12 must-read travel books like Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life by Kriste O'Brien

Cover of Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life by Kriste O'Brien

Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life

By: Kriste O'Brien

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Kriste was overweight and turning fifty. Her approaching birthday milestone was a harsh reminder th…

If you liked the travel plot in Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life by Kriste O'Brien , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me by Alex Tresniowski, Paul Joseph Fronczak

1. The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

By: Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

"A gripping tale of secrets and self-discovery." --People The Foundlingtells the incredible and ins… read more

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2. 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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3. My Mother and Other Wild Animals

By: Andrew Sean Greer

3.90

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother and son embark on the road trip of a lifetime in a charming, poignant essay about making m… read more

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Cover of Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West by Marty Ohlhaut

4. 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

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"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

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5. 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

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"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

6. 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

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7. The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine

By: J. Thomas Grant

4.54

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Extraordinary encounters. Life-threatening diseases. Heroic actions. Instantaneous decisions. Unima… read more

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

8. 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

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Cover of The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days by Helen Rebanks

9. The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days

By: Helen Rebanks

3.89

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

A portrait of life at Helen Rebanks' Lake District farmhouse that beautifully captures the unsung w… read more

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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

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

11. 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

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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

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Cover of If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation by Jean Muenchrath

13. If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

By: Jean Muenchrath

3.94

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Her grand adventure turned into a nightmare. After skiing 200 miles along California's John Muir Tr… read more

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"Life is short. Live you dreams now!"

-Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

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

14. 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

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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

15. 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

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Cover of What We Owe to Ourselves: a 500-mile hike on the Colorado Trail by Nicole  Antoinette

16. What We Owe to Ourselves: a 500-mile hike on the Colorado Trail

By: Nicole Antoinette

4.31

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when you don't want the same things that everyone around you seems to want? How lonely… read more

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Cover of A Sometimes Paradise: Reflections on Life in a Wyoming Ranch Family by Mark E.   Miller

17. A Sometimes Paradise: Reflections on Life in a Wyoming Ranch Family

By: Mark E. Miller

4.44

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

“Outstanding memoir . . . as well as closely observed, poignant, and wistful."—C. J. Box, #1 New Yo… read more

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"Whatever the reason for their choices, too many country men saw the best years of their lives melt with the ice cubes in the bottom of an empty whiskey glass."

-Mark E. Miller, A Sometimes Paradise: Reflections on Life in a Wyoming Ranch Family

Cover of Thicker Than Ice: A Sailing Family Finds Their Place at the Edge (Five Oceans) by John A Pennington

18. Thicker Than Ice: A Sailing Family Finds Their Place at the Edge (Five Oceans)

By: John A Pennington

4.71

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A true story of poor judgment and questionable parenting, but also of friendship and adventure. A … read more

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19. Three Years in a Walmart Parking Lot

By: Sharon Waters

4.24

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

Restless sixty-nine year old Sharon Waters buys an RV, leaves everything behind except her devoted … read more

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Cover of Practicing Happiness: A Memoir of Van Life by Sarah Wynde

20. Practicing Happiness: A Memoir of Van Life

By: Sarah Wynde

4.21

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

“Engaging, relatable, and funny…”Honest and wry, a story about choosing happiness over comfort and … read more

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Cover of Camper Chronicles Open Road by Tracy Perkins

21. Camper Chronicles Open Road

By: Tracy Perkins

4.12

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

The tale of how two 40 something empty nesters quit their jobs, sold their stuff, and traveled the … read more

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22. The Golden Gals' French Adventure

By: Judy Leigh

4.50

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixty-nine-year-old Fliss has lived a life! A career running her own successful business, a beautif… read more

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Cover of Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life by Kriste O'Brien

23. Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life

By: Kriste O'Brien

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Kriste was overweight and turning fifty. Her approaching birthday milestone was a harsh reminder th… read more

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Cover of Old Girls Behaving Badly by Kate Galley

24. Old Girls Behaving Badly

By: Kate Galley

4.21

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

A delightfully heartwarming and funny story that proves it's never too late to change the habits of… read more

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Cover of The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth by Minu Cash

25. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

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"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

Cover of Where the Rhododendrons Bloom: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Appalachian Trail by Audrey  Payne

26. Where the Rhododendrons Bloom: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Appalachian Trail

By: Audrey Payne

4.41

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

When a debilitating injury forces Audrey to reprioritize her life, she is pulled away from a fast-p… read more

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Cover of Keep Moving Forward: 9 Life-Changing Lessons Taken from the Hiking Trails of America by Matt Landry

27. Keep Moving Forward: 9 Life-Changing Lessons Taken from the Hiking Trails of America

By: Matt Landry

4.21

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

When we hike, we are in awe of the beauty before us and realize that we are a direct part of the be… read more

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Cover of Old Girls on Deck by Maddie Please

28. Old Girls on Deck

By: Maddie Please

4.44

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Preorder the BRAND NEW hilarious novel from the #1 bestselling author, Maddie Please! It’s never to… read more

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Cover of Trail Gimp: Self Discovery and Empowerment on The Appalachian Trail by April Weygand

29. Trail Gimp: Self Discovery and Empowerment on The Appalachian Trail

By: April Weygand

4.39

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

April's life was at a crossroads. Her cousin's passing and a series of failures had left her feelin… read more

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Cover of Wild Old Woman: A Meta-Memoir from Burning Man to Bhutan by Joan Maloof

30. Wild Old Woman: A Meta-Memoir from Burning Man to Bhutan

By: Joan Maloof

4.18

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

The second half of life can be just as wild as the first half.This is a true story of love, loss, s… read more

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Cover of Home Is Where the RV Is (RV Wife) by Gerri Almand

31. Home Is Where the RV Is (RV Wife)

By: Gerri Almand

4.11

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Will two more years of RV travel turn a reluctant RV wife into a minimalistic nomad? In this follo… read more

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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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