Books in which the environment and setting of the American Southwest are an integral part of the narrative. Can include all genres.
created by mildlyhaunted
last updated May, 2026
Death Valley
Melissa Broder
I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness
Claire Vaye Watkins
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Terry Tempest Williams
Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land
Amy Irvine
Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness
Virga & Bone: Essays from Dry Places
Craig Childs
Yuck: The Birth & Death of the Weird & Wondrous Joshua Tree, Yucca brevifolia
Barret Baumgart
Desert Oracle: Volume 1: Strange True Tales from the American Southwest
Ken Layne
Desert Solitaire
Edward Abbey
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
Barbara Kingsolver
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