Start with high-confidence desert gardening books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Succulents
Cassidy Tuttle
The Succulents Design Book
Kentaro Kuroda
Desert Landscaping
George Brookbank
Dry Gardens
Daniel Nolan
Eden Revisited
Umberto Pasti, Ngoc Minh Ngo
The Colorado Gardener's Companion
Jodi Torpey
The Dirt-cheap Green Thumb
Rhonda Massingham Hart
Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land
Gary Paul Nabhan
Growing Vegetables in Drought, Desert, and Dry Times
Maureen Gilmer
Raised-bed Gardening for Beginners
Tammy Wylie
Cacti
Terry Hewitt
Cacti and Succulents
Graham Charles
Successful Gardening in Utah
Caleb Warnock
