10 must-read nature books like How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail by Nicole Antoinette

Cover of How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail by Nicole  Antoinette

How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

By: Nicole Antoinette

4.30

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2017, stuck in a loop of codependency and people-pleasing, 32-year-old novice backpacker Nicole …

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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 Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"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 Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford

2. 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 Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"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 Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West by Marty Ohlhaut

3. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

Similar categories in Marty Ohlhaut's Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Cover of Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything by Sally McRae

4. Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything

By: Sally McRae

4.48

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

A REAL LOOK AT STRENGTH Known worldwide for her mental fortitude, hardcore training tactics, and… read more

Similar categories in Sally McRae's Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life by Ryan Benz

5. Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

By: Ryan Benz

4.51

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

2024 READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2023 ROYAL DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD WINNER B.R… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Benz's Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • nature
"It’s only when we slow down that we notice all the beauty surrounding us."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"Stepping out of your comfort zone is far greater than the comfort itself."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"If the thing you are doing is giving you meaning and purpose, time spent doing it is never wasted."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"I realized that was how problems worked. When you quit worrying about them, they ceased being problems."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

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

6. 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 Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds by Hillary Allen

7. Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

By: Hillary Allen

3.74

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In 2017, world-class ultrarunner Hillary Allen was at the top of her sport--and it felt like she wa… read more

Similar categories in Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
"You are more than a result. You are enough, just as you are."

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

"This determination is my bushido. It’s my “way of the warrior."

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

"One thing that frees me from that battlefield is knowing that my strength and athletic build helped save my life."

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

"Have you ever thought about accepting yourself as you are right here and now? That you are good enough—perfect in fact—just as you are?"

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

Cover of Only When I Step On It: One Man's Inspiring Journey to Hike The Appalachian Trail Alone by Peter  Conti

8. Only When I Step On It: One Man's Inspiring Journey to Hike The Appalachian Trail Alone

By: Peter Conti

4.34

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you could experience the thrill of an epic voyage through insurmountable obstacles without … read more

Similar categories in Peter Conti's Only When I Step On It: One Man's Inspiring Journey to Hike The Appalachian Trail Alone book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
Cover of Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail by Joan M. Griffin

9. Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

By: Joan M. Griffin

4.44

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, an… read more

Similar categories in Joan M. Griffin's Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West by Carrot Quinn

10. The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West

By: Carrot Quinn

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable story of one woman who leaves behind her hardscrabble childhood in Alaska to trav… read more

Similar categories in Carrot Quinn's The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail by Nicole  Antoinette

11. How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

By: Nicole Antoinette

4.30

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2017, stuck in a loop of codependency and people-pleasing, 32-year-old novice backpacker Nicole … read more

Similar categories in Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home by Heather Anish Anderson

12. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

By: Heather Anish Anderson

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appal… read more

Similar categories in Heather Anish Anderson's Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"At least now I knew that my heart was wedded to the mountains--to the wild places. It was there, and there alone, that I was whole, contented, and blissful. No relationship, career, or wealth could e…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I refuse to let this suffering be for nothing. In fact, I refuse to suffer." I whispered to myself as I pushed each tent stake into the ground. "I can adapt. I am adapting." Another long day was done…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I want to set a record. Not just any record, but an athletic record. One that everyone will know me for. One that my dad will be proud of. I don't know what it will be, but I will do it. I have a lot…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I'd failed to live up to the expectations of my parents. I had not utilized my education in any real way and I'd given up on my marriage. For the first time, I accepted that I could not meet the expe…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

Cover of Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart by Leslie White

13. Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart

By: Leslie White

4.31

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Leslie White knew she wanted more out of life- She found it in an unlikely place.Devastated from th… read more

Similar categories in Leslie White's Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of 150 Days: The true story of how I lost 88 pound and became a mountain goat on the Pacific Crest Trail by Lise Kristine Viken

14. 150 Days: The true story of how I lost 88 pound and became a mountain goat on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Lise Kristine Viken

4.08

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

The Pacific Crest Trail will change your life... Lise Kristine Viken was an overweight nicotine sl… read more

Similar categories in Lise Kristine Viken's 150 Days: The true story of how I lost 88 pound and became a mountain goat on the Pacific Crest Trail book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

Cover of Everything All at Once by Stephanie Catudal

15. Everything All at Once

By: Stephanie Catudal

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  Bestseller  An intimate and evocative memoir one woman’s experience with the univer… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Catudal's Everything All at Once book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail by Barney Scout Mann

16. 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 Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

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

17. 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 Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail by Emily Halnon

18. To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Emily Halnon

4.59

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A riveting narrative of love and loss, grief and joy, as one woman embarks on a quest for a record … read more

Similar categories in Emily Halnon's To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life by Kriste O'Brien

19. Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life

By: Kriste O'Brien

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Kriste was overweight and turning fifty. Her approaching birthday milestone was a harsh reminder th… read more

Similar categories in Kriste O'Brien's Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • travel
Cover of Where the Rhododendrons Bloom: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Appalachian Trail by Audrey  Payne

20. Where the Rhododendrons Bloom: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Appalachian Trail

By: Audrey Payne

4.41

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

When a debilitating injury forces Audrey to reprioritize her life, she is pulled away from a fast-p… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Payne's Where the Rhododendrons Bloom: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Appalachian Trail book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

  • memoir
Cover of Trail Gimp: Self Discovery and Empowerment on The Appalachian Trail by April Weygand

21. Trail Gimp: Self Discovery and Empowerment on The Appalachian Trail

By: April Weygand

4.39

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

April's life was at a crossroads. Her cousin's passing and a series of failures had left her feelin… read more

Similar categories in April Weygand's Trail Gimp: Self Discovery and Empowerment on The Appalachian Trail book and Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

12 must-read adventure books like How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail by Nicole Antoinette

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

Carrot Quinn

4.10

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

Transform Your Habits

Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Transform Your Habits

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

Heather Anish Anderson

4.10

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5 Top outdoors books like Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail by Joan M. Griffin

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Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

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The Trail

Ethan Gallogly

4.31

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Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

Joan M. Griffin

4.44

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The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

David Smart

4.32

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