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In honor of the Santa Fe International Literary Festival opening tonight (May 19), we bring you a list of essential reads in order to inspire and enhance your word-filled world well beyond this weekend’s events.

Dorothy Massey, local literary gem and owner of Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse, chimed in on this far-from-comprehensive list, with many titles written by festival moderators, local authors, or writers whose works help shine a light on New Mexico as well as some of the major topics covered at this year’s event.

Massey will host a popup bookstore in the lobby of the festival’s headquarters at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. The books on this list are available at the festival or at your favorite local independent bookstore or library, and several authors will be on-hand to sign them throughout the weekend. Consult the book-signing and author schedule at collectedworksbookstore.com or sfinternationallitfest.org.

Essential festival reads
Essential festival reads
Essential festival reads

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