59 books
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Desert Books
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Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as desert)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,666,833 ratings — published 1965
Desert Solitaire (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as desert)
avg rating 4.18 — 55,374 ratings — published 1968
Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as desert)
avg rating 3.95 — 66,789 ratings — published 2016
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as desert)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,659,499 ratings — published 1988
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as desert)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,379,906 ratings — published 1998
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as desert)
avg rating 4.14 — 160,118 ratings — published 2017
The English Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as desert)
avg rating 3.86 — 140,641 ratings — published 1992
We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as desert)
avg rating 3.86 — 110,161 ratings — published 2019
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 14 times as desert)
avg rating 3.90 — 422,903 ratings — published 1969
The Sheltering Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as desert)
avg rating 3.88 — 31,215 ratings — published 1949
Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as desert)
avg rating 4.30 — 27,896 ratings — published 2017
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as desert)
avg rating 4.04 — 187,286 ratings — published 2015
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as desert)
avg rating 4.28 — 12,081 ratings — published 1986
Arabian Sands (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as desert)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,148 ratings — published 1959
The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as desert)
avg rating 4.20 — 63,195 ratings — published 1982
Stolen (Stolen, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as desert)
avg rating 3.89 — 87,521 ratings — published 2009
The Land of Little Rain (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as desert)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,102 ratings — published 1903
The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as desert)
avg rating 4.38 — 94,998 ratings — published 2019
Desert Oracle: Volume 1: Strange True Tales from the American Southwest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as desert)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,038 ratings — published 2020
Snake-Eater (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.23 — 18,300 ratings — published 2025
Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 3.70 — 6,232 ratings — published 2023
Southwest Sunrise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.04 — 367 ratings — published 2020
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai (The Song of the Shattered Sands, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,692 ratings — published 2015
Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 3.93 — 17,986 ratings — published 1980
Walks Away Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,192 ratings — published 2013
Cactus Hotel (Rise and Shine)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.32 — 511 ratings — published 1991
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 3.97 — 44,264 ratings — published 1927
Wind, Sand and Stars (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.12 — 21,718 ratings — published 1939
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 3.91 — 672,590 ratings — published 1982
Death Valley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 3.44 — 31,537 ratings — published 2023
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.15 — 232,184 ratings — published 1985
Nobody Hugs a Cactus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,029 ratings — published 2019
Hero at the Fall (Rebel of the Sands, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.33 — 20,409 ratings — published 2017
Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 3.82 — 13,954 ratings — published 2018
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.23 — 355,825 ratings — published 2015
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.00 — 79,981 ratings — published 1975
Three Little Javelinas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,789 ratings — published 1992
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,539,505 ratings — published 1943
The Secret Knowledge of Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,909 ratings — published 2000
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.08 — 29,866 ratings — published 1975
The Devil's Highway: A True Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.11 — 18,897 ratings — published 2004
Desert Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.49 — 1,403 ratings — published 2022
Sundial (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.78 — 26,409 ratings — published 2022
Who Fears Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.93 — 28,677 ratings — published 2010
A Thousand Nights (A Thousand Nights, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.63 — 14,247 ratings — published 2015
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,332,208 ratings — published 2011
Gods Without Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.65 — 4,397 ratings — published 2011
The Host (The Host, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,054,020 ratings — published 2008
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.91 — 12,331 ratings — published 1926
“God takes everyone he loves through a desert. It is his cure for our wandering hearts, restlessly searching for a new Eden...
The best gift of the desert is God's presence... The protective love of the Shepherd gives me courage to face the interior journey.”
― A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World
The best gift of the desert is God's presence... The protective love of the Shepherd gives me courage to face the interior journey.”
― A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World
“I had to clear up my messy life. By letting go of the debris and filth, I have come to a deeper, more soulful beauty and clarity like an oasis in the desert. From that place of clarity, a vision of what I could have, what I could do, who I could be has emerged if I allow my heart to become a place of compassion, acceptance and forgiveness.”
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life













