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Fiction
Red Rabbit
, Alex Grecian
Chenneville
, Paulette Jiles
Stealing
, Margaret Verble
Family Meal
, Bryan Washington
Holler, Child
, LaToya Watkins
Debut Fiction
Swim Home to the Vanished
, Branden Shay Basham
The Spite House
, Johnny Compton
The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories
, Stacie Shannon Denetsosie
Night Wherever We Go
, Tracey Rose Peyton
Go as a River
, Shelley Read
Poetry
The Book Eaters
, Carolina Hotchandani
West: A Translation
, Paisley Rekdal
New Mexico Poetry Anthology 2023
, Levi Romero and Michelle Otero (Editors)
Hydra Medusa
, Brandon Shimoda
leaving a tip at the Blue Moon Motel
, Richard Vargas
Nonfiction
Holding Fire: A Reckoning with the American West
, Bryce Andrews
Blurred Boundaries: Perspectives on Rock Art of the Greater Southwest
, William Frej (Photographer) and Polly Schaafsma (essay, captions)
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
, Ben Goldfarb
True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America
, Betsy Gaines Quammen
Living River: The Promise of the Mighty Colorado
, Dave Showalter
Memoir/Biography
Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
, Camille Dungy
Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
, Stephanie Land
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
, Melissa Sevigny
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
, Safiya Sinclair
Twenty Miles of Fence: Blueprint of a Cowboy
, Bob West with Janet Fogg
Picture Book
Remembering
, Xelena Gonzalez; Illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia
Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist
, Violet Lemay
Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series
, Traci Sorell; Illustrated by Arigon Starr
Bitsy Bat, School Star
, Kaz Windness
Nell Plants a Tree
, Anne Wynter; Illustrated by Daniel Miyares
Young Readers
The Storyteller
, Brandon Hobson
Skyriders
, Polly Holyoke
A Horse Named Sky
, Rosanne Parry; Illustrated by Kirbi Fagan
15 Secrets to Survival
, Natalie D. Richards
Coyote Queen
, Jessica Vitalis
Young Adult
Rez Ball
, Byron Graves
Star Splitter
, Matthew J. Kirby
The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway
, Ashley Schumacher
The Fight for Midnight
, Dan Solomon
Ander & Santi Were Here
, Jonny Garza Villa
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