7 must-read outdoors books like MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls by Steven Rinella

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MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls

By: Steven Rinella

4.50

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Ten harrowing firsthand tales of survival from the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio…

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

1. 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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  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • adventure
"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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2. The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan

By: Eric Blehm , None

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Eric Blehm, author of the award-winning The Last Season, is back with another true adventure story,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Travels in Siberia

By: Ian Frazier

3.91

Format: 529 pages, Hardcover

In his astonishing new work, Ian Frazier, one of our greatest and most entertaining storytellers, t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
"Sometimes travel is merely an opportunity taken when you can."

-Ian Frazier, Travels in Siberia

"In Russia, meanwhile, dedicated young people kept trying to kill the tsar."

-Ian Frazier, Travels in Siberia

"Scientists estimate that the Siberian permafrost holds the remains of 150 million mammoths—or about 8 million more than the 142 million Russians aboveground in Russia today."

-Ian Frazier, Travels in Siberia

"Then a beat-up car lurched into sight towing an even more beat-up car. As the cars came near, I saw that they were connected back to front by a loop made of two seat belts buckled to each other. That…"

-Ian Frazier, Travels in Siberia

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4. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

By: Dan Flores

3.41

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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5. Wildlife Wars: The Life and Times of a Fish and Game Warden

By: Terry Grosz

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Environmentalism meets Indiana Jones in these rip-snorting tales of a former wildlife conservation … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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6. Hunter's Fireside Book

By: Gene Hill , Milton C. Weiler

2.00

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

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7. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

By: Hampton Sides

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Magnificent History of How the West Was Really Won--a Sweeping Tale of Shame and Glory In the fal… read more

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  • nonfiction

8. The Happiest Toddler on the Block: The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- To Four-Year-Old

By: Harvey Karp , Paula Spencer

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Toddlers can drive you bonkers...so adorable and fun one minute...so stubborn and demanding the nex… read more

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9. Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds

By: Kevin Maurer , None

4.36

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

One of the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as never before.Lions of Kandaha… read more

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10. First: What It Takes to Win

By: None

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Physical Strength Can Only Take You So Far Reigning CrossFit World Champion Rich Froning is "The Fi… read more

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11. Empire of the Summer Moon

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.23

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

12. Boone: A Biography

By: Robert Morgan

3.74

Format: 646 pages, Hardcover

The story of Daniel Boone is the story of America--its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its de… read more

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13. Breaking Point (Joe Pickett, #13)

By: C.J. Box

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

It was always good to see Butch Roberson, Joe thought--a hard-working, upright local business owner… read more

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14. Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon

By: Paul Rosolie

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

For fans of The Lost City of Z, Walking the Amazon, and Turn Right at Machu Picchu comes naturalist… read more

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15. Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself

By: Tim Kennedy

4.57

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. 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

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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17. The Wolf

By: Nate Blakeslee

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

ASIN moved from this edition The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrat… read more

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  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"By the 1920’s, the wolves had been all but eliminated from the continental United States, except for a small population in northern Minnesota and Michigan’s upper peninsula. It was a campaign unprece…"

-Nate Blakeslee, The Wolf

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18. Only the Dead (Terminal List #6)

By: Jack Carr

4.55

Format: 562 pages, Kindle Edition

Navy SEAL James Reece faces a devastating global conspiracy in this high-adrenaline thriller that i… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America by Dan Flores

19. Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

By: Dan Flores

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa So… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"The prescription I've come to seems to be this. Know the heaven and earth that was, but experience the world that is."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"Our disruption of ecologies around the world isn't just threatening wildife extinctions. It's posing an existential threat to our own species."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"And it wasn't just passenger pigeons and buffalo. A legacy of animal cleansing was visible everywhere you looked in the United States of the 1920s."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"...we Americans have never been good at accepting blame for screwing up the world. Surely the gods, or the government, or the Chinese, or the sun! must be doing this. It can't be us."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

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20. Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

By: Cameron R. Hanes

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES AND NATIONAL BESTSELLERPush beyond your physical limits to improve you… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"This is about abolishing the ego and taking the first step toward becoming the real you!"

-Cameron R. Hanes, Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

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21. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)

By: Jack Carr

4.54

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adventure
Cover of That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands by Mark Kenyon

22. That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands

By: Mark Kenyon

4.10

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past… read more

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  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"There are some wild places across our nation's public lands that physically move you, creating a tightening in the chest, a loss of breath, or a tingling along the spine."

-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands

"It was easy to see what Bundy and anti-public-land politicians really wanted: for public lands to be given to certain people. People who want land for their own gains--to mine it, graze it, drill it,…"

-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands

"Far from the luxuries of home, camp life forces a slower, more thoughtful approach to living. Mornings are savored. Coffee is sipped rather than drained. Making meals is less a chore and more an even…"

-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands

"As much as I love hiking and hunting and fishing and camping, I might love the meals that follow just as much. The post-adventure meal is akin to a religious experience. It just cannot be beat. Every…"

-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands

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23. 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

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  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Prepared: A Manual for Surviving Worst-Case Scenarios by Mike Glover

24. Prepared: A Manual for Surviving Worst-Case Scenarios

By: Mike Glover

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A former Green Beret’s indispensable course in preparedness, teaching the keys… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. Why We Run: A Natural History

By: Bernd Heinrich

3.82

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

When Bernd Heinrich decided to write a memoir of his ultramarathon running experience he realized t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as running--and nothing quite so savage, so wild."

-Bernd Heinrich, Why We Run: A Natural History

"Every morning in Africa, an antelope wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed."

-Bernd Heinrich, Why We Run: A Natural History

"Like other animals, we play at those things that are important to our survival, and social play promotes social cohesion."

-Bernd Heinrich, Why We Run: A Natural History

"There may be no more compelling goal than a close one, but there is none more lasting than a distant one not yet attained."

-Bernd Heinrich, Why We Run: A Natural History

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26. MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls

By: Steve Rinella

4.32

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

* 6 hours * Gather around for campfire stories with the MeatEater crew as they share 16 harrowi… read more

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  • adventure
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
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27. 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

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  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
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28. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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29. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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30. MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls

By: Steven Rinella

4.50

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Ten harrowing firsthand tales of survival from the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio… read more

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  • adventure
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
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31. The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream

By: Jason Vuic

4.21

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

Florida has long been a beacon for retirees, but for many, the American dream of owning a home ther… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan

Eric Blehm , None

4.31

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Travels in Siberia

Ian Frazier

3.91

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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

Dan Flores

3.41

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Empire of the Summer Moon

S.C. Gwynne

4.23

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The Longest Silence: A Life In Fishing

Thomas McGuane

4.26

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Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter

Steven Rinella

4.42

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Aldo Leopold

4.30

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American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

Steven Rinella

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