Books
Learn more about the history, culture, and adventures of various rivers within the Colorado River watershed by reading the following titles (in alphabetical order by authors last name). Please consider ordering from your local bookstore.
If you have additional books regarding the Colorado River system that aren’t listed here, please send Colleen an email!
About the Colorado River & Her Watershed
A Green River Reader edited by Alan Blackstock
Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau by Ron Blakey and Wayne Ranney
The Hidden Canyon: A River Journey by John Blaustein
Damming Grand Canyon: The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition by Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Weiss
Ghosts of Glen Canyon: History Beneath Lake Powell by C. Gregory Crampton
River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado by Wade Davis
Down the Great Unknown by Edward Dolnick
The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko
The Glen Canyon Country: A Personal Memoir by Don D. Fowler
Peaceful Canyon, Golden River compiled by David and Gudy Gaskill
All My Rivers are Gone by Katie Lee
Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West by Heather Hansman
The Colorado River through Glen Canyon Before Lake Powell: Historic Photo Journal 1872 to 1964 edited by Eleanor Inskip
A Boaters Guide to Lake Powell by Michael R. Kelsey
Grand Canyon Women: Lives Shaped by Landscape by Betty Leavengood
Raven’s Exile by Ellen Meloy
The Colorado River: Flowing through Conflict by Pete McBride and Jonathan Waterman
The Colorado River: Chasing Water by Pete McBride
The Grand Canyon: Between River and Rim by Pete McBride
White Canyon: Remembering the Little Town at the Bottom of Lake Powell by Tom McCourt
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen
Confluence: Navigating the Personal and Political On Rivers of the New West by Zak Podmore
The Place No On Knew: Glen Canyon on the Colorado by Eliot Porter
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner
Writing Down the River: Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon produced by Kathleen Jo Ryan
There’s this River: Grand Canyon Boatman Stories edited by Christa Sadler
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Woman Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny
Living River: The Promise of the Mighty Colorado by Dave Showalter
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West by Wallace Stegner
The Mighty Colorado River: From the Glaciers to the Gulf by Jim Turner
Velvet Waters, Canyon Walls: A Lake Powell Adventure by Colin Warren
Run, River, Run by Ann Zwinger
About Life’s Hardships
What Looks Like Bravery: An Epic Journey Through Loss to Love by Laurel Braitman
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brene Brown
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Pie by Beth Howard
This Much Country: A Memoir by Kristen Knight Pace
Almost Anywhere: Road Trip Ruminations on Love, Nature, National Parks, and Nonsense by Krista Schyler
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams
About Singlehood
Singled Out: How Singles are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored and Still Live Happily Ever After by Bella DePaulo, Ph.D.
The Unexpected Joy of Being Single: Locating Happily-Single Serenity by Catherine Gray
On My Own: The Art of Being a Woman Alone by Florence Falk
Self Contained: Scenes from a Single Life by Emma John
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone by Eric Klinenberg
Single On Purpose: Redefine Everything. Find Yourself First by John Kim
How to be Alone: If You Want to, and Even if You Don’t by Lane Moore
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister
About Pie
50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the United States Through Pie by Stacey Mei Yan Fong
Ms. American Pie by Beth Howard
The Book on Pie: Everything You Need to Know to Bake Perfect Pies by Erin Jeanne McDowell