23 Best memoir books like Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail by Brian Cornell

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

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…

If you liked the memoir plot in Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail by Brian Cornell , here is a list of 23 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • 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

Similar categories in None's Mile 445 book and Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

Similar categories in David Miller's AWOL on the Appalachian Trail book and Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

Cover of Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford

5. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
"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

Cover of Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park by Conor Knighton

6. Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

By: Conor Knighton

4.26

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

From the Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, an entertaining chronicle of his year spent… read more

Similar categories in Conor Knighton's Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park book and Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
"Shelton Johnson may just be the best park ranger who ever lived."

-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

"...tell me again about how you used to watch movies in a car. It sounded so cool to me. And so, on one of the last nights of that summer, my parents decided to re-create a drive-in movie in our drive…"

-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

"In letter after letter, misfortunes great and small are blamed on the wood. "I don't know how much I buy that," Matt [Smith] said.."If you're the kinda person who would take something from a national…"

-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

Cover of Whispering Winds of Appalachia by John  Ellington

7. Whispering Winds of Appalachia

By: John Ellington

4.46

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Life-long friendships, class differences, terrible mistakes, and the beauty of unspoiled nature ar… read more

Similar categories in John Ellington's Whispering Winds of Appalachia book and Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

Cover of Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map by Rick Ridgeway

8. Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map

By: Rick Ridgeway

4.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A life worth living is lived at the edges where it is wild At the beginning of his memoir Life Liv… read more

Similar categories in Rick Ridgeway's Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map book and Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail by Heather Anish Anderson

9. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

10. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

11. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

12. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure
Cover of How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail by Nicole  Antoinette

13. How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

By: Nicole Antoinette

4.30

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2017, stuck in a loop of codependency and people-pleasing, 32-year-old novice backpacker Nicole … read more

Similar categories in Nicole Antoinette's How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail book and Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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

14. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

15. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

16. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide 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

17. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

Cover of The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey by Derick Lugo

18. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

19. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Lost on the Appalachian Trail (Triple Crown Trilogy (AT, PCT, CDT) Book 1) by Kyle Rohrig

20. Lost on the Appalachian Trail (Triple Crown Trilogy (AT, PCT, CDT) Book 1)

By: Kyle Rohrig

4.28

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

*****NEWLY REVISED, EDITED & EXTENDED EDITION as of August 2023***** Join Kyle and his little dog "… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Rohrig's Lost on the Appalachian Trail (Triple Crown Trilogy (AT, PCT, CDT) Book 1) book and Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

21. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

22. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure
Cover of Bliss(ters): How I Walked from Mexico to Canada One Summer by Gail Francis

23. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

24. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

25. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Last Englishman by Keith Foskett

26. The Last Englishman

By: Keith Foskett

4.23

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition for ASIN B007EDIAY4 For previous cover edition see here A real-life … read more

Similar categories in Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman book and Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
"I have a recurring dream in which I am 85 years old, sitting in my living room, swaying back and forth in a rocking chair, studying the newspaper. I pause, look up and think of all the adventures I c…"

-Keith Foskett, The Last Englishman

Cover of Sauntering Thru: Lessons in Ambition, Minimalism, and Love on the Appalachian Trail by Cody James Howell

27. Sauntering Thru: Lessons in Ambition, Minimalism, and Love on the Appalachian Trail

By: Cody James Howell

4.29

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

Sauntering Thru follows the true story of the author, Raiden, a scientist who escaped to the mounta… read more

Similar categories in Cody James Howell's Sauntering Thru: Lessons in Ambition, Minimalism, and Love on the Appalachian Trail book and Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

28. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

29. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

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

30. 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 Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Take a Hike!: A Long Walk on the Appalachian Trail by Tim Hewitt

31. Take a Hike!: A Long Walk on the Appalachian Trail

By: Tim Hewitt

3.43

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Paddler and his 13 year old son Spotted Bear as they hike the 2200 mile Appalachian Trail from… read more

Similar categories in Tim Hewitt's Take a Hike!: A Long Walk on the Appalachian Trail book and Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

20 best-selling adventure books like Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail by Brian Cornell

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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

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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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Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

Conor Knighton

4.26

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Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

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Ethan Gallogly

4.31

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Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

Joan M. Griffin

4.44

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David Smart

4.32

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