When in doubt about what to get someone this holiday season, books make great gifts — and for Nevadans, books about the state or by its authors are even better.
Over the past four months, a slew of such titles has been released. They’ve hailed from many different genres — novels, memoirs, essay collections, even books about the environment. We think they've got your loved ones' reading preferences covered.
Here are our recommendations:
- Rebels and Outliers by John Glionna
- Screwing Sinatra by P Moss
- Emerald City Blues by H. Lee Barnes
- Environmental Change in the Lake Tahoe Basin: A Synthesis of Science and Public Policy by Robert N. Coats, Sudeep Chandra, Alan Heyvaert, Charles R. Goldman, S. Geoffrey Schladow
- Monsoon Season: Las Vegas Writers on Water in the Desert by Las Vegas Writes (edited by Jarret Keene)
- No Overnight Parking: A Year of Vanlife, Discovery, and the Open Road by Juergen Barbusca
Scott Dickensheets, editor at large, Desert Companion; planning committee member, Las Vegas Book Festival
