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Non-fiction accounts of living in the wilderness, on a farm or with a garden! No "how-to" books, just narrative non-fiction, biography, diary/memoir.

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1	Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey 4.18 avg rating — 56,248 ratings score: 371, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard 4.07 avg rating — 30,901 ratings score: 356, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau 3.77 avg rating — 208,563 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living by Scott Nearing 4.12 avg rating — 2,043 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors 3.97 avg rating — 4,748 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Old-Fashioned on Purpose: Cultivating a Slower, More Joyful Life by Jill Winger 4.38 avg rating — 1,380 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Wilderness Courage: Survival, Love, and Loyalty on a Homestead 100 Miles Off the Grid by Jane Catherine Rozek (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Loving and Leaving the Good Life (Good Life Series) (Volume 0) by Helen Nearing 4.09 avg rating — 348 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Growing Season: How I Saved an American Farm--And Built a New Life by Sarah Frey 4.13 avg rating — 2,004 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm by Ted Genoways 3.85 avg rating — 1,300 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Harlan Hubbard: Life and Work by Wendell Berry 4.42 avg rating — 107 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm by David Mas Masumoto 3.98 avg rating — 1,414 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	A Place in the Woods by Helen Hoover 4.24 avg rating — 788 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Girl in the Woods: A Memoir by Aspen Matis (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 4,936 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau 4.22 avg rating — 2,225 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich 4.24 avg rating — 2,255 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 9,277 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Deep Country: Five Years in the Welsh Hills by Neil Ansell 3.96 avg rating — 867 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith 4.37 avg rating — 10,006 ratings score: 139, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods by John J. Rowlands 4.23 avg rating — 641 ratings score: 132, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham 4.22 avg rating — 3,469 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Storms: The way of the mariner by Tom Schofield 4.92 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman: Wisdom to Live the Life You Crave by Iris Ruth Pastor (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Between Rock And A Home Place by Chuck Leavell 3.74 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Finding Turtle Farm: My Twenty-Acre Adventure in Community-Supported Agriculture by Angela Tedesco 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Good Life of Helen K. Nearing by Margaret Killinger 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Daffodil Hill: Uprooting My Life, Buying a Farm, and Learning to Bloom by Jake Keiser 3.92 avg rating — 308 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Woodswoman I: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness by Anne LaBastille 4.17 avg rating — 3,149 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Farm Girl: A Memoir by Megan Baxter (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Woodswoman II: Beyond Black Bear Lake by Anne LaBastille 4.26 avg rating — 781 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey by James Rebanks 4.41 avg rating — 8,359 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Last of the Mountain Men: The True Story of an Idaho Solitary by Harold Peterson 4.02 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Woodswoman IV: Book Four of the Woodswoman's Adventures by Anne LaBastille 4.32 avg rating — 134 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	First Person Rural by Noel Perrin 4.01 avg rating — 275 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Woodswoman III: Book Three of the Woodswoman's Adventures by Anne LaBastille 4.24 avg rating — 272 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Country Grit: A Farmoir of Finding Purpose and Love by Scottie Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 138 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Second Person Rural by Noel Perrin 4.16 avg rating — 123 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Best Person Rural: Essays of a Sometime Farmer by Noel Perrin 4.36 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Gift of the Deer by Helen Hoover 4.38 avg rating — 456 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Changing Season: A Father, A Daughter, A Family Farm by David Mas Masumoto 4.16 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Last Person Rural by Noel Perrin 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Years of the Forest by Helen Hoover 4.37 avg rating — 224 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	In One Place: The Natural History of a Georgia Farmer by Milton N. Hopkins 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Rural Life by Verlyn Klinkenborg 3.91 avg rating — 479 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Long-Shadowed Forest by Helen Hoover 4.33 avg rating — 121 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	A Farm Dies Once a Year by Arlo Crawford (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 296 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream by William Powers (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 1,284 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Harlan Hubbard: Journals, 1929-1944 by Vincent Kohler 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology by Eric Brende 3.62 avg rating — 2,578 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Shantyboat: A River Way of Life by Harlan Hubbard 4.28 avg rating — 177 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Deep Woods, Wild Waters: A Memoir by Douglas Wood (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Payne Hollow: Life on the Fringe of Society by Harlan Hubbard 4.26 avg rating — 190 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley (Volume 2) (North Texas Lives of Musician Series) by Sybil Rosen (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 374 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Shantyboat Journal by Harlan Hubbard 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Payne Hollow Journal by Harlan Hubbard 4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Anna Hubbard: Out of the Shadows by Mia Cunningham really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Closer to the Ground: An Outdoor Family's Year on the Water, in the Woods and at the Table by Dylan Tomine 4.24 avg rating — 788 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Scott Nearing: The Making of a Homesteader (Good Life Series): An Intellectual Biography by John A. Saltmarsh 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden by Alexandra Risen (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 457 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Good Life Album of Helen & Scott Nearing by Helen Nearing 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Becoming a Gardener: What Reading and Digging Taught Me about Living by Catie Marron (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 225 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	My Neck of the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich 4.32 avg rating — 147 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	In Kiltumper: A Year in an Irish Garden by Niall Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 602 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Happy the Land by Louise Rich Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 124 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Crossing Wildcat Ridge: A Memoir of Nature and Healing by Philip Lee Williams 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Two Environmental Classics: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature & Henry David Thoreau's Walking by Ralph Waldo Emerson 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Wild Card Quilt: The Ecology of Home by Janisse Ray (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 343 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold 4.31 avg rating — 37,802 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Wilderness Coast by Jack Rudloe 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	A Place Like This by Sally W. Buffington (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	At Home in Nature: A Life of Unknown Mountains and Deep Wilderness by Rob Wood 3.92 avg rating — 79 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	A Family Place: A Man Returns to the Center of His Life by Charles Gaines 4.05 avg rating — 83 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	At Home in Nature: Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America by Rebecca Kneale Gould 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	A Place of Refuge: An Experiment in Communal Living – The Story of Windsor Hill Wood by Tobias Jones 4.28 avg rating — 138 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Flight from the city: An experiment in creative living on the land (Colophon Books) by Ralph Borsodi 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living by Karen Auvinen (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 964 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	This ugly civilization (The American utopian adventure: series two) by Ralph Borsodi 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	A Place Called Sweet Apple: Country Living and Southern Recipes by Celestine Sibley 4.17 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	500 Acres and No Place to Hide: More Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl by Susan McCorkindale (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 260 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management by Maurice G. Kains 3.98 avg rating — 548 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: A Singer's Stories, Songs, Seeds, Robberies by Pete Seeger 4.49 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Dispatches from the Sweet Life: One Family, Five Acres, and a Community's Quest to Reinvent the World by William Powers (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Into the Wilderness: One Woman's Extraordinary Journey through Corruption, Lies, and Betrayal by Karen Marie Dion (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City by Eric Toensmeier 4.01 avg rating — 976 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Ten Acres Enough: The Classic 1864 Guide to Independent Farming by Edmund Morris 4.16 avg rating — 285 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.08 avg rating — 8,755 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Four Tenths of an Acre: Reflections on a Gardening Life by Laurie Lisle (Goodreads Author) 3.32 avg rating — 92 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 9,247 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Three Acres and Liberty by Bolton Hall 3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	It's Not My Mountain Anymore by Barbara Woodall 3.89 avg rating — 104 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	A Little Land and a Living by Bolton Hall 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Cabin Lessons: A Nail-by-Nail Tale: Building Our Dream Cottage from 2x4s, Blisters, and Love by Spike Carlsen (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 238 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	My Handkerchief Garden. Size 25 x 60 Feet. Results: A Garden, Fresh Vegetables, Exercise, Health, and $20.49 by Charles Barnard 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Road to Walden: 12 Life Lessons from a Sojourn to Thoreau's Cabin by Kevin Dann 2.30 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 4.05 avg rating — 114,413 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Contrary Farmer (Real Goods Independent Living Book) by Gene Logsdon 4.23 avg rating — 597 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Letter to a Young Farmer: How to Live Richly without Wealth on the New Garden Farm by Gene Logsdon 4.18 avg rating — 322 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Living at Nature's Pace: Farming and the American Dream by Gene Logsdon 4.41 avg rating — 131 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Gene Everlasting: A Contrary Farmer's Thoughts on Living Forever by Gene Logsdon 4.14 avg rating — 95 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	A Sanctuary of Trees by Gene Logsdon 4.12 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars