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Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
547 books — 266 voters
The Bean Trees by Barbara KingsolverAnimal Dreams by Barbara KingsolverPigs in Heaven by Barbara KingsolverThese Is My Words by Nancy E. TurnerThe Wild Birds by Emily Strelow
Novels Set in Arizona
520 books — 193 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Beach by Alex Garland
Desert Islands
129 books — 150 voters
Goddess of Light by P.C. CastSingle Dad Next Door by Winter RenshawShine Not Burn by Elle CaseyLeaving Las Vegas by John O'BrienFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Las Vegas Books
136 books — 127 voters

Delaney's Desert Sheikh by Brenda JacksonThe Sheikh's Virgin Bride by Penny JordanIn The Sheikh's Marriage Bed by Sarah MorganThe Desert Sheikh's Captive Wife by Lynne GrahamTo Touch a Sheikh by Olivia Gates
Sheikh Romances
245 books — 112 voters
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaWhen a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter GodwinMukiwa by Peter GodwinThe Last Resort by Douglas Rogers
Books Set in Zimbabwe
130 books — 100 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
487 books — 88 voters
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithWhen a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
africa_book_club_meetup
176 books — 70 voters

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
88 books — 63 voters
Sunstruck by Melissa BellisShadow Spinner by Susan Fletcherزندگی مه آلود پریا by سید مرتضی مصطفویThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
Desert Settings
68 books — 55 voters

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna AardemaMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeAnansi the Spider by Gerald McDermottBringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna AardemaSleep Well, Siba and Saba by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Picture Books on Africa
361 books — 48 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
253 books — 47 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Lost City of Z by David GrannSavage Harvest by Carl HoffmanIf I Can't Have You by Gregg OlsenFinding Everett Ruess by David Roberts
What happened to them?
55 books — 46 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Go-Between by L.P. HartleyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullersThe Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel
Phew! What A Scorcher!
191 books — 27 voters

Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Marjorie Weinman SharmatCindy Ellen by Susan LowellHow the Stars Fell into the Sky by Jerrie OughtonCoyote by Gerald McDermottThe Desert Is Theirs by Byrd Baylor
Southwest Picture Books
161 books — 21 voters
Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtryTwin Springs Ranch by Isla RyderLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryCloudy in the West by Elmer KeltonOpen Season by C.J. Box
Books with Cowboys
111 books — 20 voters

Positive Winning Soul Defeating Prader-Willi Syndrome by Rhoda L. Ross-WilliamsDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyPaint the Wind by Alberta Pierson HannumRefuge by Terry Tempest WilliamsNavaho Trading Days by Elizabeth Compton Hegemann
Desert Memoirs
71 books — 17 voters
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayHere Beside the Rising Tide by Emily JaneTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareDandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Summer of Speculative Reading
46 books — 14 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckSunstruck by Melissa BellisThe Martian by Andy WeirTitus Alone by Mervyn PeakeAli, Child of the Desert by Jonathan London
Sandstorms & Duststorms in Fiction
117 books — 13 voters
The Other Man in Me by Sheldon ShalleyWaking Up at the Gates by Thomas Kudla"I Knew You" by Elizabeth HarveyI Thirst by Gina Marinello-SweeneyA Theology for the Rest of Us by Arthur Yavelberg
BOOKS MY READERS WOULD LIKE
13 books — 10 voters

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca RoanhorseWelcome to Night Vale by Joseph FinkTerritory by Emma BullSecond Sunrise by David ThurloUnbury Carol by Josh Malerman
American Southwest SFF
20 books — 9 voters
Turtle Tears by J. Suthern HicksShifting by Bethany WigginsThese Is My Words by Nancy E. TurnerOff the Air by Christina EstesDeath in Hades Wells by MB Morrigan
Books that take place in American Southwest
20 books — 9 voters

Sunstruck by Melissa BellisThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Last Train to Key West by Chanel CleetonFrangipani by Célestine Hitiura VaiteThe Lost City of Z by David Grann
Summer or Winter Book Display - Warm Books!
99 books — 9 voters
Death Valley Photographer's guide by dan suzioA trip through death valley's geologic past by Kenneth E. LengnerTwilight of the Jackass Prospector by George R. CarterBorax Pioneer by George Herbert HildebrandSecret Of Death Valley by William Heuman
Books on Death Valley
12 books — 6 voters

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerThe Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehThe Arabian Nights by AnonymousWish by Demelza Carlton
Arabian Nights Across Genres
14 books — 6 voters
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Melanie DickersonDead on the Delta by Stacey JaySpectred Isle by K.J. CharlesThe Heidelberg Ghost by Nickie Cochran
Romances with Geography in the Title
117 books — 5 voters

Oman by Rory Patrick AllenCelestial Bodies by Jokha AlharthiRegionalizing Oman by Steffen WippelUnoriginal Tales by Ammar Al NaaimiThe Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye
Oman
29 books — 4 voters
Coyote Cowboy Poetry by Baxter BlackThe Halcyon Cry of Cowboy Poetry and Bagpipes by Dr. Dennis L. HunterA Cowful of Cowboy Poetry by Baxter BlackGeorgia Cowboy Poets by David FillingimGunslinger by Ed Dorn
Poetry about Cowboys and the Wild West
109 books — 4 voters

Desert Soliloquy Second Edition by David RiceBo & Mzzz Mad by Sid FleischmanDesert Soliloquy by David Rice
Favorite Mojave Desert Stories
3 books — 3 voters
How to Hug a Cactus by Emily S. SmithWelcome to the Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. GuibersonCactus Charlie by Angela MuseThe Cactus Who Wanted to Be a Christmas Tree by Bob WelbaumCactus Annie by Melanie Williamson
Cactus Picture Books for Kids
18 books — 1 voter

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