Desert Solitaire
The Land of Little Rain (Modern Library Classics)
Sand in My Shoe
Vermilion Sands
Aldous Huxley, Essays: The Desert Boundlessness and emptiness, Aldous Huxley (free online)
The Crows of Pearblossom
Mockel's Desert Flower Notebook
This is one of my favorite desert plant books, self-published and illustrated by the author. Delicious descriptions on a multitude of Mojave natives, a treasure to own.
Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey
No Place for a Puritan: The Literature of California's Deserts (California Legacy)
Point Last Seen
If you're at all interested in tracking, or search and rescue, this it the book for you.
My Life on the Mojave
The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (American Land Classics)
Burro Bill and Me