21 Top canada books like Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness by Caroll Simpson

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Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness

By: Caroll Simpson

4.17

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring story of how an urban woman came to own and operate a remote fishing lodge nestled de…

If you liked the canada plot in Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness by Caroll Simpson , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown by Adam Shoalts

1. Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown

By: Adam Shoalts

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Canada's real-life Indiana Jones reminds us that the age of exploration is not over When Adam Sh… read more

Similar categories in Adam Shoalts's Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown book and Caroll Simpson's Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness

  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

2. Do Not Say We Have Nothing

By: Madeleine Thien

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"In a single year, my father left us twice. The first time, to end his marriage, and the second, wh… read more

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3. Barkskins

By: Annie Proulx

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, Rene Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive … read more

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4. Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound

By: Grant Lawrence

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From Captain George Vancouver to Muriel "Curve of Time" Blanchet to Jim "Spilsbury's Coast" Spilsbu… read more

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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

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"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

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6. Sisters of Belfast

By: Melanie Maure

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An enthralling and deeply moving story that begins during World War II, about orphaned twin sisters… read more

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7. Shut Up You're Pretty

By: Téa Mutonji

3.57

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more

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"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"

-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty

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8. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .

By: Rick Mercer

4.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rick Mercer is back—again!—with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir At the end … read more

Similar categories in Rick Mercer's The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . . book and Caroll Simpson's Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness

  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic by Adam Shoalts

9. Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic

By: Adam Shoalts

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

National bestseller A thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from "Canada's greate… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience (The Regina Collection, 11) by Helen Knott

10. In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience (The Regina Collection, 11)

By: Helen Knott

4.53

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Long-listed for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize A memoir of addiction, intergenerational trauma, a… read more

Similar categories in Helen Knott's In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience (The Regina Collection, 11) book and Caroll Simpson's Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness

  • nonfiction
  • canada
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11. The Porcelain Moon

By: Janie Chang

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, a young Chinese woman, Pauline Deng, runs a… read more

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12. Nowhere for Very Long

By: Brianna Madia

4.11

Format: 304 pages, ebook

In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures in an… read more

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"Many times I wanted to delete the app entirely, but it felt like people had bought shares in our lives. These people saved my dog's life. I felt I owed them my own in some ways."

-Brianna Madia, Nowhere for Very Long

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13. The Girl Behind the Wall

By: Mandy Robotham

3.98

Format: 396 pages, Paperback

A city divided. When the Berlin Wall goes up, Karin is on the wrong side of the city. Overnight,… read more

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14. The Sleeping Car Porter

By: Suzette Mayr

3.46

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more

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"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."

-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter

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15. Empire of Wild

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.74

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the YA-crossover hit The Marrow Thieves, a propulsive, stunning and sensuous nov… read more

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  • canada
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16. No Ordinary Assignment

By: Jane Ferguson

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"A haunting memoir of disarming honesty. . . a remarkable testament to the anguish and the beauty o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Daughters of the Deer

By: Danielle Daniel

4.40

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

In this haunting, groundbreaking, historical novel, Danielle Daniel imagines the lives of her ances… read more

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18. Probably Ruby

By: Lisa Bird-Wilson

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An Indigenous woman adopted by white parents goes in search of her identity in this unforgettable d… read more

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Cover of Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past by Brett Popplewell

19. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past

By: Brett Popplewell

4.31

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Into the Wild  meets  Born to Run  meets  The Stranger in the Woods  in a fascinating true story of… read more

Similar categories in Brett Popplewell's Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past book and Caroll Simpson's Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness

  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of Trickster Drift (Trickster, #2) by Eden Robinson

20. Trickster Drift (Trickster, #2)

By: Eden Robinson

4.29

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Following the Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted Son of a Trickster comes Trickster Drift, the sec… read more

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21. All the Quiet Places

By: Brian Thomas Isaac

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Brian Isaac's powerful debut novel All the Quiet Places is the coming-of-age story of Eddie Toma, a… read more

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Cover of Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts

22. Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic

By: Adam Shoalts

4.32

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • canada
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23. The Island Villa

By: Sarah Morgan

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A messy family drama and a steamy little romance unfold under the Mediterranean sun for the perfect… read more

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24. The Last High

By: Daniel Kalla

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this riveting novel from international bestselling author Daniel Kalla, a Vancouver doctor and a… read more

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25. Hunting by Stars

By: Cherie Dimaline

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A new story about hope and survival. Years ago, when plagues and natural disasters killed millions … read more

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26. Gutter Child

By: Jael Richardson

3.86

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Finalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award Cityline Book Club Pick … read more

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"What if greatness only happens when we're together, when we don't let them pull us apart?"

-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child

"It takes a particular kind of strength to exist in a world where you are not wanted that doesn't feel like strength at all."

-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child

"When I drew pictures of Mother and me, I used Peach for her and Chestnut for myself. "Why is your skin named after something soft and sweet and mine is something hard and bitter?" "Because you are so…"

-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child

"A girl learns who she is from the woman she sees loving her," Ida says. "She learns what's good and what's lovely about herself, and the further apart she is from that woman, and the more different t…"

-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child

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27. The Darkness in the Light

By: Daniel Kalla

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A psychiatrist’s patients are dying—are they suicides related to a new antidepressant, or is there … read more

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Cover of The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness by Ken          Smith

28. The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness

By: Ken Smith

4.23

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Could you leave behind the bustle of modern society and spend your days immersed in nature? In The … read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Operation Angus

By: Terry Fallis

3.85

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Terry Fallis comes the long-awaited follow-up to The Best Laid Plans and Th… read more

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Cover of Return to Solitude: More Desolation Sound Adventures with the Cougar Lady, Russell the Hermit, the Spaghetti Bandit and Others by Grant Lawrence

30. Return to Solitude: More Desolation Sound Adventures with the Cougar Lady, Russell the Hermit, the Spaghetti Bandit and Others

By: Grant Lawrence

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It’s been over a decade since renowned broadcaster and indie rock musician Grant Lawrence launched … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness by Caroll Simpson

31. Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness

By: Caroll Simpson

4.17

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring story of how an urban woman came to own and operate a remote fishing lodge nestled de… read more

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12 Top nonfiction books like Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness by Caroll Simpson

Transform Your Habits

Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown

Adam Shoalts

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Andrea Lankford

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .

Rick Mercer

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic

Adam Shoalts

3.95

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16 Top audiobook books like The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . . by Rick Mercer

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

Chris Hadfield

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

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