10 Top biography books like Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail by Heather Anish Anderson

Cover of Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail by Heather Anish Anderson

Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

By: Heather Anish Anderson

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Despite her success setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time record on the Pacific Crest Trail i…

If you liked the biography plot in Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail by Heather Anish Anderson , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail by Carrot Quinn

1. Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Carrot Quinn

4.10

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Carrot Quinn fears that she's become addicted to the internet. The city makes her feel numb, and sh… read more

Similar categories in Carrot Quinn's Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"I’ve spent every waking moment nurturing and maintaining my relationship with this eighteen-inch by 2660-mile ribbon of dirt."

-Carrot Quinn, Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

"I’ve been eating this shit for so long that I’ve transcended the need to actually enjoy my food. No more desires. Eat to live, not live to eat."

-Carrot Quinn, Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cover of Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland by Ken Ilgunas

2. Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland

By: Ken Ilgunas

2.78

Format: 252 pages,

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Similar categories in Ken Ilgunas's Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery

3. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

By: Ben Montgomery

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family… read more

Similar categories in Ben Montgomery's Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail by Suzanne Roberts

4. Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail

By: Suzanne Roberts

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

Day One, and already she was lying in her journal. It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished c… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Roberts's Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature

5. Appalachian Trials: A Psychological and Emotional Guide to Successfully Thru-Hiking The Appalachian Trail

By: Zach Davis

3.85

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Each year, it is estimated that more than 2,000 people set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, … read more

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6. Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail

By: Jennifer Pharr Davis

3.14

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. She is drawn… read more

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7. Braving it: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild

By: James Campbell

0.00

Format: 126 pages,

The powerful and affirming story of a father's journey with his teenage daughter to the far reaches… read more

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8. Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail

By: Paul V. Stutzman

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

After losing his wife to breast cancer, Paul Stutzman decided to make some big changes. He quit his… read more

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9. Called Again: Love and Triumph on the Appalachian Trail

By: Jennifer Pharr Davis

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

In 2011, Jennifer Pharr Davis became the overall record holder on the Appalachian Trail. By hiking … read more

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10. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail

By: David Miller

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A 41-year-old engineer quits his job to hike the Appalachian Trail. This is a true account of his h… read more

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Cover of Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford

11. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Lankford's Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Cover of North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail by Scott Jurek

12. North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

By: Scott Jurek

4.22

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run , a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating… read more

Similar categories in Scott Jurek's North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"It was just numbers. I knew I could outrun numbers."

-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

"AT legend has it that Pennsylvania hiking clubs and trail crews are proud of their state's nickname of Rocksylvania and don't remove rocks from the trail. In fact, some people claim they actually dum…"

-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Cover of When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail by D. Dauphinee

13. When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

By: D. Dauphinee

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Geraldine “Gerry” Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail… read more

Similar categories in D. Dauphinee's When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"She was simple in her intentions; she embraced the challenge of seeing the thing through."

-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

"The young surveyor peered closer. Inside the bag were some bones. They were unmistakably human."

-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

Cover of Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail by Heather Anish Anderson

14. Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

By: Heather Anish Anderson

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Despite her success setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time record on the Pacific Crest Trail i… read more

Similar categories in Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • environment
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Appalachian Trail: A Biography by Philip D'Anieri

15. The Appalachian Trail: A Biography

By: Philip D'Anieri

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Appalachian Trail is America's most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it ev… read more

Similar categories in Philip D'Anieri's The Appalachian Trail: A Biography book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey by Derick Lugo

16. The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey

By: Derick Lugo

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Derick Lugo had never been hiking. He didn't even know if he liked being outside all that much. He … read more

Similar categories in Derick Lugo's The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience by Jennifer Pharr Davis

17. The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience

By: Jennifer Pharr Davis

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis unlocks the secret to maximizing pe… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Pharr Davis's The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"I chose to put my vulnerability above my social image. I was going to either fail or succeed. But I sure as hell wasn't going to be complacent."

-Jennifer Pharr Davis, The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience

"Hiking is not escapism; it's realism. The people who choose to spend time outdoors are not running away from anything; we are returning to where we belong."

-Jennifer Pharr Davis, The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience

"In the spring of 2015, Warren started the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. At age sixty-five, he was a walking contradiction. His white beard clashed with his youthful eyes, his soft, round stomach oppo…"

-Jennifer Pharr Davis, The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience

Cover of Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail by Barney Scout Mann

18. Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail

By: Barney Scout Mann

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Adventure Travel In Journeys North , legendary tr… read more

Similar categories in Barney Scout Mann's Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Walking Thru: A Couple's Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail by Michael   Tyler

19. Walking Thru: A Couple's Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Michael Tyler

3.90

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

Bored and fed up with life, staring down a 50th birthday, Mike Tyler was looking for a change. Life… read more

Similar categories in Michael Tyler's Walking Thru: A Couple's Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • audiobook
Cover of Bliss(ters): How I Walked from Mexico to Canada One Summer by Gail Francis

20. Bliss(ters): How I Walked from Mexico to Canada One Summer

By: Gail Francis

3.86

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

Just before her 40th birthday, Gail Francis quit her perfectly good job and set out to hike one of … read more

Similar categories in Gail Francis's Bliss(ters): How I Walked from Mexico to Canada One Summer book and Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Alone in Wonderland by Christine   Reed

21. Alone in Wonderland

By: Christine Reed

3.95

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Alone in Wonderland is a story about backpacking. But it's also a story about Independence, Love, G… read more

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  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature

13 Top audiobook books like Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail by Heather Anish Anderson

Transform Your Habits

Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

Carrot Quinn

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland

Ken Ilgunas

2.78

Transform Your Habits

Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

Ben Montgomery

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Andrea Lankford

3.76

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13 Top outdoors books like Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail by Barney Scout Mann

Transform Your Habits

Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

Carrot Quinn

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Hikertrash: Life on the Pacific Crest Trail

Erin Miller

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail

Suzanne Roberts

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Andrea Lankford

3.76

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