50 Books like A Walk in the Park

The Secret Knowledge of Water

by Craig Childs • 2000

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

4.29

3k+

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing 🕳️ Hidden Worlds ⛰️ Sacred Landscapes

The Secret Knowledge of Water 94%

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

by Craig Childs 2000

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing 🕳️ Hidden Worlds ⛰️ Sacred Landscapes

Life Lessons From the Amazon

by Pip Stewart • 2021

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

4.08

194

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

Life Lessons From the Amazon 93%

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

by Pip Stewart 2021

4.08

194 ratings

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

Solo

by Hazel Phillips • 2022

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

3.58

198

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs 🏕️ Women Outdoors ⚖️ Gender Bias

Solo 92%

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

by Hazel Phillips 2022

3.58

198 ratings

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs 🏕️ Women Outdoors ⚖️ Gender Bias

The River of Doubt

by Candice Millard • 2005

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

4.21

79k+

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives 🏛️ Presidential Biographies ✊ Indigenous Rights

The River of Doubt 92%

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

by Candice Millard 2005

4.21

79k+ ratings

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives 🏛️ Presidential Biographies ✊ Indigenous Rights

Trespassing Across America

by Ken Ilgunas • 2016

He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.

3.82

2k+

🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry ✊ Environmental Activism 🚶 Walking Journeys 🤔 Existential Travel 🌾 Rural America

Trespassing Across America 91%

He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.

by Ken Ilgunas 2016

3.82

2k+ ratings

🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry ✊ Environmental Activism 🚶 Walking Journeys 🤔 Existential Travel 🌾 Rural America

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806

by Meriwether Lewis • 2005

Starvation, rapids, and tribal diplomacy: the raw journal that built an American myth.

3.93

381

🏞️ Westward Expansion 🗄️ Primary Source Journal 🧭 Exploration Narratives 🌿 Natural History 🤝 Native Diplomacy

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Summary

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 91%

Starvation, rapids, and tribal diplomacy: the raw journal that built an American myth.

by Meriwether Lewis 2005

3.93

381 ratings

🏞️ Westward Expansion 🗄️ Primary Source Journal 🧭 Exploration Narratives 🌿 Natural History 🤝 Native Diplomacy

Coming Into the Country

by John McPhee • 1977

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

4.21

8k+

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life 🧭 Frontier Identity 🌿 Environmental Writing

Coming Into the Country 91%

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

by John McPhee 1977

4.21

8k+ ratings

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life 🧭 Frontier Identity 🌿 Environmental Writing

A Life on the Edge

by Jim Whittaker • 1999

First American to summit Everest. Then he brought Soviets and Chinese up the same mountain.

4.05

731

🧗 High-Altitude Climbing 🏔️ Mountain Expeditions 🥇 First Ascents 🧭 Expedition Leadership ⚠️ Risk And Survival

A Life on the Edge 91%

First American to summit Everest. Then he brought Soviets and Chinese up the same mountain.

by Jim Whittaker 1999

4.05

731 ratings

🧗 High-Altitude Climbing 🏔️ Mountain Expeditions 🥇 First Ascents 🧭 Expedition Leadership ⚠️ Risk And Survival

Travels with Myself and Another

by Martha Gellhorn • 1979

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

3.84

2k+

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel 👁️ Cultural Observation 📰 Field Journalism

Travels with Myself and Another 91%

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

by Martha Gellhorn 1979

3.84

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel 👁️ Cultural Observation 📰 Field Journalism

Into Thin Air

by Jon Krakauer • 1997

Everest, 1996: a journalist joins a climb, a storm hits, and eight people never come back.

4.26

575k+

🏔️ Everest Expeditions 🏔️ Summit Fever 🏔️ Expedition Disasters 🌩️ Hubris And Nature 📝 Survivor Accounts

Into Thin Air 91%

Everest, 1996: a journalist joins a climb, a storm hits, and eight people never come back.

by Jon Krakauer 1997

4.26

575k+ ratings

🏔️ Everest Expeditions 🏔️ Summit Fever 🏔️ Expedition Disasters 🌩️ Hubris And Nature 📝 Survivor Accounts

Wild Rescues

by Kevin Grange • 2021

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

4.20

3k+

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Wild Rescues 91%

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

by Kevin Grange 2021

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys

by Simon Reeve • 2018

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

4.34

6k+

🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel 🌍 Geopolitics Travel 💪 Resilience Narratives

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys Summary

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys 91%

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

by Simon Reeve 2018

4.34

6k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel 🌍 Geopolitics Travel 💪 Resilience Narratives

No Shortcuts to the Top

by Ed Viesturs • 2006

Eighteen years, fourteen peaks, one rule that kept him alive when faster climbers died.

4.14

12k+

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs ⛰️ Himalayan Expeditions 🗻 Eight-Thousanders ❄️ Death Zone Survival 🧭 Expedition Leadership

No Shortcuts to the Top 91%

Eighteen years, fourteen peaks, one rule that kept him alive when faster climbers died.

by Ed Viesturs 2006

4.14

12k+ ratings

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs ⛰️ Himalayan Expeditions 🗻 Eight-Thousanders ❄️ Death Zone Survival 🧭 Expedition Leadership

Rowing the Atlantic

by Roz Savage • 2009

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

4.02

456

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings 🚣 Women Adventurers 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Rowing the Atlantic 91%

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

by Roz Savage 2009

4.02

456 ratings

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings 🚣 Women Adventurers 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Give Your Heart to the Hawks

by Win Blevins • 1973

Three hundred miles from the nearest law, mountain men ruled only themselves. It could not last.

3.98

425

🏜️ American West 🏔️ Mountain Men 🗽 Frontier Individualism 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🤝 Indigenous Encounters

Give Your Heart to the Hawks 91%

Three hundred miles from the nearest law, mountain men ruled only themselves. It could not last.

by Win Blevins 1973

3.98

425 ratings

🏜️ American West 🏔️ Mountain Men 🗽 Frontier Individualism 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🤝 Indigenous Encounters

Things I Learned from Falling

by Claire Nelson • 2020

Four days alone, immobile, dying of thirst. The helicopter came. The real rescue took years.

4.06

6k+

🏜️ Survival Memoirs 🥾 Solo Hiking 🧱 Emotional Isolation ❤️‍🩹 Vulnerability 📱 Social Media Detox

Things I Learned from Falling 91%

Four days alone, immobile, dying of thirst. The helicopter came. The real rescue took years.

by Claire Nelson 2020

4.06

6k+ ratings

🏜️ Survival Memoirs 🥾 Solo Hiking 🧱 Emotional Isolation ❤️‍🩹 Vulnerability 📱 Social Media Detox

Spirit Run

by Noé Álvarez • 2020

He joined a 6,000-mile indigenous run, and his mother's silence finally made sense.

3.50

5k+

🏃 Running Memoirs 🌿 Indigenous Spirituality 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧬 Generational Trauma 🏔️ Ultrarunning

Spirit Run 91%

He joined a 6,000-mile indigenous run, and his mother's silence finally made sense.

by Noé Álvarez 2020

3.50

5k+ ratings

🏃 Running Memoirs 🌿 Indigenous Spirituality 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧬 Generational Trauma 🏔️ Ultrarunning

The Lost City of Z

by David Grann • 2009

An explorer vanished in 1925 hunting a lost Amazon city. Modern science has found his civilization.

3.90

112k+

🗺️ Amazon Exploration 🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🐍 Jungle Survival 🧭 Exploration History ❓ Vanished Explorers

The Lost City of Z 91%

An explorer vanished in 1925 hunting a lost Amazon city. Modern science has found his civilization.

by David Grann 2009

3.90

112k+ ratings

🗺️ Amazon Exploration 🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🐍 Jungle Survival 🧭 Exploration History ❓ Vanished Explorers

Blind Curves

by Linda Crill • 2013

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

3.62

149

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys 🌿 Outdoor Healing 🌻 Post-Traumatic Growth

Blind Curves 91%

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

by Linda Crill 2013

3.62

149 ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys 🌿 Outdoor Healing 🌻 Post-Traumatic Growth

Grandma Gatewood's Walk

by Ben Montgomery • 2014

A denim sack, Keds, a shower curtain: a 67-year-old grandma walked the Appalachian Trail alone.

4.11

32k+

🥾 Thru Hiking 🏔️ Appalachian Trail 👩‍🦳 Women In History 💜 Domestic Abuse Survivors 🌳 Healing In Nature

Grandma Gatewood's Walk 91%

A denim sack, Keds, a shower curtain: a 67-year-old grandma walked the Appalachian Trail alone.

by Ben Montgomery 2014

4.11

32k+ ratings

🥾 Thru Hiking 🏔️ Appalachian Trail 👩‍🦳 Women In History 💜 Domestic Abuse Survivors 🌳 Healing In Nature

Mawson's Will

by Lennard Bickel • 1977

He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.

4.26

2k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions 🏕️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Heroic Age Of Exploration ⛰️ Expedition Disasters

Mawson's Will 90%

He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.

by Lennard Bickel 1977

4.26

2k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions 🏕️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Heroic Age Of Exploration ⛰️ Expedition Disasters

Beyond Possible

by Nimsdai Purja • 2020

Fourteen death-zone peaks, six months. The old record: nearly eight years.

4.15

6k+

🏔️ Himalayan Climbing 🎖️ Special Forces Memoir ⛑️ High-Altitude Survival 💪 Extreme Endurance 🇳🇵 Nepalese Mountaineering

Beyond Possible 90%

Fourteen death-zone peaks, six months. The old record: nearly eight years.

by Nimsdai Purja 2020

4.15

6k+ ratings

🏔️ Himalayan Climbing 🎖️ Special Forces Memoir ⛑️ High-Altitude Survival 💪 Extreme Endurance 🇳🇵 Nepalese Mountaineering

The White Darkness

by David Grann • 2018

Obsessed with Shackleton, a soldier crossed Antarctica alone. His hero knew when to stop. He didn't.

3.97

10k+

❄️ Polar Exploration 📖 Explorer Biographies 🕰️ Historical Obsession 🎖️ Leadership Under Pressure 💪 Extreme Endurance

The White Darkness 90%

Obsessed with Shackleton, a soldier crossed Antarctica alone. His hero knew when to stop. He didn't.

by David Grann 2018

3.97

10k+ ratings

❄️ Polar Exploration 📖 Explorer Biographies 🕰️ Historical Obsession 🎖️ Leadership Under Pressure 💪 Extreme Endurance

Man-Eaters of Kumaon

by Jim Corbett • 1944

One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.

4.31

6k+

🐅 Indian Wildlife 🏔️ Adventure Memoir 🎯 Hunting Ethics 👣 Tracking And Woodcraft 🐾 Predator Behavior

Man-Eaters of Kumaon 90%

One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.

by Jim Corbett 1944

4.31

6k+ ratings

🐅 Indian Wildlife 🏔️ Adventure Memoir 🎯 Hunting Ethics 👣 Tracking And Woodcraft 🐾 Predator Behavior

The Salt Path

by Raynor Winn • 2018

Penniless, homeless, with a terminal diagnosis: a couple walks England's 630-mile coast path.

3.93

104k+

🥾 Long-Distance Hiking 🏚️ Homelessness Narrative 💔 Terminal Illness 🌿 Nature And Healing 💍 Marriage Memoirs

The Salt Path 90%

Penniless, homeless, with a terminal diagnosis: a couple walks England's 630-mile coast path.

by Raynor Winn 2018

3.93

104k+ ratings

🥾 Long-Distance Hiking 🏚️ Homelessness Narrative 💔 Terminal Illness 🌿 Nature And Healing 💍 Marriage Memoirs

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

4.16

2k+

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness

The Sunset Route 90%

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

by Carrot Quinn 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness

The Nepali Flat

by Gordon Alexander • 2016

Seven days of relentless hills, altitude sickness, and tea-house wisdom on the hard road to Everest.

4.17

549

🏔️ Himalayan Trekking 🇳🇵 Nepal Travel ⛺ Everest Base Camp 😂 Travel Humor 🥾 High-Altitude Trekking

The Nepali Flat 90%

Seven days of relentless hills, altitude sickness, and tea-house wisdom on the hard road to Everest.

by Gordon Alexander 2016

4.17

549 ratings

🏔️ Himalayan Trekking 🇳🇵 Nepal Travel ⛺ Everest Base Camp 😂 Travel Humor 🥾 High-Altitude Trekking

The Lost City of the Monkey God

by Douglas Preston • 2017

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

3.93

63k+

🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions 🛰️ Aerial Archaeology 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations

The Lost City of the Monkey God 90%

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

by Douglas Preston 2017

3.93

63k+ ratings

🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions 🛰️ Aerial Archaeology 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations

Left for Dead

by Beck Weathers • 2000

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

3.61

8k+

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs 🔗 Obsession And Recovery 🩺 Physical Rehabilitation

Left for Dead 90%

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

by Beck Weathers 2000

3.61

8k+ ratings

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs 🔗 Obsession And Recovery 🩺 Physical Rehabilitation

Mars and Venus Starting Over

by John Gray • 2002

He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.

3.85

968

🧊 Polar Exploration 🫡 Crisis Leadership 💪 Extreme Endurance 🧠 Mental Resilience 📜 Historical Obsession

Mars and Venus Starting Over 90%

He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.

by John Gray 2002

3.85

968 ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🫡 Crisis Leadership 💪 Extreme Endurance 🧠 Mental Resilience 📜 Historical Obsession

The Lost Men

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis • 2006

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

4.15

2k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History 📜 Forgotten Histories ⚓ Heroic Age Of Exploration

The Lost Men 90%

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006

4.15

2k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History 📜 Forgotten Histories ⚓ Heroic Age Of Exploration

Where the Water Goes

by David Owen • 2017

The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.

3.93

3k+

🏜️ American West 💧 Water Scarcity ⚖️ Water Rights 🚿 Irrigation 🌡️ Climate Adaptation

Where the Water Goes 90%

The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.

by David Owen 2017

3.93

3k+ ratings

🏜️ American West 💧 Water Scarcity ⚖️ Water Rights 🚿 Irrigation 🌡️ Climate Adaptation

Barbarian Days

by William Finnegan • 2015

Surfing saved a lonely kid in Hawaii. Fifty years of chasing waves nearly undid him.

4.28

41k+

🌊 Surf Culture 🏄 Surf Travel 📖 Literary Memoir 🌀 Obsessive Pursuits 🌺 Coming Of Age

Barbarian Days 90%

Surfing saved a lonely kid in Hawaii. Fifty years of chasing waves nearly undid him.

by William Finnegan 2015

4.28

41k+ ratings

🌊 Surf Culture 🏄 Surf Travel 📖 Literary Memoir 🌀 Obsessive Pursuits 🌺 Coming Of Age

The Climb

by Anatoli Boukreev • 1997

A blizzard at 8,000 meters: a guide without oxygen searches for missing clients in the dark.

3.99

19k+

🧗 Mountaineering 💵 Commercial Climbing ⛑️ Expedition Disasters 🏔️ Everest Expeditions ⚖️ Climbing Ethics

The Climb 90%

A blizzard at 8,000 meters: a guide without oxygen searches for missing clients in the dark.

by Anatoli Boukreev 1997

3.99

19k+ ratings

🧗 Mountaineering 💵 Commercial Climbing ⛑️ Expedition Disasters 🏔️ Everest Expeditions ⚖️ Climbing Ethics

Walden on Wheels

by Ken Ilgunas • 2013

He erased $32,000 in debt by living in a campus van on four dollars a day.

4.01

8k+

💰 Student Debt 🚐 Van Life 🧹 Minimalism 🏔️ Adventure Memoirs 💵 Extreme Frugality

Walden on Wheels 90%

He erased $32,000 in debt by living in a campus van on four dollars a day.

by Ken Ilgunas 2013

4.01

8k+ ratings

💰 Student Debt 🚐 Van Life 🧹 Minimalism 🏔️ Adventure Memoirs 💵 Extreme Frugality

Happier Than A Billionaire

by Nadine Hays Pisani • 2011

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

3.89

2k+

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting ✈️ Starting Over Abroad 🦋 Midlife Reinvention

Happier Than A Billionaire 90%

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

by Nadine Hays Pisani 2011

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting ✈️ Starting Over Abroad 🦋 Midlife Reinvention

On the Trail of Genghis Khan

by Tim Cope • 2013

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

4.15

2k+

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel ⚔️ Mongol History 🗺️ Post Soviet Travel

On the Trail of Genghis Khan 90%

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

by Tim Cope 2013

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel ⚔️ Mongol History 🗺️ Post Soviet Travel

Endurance

by Alfred Lansing • 1959

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

4.46

169k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership 🏔️ Heroic Age Exploration 🌊 Marine Survival

Endurance 90%

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

by Alfred Lansing 1959

4.46

169k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership 🏔️ Heroic Age Exploration 🌊 Marine Survival

The Way of the Hermit

by Ken Smith • 2023

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

The Way of the Hermit 90%

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

by Ken Smith 2023

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

Tough Broad

by Caroline Paul • 2024

What a 52-year-old BASE jumper knows about aging that your doctor won't tell you.

4.13

601

🏃 Active Aging 🌲 Nature Therapy 👵 Midlife Women 🧠 Positive Aging 🚵 Women Adventurers

Tough Broad 90%

What a 52-year-old BASE jumper knows about aging that your doctor won't tell you.

by Caroline Paul 2024

4.13

601 ratings

🏃 Active Aging 🌲 Nature Therapy 👵 Midlife Women 🧠 Positive Aging 🚵 Women Adventurers

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

by Farley Mowat • 1984

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

4.11

2k+

🚢 Maritime Adventure 🇨🇦 Newfoundland ⛵ Small Boat Sailing 🤦 Travel Mishaps 🏘️ Coastal Communities

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float 90%

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

by Farley Mowat 1984

4.11

2k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Adventure 🇨🇦 Newfoundland ⛵ Small Boat Sailing 🤦 Travel Mishaps 🏘️ Coastal Communities

Little Princes

by Conor Grennan • 2011

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

4.26

24k+

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Little Princes 90%

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

by Conor Grennan 2011

4.26

24k+ ratings

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Undaunted Courage

by Stephen E. Ambrose • 1996

A brave captain mapped the West for Jefferson, then got lost in his own mind.

4.23

68k+

🏞️ American Frontier 🗺️ Expedition Narratives 🌅 Manifest Destiny 🪶 Indigenous Relations 🪖 Early U.S. Army

Undaunted Courage 90%

A brave captain mapped the West for Jefferson, then got lost in his own mind.

by Stephen E. Ambrose 1996

4.23

68k+ ratings

🏞️ American Frontier 🗺️ Expedition Narratives 🌅 Manifest Destiny 🪶 Indigenous Relations 🪖 Early U.S. Army

Last Breath

by Peter Stark • 2001

Drowning, freezing, overheating: death by nature follows a script your body already knows.

4.01

735

🫀 Human Physiology 🏥 Wilderness Medicine 🏔️ Extreme Environments 📏 Physiological Limits 🧠 Risk Psychology

Last Breath 90%

Drowning, freezing, overheating: death by nature follows a script your body already knows.

by Peter Stark 2001

4.01

735 ratings

🫀 Human Physiology 🏥 Wilderness Medicine 🏔️ Extreme Environments 📏 Physiological Limits 🧠 Risk Psychology

50/50

by Dean Karnazes • 2008

Fifty marathons, fifty states, fifty days. The miles were not the hardest thing.

3.78

4k+

👟 Ultrarunning 📖 Running Memoirs 🏃 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness ✈️ Adventure Travel

50/50 90%

Fifty marathons, fifty states, fifty days. The miles were not the hardest thing.

by Dean Karnazes 2008

3.78

4k+ ratings

👟 Ultrarunning 📖 Running Memoirs 🏃 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness ✈️ Adventure Travel

The Songlines

by Bruce Chatwin • 1987

The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.

3.96

13k+

🎨 Aboriginal Australia 📚 Travel Literature 🐪 Nomadism 📜 Indigenous Knowledge 💔 Colonization Impacts

The Songlines 90%

The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.

by Bruce Chatwin 1987

3.96

13k+ ratings

🎨 Aboriginal Australia 📚 Travel Literature 🐪 Nomadism 📜 Indigenous Knowledge 💔 Colonization Impacts

Last Chance to See

by Douglas Adams • 1990

A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.

4.32

26k+

🤣 Comic Travelogues 🦏 Endangered Species 🐆 Wildlife Conservation 🏝️ Island Ecology 💀 Extinction Narratives

Last Chance to See 90%

A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.

by Douglas Adams 1990

4.32

26k+ ratings

🤣 Comic Travelogues 🦏 Endangered Species 🐆 Wildlife Conservation 🏝️ Island Ecology 💀 Extinction Narratives

A Marriage at Sea

by Sophie Elmhirst • 2024

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

3.81

62k+

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Literary Nonfiction

A Marriage at Sea 90%

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

by Sophie Elmhirst 2024

3.81

62k+ ratings

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Literary Nonfiction

Walking With Plato

by Gary Hayden • 2016

One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.

3.64

320

🥾 Long-Distance Walking 🧭 Philosophical Travel 🇬🇧 British Travelogue 🏛️ Peripatetic Philosophy 🌿 Nature As Therapy

Walking With Plato 90%

One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.

by Gary Hayden 2016

3.64

320 ratings

🥾 Long-Distance Walking 🧭 Philosophical Travel 🇬🇧 British Travelogue 🏛️ Peripatetic Philosophy 🌿 Nature As Therapy

Castaway

by Lucy Irvine • 1983

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

3.76

871

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology 🤝 Survival Partnerships 🎒 Women Travelers

Castaway 90%

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

by Lucy Irvine 1983

3.76

871 ratings

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology 🤝 Survival Partnerships 🎒 Women Travelers

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