10 must-read nature books like She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild by Gale Straub

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She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

By: Gale Straub

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A collection of stories that inspires unforgettable adventure. Beautiful, empowering and exhilarati…

If you liked the nature plot in She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild by Gale Straub , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North

By: Blair Braverman

3.80

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

By the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norw… read more

Similar categories in Blair Braverman's Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature

2. The Last Season

By: Eric Blehm

3.14

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

To pick up The Last Seasonis to lose oneself in a mesmerizing story about a place few could survive… read more

Similar categories in Eric Blehm's The Last Season book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

3. Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks

By: Andrea Lankford

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The realstories behind the scenery of America's national parks For twelve years, Andrea Lankford li… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Lankford's Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

4. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home

By: Rhoda Janzen

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and moving memoir--in the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron--about a woman who retu… read more

Similar categories in Rhoda Janzen's Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

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5. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

By: Florence Williams

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For cent… read more

Similar categories in Florence Williams's The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day by Linda Åkeson McGurk

6. The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

By: Linda Åkeson McGurk

3.90

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A complete guide to Friluftsliv, the Nordic secret to unplugging and connecting more deeply with na… read more

Similar categories in Linda Åkeson McGurk's The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • adventure
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7. 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

Similar categories in Brianna Madia's Nowhere for Very Long book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
"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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8. SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life

By: Jenny Tough

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of a six-continent journey of self-discovery Jenny Tough is an endurance athl… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Tough's SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure
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9. Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed

By: Peter Singer

4.55

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Peter Singer may be the most controversial philosopher alive; he is certainly among the most influ… read more

Similar categories in Peter Singer's Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • nonfiction
  • nature

10. A Trip of One’s Own

By: Kate Wills

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A travel story is the best story of them all ... Travel journalist Kate Wills wasn't expecting t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Wills's A Trip of One’s Own book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise by Chris Hodges

11. The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise

By: Chris Hodges

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

We have real hope we’re called to share. But how we share it makes a difference.   Christians to… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hodges's The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • nonfiction
"You will never know all that your life can be until you hand it over to the One who gave you life."

-Chris Hodges, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself. Humility is thinking of yourself less. We can be courageous and contrite at the same time."

-Chris Hodges, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise

"Pride is a gateway sin that offers an open doorway for our enemy to drop in and tell us just how great we are, and how we really don't need God."

-Chris Hodges, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise

"Remember, God isn't looking for perfection. He's looking for humility and honesty about our need for Him--our brokenness. The Bible tells us God is especially attracted to a repentant heart. "My sacr…"

-Chris Hodges, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise

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12. Congratulations, the Best is Over!

By: R. Eric Thomas

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and … read more

Similar categories in R. Eric Thomas's Congratulations, the Best is Over! book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
"If I'm not heading toward a place where I can feel joy, then hope in the present has nothing to hold on to."

-R. Eric Thomas, Congratulations, the Best is Over!

Cover of Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail by Joan M. Griffin

13. 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 Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Remember Love: Words for Tender Times by Cleo Wade

14. Remember Love: Words for Tender Times

By: Cleo Wade

4.42

Format: 211 pages, Hardcover

The beloved New York Times bestselling author of Heart Talk , hailed as “the poet of her generation… read more

Similar categories in Cleo Wade's Remember Love: Words for Tender Times book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • nonfiction
  • essays
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15. Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

By: Brianna Madia

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Ver… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • nature
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16. 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 Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • 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 Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road by Kate  Harris

17. Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road

By: Kate Harris

3.88

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

"Every day on a bike trip is like the one before--but it is also completely different, or perhaps y… read more

Similar categories in Kate Harris's Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure
"I’m not sure where I go when I spin wheels for hours on end like that, except into the rapture of doing nothing deeply—although ‘nothing,’ in this case, involves a tantrum of pedal strokes on a burde…"

-Kate Harris, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road

Cover of She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild by Gale Straub

18. She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

By: Gale Straub

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A collection of stories that inspires unforgettable adventure. Beautiful, empowering and exhilarati… read more

Similar categories in Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • womens
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Living the Vanlife: On the Road Toward Sustainability, Community, and Joy by Noami Grevemberg

19. Living the Vanlife: On the Road Toward Sustainability, Community, and Joy

By: Noami Grevemberg

3.66

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Discover what it’s really like to live and work full-time on the road in a camper van from eco-vanl… read more

Similar categories in Noami Grevemberg's Living the Vanlife: On the Road Toward Sustainability, Community, and Joy book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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20. Unraveled: A Climber’s Journey Through Darkness and Back

By: Katie Brown

4.14

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing’s first "comp kids"--a young natural wh… read more

Similar categories in Katie Brown's Unraveled: A Climber’s Journey Through Darkness and Back book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Pack Light: A Journey to Find Myself by Shilletha Curtis

21. Pack Light: A Journey to Find Myself

By: Shilletha Curtis

3.67

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

After losing her job due to the coronavirus pandemic, a vet tech decides to confront the roots of h… read more

Similar categories in Shilletha Curtis's Pack Light: A Journey to Find Myself book and Gale Straub's She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • nature

9 Best adventure books like She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild by Gale Straub

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Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North

Blair Braverman

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

Linda Åkeson McGurk

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Nowhere for Very Long

Brianna Madia

4.11

Transform Your Habits

SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life

Jenny Tough

4.27

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Transform Your Habits

In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars

Mark Batterson

4.18

Free of Me: Why Life Is Better When It's Not about You

Sharon Hodde Miller

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness

Andrew Murray

4.38

Transform Your Habits

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Priscilla Shirer

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