14 best-selling memoir books like Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking by Keith Foskett

Cover of Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking by Keith Foskett

Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

By: Keith Foskett

4.20

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here and here One man’s remarkab…

If you liked the memoir plot in Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking by Keith Foskett , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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 Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
"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

2. Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail

By: Jennifer Pharr Davis

3.14

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. She is drawn… read more

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3. Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail

By: Paul V. Stutzman

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

After losing his wife to breast cancer, Paul Stutzman decided to make some big changes. He quit his… read more

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4. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail

By: David Miller

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A 41-year-old engineer quits his job to hike the Appalachian Trail. This is a true account of his h… read more

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Cover of Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures On the Pacific Crest Trail by Rick       Rogers

5. Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures On the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Rick Rogers

4.31

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

-A Heartwarming Adventure! - 2022 Best Book Award Winner in Travel Guides & Essays! Can a comicall… read more

Similar categories in Rick Rogers's Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures On the Pacific Crest Trail book and Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
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 Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
Cover of On Roads That Echo: A bicycle journey through Asia and Africa by Charlie  Walker

7. On Roads That Echo: A bicycle journey through Asia and Africa

By: Charlie Walker

4.55

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

★★★★★ "A true adventure in every sense. Superbly written" ★★★★★ "Just a stunningly good hardcore tr… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Walker's On Roads That Echo: A bicycle journey through Asia and Africa book and Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure
Cover of The Appalachian Trail: A Biography by Philip D'Anieri

8. The Appalachian Trail: A Biography

By: Philip D'Anieri

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Appalachian Trail is America's most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it ev… read more

Similar categories in Philip D'Anieri's The Appalachian Trail: A Biography book and Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • adventure
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

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

10. 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 Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
"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

11. 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 Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey by Derick Lugo

12. The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey

By: Derick Lugo

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Derick Lugo had never been hiking. He didn't even know if he liked being outside all that much. He … read more

Similar categories in Derick Lugo's The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey book and Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • outdoors
Cover of Free Outside: A Trek Against Time and Distance by Jeff Garmire

13. Free Outside: A Trek Against Time and Distance

By: Jeff Garmire

4.18

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

A man walked into the woods, destined to spend 8 months living in the wild. Exhausted and emotional… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Garmire's Free Outside: A Trek Against Time and Distance book and Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

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

14. 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 Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
Cover of The Man in the Tent: My Life under Canvas - Part Three: France and Albania by Tony Beardsall

15. The Man in the Tent: My Life under Canvas - Part Three: France and Albania

By: Tony Beardsall

4.01

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

In the third part of Tony’s account we find him in southern France with his new sweetheart Sylvie. … read more

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Cover of Walking Thru: A Couple's Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail by Michael   Tyler

16. Walking Thru: A Couple's Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Michael Tyler

3.90

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

Bored and fed up with life, staring down a 50th birthday, Mike Tyler was looking for a change. Life… read more

Similar categories in Michael Tyler's Walking Thru: A Couple's Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail book and Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
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 Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking by Keith Foskett

18. Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

By: Keith Foskett

4.20

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here and here One man’s remarkab… read more

Similar categories in Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking book and Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • biography
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  • travel
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • outdoors
Cover of The Man in the Tent: My Life under Canvas - Part Four: Spain, Morocco and Britain (The Man in the Tent, #4) by Tony Beardsall

19. The Man in the Tent: My Life under Canvas - Part Four: Spain, Morocco and Britain (The Man in the Tent, #4)

By: Tony Beardsall

4.18

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

In this fourth part of THE MAN IN THE TENT, Tony returns to Spain to lend a hand at his daughter’s … read more

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Cover of Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors by Gail Muller

20. Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors

By: Gail Muller

4.08

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Gail Muller was told she’d be in a wheelchair by the age of forty. At forty-one she set out to hike… read more

Similar categories in Gail Muller's Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors book and Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
Cover of Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail by Brian Cornell

21. 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 Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure

14 best-selling adventure books like Balancing on Blue: A Dromomaniac Hiking by Keith Foskett

Transform Your Habits

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

Carrot Quinn

4.10

Transform Your Habits

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

Heather Anish Anderson

4.10

Transform Your Habits

On Roads That Echo: A bicycle journey through Asia and Africa

Charlie Walker

4.55

Transform Your Habits

The Appalachian Trail: A Biography

Philip D'Anieri

3.58

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

Transform Your Habits

Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Transform Your Habits

The Trail

Ethan Gallogly

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

Joan M. Griffin

4.44

Transform Your Habits

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

David Smart

4.32

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