Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyThe False Prophet by Harry James FoxThe Stonegate Sword by Harry James FoxThe Wild Birds by Emily StrelowBeyond the Hundredth Meridian by Wallace Stegner
Best of the Desert Southwest
11th out of 88 books — 63 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonRed by Terry Tempest WilliamsDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyTracks by Robyn DavidsonTrack of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Deserts of the World
6th out of 116 books — 20 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererSilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Nature Writing
22nd out of 252 books — 50 voters
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall SmithDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyDesert Queen by Janet WallachSunstruck by Melissa BellisDesert of the Heart by Jane Rule
Desert Titles
11th out of 388 books — 32 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoeMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Books with birds in the title
482nd out of 2,016 books — 277 voters
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Nature Books
505th out of 1,154 books — 791 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
899th out of 1,082 books — 1,211 voters
The Bitter Past by Bruce BorgosDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyIn the Distance by Hernan DiazLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Reading the Southwest
214th out of 253 books — 47 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerHatchet by Gary PaulsenUntamed by Will HarlanIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best wilderness books
38th out of 127 books — 9 voters
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererThe Shell Collector by Anthony DoerrRiver Notes by Barry LopezSomething in the Woods Loves You by Jarod K. AndersonDesert Notes by Barry Lopez
Beautiful Books about Nature
5th out of 135 books — 5 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRefuge by Terry Tempest WilliamsOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLife on the Mississippi by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Books about the Nature of Place
92nd out of 225 books — 36 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryDune by Frank HerbertThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
The Desert
127th out of 487 books — 89 voters