Alta Journal is pleased to showcase for our readers the best writing and art focused on California and the West by distinguished journalists, photographers, writers, illustrators, cartoonists, and poets. Yet the work of these talented individuals can also be found beyond our pages, website, and newsletters—often in books. We’ve collected 126 titles by our contributors that were published in the past two years (since “Bound Together 2021”) or will be by the close of 2023. We’re excited to present these books to you here, each one a story worth sharing.
We hope that this guide will inspire you to read and enjoy more from our outstanding writers and artists—and that it may prove useful when it comes time for holiday shopping.
Nonfiction
NATURE AND SCIENCE
SPOTLIGHT: DAVID THOMSON
FILM
HISTORY
TRUE CRIME
BIOGRAPHIES
SPOTLIGHT: SANTI ELIJAH HOLLEY
MEMOIRS
READING AND WRITING
SPOTLIGHT: HÉCTOR TOBAR
ESSAYS
SPOTLIGHT: CLAIRE DEDERER
TRAVEL AND PLACE
DRAMA
Fiction
NOVELS
SPOTLIGHT: C PAM ZHANG
SPOTLIGHT: LYDIA KIESLING
CRIME AND NOIR
TECH AND SCI-FI
SPOTLIGHT: RITA CHANG-EPPIG
HISTORICAL
CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT FICTION
SPOTLIGHT: JAMES E. RANSOME
STORY COLLECTIONS
Poetry
SPOTLIGHT: JAMES CAGNEY
Art & Photo
CARTOONS
ILLUSTRATED STORIES
SPOTLIGHT: NAVIED MAHDAVIAN
PHOTOGRAPHY
