15 Best memoir books like The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial

Cover of The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial

The Adventurer's Son

By: Roman Dial

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle. . . . It should be difficult to get lost forever": The…

"During that golden age, we shared music and books, swapped interests and insights. And as he grew to know more than I did in economics, genetics, and politics, he shared his knowledge enriching my life."

-Roman Dial, The Adventurer's Son

If you liked the memoir plot in The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios by Holly Conklin FitzGerald

1. Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios

By: Holly Conklin FitzGerald

3.90

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

Holly FitzGerald and her husband, Fitz--married less than two years--set out on a yearlong honeymoo… read more

Similar categories in Holly Conklin FitzGerald's Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods by Cary J. Griffith

2. Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods

By: Cary J. Griffith

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

In the wilderness, one false step can make the difference between a delightful respite and a brush … read more

Similar categories in Cary J. Griffith's Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth by James M. Tabor

3. Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth

By: James M. Tabor

3.44

Format: 336 pages,

Nel 2004, l'esploratore americano Bill Stone e l'ucraino Alexander Klimchouk hanno guidato due dive… read more

Similar categories in James M. Tabor's Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature

4. 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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5. Not Without Peril: 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire

By: None

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

These compelling profiles of 22 adventurous?yet unlucky?climbers chronicle more than a century of e… read more

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6. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

By: Jon Krakauer

4.38

Format: 234 pages,

A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Kraka… read more

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7. The Last Season

By: Eric Blehm

3.14

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

To pick up The Last Seasonis to lose oneself in a mesmerizing story about a place few could survive… read more

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8. In Suspect Terrain

By: John McPhee

5.00

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold In Suspect Terrain is a … read more

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9. Tahoe beneath the Surface: The Hidden Stories of America's Largest Mountain Lake

By: None

4.12

Format: 314 pages,

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10. How to Hike the Appalachian Trail: A Comprehensive Guide to Plan and Prepare for a Successful Thru-Hike

By: None

3.23

Format: 218 pages,

read more

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Cover of Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles

11. Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

By: Kathryn Miles

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

​Trailed is a beautifully written account of a great American tragedy--the unsolved murders of an u… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Miles's Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • mystery
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford

12. 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 Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • 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 The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

13. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap by David  Roberts

14. Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap

By: David Roberts

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied… read more

Similar categories in David Roberts's Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad

15. Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

By: Harley Rustad

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on t… read more

Similar categories in Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Was It Worth It?: A Wilderness Warrior's Long Trail Home by Doug Peacock

16. Was It Worth It?: A Wilderness Warrior's Long Trail Home

By: Doug Peacock

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.” Edward Abbey In a collection of grip… read more

Similar categories in Doug Peacock's Was It Worth It?: A Wilderness Warrior's Long Trail Home book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman

17. The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands

By: Jon Billman

3.69

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

The critically acclaimed author and journalist Jon Billman's fascinating, in-depth look at people w… read more

Similar categories in Jon Billman's The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map by Rick Ridgeway

18. Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map

By: Rick Ridgeway

4.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A life worth living is lived at the edges where it is wild At the beginning of his memoir Life Liv… read more

Similar categories in Rick Ridgeway's Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Nowhere for Very Long by Brianna Madia

19. Nowhere for Very Long

By: Brianna Madia

4.11

Format: 304 pages, ebook

In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures in an… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Madia's Nowhere for Very Long book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"Many times I wanted to delete the app entirely, but it felt like people had bought shares in our lives. These people saved my dog's life. I felt I owed them my own in some ways."

-Brianna Madia, Nowhere for Very Long

Cover of The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial

20. The Adventurer's Son

By: Roman Dial

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle. . . . It should be difficult to get lost forever": The… read more

Similar categories in Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"During that golden age, we shared music and books, swapped interests and insights. And as he grew to know more than I did in economics, genetics, and politics, he shared his knowledge enriching my li…"

-Roman Dial, The Adventurer's Son

Cover of The Twenty-Ninth Day by Alex Messenger

21. The Twenty-Ninth Day

By: Alex Messenger

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure,… read more

Similar categories in Alex Messenger's The Twenty-Ninth Day book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of A Wild Idea by Jonathan Franklin

22. A Wild Idea

By: Jonathan Franklin

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In 1991, Doug Tompkins abandoned his comfortable life in San Francisco and flew 6,500 miles south t… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Franklin's A Wild Idea book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Running Outside the Comfort Zone: An Explorer's Guide to the Edges of Running by Susan Lacke

23. Running Outside the Comfort Zone: An Explorer's Guide to the Edges of Running

By: Susan Lacke

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

★★★★★ "I laughed, I cried and I was 100% re-inspired to stick with my own personal fitness goals" … read more

Similar categories in Susan Lacke's Running Outside the Comfort Zone: An Explorer's Guide to the Edges of Running book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Where most friends would say, “Poor baby,"

-Susan Lacke, Running Outside the Comfort Zone: An Explorer's Guide to the Edges of Running

"Ask for help. You don’t have to go it alone."

-Susan Lacke, Running Outside the Comfort Zone: An Explorer's Guide to the Edges of Running

"She’s taking things one step and one day at a time. And that’s more than enough."

-Susan Lacke, Running Outside the Comfort Zone: An Explorer's Guide to the Edges of Running

"Finding the perfect training partner is a challenge. It’s not enough to have someone who matches your speed; you also have to find someone whose company you enjoy over lots of miles. I have plenty of…"

-Susan Lacke, Running Outside the Comfort Zone: An Explorer's Guide to the Edges of Running

Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

24. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

Cover of The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West by Will Grant

25. The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West

By: Will Grant

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Spellbinding…an unforgettable journey across the American West.” - Douglas Preston For readers … read more

Similar categories in Will Grant's The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton by Kevin Grange

26. Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton

By: Kevin Grange

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Wild Rescues is a fast-paced, firsthand glimpse into the exciting lives of paramedics who work with… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Grange's Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova by Ty Gagne

27. Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova

By: Ty Gagne

4.41

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the… read more

Similar categories in Ty Gagne's Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Where The Lost Dogs Go: A Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion by Susannah Charleson

28. Where The Lost Dogs Go: A Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion

By: Susannah Charleson

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a New York Times best-selling author, an important and heartfelt exploration into the world of… read more

Similar categories in Susannah Charleson's Where The Lost Dogs Go: A Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail by Brian Cornell

29. Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

By: Brian Cornell

4.01

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Once a person hikes a long trail, they catch the bug, but does it get any easier the second time ar… read more

Similar categories in Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within by Cory Richards

30. The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

By: Cory Richards

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A renowned climber and National Geographic photographer shares his incredible adventures—and the ea… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"Madness lives in me."

-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

"Blame is useless amidst madness."

-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

"In the bible, everyone comes from a fucked up family."

-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

"Only the summit can illuminate its own insignificance."

-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

Cover of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley

31. Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves

By: Nicola Twilley

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific my… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Twilley's Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves book and Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

20 Best adventure books like The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial

Transform Your Habits

Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios

Holly Conklin FitzGerald

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods

Cary J. Griffith

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth

James M. Tabor

3.44

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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14 best-selling audiobook books like Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton by Kevin Grange

Transform Your Habits

My Lost Brothers: The Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire's Lone Survivor

Stephan Talty , Brendan McDonough

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park

Lee H. Whittlesey

4.71

Transform Your Habits

Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases

Cory Franklin

3.57

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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