224 books
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137 voters
Outdoors Books
Showing 1-50 of 13,037
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 344 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.07 — 451,785 ratings — published 1998
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 339 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,209,035 ratings — published 1996
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 287 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.26 — 579,890 ratings — published 1997
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 267 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.07 — 878,376 ratings — published 2012
Desert Solitaire (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.18 — 55,446 ratings — published 1968
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.23 — 65,783 ratings — published 1988
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.30 — 237,340 ratings — published 2009
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.94 — 14,685 ratings — published 1998
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.31 — 37,134 ratings — published 1949
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.11 — 32,316 ratings — published 2014
Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.77 — 206,582 ratings — published 1854
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.80 — 459,198 ratings — published 1987
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.59 — 3,995 ratings — published 1960
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.43 — 15,397 ratings — published 2013
The Last Season (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.11 — 11,933 ratings — published 2006
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,085 ratings — published 1990
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.46 — 173,430 ratings — published 1959
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.50 — 181,877 ratings — published 2013
On Trails: An Exploration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.95 — 9,126 ratings — published 2016
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.12 — 15,723 ratings — published 2006
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (Audio CD)
by (shelved 59 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.91 — 89,082 ratings — published 2017
SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.25 — 5,673 ratings — published 1986
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills ( (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.77 — 5,318 ratings — published 2014
The Call of the Wild (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.92 — 480,646 ratings — published 1903
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,737 ratings — published 1973
Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival (Bushcraft Survival Skills Series)
by (shelved 45 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,402 ratings — published 2014
Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, And Dying In The National Parks (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,733 ratings — published 2010
Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.85 — 23,937 ratings — published 2004
Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.74 — 16,399 ratings — published 2023
Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,025 ratings — published 2019
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.23 — 18,106 ratings — published 2024
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,638 ratings — published 2006
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.97 — 15,049 ratings — published 2017
My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.10 — 86,780 ratings — published 1959
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.92 — 15,264 ratings — published 2005
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.06 — 90,974 ratings — published 2015
North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.22 — 17,072 ratings — published 2018
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
by (shelved 38 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.09 — 10,732 ratings — published 1951
My First Summer in the Sierra (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.05 — 7,557 ratings — published 1911
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.17 — 29,428 ratings — published 2006
The Overstory (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.11 — 203,225 ratings — published 2018
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.99 — 18,667 ratings — published 1997
The River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as outdoors)
avg rating 3.85 — 47,561 ratings — published 2019
Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,804 ratings — published 2015
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.31 — 11,248 ratings — published 2008
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.14 — 82,812 ratings — published 1974
The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide: Tools and Techniques to Hit the Trail (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,179 ratings — published 2012
Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.07 — 8,197 ratings — published 2010
Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,457 ratings — published 2020
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as outdoors)
avg rating 4.46 — 10,924 ratings — published 2017
Nature Lovers—Romances With Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Backpacking, Mountain Climbing And More
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“Outside is the only place we can truly be inside the world.”
― THIS SIDE OF A WILDERNESS: A Novel
― THIS SIDE OF A WILDERNESS: A Novel
“A good roast of sun, it slows you, lets you relax–and out here if there's anything wrong, you can see it coming with bags of time to do what's next. This is the place and the weather for peace, for the cultivation of a friendly mind.”
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