Reading the West Book Awards
Nominated Books 2011

Listings are alphabetical by publisher name.
More titles will be added as nominations are finalized,
so please check back frequently.

 

SHINE by Lauren Myracle
Abrams Books – Amulet

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

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 Kikiforuk
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

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

LAMB: A Novel by Bonnie Nadzam
Other Press

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

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

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

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

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