Challenge: Southwest Books of the Year

A selection from Pima County Public Library’s 2026 Southwest Books of the Year

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View the entire list at 2026 Southwest Books of the Year.
Read *Dream for the land* by Laekan Zea Kemp View Certificate
Read *The echo people* by S.D. Youngwolf View Certificate
Read *Southwest ABC* by Dawn Berg View Certificate
Read *¡Tocamos! : Mexican folk art music makers in English and Spanish* by Cynthia Weill View Certificate
Read *Life of a cactus. 03 : The beat I drum* by Dusti Bowling View Certificate
Read *The burning season* by Caroline Starr Rose View Certificate
Read *Coming home = Tutuqaykingaqw nima : hopisino pahan tutqayiwuy ep yorhomti* by Mavasta Honyouti View Certificate
Read *Sky & Ty. 02 : Dinomite!* by Steve Breen View Certificate
Read *A sea of lemon trees : The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez* by María Dolores Águila View Certificate
Read *What fell from the sky* by Adrianna Cuevas View Certificate
Read *Seasons of the sisterhood. 01 : Fall of the fireflies* by Guadalupe Garcia McCall View Certificate
Read *Amity* by Nathan Harris View Certificate
Read *Nora Kelly. 05 : Badlands* by Douglas J Preston View Certificate
Read *Brother Brontë* by Fernando A Flores View Certificate
Read *Crown : a novel* by Evanthia Bromiley View Certificate
Read *Fonseca : a novel* by Jessica Francis Kane View Certificate
Read *Old soul : a novel* by Susan Barker View Certificate
Read *Sacrament : a novel* by Susan Straight View Certificate
Read *Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito mysteries. 28 : Shadow of the solstice* by Anne Hillerman View Certificate
Read *A Small Disturbance on the Far Horizon (on Libby)* by Richard Babcock View Certificate
Read *Weepers : a novel* by Peter Mendelsund View Certificate
Read *The Crossing : El Paso, the Southwest, and America's Forgotten Origin Story* by Richard Parker View Certificate
Read *The modern Navajo kitchen : homestyle recipes that celebrate the flavors and traditions of the Diné* by Alana Yazzie View Certificate
Read *Poets Square : a memoir in thirty cats* by Courtney Gustafson View Certificate
Read *The 10 : a memoir of family and the open road* by Elizabeth A Hanks View Certificate

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