New Mexico books
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2RidgewayGirl
The Milagro Bean Field War is the only book I can think of set in NM.
There is a non-fiction book about forensic anthropology called Bone Voyage written by a UNM professor and set around Albuquerque. Incidentally, the better books about forensic anthropology for the public all have wacky names (Dead Men Do Tell Tales is a personal favorite). The ones with serious names tend to be aimed at the readers of true crime-type books.
There is a non-fiction book about forensic anthropology called Bone Voyage written by a UNM professor and set around Albuquerque. Incidentally, the better books about forensic anthropology for the public all have wacky names (Dead Men Do Tell Tales is a personal favorite). The ones with serious names tend to be aimed at the readers of true crime-type books.
3cbl_tn
The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook has a New Mexico setting. I read it last year and enjoyed it. It's a little hard to categorize -- part family saga, part historical fiction, part women's relationships, and a little bit of mystery.
4mariesansone
Re-read Jo-Ann Mapson's Blue Rodeo this year, set in the fictional town of Blue Dog, New Mexico. Enjoyed it immensely both times. A number of broken characters trying to re-invent themselves, among them: an angry newly-deaf teenager; his mother, with a failed marriage and failed artistic ambitions; and a sheep-hearder/retail store clerk on the run from the law on account of a bar-room brawl that resulted in a death.
5mariesansone
A couple of other books set in New Mexico that I've enjoyed: Blind Descent, by Nevada Barr, an Anna Pigeon mystery (of the ones I've read, I liked this one the best), caving at Carlsbad Caverns.
Majic Journey and The Nirvana Blues are the other two books that along with The Milagro Beanfield War make up John Nichols' New Mexico Trilogy.
Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford is a nice coming of age story.
Majic Journey and The Nirvana Blues are the other two books that along with The Milagro Beanfield War make up John Nichols' New Mexico Trilogy.
Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford is a nice coming of age story.
6mariesansone
Another New Mexico book I found in my collection (I must really like books set in New Mexico!): Frank Waters, The Woman at Otowi Crossing, about the experience of a woman living near Los Alamos at the time of the development of the atomic bomb.
7pbadeer
A great book set primarily in New Mexico (with references to the concentration camps in WWII) is Dissonance by Lisa Lenard-Cook. It's a fairly obscure book, with very few members on LT and tough to find even in public libraries, but worth the hunt.
8cbl_tn
>7 pbadeer: I hadn't picked a book for New Mexico yet, and I think this one's going on my list. I'm intrigued by the musical aspects of the book.
9lindapanzo
Murder Begins at Home by Delano Ames, set at a ranch near Alamogordo, New Mexico after World War 2, offers a good sense of both Western Hospitality and provides an, at times, rich physical description of New Mexico and what Ames calls its "impersonal beauty and grandeur."
10mariesansone
Finished reading Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico by Stanley Crawford, and posted a review. I enjoyed the book and learned a lot from it, but it can be slow-going and there really is no story line. It is, however, a good portrait of rural life and how managing and participating in the operations of a small irrigation ditch impact family and community.
11cmbohn
I just finished Death Comes for the Archbishop and I loved it. It's set during the 19th century with the Catholic church and its influence in the area with the Indians and the Mexicans. The descriptions of the desert really made me feel like I was there. I think that Father Latour would still find much about the land that would be familiar, if he got away from the freeways and traveled the rocky landscape.
And I'm listening to a very different book set in WWII at Los Alamos, The Green Glass Sea. One part I enjoyed was Dewey trying to get her radio working and this fellow traveler comes to help. Then they introduce themselves - and it's Dick Feynman! It made me laugh.
And I'm listening to a very different book set in WWII at Los Alamos, The Green Glass Sea. One part I enjoyed was Dewey trying to get her radio working and this fellow traveler comes to help. Then they introduce themselves - and it's Dick Feynman! It made me laugh.
12ElfDude 
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In March of 2010, TV Acres Books published “The Adventures of Glinda Gale,” a retelling of the perennial favorite, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”
The novel features a dimensional portal located in Fajada Butte, New Mexico and the town of Yellow Brick, Kansas.
Set in the summer of 1963, the story follows seventeen-year-old Glinda Gale as she returns from Paris and inherits the family mansion known as Gale Manor, as well as a fortune earned through profits from oil wells discovered on the Gale farm. Glinda also learns that her mother, Dorothy Gale lived a secret life filled with amazing adventures, alien creatures and a dimensional doorway to a distant realm.
The book is a thoughtful addition to the literary universe of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz/” This clever reimagining provides answers to such questions as:
• Who were Dorothy's real parents?
• How did Toto get his name?
• What heroine inspired Dorothy’s life of adventure?
• What's the story behind Glinda’s three personal assistants?
• What little person is the heart and soul of Gale Manor?
• Whatever happened to Dorothy’s silver shoes?
• What is the origin of The Yellow Brick Road?
• Who is Glinda Gale really?
• What evil lurks in The Emerald City?
• What is "Glimmering"?
If you like fantasy, adventure, romance and intrigue, you'll find it all here. So, take a moment and ease on down the road to read: "The Adventures of Glinda Gale." It’s a trip you be sure to enjoy.
The novel features a dimensional portal located in Fajada Butte, New Mexico and the town of Yellow Brick, Kansas.
Set in the summer of 1963, the story follows seventeen-year-old Glinda Gale as she returns from Paris and inherits the family mansion known as Gale Manor, as well as a fortune earned through profits from oil wells discovered on the Gale farm. Glinda also learns that her mother, Dorothy Gale lived a secret life filled with amazing adventures, alien creatures and a dimensional doorway to a distant realm.
The book is a thoughtful addition to the literary universe of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz/” This clever reimagining provides answers to such questions as:
• Who were Dorothy's real parents?
• How did Toto get his name?
• What heroine inspired Dorothy’s life of adventure?
• What's the story behind Glinda’s three personal assistants?
• What little person is the heart and soul of Gale Manor?
• Whatever happened to Dorothy’s silver shoes?
• What is the origin of The Yellow Brick Road?
• Who is Glinda Gale really?
• What evil lurks in The Emerald City?
• What is "Glimmering"?
If you like fantasy, adventure, romance and intrigue, you'll find it all here. So, take a moment and ease on down the road to read: "The Adventures of Glinda Gale." It’s a trip you be sure to enjoy.
13nans
Just finished the book Surveyor by GW Hawkes which is set in a northern New Mexican desert. It's very well written and quirky. Two men start work surveying the area after the Korean War. They lead a very isolated life until one year when an art student and a group of dinosaur bone hunters move into the desert. The newcomers throw the surveyor's hermatic life into a mini tailspin.
14amysisson
I loved Death Comes for the Archbishop back when I read it, while taking a course in literature of New Mexico a few years ago.
But for this challenge, I just read Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston for my New Mexico book. Fun thriller.
But for this challenge, I just read Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston for my New Mexico book. Fun thriller.
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