17 must-read nonfiction books like Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West by Finn Murphy

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Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

By: Finn Murphy

3.65

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of The Long Haul returns with the story of ditching his truck to seek his f…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West by Finn Murphy , here is a list of 17 books like this:

1. No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes h… read more

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2. Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout

By: Philip Connors

3.00

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

A decade ago Philip Connors left work as an editor at the Wall Street Journaland talked his way int… read more

Similar categories in Philip Connors's Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

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3. 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 Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • 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

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4. Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles

By: Kate Flannery

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Strip Tees is a fever dream of a memoir—Hunter S. Thompson meets Gloria Steinem—about a recent coll… read more

Similar categories in Kate Flannery's Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

By: Melissa L. Sevigny

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more

Similar categories in Melissa L. Sevigny's Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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6. America Fantastica

By: Tim O'Brien

3.45

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

At 11:34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in No… read more

Similar categories in Tim O'Brien's America Fantastica book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • historical
  • audiobook
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7. Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets

By: Burkhard Bilger

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a boy growing up in Oklahoma, Burkhard Bilger often heard his parents tell stories about the Ger… read more

Similar categories in Burkhard Bilger's Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

By: Jennifer Ackerman

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ackerman's What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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9. When the World Didn't End: A Memoir

By: Guinevere Turner

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood… read more

Similar categories in Guinevere Turner's When the World Didn't End: A Memoir book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

By: Gloria Dickie

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of 2023 A Scientific American Best… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Dickie's Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
  • audiobook
"Whenever people had asked me which bear was my favorite, I had dithered and hedged. "I like them all equally," I would say, diplomatically. Sun bears were cute with lolling tongues. Grizzlies were em…"

-Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

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11. Big Time

By: Ben H. Winters

3.43

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Ben Winters, whom critics attest  "you'll follow...anywhere" ( New York Times Book Review ), return… read more

Similar categories in Ben H. Winters's Big Time book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • audiobook
Cover of When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson

12. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown

By: Kenan Thompson

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When I Was Your Age  is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more

Similar categories in Kenan Thompson's When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story (Random House Large Print) by Tom Brokaw

13. Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story (Random House Large Print)

By: Tom Brokaw

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In this moving story, the New York Times bestselling author of The Greatest Generation chronicles t… read more

Similar categories in Tom Brokaw's Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story (Random House Large Print) book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

By: Leah Myers

3.81

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The Millions A vibrant new voice blends Native folklore… read more

Similar categories in Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I wonder if I will ever feel Native enough."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"You don't have the right to define my identity."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"She gave up herself and her identity for security."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"My home is in Georgia, but my soul is at home here."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

Cover of Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo

15. Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World

By: Yepoka Yeebo

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of t… read more

Similar categories in Yepoka Yeebo's Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Secret History of Bigfoot

By: John O’Connor

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more

Similar categories in John O’Connor's The Secret History of Bigfoot book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes

17. Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims

By: Jennifer Vanderbes

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century and the never-before-told st… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Vanderbes's Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

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

18. 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 Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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19. Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

By: Finn Murphy

3.65

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of The Long Haul returns with the story of ditching his truck to seek his f… read more

Similar categories in Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • nature
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • the united states of america
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Through the Groves: A Memoir by Anne Hull

20. Through the Groves: A Memoir

By: Anne Hull

3.86

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A richly evocative coming-of-age memoir set in the Florida orange groves of the 1960s by a Pulitzer… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hull's Through the Groves: A Memoir book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping

By: Shane McCrae

3.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable memoir by an award-winning poet about being kidnapped from his Black father and ra… read more

Similar categories in Shane McCrae's Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping book and Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When she told me why she was divorcing my grandfather, I was surprised - all my life, I had thought he could do anything he wanted. But after a few long moments of silence, I realized: he had only ev…"

-Shane McCrae, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping

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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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Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles

Kate Flannery

3.67

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Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

Melissa L. Sevigny

4.20

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America Fantastica

Tim O'Brien

3.45

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

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The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

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Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

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