16 Best nonfiction books like The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing by Mark Kurlansky

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The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

By: Mark Kurlansky

3.69

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

National Outdoor Book Award Winner for Outdoor Literature From the award-winning, bestselling auth…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing by Mark Kurlansky , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of The Longest Silence: A Life In Fishing by Thomas McGuane

1. The Longest Silence: A Life In Fishing

By: Thomas McGuane

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Thomas McGuane's obsession with fish has taken him from the river in his backyard to the holiest wa… read more

Similar categories in Thomas McGuane's The Longest Silence: A Life In Fishing book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library) by John Gierach

2. Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library)

By: John Gierach

4.40

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by th… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • nature
"A couple of hundred dollars for a fishing pole!?¨ You'll hear that all the time if you don't keep your mouth shut in certain company. You can talk about the aesthetics and even mention a cane rod wil…"

-John Gierach, Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library)

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3. Killing Trail (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #1)

By: Margaret Mizushima

4.03

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

When a young girl is found dead in the mountains outside Timber Creek, life-long resident Officer M… read more

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"Standing, she gestured toward the ground in front of him and gave the command specifically used for evidence detection: "Seek." She expected Robo to put his nose down and start working a grid. They'd…"

-Margaret Mizushima, Killing Trail (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #1)

Cover of The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies by Ian Whitelaw

4. The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies

By: Ian Whitelaw

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller, The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies recounts the history of a sp… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose

5. Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a … read more

Similar categories in Stephen E. Ambrose's Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • history
  • nonfiction
"Anyone who has ever canoed on the upper Missouri River knows what a welcome sight a grove of cottonoods can be. They provide shade, shelter, and fuel. For Indian ponies, they provide food. For the Co…"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Cover of American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steven Rinella

6. American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

By: Steven Rinella

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the host of the Travel Channel's "The Wild Within." A hunt for the American buffalo--an advent… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rinella's American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature

7. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

By: Norman Maclean

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

From its first magnificent sentence, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and f… read more

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8. Genesis

By: Anonymous

3.95

Format: None pages,

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Cover of American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Adam Hochschild

9. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

Similar categories in Adam Hochschild's American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben  Goldfarb

10. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

By: Ben Goldfarb

4.45

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more

Similar categories in Ben Goldfarb's Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) by James Lee Burke

11. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)

By: James Lee Burke

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and frie… read more

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12. The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life

By: David Coggins

4.38

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An “excellent” ( The New York Times ) modern tribute to an ageless pastime, and a practical guide t… read more

Similar categories in David Coggins's The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick

13. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Mollick's Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • nonfiction
Cover of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria

14. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

Similar categories in Fareed Zakaria's Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lost on Purpose: Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man (Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti Book 1) by Patrick     Taylor

15. Lost on Purpose: Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man (Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti Book 1)

By: Patrick Taylor

4.08

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

“Lost on Purpose” is the non-fiction adventure narrative of a former technology executive who took … read more

Similar categories in Patrick Taylor's Lost on Purpose: Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man (Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti Book 1) book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of All the Time in the World by John Gierach

16. All the Time in the World

By: John Gierach

4.41

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the answer to life’s most pressing problems through the joy of fly-fishing from master phi… read more

Similar categories in John Gierach's All the Time in the World book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life by David Coggins

17. The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life

By: David Coggins

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The author of the instant fishing classic The Optimist wades into deeper waters and shares new wisd… read more

Similar categories in David Coggins's The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing by Mark Kurlansky

18. The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

By: Mark Kurlansky

3.69

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

National Outdoor Book Award Winner for Outdoor Literature From the award-winning, bestselling auth… read more

Similar categories in Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Casting Forward: Fishing Tales from the Texas Hill Country by Steve  Ramirez

19. Casting Forward: Fishing Tales from the Texas Hill Country

By: Steve Ramirez

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In Casting Forward, naturalist, educator, and writer Steve Ramirez takes the reader on a yearlong j… read more

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"We are souls with bodies, not the other way around. Without the essence of who we are—intact and authentically within our vessels—we are unblinking, inanimate objects; we are no longer soil. . . we a…"

-Steve Ramirez, Casting Forward: Fishing Tales from the Texas Hill Country

Cover of How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling by Jeremy Wade

20. How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling

By: Jeremy Wade

4.13

Format: 1 pages, Audio CD

The star of the Discovery Channel's River Monsters and author of the bestselling River Monsters sha… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Wade's How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • nonfiction
  • nature
"Most big freshwater fish, in most parts of the world, have all but disappeared from most places where they used to live. As with arapaima, the main reason is over-harvesting, but there are other fact…"

-Jeremy Wade, How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling

Cover of A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water by David Gessner

21. A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water

By: David Gessner

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"A meditative and elegiac look at a country on the brink." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Bestselling author Da… read more

Similar categories in David Gessner's A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water book and Mark Kurlansky's The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

  • nonfiction
  • nature

7 Top sports books like The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing by Mark Kurlansky

Transform Your Habits

The Longest Silence: A Life In Fishing

Thomas McGuane

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library)

John Gierach

4.40

Transform Your Habits

The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies

Ian Whitelaw

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life

David Coggins

4.38

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18 Top audiobook books like How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling by Jeremy Wade

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The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok

Jackson Crawford , Jackson Crawford

4.16

Transform Your Habits

One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter

Steven Rinella

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football

S.C. Gwynne

4.39

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