Reading the West Book Awards
Nominated Books 2011

Listings are alphabetical by publisher name.

 

SHINE by Lauren Myracle
Abrams Books – Amulet

THE DRAGON OF CRIPPLE CREEK by Troy Howell
Abrams Books

WAGONS HO! by George Hallowell and Joan Holub
Albert Whitman & Co.

BLIND YOUR PONIES: A Novel by Stanley Gordon West
Algonquin Books

DUMBSTRUCK: An Aldo Zelnick Comic Novel by Karla Oceanak
Bailiwick Press

THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon by William M. Adler
Bloomsbury USA

PROPHET’S PREY: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints by Sam Brower
Bloomsbury USA

CINEMA SOUTHWEST, Expanded 2nd Edition: An Illustrated Guide to Movies and Their Locations by John Murray
Canyonlands Natural History Association

REINVENTING FIRE: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era by Amory Lovins and Rocky Mountain Institute
Chelsea Green Publishing

EMPIRE OF THE BEETLE: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America’s Great Forests by Andrew Nikiforuk
Douglas & McIntyre – Greystone

WHERE THE TALL GRASS GROWS: Becoming Indigenous and the Mythological Legacy of the American West by Bobby Bridger
Fulcrum Publishing

THE NEW ELDORADO: The Story of Colorado’s Gold and Silver Rushes by Phyllis Flanders Dorset
Fulcrum Publishing

SAM ARNOLD’S FRYING PANS WEST DVDs & COMPANION COOKBOOK: Foods & Drinks from the Frontier, the National TV Series (1968-1983)
Fur Trade Press, LLC

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE by Sara Zarr
Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown Young Readers

FIRE SEASON: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors
HarperCollins Publishers – Ecco

JANE & MIZMOW by Matthew Armstrong
HarperCollins Children’s Books

VARIANT by Robison Wells
HarperCollins Children’s Books – HarperTeen

FOLLOW ME by Tricia Tusa
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

BLOOD WOUNDS by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

WINED AND DIED: A Home Crafting Mystery #5 by Cricket McRae
Llewellyn – Midnight Ink

MISSING ON SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN by Elise Broach and Antonio Javier Caparo
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group – Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

SAGA OF THE SIOUX by Dee Brown and Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group – Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

PARADISE by Jill S. Alexander
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group – Feiwel and Friends

ALL ABOUT AMERICA: Cowboys and the Wild West by Hilarie N. Staton
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group – Kingfisher

ALL ABOUT AMERICA: Wagon Trains and Settlers by Ellen H. Todras
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group – Kingfisher

GLOW: A Sky Chasers Novel by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Macmillan – St. Martin’s Griffin

LAMB: A Novel by Bonnie Nadzam
Other Press

CODE TALKER: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila
Penguin Group (USA) – Berkley Caliber

HOLY GHOST GIRL: A Memoir by Donna Johnson
Penguin Group (USA) – Gotham Books

HELL IS EMPTY: A Walt Longmire Mystery by Craig Johnson
Penguin Group (USA) – Viking

CROSSED by Ally Condie
Penguin Young Readers – Dutton Children’s Books

BACK WHEN YOU WERE EASIER TO LOVE by Emily Wing Smith
Penguin Young Readers – Dutton Children’s Books

GIRLS DON’T FLY by Kristen Chandler
Penguin Young Readers – Viking Children’s Books

LITTLE OWL’S NIGHT by Divya Srinivasan
Penguin Young Readers – Viking Children’s Books

THE LEDGE: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier by Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan
Random House – Ballantine

A COWGIRL AND HER HORSE by Jean Ekman Adams
Rio Nuevo – Rio Chico Books for Children

LESSON OF THE WHITE EAGLE by Barbara Hay
The RoadRunner Press

STEALING KEVIN’S HEART by M. Scott Carter
The RoadRunner Press

FEAST DAY OF FOOLS: A Novel by James Lee Burke
Simon & Schuster

NO SHORTAGE OF GOOD DAYS by John Gierach
Simon & Schuster

THE LAST GUNFIGHT: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral – and How It Changed the American West by Jeff Guinn
Simon & Schuster

HORSES NEVER LIE ABOUT LOVE: The Heartwarming Story of a Remarkable Horse Who Changed the World Around Her by Jana Harris
Simon & Schuster – Free Press

MOONLIGHT ON LINOLEUM: A Daughter’s Memoir by Terry Helwig
Simon & Schuster  -  Howard Books

NOTHING DAUNTED: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden
Simon & Schuster – Scribner

PART WILD: One Woman’s Journey with a Creature Caught Between the Worlds of Wolves and Dogs by Ceiridwen Terrill
Simon & Schuster – Scribner

RAIN FALLS LIKE MERCY by Jack Todd
Simon & Schuster  -  Touchstone

THE UNWANTEDS by Lisa McMann
Simon & Schuster – Aladdin

POSSESSION by Elana Johnson
Simon & Schuster – Simon Pulse

RETURN TO EXILE: The Hunter Chronicles by E.J. Patten
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

THE FIRES BENEATH THE SEA by Lydia Millet
Small Beer Press – Big Mouth House

THE GIRL WHO NEVER MADE MISTAKES by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein; illustrated by Mark Pett
Sourcebooks

THE PREDICTEDS by Christine Seifert
Sourcebooks

MILAGRO OF THE SPANISH BEAN POT by Emerita Romero-Anderson; illustrated by Randall Pijoan
Texas Tech University Press

RIGHTFUL PLACE by Amy Hale Auker
Texas Tech University Press

CROOKED CREEK by Maximilian Werner
Torrey House Press

THE VOICE OF THE RIVER: A Novel by Melanie Rae Thon
The University of Alabama Press

THE AMERICAN CAFE by Sara Sue Hoklotubbe
University of Arizona Press

WILD HORSES OF THE WEST: History and Politics of America’s Mustangs by J. Edward de Steiguer
University of Arizona Press

FROM THIS WICKED PATCH OF DUST by Sergio Troncoso
University of Arizona Press

HONYOCKER DREAMS: Montana Memories by David Mogen
University of Nebraska Press

THE CASE OF THE INDIAN TRADER: Billy Malone and the National Park Service Investigation at Hubbell Trading Post by Paul Berkowitz
University of New Mexico Press

DON’T SHOOT THE GENTILE by James C. Work
University of Oklahoma Press

CHARLOTTE’S ROSE by A.E. Cannon
The University of Utah Press

TROUBLED TRAILS: The Meeker Affair and the Explusion of Utes from Colorado by Robert Silbernagel
The University of Utah Press

AN AMERICAN PROVENCE by Tom Huber
University Press of Colorado

HELEN RING ROBINSON: Colorado Senator and Suffragist by Pat Pascoe
University Press of Colorado

A HISTORY OF UTAH’S RADICALISM: Startling, Socialistic, and Decidedly Revolutionary by John S. McCormick and John R. Sillito
Utah State University Press

A THOUSAND VOICES: A Memoir by Jeri Parker
Winter Beach Press