathwatch
Deathwatch 3.65 avg rating — 3,506 ratings
52.
Finding Casey (Solomon's Oak #2)
Finding Casey (Solomon's Oak #2) 3.82 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
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Red Sky Morning: The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F
Red Sky Morning: The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F 3.29 avg rating — 163 ratings
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The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles
The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles 4.14 avg rating — 2,028 ratings
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The Resourceful Stockman (Colter Sons, #4)
The Resourceful Stockman (Colter Sons, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings
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A Sky Without Stars (Quilts of Love, #15)
A Sky Without Stars (Quilts of Love, #15) 3.94 avg rating — 133 ratings
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You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You
You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You 4.23 avg rating — 508 ratings
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Marking the Sparrow's Fall: The Making of the American West
Marking the Sparrow's Fall: The Making of the American West 4.28 avg rating — 264 ratings
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River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado
River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado 3.93 avg rating — 229 ratings
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Legends and Tales of the American West
Legends and Tales of the American West 3.69 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Off the Air
Off the Air 3.07 avg rating — 1,583 ratings
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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet 4.30 avg rating — 7,746 ratings
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Mexican-American Folklore: Legends, Songs, Festivals, Proverbs, Crafts and More (American Folklore Series)
Mexican-American Folklore: Legends, Songs, Festivals, Proverbs, Crafts and More (American Folklore Series) 3.61 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Black Sun
Black Sun 3.74 avg rating — 2,086 ratings
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Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt
Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt 3.75 avg rating — 2,399 ratings
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Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal that Runs the World
Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal that Runs the World 3.81 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories
Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories 4.08 avg rating — 7,253 ratings
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Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest
Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest 3.90 avg rating — 186 ratings
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The Time It Never Rained
The Time It Never Rained 4.32 avg rating — 2,156 ratings
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No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith
No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith 4.16 avg rating — 3,298 ratings
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Night at the Fiestas
Night at the Fiestas 4.08 avg rating — 1,954 ratings
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House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest 4.21 avg rating — 2,414 ratings
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Buffalo Wagons
Buffalo Wagons 3.86 avg rating — 251 ratings
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Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest
Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest 3.46 avg rating — 373 ratings
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The Man Who Rode Midnight
The Man Who Rode Midnight 4.15 avg rating — 263 ratings
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Zuni Origins: Toward a New Synthesis of Southwestern Archaeology
Zuni Origins: Toward a New Synthesis of Southwestern Archaeology really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Cloudy in the West
Cloudy in the West 3.93 avg rating — 226 ratings
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Ancient Ruins and Rock Art of the Southwest: An Archaeological Guide
Ancient Ruins and Rock Art of the Southwest: An Archaeological Guide 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Texas Rifles and Massacre at Goliad
Texas Rifles and Massacre at Goliad 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands 3.79 avg rating — 217 ratings
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The Far Canyon
The Far Canyon 4.08 avg rating — 114 ratings
85.
The Wives of Los Alamos
The Wives of Los Alamos 3.29 avg rating — 7,533 ratings
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Many a River
Many a River 4.08 avg rating — 290 ratings
87.
Texas Showdown: Two Texas Novels
Texas Showdown: Two Texas Novels 3.98 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir
Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 2,058 ratings
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A History of the Ancient Southwest
A History of the Ancient Southwest 4.36 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)
Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)
by: C.J. Box
4.01 avg rating — 56,121 ratings
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Southwest Shuffle
Southwest Shuffle 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Long Range (Joe Pickett, #20)
Long Range (Joe Pickett, #20)
by: C.J. Box
4.41 avg rating — 24,029 ratings
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Pottery of the Southwest: Ancient Art and Modern Traditions (Shire Library USA, 640)
Pottery of the Southwest: Ancient Art and Modern Traditions (Shire Library USA, 640) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Bitterroots (Highway Quartet, #5)
The Bitterroots (Highway Quartet, #5)
by: C.J. Box
4.09 avg rating — 17,123 ratings
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Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)
Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 821 ratings
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The Pueblo Revolt: The Secret Rebellion that Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest
The Pueblo Revolt: The Secret Rebellion that Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest 3.88 avg rating — 467 ratings
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Wolf Pack (Joe Pickett, #19)
Wolf Pack (Joe Pickett, #19)
by: C.J. Box
4.39 avg rating — 22,335 ratings
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Tularosa (Kevin Kerney, #1)
Tularosa (Kevin Kerney, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 3,341 ratings
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The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing
The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Breaking Point (Joe Pickett, #13)
Breaking Point (Joe Pickett, #13)
by: C.J. Box
4.38 avg rating — 20,565 ratings
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