Ten Best Books about Colorado

This state has inspired plenty of writers.

Ready to start a new chapter? Here are the ten best books about Colorado:

Centennial
James Michener
Does James Michener play a little fast and loose with the facts in this doorstop-sized classic? Sure — it’s historical fiction, not a textbook. But the sprawling epic portrays some of Colorado’s most dramatic history (the Sand Creek Massacre, for example) while telling the story of the fictional titular city in Weld County from the late 1700s all the way through the 1970s. And if the sheer length of the novel seems a little daunting, a gorgeously over-dramatic and star-studded mini-series of it was made in 1978. Both the book and the mini-series are worth experiencing, for very different reasons.

The Stand
Stephen…