Start with high-confidence desert life books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Cadillac Desert
Marc Reisner
House of Rain
Craig Childs
Encounters With the Archdruid
John McPhee, Betty Crumley
Wisdom Sits in Places
Keith H. Basso
The Dreamt Land
Mark Arax
The Enduring Wild
Josh Jackson
Desert Distortion
Celina Osuna
Virga & Bone
Behind the Bears Ears
R. E. Burrillo
