13 Top adventure books like The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail by David Smart

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

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

By: David Smart

4.32

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

If your life led to a dead-end, in which direction would you walk? Disillusioned by the run-in-…

If you liked the adventure plot in The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail by David Smart , here is a list of 13 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 David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest 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

2. Where's the Next Shelter?

By: Gary Sizer

3.98

Format: None pages,

Where's the Next Shelter? is the true story of three travelers on the Appalachian Trail, a two thou… read more

Similar categories in Gary Sizer's Where's the Next Shelter? book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature

3. Mile 445

By: None

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Not many people can say they met and married their spouse within thirty days of beginning to hike t… 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 Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West by Marty Ohlhaut

5. 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 David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest 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 Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life by Ryan Benz

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

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • nature
"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

"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

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

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

  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Trail by Ethan Gallogly

8. The Trail

By: Ethan Gallogly

4.31

Format: None pages, ebook

A Transformative Journey on the John Muir Trail A NEXT GEN INDIE BOOK AWARD FINALIST Set auth… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Gallogly's The Trail book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

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

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

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

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

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Mexico to Canada by Bruce Buck Nelson

11. Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Mexico to Canada

By: Bruce Buck Nelson

4.35

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

One April morning I left the Mexico border and walked north on the Pacific Crest Trail. For five mo… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Buck Nelson's Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Mexico to Canada book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure
Cover of This Is Gonna Hurt: Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, and Arizona Trail in a Calendar Year by Brandon Weis

12. This Is Gonna Hurt: Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, and Arizona Trail in a Calendar Year

By: Brandon Weis

4.34

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Gonna Hurt is the embodiment of unrelenting pursuit of a singular goal, no matter how much … read more

Similar categories in Brandon Weis's This Is Gonna Hurt: Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, and Arizona Trail in a Calendar Year book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

Cover of Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home by Heather Anish Anderson

13. 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 David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest 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 PILGRIM: FINDING A NEW WAY ON THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO by Carolyn Gillespie

14. PILGRIM: FINDING A NEW WAY ON THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO

By: Carolyn Gillespie

4.49

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

When faced with an empty nest, Kari decides to spread her own wings. Giving up a job she loves, she… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Gillespie's PILGRIM: FINDING A NEW WAY ON THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

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

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

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

Cover of Free Outside: A Trek Against Time and Distance by Jeff Garmire

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

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Crunch: A Million Snowy Steps Along the Pacific Crest Trail by Daniel Winsor

18. Crunch: A Million Snowy Steps Along the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Daniel Winsor

4.43

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2017, the Pacific Crest Trail wasn’t itself. Okay, so it was still dirt. A lot of dirt—almost… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Winsor's Crunch: A Million Snowy Steps Along the Pacific Crest Trail book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

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

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

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Walking Thru: A Couple's Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail by Michael   Tyler

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

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
Cover of The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail by David  Smart

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

By: David Smart

4.32

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

If your life led to a dead-end, in which direction would you walk? Disillusioned by the run-in-… read more

Similar categories in David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of The Last Hike by Lee Lovelace

22. The Last Hike

By: Lee Lovelace

4.19

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

Paul had always wanted to hike The Appalachian Trail, but life got in the way. Now, death would be … read more

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Cover of Racing Winter on the Pacific Crest Trail (Triple Crown Trilogy (AT, PCT, CDT) Book 2) by Kyle Rohrig

23. Racing Winter on the Pacific Crest Trail (Triple Crown Trilogy (AT, PCT, CDT) Book 2)

By: Kyle Rohrig

4.49

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

(Over 60 Photographs in Kindle Version!) Kyle and his little dog "Katana" are at it again as they t… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Rohrig's Racing Winter on the Pacific Crest Trail (Triple Crown Trilogy (AT, PCT, CDT) Book 2) book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of Chasing Summer on the Continental Divide Trail (Triple Crown Trilogy (AT, PCT, CDT) Book 3) by Kyle Rohrig

24. Chasing Summer on the Continental Divide Trail (Triple Crown Trilogy (AT, PCT, CDT) Book 3)

By: Kyle Rohrig

4.57

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

(Kindle copy includes more than 35 full color photographs from the journey!)Do you hear that? Well,… read more

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Cover of How the WILD EFFECT Turned Me into a Hiker at 69: An Appalachian Trail Adventure by Jane Congdon

25. How the WILD EFFECT Turned Me into a Hiker at 69: An Appalachian Trail Adventure

By: Jane Congdon

3.96

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

How would it feel to leave your familiar life behind--even for a little while? It wasn't the wildli… read more

Similar categories in Jane Congdon's How the WILD EFFECT Turned Me into a Hiker at 69: An Appalachian Trail Adventure book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Walking with Rocks: An English Woman Loose in the Woods by Esther Parry

26. Walking with Rocks: An English Woman Loose in the Woods

By: Esther Parry

4.32

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

Determined to have an original mid-life crisis to celebrate her 50th birthday, Esther Parry sold he… read more

Similar categories in Esther Parry's Walking with Rocks: An English Woman Loose in the Woods book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of The AT According to LK: an Appalachian Trail journal by Craig Bacino

27. The AT According to LK: an Appalachian Trail journal

By: Craig Bacino

4.49

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

"May 4: Temperature is dropping. I turn to see dark skies approaching from the south bringing preci… read more

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Cover of Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail by Brian Cornell

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

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Continue: Right Click on the Appalachian Trail by Phillip Valentine

29. Continue: Right Click on the Appalachian Trail

By: Phillip Valentine

4.40

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Phillip considered himself a successful man – satisfied with his work in the recovery field and hap… read more

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Cover of Cow Pie Water: 2,659 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada by Roger W. Lowther

30. Cow Pie Water: 2,659 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada

By: Roger W. Lowther

4.07

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

"Cow Pie Water" recounts a five-and-a-half month journey on the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to … read more

Similar categories in Roger W. Lowther's Cow Pie Water: 2,659 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada book and David Smart's The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

  • travel
Cover of AT Last: Appalachian Trail Trek by "That Older Couple" by Brenda and Charlie Quesenberry

31. AT Last: Appalachian Trail Trek by "That Older Couple"

By: Brenda and Charlie Quesenberry

4.02

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of an older couple's long distance hike on the Appalachian Trail, co-authored by Brenda Que… read more

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20 must-read nonfiction books like The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail by David Smart

Transform Your Habits

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

Carrot Quinn

4.10

Where's the Next Shelter?

Gary Sizer

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Transform Your Habits

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

Ryan Benz

4.51

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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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