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Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 76 times as desert)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,721,235 ratings — published 1965
Desert Solitaire (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as desert)
avg rating 4.18 — 56,485 ratings — published 1968
Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as desert)
avg rating 3.95 — 67,295 ratings — published 2016
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as desert)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,777,548 ratings — published 1988
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as desert)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,405,141 ratings — published 1998
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as desert)
avg rating 4.14 — 168,276 ratings — published 2017
The English Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as desert)
avg rating 3.86 — 142,928 ratings — published 1992
We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as desert)
avg rating 3.86 — 112,100 ratings — published 2019
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as desert)
avg rating 4.28 — 12,326 ratings — published 1986
Arabian Sands (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as desert)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,264 ratings — published 1959
Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as desert)
avg rating 3.90 — 451,105 ratings — published 1969
The Sheltering Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as desert)
avg rating 3.88 — 31,890 ratings — published 1949
Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as desert)
avg rating 4.29 — 28,165 ratings — published 2017
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as desert)
avg rating 4.04 — 188,665 ratings — published 2015
The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as desert)
avg rating 4.20 — 63,735 ratings — published 1982
The Land of Little Rain (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as desert)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,140 ratings — published 1903
Snake-Eater (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as desert)
avg rating 4.19 — 23,878 ratings — published 2025
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as desert)
avg rating 3.98 — 45,944 ratings — published 1927
Stolen (Stolen, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as desert)
avg rating 3.89 — 88,149 ratings — published 2009
Death Valley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as desert)
avg rating 3.44 — 33,604 ratings — published 2023
The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as desert)
avg rating 4.38 — 100,309 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 — 1,079 ratings — published 2020
Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as desert)
avg rating 3.94 — 18,559 ratings — published 1980
Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 3.69 — 6,374 ratings — published 2023
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.14 — 249,311 ratings — published 1985
Southwest Sunrise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.04 — 375 ratings — published 2020
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai (The Song of the Shattered Sands, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,760 ratings — published 2015
Walks Away Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,195 ratings — published 2013
Cactus Hotel (Rise and Shine)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.33 — 521 ratings — published 1991
The Secret Knowledge of Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,981 ratings — published 2000
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.08 — 30,659 ratings — published 1975
Wind, Sand and Stars (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.12 — 22,379 ratings — published 1939
The Devil's Highway: A True Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as desert)
avg rating 4.11 — 19,323 ratings — published 2004
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 3.90 — 684,350 ratings — published 1982
Nobody Hugs a Cactus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,084 ratings — published 2019
Hero at the Fall (Rebel of the Sands, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.32 — 20,661 ratings — published 2017
Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 3.82 — 14,267 ratings — published 2018
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,390,854 ratings — published 2011
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.23 — 365,394 ratings — published 2015
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.00 — 81,357 ratings — published 1975
Three Little Javelinas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,797 ratings — published 1992
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,625,065 ratings — published 1943
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as desert)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,618 ratings — published 1926
Sundial (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,816 ratings — published 2022
Who Fears Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.93 — 29,133 ratings — published 2010
A Thousand Nights (A Thousand Nights, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.63 — 14,282 ratings — published 2015
Gods Without Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.65 — 4,435 ratings — published 2011
The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.91 — 407,756 ratings — published 1954
The Host (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as desert)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,060,145 ratings — published 2008
“Ô, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.”
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“On Caladan, we ruled with sea and air power," the Duke said. "Here, we must scrabble for desert power. This is your inheritance, Paul.”
― Dune
― Dune
