Books about Arizona

NOTE: There is a separate section for Books about the Grand Canyon. There is also a separate section for Children / K-12 Level Books.

       

• Administrators: Supporting School Change by Robert Wortman
• Adventure Kayaking: Inland Waters of the Western United States: Includes Selected Areas in California, Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, and Washington by Don Skillman
• Adventuring in Arizona by John Annerino
• After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona: Decline in Western Resource Towns by Eric L. Clements
• All My Rivers Are Gone: A Journey of Discovery Through Glen Canyon by Katie Lee
• The Alpha Arizona Corporation Kit by Kermit Burton
• The Alpha Arizona Divorce Kit: Special Book Edition with Removable Forms by Kermit Burton

     

• Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes: The Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora [paperback] by Carl Steinitz
• Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes: The Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora [paperback] by Carl Steinitz
• Ambos Nogales: Intimate Portraits of the U.S-Mexico Border by Maeve Hickey
• Ambush at Bloody Run: The Wham Paymaster Robbery of 1889 [hardcover] by Larry D. Ball
• American Character: Curious Life of Charles Fletcher Lummis and the Rediscovery of the Southwest by Mark Thompson
• Ancestral Hopi Migrations by Patrick D. Lyons
• And Die in the West: The Story of the O.K. Corral Gunfight by Paula Mitchell Marks
• Animal Tracks of Arizona & New Mexico by Ian Sheldon
• Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Arizona by Gail Monson
• An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Organ Pipe Cactus National Park by Southwest Parks & Monuments Association
• Answered Prayers: Miracles and Milagros Along the Border (Southwest Center Series) [hardcover] by Eileen Oktavec
• Answered Prayers: Miracles and Milagros Along the Border (Southwest Center Series) [paperback] by Eileen Oktavec
• An Apache Life-Way: The Economic, Social, and Religious Institutions of the Chiricahua Indians by Morris Edward Opler
• Archaeological Explorations in Caves of the Point of Pines Region Arizona by James C Gifford
• An Architectural Guidebook to the National Parks--the Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas by Harvey H. Kaiser
• Arizona (Lonely Planet) by Rob Rachowiecki

     

• Arizona (The America Series) by Tanyaks Lloyd
• Arizona: A Cavalcade of History (2nd edition) by Marshall Trimble
• Arizona: A History by Thomas E. Sheridan
• Arizona - A Postcard Book by Eric Wunrow

       

• Arizona: An Illustrated History by Patrick Lavin
• Arizona and New Mexico: National Park Tours by Jonathan Hanson
• Arizona Atlas and Gazetteer by Delorme
• Arizona Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist) by James Kavanagh
• Arizona Business Directory 2002 by American Business Directories
• Arizona Business Directory 2003 by American Business Directories
• Arizona Business Directory 2004 by American Business Directories
• Arizona Business Directory 2005 by American Business Directories
• Arizona Cactus: A Guide to Unique Varieties by Deborah Smith
• Arizona Crime in Perspective 1999: Crime in the 'Grand Canyon State' by Kathleen O'Leary Morgan
• Arizona Crime in Perspective 2000: Crime in the 'Grand Canyon State' by Kathleen O'Leary Morgan
• Arizona Crime in Perspective 2001: Crime in the 'Grand Canyon State' by Kathleen O'Leary Morgan
• Arizona Crime in Perspective 2002: Crime in the 'Grand Canyon State' by Kathleen O'Leary Morgan
• Arizona Crime in Perspective 2003 by Kathleen O'Leary Morgan
• Arizona Crime in Perspective 2004 by Kathleen O'Leary Morgan
• Arizona Criminal and Traffic Law Manual [CD-ROM] by Lexis Law Publishing
• Arizona Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff by Sam Lowe
• Arizona Day Hikes: A Guide to the Best Trails from Tucson to the Grand Canyon by Dave Ganci
• Arizona Eats! by Carol Haralson
• Arizona Environmental Law Handbook by Rolf R. Von Oppenfeld

         

• Arizona Flora by Thomas H. Kearney
• Arizona for Dummies by Edie Jarolim
• Arizona Game Birds by David E. Brown
• Arizona Gardener's Guide: The What, Where, When, How and Why of Gardening in Arizona by Mary Irish
• Arizona Getaways for the Incurably Romantic by Pamela Swartz
• Arizona Goes to War: The Home Front and the Front Lines During World War II [hardcover] by Brad Melton
• Arizona Goes to War: The Home Front and the Front Lines During World War II [paperback] by Brad Melton
• Arizona Gold Placers and Placering by Eldred Wilson
• Arizona. Grand Canyon (Ulysses Travel Guides) by Clayton Anderson

         

• Arizona Guide (Open Road Pub.) (2nd edition) by Larry Ludmer
• Arizona Guide (Open Road Pub.) (3rd edition) by Larry Ludmer
• Arizona Health Care in Perspective 2001: A Statistical View of Health Care in the Grand Canyon State by Kathleen O. Morgan
• Arizona Health Care in Perspective 2002 by Kathleen Morgan
• Arizona Health Care in Perspective 2003 by Kathleen Morgan
• Arizona Health Care in Perspective 2004 by Kathleen Morgan
• Arizona: Heartland of the Southwest: A Handbook of History Research Materials by Gilberto Rafael Cruz
• Arizona Hiking: Urban Trails, Easy Paths and Overnight Treks by Arizona Highways
• Arizona Home Book by Ashley Group
• Arizona in Perspective 2001: A Statistical View of the Grand Canyon State by Kathleen O'Leary Morgan
• Arizona in Perspective 2002 by Kathleen Morgan
• Arizona in Perspective 2003 by Kathleen Morgan
• Arizona in Perspective 2004 by Kathleen Morgan
• Arizona in Your Future: The Complete Guide for Future Arizonans: Job-Seekers, Retirees, and Snowbirds by Don Martin
• Arizona Industrial Directory 2001 by Fran Carlsen
• Arizona Industrial Directory 2004 by Fran Carlsen
• Arizona Land Income Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis by Icon Group Ltd.
• Arizona Landlord's Deskbook by Carlton C. Casler
• Arizona Landmarks by Jim Cook
• The Arizona Liar's Almanac by Jim Cook
• Arizona Manufacturers Directory, 2002 by Manufacturers News, Inc.
• Arizona Manufacturers Directory, 2003 by Manufacturers News, Inc.
• Arizona Manufacturers Directory, 2004 by Manufacturers News, Inc.

       

• Arizona Myths, Fallacies and Misconceptions by John D. Neuner
• Arizona/New Mexico State Map (1997 edition) by American Map Company
• Arizona/New Mexico State Map (2004 edition) by American Map Company
• Arizona, 1997 (Census of Wholesale Trade, Final Reports, Geographic Area Series) by Bernan Assoc.
• Arizona Northeast Road Map by Benchmark Maps
• Arizona Northwest Road Map by Benchmark Maps
• Arizona Off The Beaten Path: A Guide to Unique Places (4th edition) by Scott Barker
• Arizona 101, an Irreverent Short Course for New Arrivals by James Cook
• Arizona Politicians: The Noble and the Notorious by James W. Johnson
• Arizona Politics & Government: The Quest for Autonomy, Democracy, and Development by David R. Berman
• Arizona Public Service Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis by Icon Group Ltd.
• Arizona Public Service Company: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis by Icon Group Ltd.
• Arizona Reflections: A Travel Journal by Linda Kranz
• Arizona Rental Rights: A Guide Book for Tenants, Landlords, and Mobile Home Users by David A. Peterson
• Arizona Retirement & Relocation Guide by John Alba
• Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas (5th edition) by Benchmark Maps
• Arizona Roadside Discoveries: A Guidebook to the National and Human History of Arizona's Roadways by Terry Hutchins
• Arizona Sketches [hardcover] by Joseph A. Munk
• Arizona Sketches [paperback] by Joseph A. Munk
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: A Scrapbook by Peggy Pickering Larson

         

• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Book of Answers by David Wentworth Lazaroff
• Arizona Southwest Road Map by Benchmark Maps
• Arizona State Constitution: A Reference Guide by John D. Leshy
• Arizona: The Beauty of It All by Sam Negri
• Arizona: The Spirit of America (Art of the State) by Cynthia Overbeck Bix
• Arizona Then & Now by Allen Dutton
• The Arizona Trail: The Complete Guide by Tom Lorang Jones
• Arizona Trails & Tales: True Adventures in Arizona's Old West by Charles D. Lauer
• Arizona. Travel Smart by Tamara Logsdon Hawkinson
• Arizona Traveler Guidebook's Arizona Railroads by P. R. Griswold
• Arizona Traveler: Indians of Arizona by Eleanor H. Ayer
• Arizona Treasure Hunters Ghost Town Guide by Theron L Fox
• Arizona Trees and Wildflowers: An Introduction to Familiar Species by James Kavanagh
• Arizona Trivia by James Andrew Crutchfield
• Arizona Trivia Book by James E. Cook

           

• Arizona Trout: A Fly Fishing Guide by Rex Johnson Jr.
• Arizona Trout Streams and Their Hatches: Fly-Fishing in the High Deserts of Arizona and Western New Mexico by Charles R. Meck
• Arizona 24/7: Amazing Photographs of an Extraordinary State by Rick Smolan
• Arizona Twilight Tales: Good Ghosts, Evil Spirits & Blue Ladies by Jane Eppinga
• Arizona Wildflowers by Eleanor H. Ayer
• Arizona Wildlife: An Introduction to Familiar Species by Kavanagh
• Arizoniana by Marshall Trimble
• Arizona's Best Autumn Color: 50 Great Hikes by Christine Maxa
• Arizona's Best Wildflower Hikes by Christine Maxa
• Arizona's Ghost Towns and Mining Camps: A Travel Guide to History by Philip Varney

           

• Arizona's Greatest Golf Courses by Bill Huffman
• Arizona's Mogollon Rim by Don Dedera
• Arizona's 144 Best Campgrounds by James Tallon
• Arizona's Sanctuaries, Retreats, and Sacred Places by Kelly Ettenborough
• Arizona's War Town: Flagstaff, Navajo Ordnance Depot, and World War II [hardcover] by John S. Westerlund
• Arizona's War Town: Flagstaff, Navajo Ordnance Depot, and World War II [paperback] by John S. Westerlund
• Arizoniana: Stories from Old Arizona by Marshall Trimble
• Army of the Pacific: It's Operations in California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Etc., 1860-1866 by Aurora Hunt
• Art Treasures and Museums In and Around Prescott, Arizona by Marguerite Madison Aronowitz
• At the Desert's Green Edge: An Ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima by Amadeo M. Rea
  
• Backcountry Adventures: Arizona by Peter Massey
• Backcountry Pilot: Flying Adventures With Russell by Thomas Bowen
• Backpacking Arizona: From Deep Canyons to Sky Islands by Bruce Grubbs
• Basketmaker Caves in the Prayer Rock District Northeastern Arizona by Elizabeth A Morris
• Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History by Paul Stillwell
• A Beautiful, Cruel Country by Eva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce
• Before I Die: Rhymes From An Arizona Senior Park by Paul Sebastian
• Before the Roads Were Paved: Living With the Navajos at Canyon de Chelly 1950-1952 by Dorothy Cumming
• Beloved Land: An Oral History of Mexican Americans in Southern Arizona [hardcover] by Patricia Preciado Martin
• Beloved Land: An Oral History of Mexican Americans in Southern Arizona [paperback] by Patricia Preciado Martin

               

• Best Easy Day Hikes Flagstaff by Bruce Grubbs
• Best Easy Day Hikes Phoenix by Stewart M. Green
• Best Easy Day Hikes Sedona by Bruce Grubbs
• Best Hikes With Children in Arizona by Lawrence Letham
• The Best of Phoenix and Tucson: The Ten Best by Betty Martin
• Best of the Best from Arizona Cookbook: Selected Recipes from Arizona's Favorite Cookbooks by Gwen McKee
• Best Places Phoenix by Wendy Neri
• Best Trails In and Around Kartchner Caverns State Park by Kelly Tighe
• Beyond Chaco: Great Kiva Communities on the Mogollon Rim Frontier by Sarah A. Herr
• Bicycling America's National Parks: Arizona and New Mexico: The Best Road and Trail Rides from the Grand Canyon to Carlsbad Caverns by Sarah Bennett Alley
• The Big Instruction Book of Small Business - Arizona Edition by Carole Marsh
• Big League, Big Time: The Birth of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Billion-Dollar Business of Sports, and the Power of the Media in America by Len Sherman
• Bighorn Cave: Test Excavations of a Stratified Dry Shelter, Mohave County, Arizona by Phil R. Geib
• Biking the Arizona Trail by Andrea Lankford
• A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona by Richard Cachor Taylor
• Birding the Southwestern National Parks by Roland H. Wauer
• Birds of Arizona: A Guide to Unique Varieties by Eleanor H. Ayer
• Birds of Arizona Field Guide by Stan Tekiela

         

• Birds of the American Southwest by Lynn Hassler Kaufman
• Birds of the Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California and Southern Nevada [hardcover] by John H. Rappole
• Birds of the Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California and Southern Nevada [paperback] by John H. Rappole
• Birds of the Southwestern Desert by Gusse T. Smith
• Births, Deaths, and Marriages from El Paso Newspapers Through 1885 for Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Indian Territory by Jane Beard
• Boater's Guide to Lake Powell: Featuring Hiking, Camping, Geology, History & Archaeology by Michael R. Kelsey
• Bob Sharp's Cattle Country: Rawhide Ranching on Both Sides of the Border by Robert L. Sharp
• Bones from Awatovi, Northeastern Arizona by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
• Borderman: Memoirs of Federico Jose Maria Ronstadt by Edward F. Ronstadt
• Buckskins, Bedbugs & Bacon: Daily Adventures in the Old West by Chips Muehl
• Buried Treasures of the American Southwest: Legends of Lost Mines, Hidden Payrolls, and Spanish Gold by Wendell E. Hall
• Butterflies of Arizona: A Photographic Guide by Bob Stewart
  
• Cacti of the Desert Southwest by Meg Quinn
• Camping Arizona by Bruce Grubbs
• Canyon De Chelly: Its People and Rock Art by Campbell Grant
• Canyon de Chelly: The Story Behind the Scenery by Charles Supplee

         

• Canyon Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau by Michael R. Kelsey
• Canyoneering Arizona: Hiking and Exploring the Streambeds, Gorges, and Slots of Arizona by Tyler Williams
• Canyoneering: How to Explore the Canyons of the Great Southwest by John Annerino
• Canyons by Laurent R. Martres
• Capirotada: A Nogales Memoir [hardcover] by Alberto Alvaro Rios
• Capirotada: A Nogales Memoir [paperback] by Alberto Alvaro Rios
• Catch the Stage to Phoenix by Leland J. Hanchett Jr.
• Centuries of Decline During the Hohokam Classic Period at Pueblo Grande by David R. Abbott
• The Changing Mile Revisited: An Ecological Study of Vegetation Change With Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region by Raymond M. Turner
• Chicano Art for Our Millennium: Collect Works from the Arizona State University Community by Gary D. Keller
• Chief Yellow Horse Lives On!: And Other Stories of Arizona Places and People by Lisa Schnebly Heidinger
• Chiricahua by Janice E. Bowers
• Chiricahua Apache Women and Children: Safekeepers of the Heritage by H. Henrietta Stockel

         

• Chiricahua Mountains: Bridging the Borders of Wildness by Ken Lamberton
• Chiricahua National Monument by Laurence E. Parent
• Citrus: Complete Guide to Selecting and Growing More Than 100 Varieties for California, Arizona, Texas, the Gulf Coast and Florida by Lance Walheim
• City in the Sun: The Japanese Concentration Camp at Poston, Arizona by Paul Dayton Bailey
• City Smart Guidebook: Tucson by James Reel
• Clash of Cultures: Fort Bowie and the Chiricahua Apaches by National Park Svc.
• Clay Thompson's Valley 101: A Slightly Skewed Guide to Living in Arizona by Clay Thompson
• Cochise: Chiricahua Apache Chief by Edwin R. Sweeney
• Cochise County Stalwarts: A Who's Who of the Territorial Years by Lynn R. Bailey
• Cochise: The Life and Times of the Great Apache Chief by Peter Aleshire
• Common Waters, Diverging Streams: Linking Institutions to Water Management in Arizona, California, and Colorado by William A. Blomquist

         

• Compass American Guides: Arizona (5th edition) by Kerrick James
• Compass American Guides: Arizona (6th edition) by Kerrick James
• Concepts of Population Health for University of Phoenix by Tejada-Flores
• Copper Crucible: How the Arizona Miners' Strike of 1983 Recast Labor-Management Relations in America [hardcover] by Jonathan D. Rosenblum
• Copper Crucible: How the Arizona Miners' Strike of 1983 Recast Labor-Management Relations in America [paperback] by Jonathan D. Rosenblum
• Corazon Contento: Sonoran Recipes and Stories from the Heart by Madeline Gallego Thorpe
• Coronado National Memorial by Rose Houk
• County Business Patterns, Arizona 1995 by Government Printing Office
• County Business Patterns, Arizona 1996 by Government Printing Office
• County Business Patterns, Arizona 1997 by Government Printing Office
• County Business Patterns, Arizona 1998 by Government Printing Office
• County Business Patterns, Arizona 1999 by Government Printing Office
• The Courage to Change: Stories from Successful School Reform by Paul E. Heckman
• Coverup in Arizona by Anant Kumar Tripati
• Critters of Arizona by Wildlife Forever
• Crossing Arizona: A Solo Hike Through the Sky Islands and Deserts of the Arizona Trail by Chris Townsend
• Crossing Between Worlds: The Navajos of Canyon De Chelly by Jeanne M. Simonelli
  
• Dancing Gods: Indian Ceremonials of New Mexico and Arizona by Erna Fergusson
• Dave Foster's Guide to Fly Fishing in Lees Ferry by Dave Foster
• David Muench's Arizona: Cherish the Land, Walk in Beauty by David Muench

       

• Day Hikes and Trail Rides in and Around Phoenix by Roger D. Freeman
• Day Hikes in Sedona, Arizona by Robert B. Stone
• Day Trips From Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff by Pam Hait
• Day Trips with a Splash: Swimming Holes of the Southwest by Pancho Doll
• Dead in Their Tracks: Crossing America's Desert Borderlands by John Annerino

         

• Desert Ecology: An Introduction to Life in the Arid Southwest by John Sowell
• Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus by Barbara Bash
• Desert Honkytonk: The Story of Tombstone's Bird Cage Theatre by Roger A. Bruns
• Desert Indian Woman: Stories and Dreams by Frances Sallie Manuel
• Desert Lawmen: The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona by Larry D. Ball
• Desert Retreats: Sedona Style by Linda Leigh Paul
• A Desert Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk in the Sonora Desert by Virginia Wright-Frierson
• The Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in O'Odham Country by Gary Paul Nabhan
• Desert Tree Finder: A Manual for Identifiying Desert Trees of Arizona, California, and New Mexico by May Theilgaard Watts
• The Deserts of the Southwest: A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide by Peggy Pickering Larson
• Destination: Phoenix: Hundreds of Things to Do in the Valley of the Sun by Dorothy Tegeler
• The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
• Dictionary: Tohono O'Odham/Pima to English, English to Tohono O'Odham/Pima by Dean Saxton

       

• Digging in the Southwest: Archeological Explorations in 1923 Arizona by Ann Morris
• Dining at the Lineman's Shack by John Weston
• Disaster at the Colorado: Beales Wagon and the First Emigrant Party by Charles W. Baley
• Discovering Tucson: A Guide to the Old Pueblo ... and Beyond by Carolyn Grossman
• Doin' Arizona With Your Pooch!: Eileen's Directory of Dog-Friendly Lodging & Outdoor Adventures in Arizona by Eileen Barish
• Doin' Arizona With Your Pooch!: Where to Stay, What to Do, and How to Do It! by Eileen Barish
• Down the River by Edward Abbey
• Drenched in Blood, Rigid in Death: The True Story of the Wickenburg Massacre by R. Michael Wilson
• Dry Humor Tales of Arizona Weather: Tales of Arizona Weather by James E. Cook

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