Books https://www.durangoherald.com/feeds/books/ 2026-05-25 05:47:22 -0700 en-us https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/u-s-poet-laureate-offers-advice-for-the-poetry-curious/ It’s not unusual for students to get bored in class, but we’d be willing to bet that not many get so antsy in a lecture at in one school that they transfer to another to pursue a completely different ... 2026-05-14 04:11:31 -0700 bcbc18cd-cc3a-427b-8181-430333db4131 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/joe-pickett-returns-in-the-crossroads/ “The Crossroads” is C.J. Box’s 26th novel featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. Starting with the opening sentence, readers will get the message that this is not a “normal” Pickett adventure. Ma... 2026-02-19 09:59:05 -0700 575071aa-62b2-4cb8-bba6-f8bf518e1efa https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/malcolm-gladwells-the-american-way-of-killing-to-be-released-in-september/ NEW YORK – “The Tipping Point” author Malcolm Gladwell’s next book will focus on a long-running tragedy in the country’s culture, gun violence. “The American Way of Killing” will come out Sept. 29, Li... 2026-02-07 03:32:43 -0700 27abf075-01b0-4f39-89db-c0a84ae6a651 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/new-novel-takes-readers-into-the-world-of-wolves/ “Colorado Wolf Stories: Revealing the Hidden Life of the Gray Wolf,” by Clint McKnight, is a fictional account of a small pack of gray wolves in Colorado. The book, made up of short stories, is descri... 2026-01-29 12:00:00 -0700 8323f74b-c541-4757-ae81-72080be4451c https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/four-corners-writers-to-read-from-new-anthology/ Readers will hear excerpts from poetry, short stories and essays by Four Corners writers during a reading of selections Friday from the new anthology, “Four Corners Voices – Volume 2.” The event is se... 2025-12-17 02:35:23 -0700 060999e5-cf39-429a-a762-d78dc9c02879 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/sophie-kinsella-author-of-the-millions-selling-shopaholic-novels-dies-at-55/ LONDON – Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with bra... 2025-12-10 09:48:59 -0700 b91cc2e0-a174-40d8-9108-4d5517cff364 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/santas-picks-for-young-readers/ This season brings excitement for all children, and books make a perfect gift for young readers that can be enjoyed time and time again. These suggested books are only a few that families can enjoy to... 2025-12-03 02:16:33 -0700 d2dee4dd-9e8b-4fc0-a76f-66de79296bac https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/extreme-knitting-2026-takes-craft-to-unexpected-places/ For some, the word “knitting” conjures up images of grannies wearing shawls, sitting in rockers knitting ... shawls. Bah(hhhhh) to that! For the third consecutive year, our friends and neighbors – and... 2025-11-20 05:00:00 -0700 4d7ed279-b59a-4bf9-a5d4-8a370867f4c8 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ourays-dexter-the-stand-up-dog-tells-his-story/ Dexter, the dog from Ouray who walks on his hind legs, can now add starring in a children’s book to his resume. The 10-year-old Brittany spaniel’s life is the subject of “Dexter: The Stand Up Dog,” wh... 2025-11-20 01:55:53 -0700 eb63ab0f-7445-4d25-9596-0b18cdd4c76a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/new-book-chronicles-tragedy-in-colorado-mountains/ Devon O’Neil brings his vast journalistic experience to his coverage of a major, tragic event that took place over 30 hours near Salida in 2017 in his new book, “The Way Out: A True Story of Survival ... 2025-11-15 03:30:00 -0700 a435f2ef-8b8b-4de6-8e32-ea6ddd53b6d1 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/review-kathryn-wilder-beautifully-fearlessly-shares-her-story-in-the-last-cows/ Wow! Just Wow. Those words written in The Durango Herald almost 4½ years ago about Kathryn Wilder’s “Desert Chrome,” are still appropriate for this year’s publication of “The Last Cows: On Ranching, W... 2025-10-30 10:50:15 -0700 c6c7bd90-cbaf-4d12-bd36-074241f55ac9 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/salt-bones-has-it-all-drama-mystery-culture-and-the-supernatural/ Poet and novelist, Jennifer Givhan, has very recently published her third novel, “Salt Bones.” As a Mexican American and Indigenous writer from the Southwest, Givhan’s descriptive and complex portraya... 2025-08-20 05:33:35 -0700 cc476e91-9d08-4c33-95e9-1a92f2d15d03 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/craig-johnsons-longmire-series-adds-return-to-sender/ “Return To Sender” is the newest in Craig Johnson’s Longmire series. With this recently released 21st installment, Johnson continues his knack for finding real life and fascinating facts and turning t... 2025-07-24 10:16:04 -0700 f525b2a1-3ea9-4a22-8318-406dbdf1b3e3 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/mancos-resident-mark-stevens-releases-new-novel-no-lie-lasts-forever/ There’s a serial killer on the loose in Denver, and not only is their body count mounting, they’re using the identity of another serial killer – the PDQ Killer, who is Harry Kugel. Kugel’s been out of... 2025-05-29 04:02:22 -0700 e833ac46-28bc-4006-9d16-4731467c1a39 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/review-quirky-private-eye-tracks-more-killers-in-stephen-kings-never-flinch/ Stephen King’s favorite private investigator returns in “Never Flinch,” the sixth novel by King featuring Holly Gibney, who readers first met in the Bill Hodges trilogy (“Mr. Mercedes,” “Finders Keepe... 2025-05-28 01:48:51 -0700 f737f5ba-079f-45a6-a4ef-2f7f5ffa58f9 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/anne-hillerman-is-back-with-new-book-in-leaphorn-chee-and-manuelito-series/ Anne Hillerman’s 10th novel, “Shadow of the Solstice,” in her Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito series, begins in the summertime shortly before the annual solstice. The original series begun by her father,... 2025-04-30 04:55:41 -0700 ddb5794c-68b4-4718-8aa3-899502c1b0d6 https://www.durangoherald.com/?post_type=article&p=244885 So you read “The Fault in Our Stars” or watched John Green on YouTube, and, if you’re like me, you probably thought, “I would read or watch anything this mind produced for public consumption.” Even if... 2025-03-26 01:36:28 -0700 543a1003-ecd0-4004-bb44-fbbbb5d2a957 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/its-back-to-work-for-author-c-j-box/ After 2024’s novel, “Three-Inch Teeth,” and its shocking and life-altering events, author C.J. Box follows up with his 25th Joe Pickett novel, “Battle Mountain.” It’s October in Wyoming and almost ti... 2025-02-28 12:30:00 -0700 885ad06e-b538-426a-a83f-7f4e76cfea53 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/hansel-and-gretel-is-reimagined-by-stephen-king-and-maurice-sendak/ An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak. HarperCollins Publishers an... 2025-02-13 09:13:33 -0700 7c298789-3115-4edb-827c-f8137f8e2ad4 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/john-irvings-queen-esther-returns-readers-to-setting-of-the-cider-house-rules/ NEW YORK – In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed “The Cider House Rules.” Simon & Schuster announced Feb. 6 that ... 2025-02-13 05:00:00 -0700 6d6fefb8-c82a-4c62-bc04-7bb3e2768e45 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/claude-steelman-chronicles-wild-journey/ When photographing polar bears in Canada, Durango photographer Claude Steelman says it must be done from the back of a large truck. “Actually, the polar bears will have you for lunch if you’re out the... 2025-01-09 02:02:09 -0700 b579e92e-1ac0-490e-9caa-7589da818c36 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/debut-novel-transforms-the-perfect-home-into-a-gut-roiling-thriller/ Dawn and Wyatt Decker are a reality TV couple renovating homes on-screen and dealing with fertility problems offscreen. Their story and their marriage seem like a foregone conclusion, but only a few c... 2025-01-08 10:09:03 -0700 c5e7a35c-bf3c-41c2-8189-2c6df0de397a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/santas-book-picks-for-young-readers/ Despite the current lack of snow in Durango, Santa will still be doing his annual visit on time. Fortunately for Santa’s helpers, there is a wealth of wonderful books available for the lucky readers o... 2024-12-05 10:10:55 -0700 60a489e3-54cd-4d13-a4f3-c4115005b4a1 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/dead-air-tells-history-of-night-orson-welles-unleashed-fake-martian-invasion/ Long before Donald Trump used the term “fake news” to complain about coverage he didn’t like, Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The War o... 2024-11-27 12:30:26 -0700 46730ad1-54e4-4b0d-bd8e-14f450438ad9 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/calendar-celebrates-knitting-in-unexpected-places/ Look in just about any knitter’s bag, backpack or purse, and chances are you will find a WIP – work in progress – tucked inside; maybe some socks, a shawl or a scarf. Some knitters take this to the ex... 2024-11-14 03:51:56 -0700 ea1b643b-9f6a-416d-88d5-4f4f6630cca5 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/kate-niles-new-novel-a-veritable-new-mexico-buffet/ Kate Niles’ new novel, “The Last Hanging of Ángel Martinez,” is a glorious New Mexican buffet of all the good – and not so good – about this unique state. Nowhere else but northern New Mexico has the... 2024-11-07 09:27:59 -0700 6d807916-950b-4ba3-90bf-ff215654333a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/retired-navajo-ranger-talks-about-paranormal-in-new-book/ Retired Navajo Ranger Stanley Milford Jr. has seen some things in his life that can’t always be explained. Milford, who split his time growing up between his mother’s house in Oklahoma and with his fa... 2024-10-03 05:46:47 -0700 58360ac7-fc30-49fb-8160-53a4fb60cd11 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/new-book-shows-la-plata-county-history-through-images/ For the last five years, Ed Horvat has been the contributor behind The Durango Herald’s weekly And the West is History photos, and now, he’s taken his interest in La Plata County’s history and recentl... 2024-09-05 06:16:52 -0700 f7f873c9-74c8-4bda-a466-40ccdb33ccb8 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/walt-longmire-returns-for-new-adventure/ In “First Frost,” the 20th adventure of Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear, author Craig Johnson takes Walt and Henry back to the end of their college days. In the present, Walt is the longtime she... 2024-07-25 01:25:05 -0700 0227fea2-b4b0-4ec1-b8fd-fcad65f1ef40 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/scott-graham-back-with-another-mystery/ Scott Graham brings his ninth novel in his National Park mystery series to Death Valley in California. “Death Valley Duel” begins in April at the starting point of the 10th annual Whitney to Death 15... 2024-07-03 12:49:55 -0700 ec720d79-f2c7-4fda-a721-97594d3ca44f