Books Set in Utah

Description
Recommend good books set in Utah.
1
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer
9,778 members
245 reviews
3.9
2 Members
dara85, aulsmith
2
A Study in Scarlet
by Arthur Conan Doyle
9,284 members
356 reviews
3.9
2 Members
cpg, aulsmith
3
The Lonely Polygamist
by Brady Udall
1,472 members
111 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, richjj
4
My Story
by Elizabeth Smart
840 members
46 reviews
3.8
2 Members
dara85, cpg
5
Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900, New Edition
by Leonard J. Arrington
106 members
2 reviews
½ 4.5
2 Members
cpg, richjj
Explanations
richjj: A groundbreaking and fascinating study of economic life in 19th-century Utah. Over 50 years later, it's still the go-to book on this topic.
6
On Zion's Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape
by Jared Farmer
64 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
cpg, richjj
Explanations
richjj: Well written synthesis of the significance of the Utah landscape to the tradition and religion of the native tribes and the Mormon settlers.
7
The Proper Edge of the Sky: High Plateau Country of Utah
by Edward A. Geary
14 members
1 review
½ 4.7
2 Members
cpg, richjj
8
Over The Rim
by William B. Smart
13 members
5
2 Members
cpg, richjj
9
Home Waters: A Year of Recompenses on the Provo River
by George B. Handley
11 members
½ 4.3
2 Members
cpg, richjj
10
Goodbye to Poplarhaven: Recollections of a Utah Boyhood
by Edward A. Geary
9 members
1 review
½ 4.5
2 Members
cpg, richjj
11
The Great Brain
by John D. Fitzgerald
3,269 members
39 reviews
4.1
Member
cpg
12
Escape
by Carolyn Jessop
1,915 members
113 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
13
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
by Aron Ralston
1,873 members
50 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
15
Black Widows
by Cate Quinn
329 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
16
Mormon Country
by Wallace Stegner
301 members
6 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
richjj
17
Lost Boy
by Brent W. Jeffs
268 members
23 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
18
The Bishop's Wife
by Mette Ivie Harrison
266 members
38 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
richjj
19
Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders
by Linda Sillitoe
156 members
4 reviews
4.2
Member
richjj
20
Papa Married a Mormon
by John D. Fitzgerald
150 members
7 reviews
4.1
Member
cpg
21
Assisted: An Autobiography
by John Stockton
67 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
cpg
22
The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy
by Terryl Givens
64 members
½ 4.7
Member
cpg
23
Driven: An Autobiography
by Larry H. Miller
57 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
cpg
24
The Giant Joshua
by Maurine Whipple
46 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Member
richjj
25
Utah's Black Hawk War
by John Alton Peterson
43 members
5
Member
cpg
26
Surround Yourself With Greatness
by Chad Lewis
24 members
1 review
½ 4.5
Member
cpg
27
Heaven Knows Why
by Samuel Woolley Taylor
22 members
1 review
½ 4.3
Member
richjj
29
Beyond the Visible Landscape: Aerial Panoramas of Utah's Geology
by W. Kenneth Hamblin
12 members
4.8
Member
cpg
30
The Conversion of Jeff Williams
by Douglas Thayer
6 members
1 review
5
Member
cpg
31
The Evening and the Morning
by Virginia Sorensen
6 members
1 review
4.8
Member
richjj
34
Gathering in Harmony
by Stephen L. Prince
3 members
1 review
½ 4.5
Member
cpg