50 Books like The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

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 91%

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

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 90%

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

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

The Road to Little Dribbling

by Bill Bryson • 2015

Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.

3.73

39k+

🗺️ British Travelogue 🌳 English Countryside 😤 Curmudgeonly Humor 🔬 Cultural Anthropology 🇬🇧 Modern Britain

The Road to Little Dribbling 90%

Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.

by Bill Bryson 2015

3.73

39k+ ratings

🗺️ British Travelogue 🌳 English Countryside 😤 Curmudgeonly Humor 🔬 Cultural Anthropology 🇬🇧 Modern Britain

In a Sunburned Country

by Bill Bryson • 2000

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

4.07

123k+

🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife 🐇 Invasive Species ⛓️ Convict Legacy

In a Sunburned Country 90%

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

by Bill Bryson 2000

4.07

123k+ ratings

🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife 🐇 Invasive Species ⛓️ Convict Legacy

I Must Say

by Martin Short • 2014

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

4.12

19k+

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

I Must Say 90%

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

by Martin Short 2014

4.12

19k+ ratings

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

Ghost Rider

by Neil Peart • 2002

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

4.12

7k+

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion 🌲 Solitude And Nature 🥁 Creative Recovery

Ghost Rider 90%

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

by Neil Peart 2002

4.12

7k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion 🌲 Solitude And Nature 🥁 Creative Recovery

A Walk in the Park

by Kevin Fedarko • 2024

A writer and a photographer attempt a rim-to-rim hike. The Grand Canyon has other ideas.

4.23

19k+

🏜️ Grand Canyon 🛶 Whitewater Rafting 🥾 Wilderness Trekking 🎒 Adventure Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing

A Walk in the Park 90%

A writer and a photographer attempt a rim-to-rim hike. The Grand Canyon has other ideas.

by Kevin Fedarko 2024

4.23

19k+ ratings

🏜️ Grand Canyon 🛶 Whitewater Rafting 🥾 Wilderness Trekking 🎒 Adventure Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing

The Lost Continent

by Bill Bryson • 1989

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

3.81

65k+

🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia 🛒 Consumer Culture 😂 Travel Humor

The Lost Continent 90%

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

by Bill Bryson 1989

3.81

65k+ ratings

🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia 🛒 Consumer Culture 😂 Travel Humor

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

One Bird's Choice

by Iain Reid • 2010

Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.

3.74

461

🔙 Boomerang Kids 🐓 Farm Life 🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor 👴 Aging Parents 📉 Underemployment

One Bird's Choice 90%

Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.

by Iain Reid 2010

3.74

461 ratings

🔙 Boomerang Kids 🐓 Farm Life 🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor 👴 Aging Parents 📉 Underemployment

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

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 90%

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

Windswept & Interesting

by Billy Connolly • 2021

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

4.40

11k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Windswept & Interesting 89%

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

by Billy Connolly 2021

4.40

11k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Operation Ironman

by George Mahood • 2015

Spinal surgery to Ironman in 4 months. Couldn't swim, no bike, never run a marathon.

4.52

2k+

🏃 Endurance Sports 🚴 Triathlon Training 😂 Humorous Memoir 🏥 Recovery Memoir 🤸 Unconventional Training

Operation Ironman 89%

Spinal surgery to Ironman in 4 months. Couldn't swim, no bike, never run a marathon.

by George Mahood 2015

4.52

2k+ ratings

🏃 Endurance Sports 🚴 Triathlon Training 😂 Humorous Memoir 🏥 Recovery Memoir 🤸 Unconventional Training

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

Off the Deep End

by W. Hodding Carter IV • 2008

He skipped the sports car, bought a swim cap, and at 41 tried to qualify for the Olympics.

3.30

111

🏊 Masters Athletics 🏅 Swimming Memoirs 🔄 Midlife Reinvention ↩️ Athletic Comeback 🔬 Technique Obsession

Off the Deep End 89%

He skipped the sports car, bought a swim cap, and at 41 tried to qualify for the Olympics.

by W. Hodding Carter IV 2008

3.30

111 ratings

🏊 Masters Athletics 🏅 Swimming Memoirs 🔄 Midlife Reinvention ↩️ Athletic Comeback 🔬 Technique Obsession

Imagine a City

by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022

A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.

3.65

422

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place 👁️ Urban Observation ✍️ Lyrical Nonfiction

Imagine a City 89%

A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.

by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022

3.65

422 ratings

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place 👁️ Urban Observation ✍️ Lyrical Nonfiction

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 89%

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

Lost on Planet China

by J. Maarten Troost • 2008

No Mandarin. One backpack. A country where one city adds 150,000 cars a year.

3.77

12k+

🧳 Travel Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travel 😏 Wry Humor 👁️ Cultural Observation 🏗️ Rapid Urbanization

Lost on Planet China 89%

No Mandarin. One backpack. A country where one city adds 150,000 cars a year.

by J. Maarten Troost 2008

3.77

12k+ ratings

🧳 Travel Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travel 😏 Wry Humor 👁️ Cultural Observation 🏗️ Rapid Urbanization

Abroad in Japan

by Chris Broad • 2023

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

4.11

23k+

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food 😳 Culture Shock 🌏 Expat Life

Abroad in Japan 89%

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

by Chris Broad 2023

4.11

23k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food 😳 Culture Shock 🌏 Expat Life

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020

by Dean Nicholson • 2020

His world tour stalls at a Bosnian meow; a scrawny kitten joins the ride and redirects it.

4.36

7k+

🚲 Cycle Touring 🐾 Animal Rescue ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 📱 Internet Fame 🥾 Solo Travel

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020 Summary

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020 89%

His world tour stalls at a Bosnian meow; a scrawny kitten joins the ride and redirects it.

by Dean Nicholson 2020

4.36

7k+ ratings

🚲 Cycle Touring 🐾 Animal Rescue ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 📱 Internet Fame 🥾 Solo Travel

Packing Light

by Allison Vesterfelt • 2013

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

3.68

1k+

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity 🍃 Letting Go 🫂 Vulnerability

Packing Light 89%

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

by Allison Vesterfelt 2013

3.68

1k+ ratings

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity 🍃 Letting Go 🫂 Vulnerability

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 89%

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

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 89%

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 Wager

by David Grann • 2023

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

4.17

219k+

🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives 🧠 Survival Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Collapse

The Wager 89%

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

by David Grann 2023

4.17

219k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives 🧠 Survival Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Collapse

Walking to Listen

by Andrew Forsthoefel • 2017

He crossed America on foot carrying a sign that invited conversation. Strangers told him everything.

3.88

3k+

🚶 Cross-Country Walking 📖 Travel Memoir 🇺🇸 American Pilgrimage 👂 Deep Listening 🤝 Stranger Encounters

Walking to Listen 89%

He crossed America on foot carrying a sign that invited conversation. Strangers told him everything.

by Andrew Forsthoefel 2017

3.88

3k+ ratings

🚶 Cross-Country Walking 📖 Travel Memoir 🇺🇸 American Pilgrimage 👂 Deep Listening 🤝 Stranger Encounters

Moby-Duck

by Donovan Hohn • 2011

One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.

3.31

3k+

🌊 Oceanography 🧴 Plastic Pollution 🏭 Global Supply Chain 📝 Narrative Journalism 🧭 Modern Odyssey

Moby-Duck 89%

One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.

by Donovan Hohn 2011

3.31

3k+ ratings

🌊 Oceanography 🧴 Plastic Pollution 🏭 Global Supply Chain 📝 Narrative Journalism 🧭 Modern Odyssey

The Happiest Refugee

by Anh Do • 2010

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

4.25

18k+

🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience 🧧 Vietnamese Diaspora 🎤 Comedy Career

The Happiest Refugee 89%

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

by Anh Do 2010

4.25

18k+ ratings

🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience 🧧 Vietnamese Diaspora 🎤 Comedy Career

Tupaia

by Joan Druett • 2010

The navigator who made Cook's Pacific voyage possible spent two centuries erased from the story.

4.25

201

🗺️ Pacific Exploration 🌊 Polynesian Wayfinding ⛵ Age Of Sail 🤝 First Contact 🌏 Cross-Cultural Encounters

Tupaia 88%

The navigator who made Cook's Pacific voyage possible spent two centuries erased from the story.

by Joan Druett 2010

4.25

201 ratings

🗺️ Pacific Exploration 🌊 Polynesian Wayfinding ⛵ Age Of Sail 🤝 First Contact 🌏 Cross-Cultural Encounters

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 88%

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

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost

by Rachel Friedman • 2011

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

3.80

4k+

🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs 🦋 Self-Reinvention 🌍 Cultural Immersion

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost Summary

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost 88%

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

by Rachel Friedman 2011

3.80

4k+ ratings

🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs 🦋 Self-Reinvention 🌍 Cultural Immersion

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 88%

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

Autobiography of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain • 2010

Sealed for a century: Twain's unfiltered life, with the portrait his daughter wrote tucked inside.

3.80

9k+

🖋️ Literary Lives 🇺🇸 American Authors ✍️ Author Memoirs 😂 Humorists 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Memoir

Autobiography of Mark Twain 88%

Sealed for a century: Twain's unfiltered life, with the portrait his daughter wrote tucked inside.

by Mark Twain 2010

3.80

9k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Lives 🇺🇸 American Authors ✍️ Author Memoirs 😂 Humorists 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Memoir

Based on a True Story

by Norm Macdonald • 2016

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

4.03

20k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Based on a True Story 88%

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

by Norm Macdonald 2016

4.03

20k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Finding My Badass Self

by Sherry Stanfa-Stanley • 2017

52 scary firsts in one year, at age 52. The nude beach was the easy part.

4.03

168

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 📅 Year-Long Challenges 🤸 Comfort Zone Challenges 😄 Humor As Resilience 🧪 Personal Experiments

Finding My Badass Self 88%

52 scary firsts in one year, at age 52. The nude beach was the easy part.

by Sherry Stanfa-Stanley 2017

4.03

168 ratings

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 📅 Year-Long Challenges 🤸 Comfort Zone Challenges 😄 Humor As Resilience 🧪 Personal Experiments

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 88%

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 Electric Woman

by Tessa Fontaine • 2018

Eating fire is easier than watching your mother die, so she joined the carnival.

3.90

2k+

🎪 Traveling Carnivals 🧗‍♀️ Women Adventurers 💔 Caregiving Guilt 👁️ Body As Spectacle 🎭 Performing Identity

The Electric Woman 88%

Eating fire is easier than watching your mother die, so she joined the carnival.

by Tessa Fontaine 2018

3.90

2k+ ratings

🎪 Traveling Carnivals 🧗‍♀️ Women Adventurers 💔 Caregiving Guilt 👁️ Body As Spectacle 🎭 Performing Identity

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 88%

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 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 88%

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

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

Sea of Glory

by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2001

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

4.04

7k+

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages 👑 Toxic Leadership 🔬 Scientific Expeditions

Sea of Glory 88%

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

by Nathaniel Philbrick 2001

4.04

7k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages 👑 Toxic Leadership 🔬 Scientific Expeditions

The Republic of Pirates

by Colin Woodard • 2007

Sailors broken by the navy built their own republic: democratic, armed, and flying the black flag.

3.89

12k+

⚓ Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏝️ Caribbean History 🌍 Atlantic World ⛵ Age Of Sail

The Republic of Pirates 88%

Sailors broken by the navy built their own republic: democratic, armed, and flying the black flag.

by Colin Woodard 2007

3.89

12k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏝️ Caribbean History 🌍 Atlantic World ⛵ Age Of Sail

Rebel with a Clause

by Ellen Jovin • 2022

She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.

4.00

1k+

🧱 Language Mechanics 🗣️ Pop Linguistics 😂 Grammar Humor ✍️ Language Memoir 🔬 Descriptive Grammar

Rebel with a Clause 88%

She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.

by Ellen Jovin 2022

4.00

1k+ ratings

🧱 Language Mechanics 🗣️ Pop Linguistics 😂 Grammar Humor ✍️ Language Memoir 🔬 Descriptive Grammar

Up Till Now

by William Shatner • 2008

Star Trek typecast him for decades; a late-career role as a shameless lawyer changed everything.

3.84

3k+

👤 Celebrity Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Careers 📺 Television History 🖖 Star Trek 🔄 Career Reinvention

Up Till Now 88%

Star Trek typecast him for decades; a late-career role as a shameless lawyer changed everything.

by William Shatner 2008

3.84

3k+ ratings

👤 Celebrity Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Careers 📺 Television History 🖖 Star Trek 🔄 Career Reinvention

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 88%

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

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