Here's a list of books about Tucson and/or written by Tucson authors

If you're looking to add Tucson to your reading list, here are some suggestions.

100 Things to Do in Tucson Before You Die — By Clark Norton 

Abecedario del Sur — By Alex! Jimenez

A Children's Bible — By Lydia Millet

Ain't That a Mother: Postpartum, Palsy, and Everything in Between" — by Adiba Nelson

Beautiful Little Fools: A Novel — By Jillian Cantor

Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters — edited by Jessica P. Pryde

Desert Dwellers Flash Cards — By Julie Originals

A Desert Feast: Celebrating Tucson's Culinary Heritage — By Carolyn Niethammer

The Desert Smells Like Rain — By Gary Paul Nabhan 

Dinosaurs on the Moon — By Tolland Books, Zachary Strobel, Miranda Strobel, Chris Sobieniak

El Charro Cafe: The Tastes and Traditions of Tucson — by Carlotta Flores

From Dunbar to Destiny: One Woman's Journey Through Desegregation and Beyond — By Shirley R. Sprinkles

Girl in Pieces — by Kathleen Glasgow 

Half Life — By Jillian Cantor

In the Shadows of the Freeway: Growing Up Brown & Queer — by Lydia R. Otero

La Voz de M.A.Y.O: Tata Rambo Vol.1 — By Henry Barajas

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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border — By Francisco Cantú

The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard — By John Birdsall

Someone Like Me: An Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph Over Cerebral Palsy — By John W. Quinn

Sowing the Seeds of Change: The Story of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona — by Seth Schindler

Meet ClaraBelle Blue — By Adiba Nelson

The Nature of Desert Nature — By Gary Paul Nabhan

Notitas: Select Columns from the Tucson Citizen — By Alva B. Torres

Tucson Hiking Guide — By Betty Leavengood

Neon Words: 10 Brilliant Ways to Light Up Your Writing — By Marjorie White Pellegrino and Kay Sather

Secret Tucson: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure — by Clark Norton 

Squirrels of the Sonoran Desert — Elaine A. Powers

The Sting of the Wild — By Justin O. Schmidt

Taste of Tucson — By Jackie Alpers

The Three Little Javelinas — By Susan Lowell

When It Rains — Edited by Ofelia Zepeda