9 must-read adventure books like Wild Men, Wild Alaska: Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits by Rocky McElveen

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Wild Men, Wild Alaska: Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits

By: Rocky McElveen

4.09

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

In Wild Men, Wild Alaska professional hunting and fishing guide and outfitter Rocky McElveen tells …

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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • nonfiction
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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2. Green Hills of Africa

By: Ernest Hemingway , Edward Shenton

3.54

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game … read more

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  • travel
  • adventure
"The earth gets tired of being exploited."

-Ernest Hemingway, Green Hills of Africa

"Also I wanted the whisky for itself, because I loved the taste of it and because, being as happy as I could be, it made me feel even better."

-Ernest Hemingway, Green Hills of Africa

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3. Captain Phil Harris

By: Josh Harris , Jake Harris , Steve Springer

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The electrifying behind-the-scenes story of the late Deadliest Catch star, from his own two sons. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • adventure
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4. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

By: None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans h… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"This country makes a man younger than his birthdays."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that makes…"

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

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5. Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter

By: Steven Rinella

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of humanity’s oldest pursuit and its relevance today  Steven Rinella grew up in Twin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • biography
  • nature
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6. Open Season: True Stories of the Maine Warden Service

By: Daren Worcester

3.99

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Woods Cop: True Stories of the Maine Warden Service is a collection of 21 stories from two former c… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness

By: Pete Fromm

4.16

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award,Indian Creek Chroniclesis Pete F… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
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8. Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!

By: Patrick F. McManus

4.33

Format: 481 pages, Paperback

Best-selling outdoor humorist McManus ( The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw) bags another in this collec… read more

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  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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9. Surviving Home (The Survivalist, #2)

By: A. American

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

No electricity. No running water. No food. No end in sight. If life as you knew it changed in an in… read more

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10. Going Home (The Survivalist, #1)

By: A. American

4.11

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Imagine you're driving down the interstate, it's Friday and all you can think about is getting your… read more

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11. American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

By: Steven Rinella

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the host of the Travel Channel's "The Wild Within." A hunt for the American buffalo--an advent… read more

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  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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12. The Old Man and the Boy

By: Robert Ruark

3.47

Format: 288 pages,

This classic memoir captures the relationship between a man and his grandson as they fish and hunt … read more

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  • outdoors
  • nature
  • adventure

13. Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West

By: None

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new appraisal of the Old West and the America it made The open range cattle era las… read more

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14. The Trumpet of the Swan

By: E.B. White , Fred Marcellino

4.10

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Generations have grown up with E. B. White's classic novels. One of his best-loved books, The Trump… read more

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"When in love, one must take risks."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Besides, my life is a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe to be without a voice."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"In almost everyone's life there is one event that changes the whole course of his existence."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

15. 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

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16. All Fishermen Are Liars

By: John Gierach

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the Pacific Northwest to the Upper Midwest to the Canadian Maritimes, "America's best fishing … read more

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17. The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones

By: George R.R. Martin , Elio M. García Jr. , Linda Antonsson

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin's masterwork--the most inventive and entertaining… read more

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18. Never Sniff A Gift Fish

By: Patrick F. McManus

2.88

Format: 29 pages, Paperback

More humerous observations and insights into the agonies and ecstacies of hunting, fishing, and cam… read more

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19. Empire of the Summer Moon

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.23

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

20. Tales from Margaritaville

By: Jimmy Buffett

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Margaritaville may not appear on a map, but it does exist--at least in the brilliantly creative, so… read more

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21. No Shortage of Good Days

By: John Gierach

3.86

Format: 336 pages,

"America's best fishing writer" (Houston Chronicle) returns with more surprising, entertaining insi… read more

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22. The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

By: Michael Easter

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and re… read more

Similar categories in Michael Easter's The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self book and Rocky McElveen's Wild Men, Wild Alaska: Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits

  • nonfiction
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23. MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)

By: Steven Rinella

4.34

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Listening time = 6 hours and 3 minutes From the creators of the New York Times bestselling serie… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential. For the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restau… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction …"

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

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25. Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature

By: Steven Rinella

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The indispensable case for parenting tough, curious, and competent kids who feel at home in the out… read more

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  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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26. Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

By: Wright Thompson

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestseller! “A warm and loving reflection that, like good bourbon, will stand… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"What became clear in Michigan was that Julian and Sissy have become the fully realized version of themselves through success. That's actually rare. I profile famous and successful athletes for a livi…"

-Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

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27. A Wild Idea

By: Jonathan Franklin

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In 1991, Doug Tompkins abandoned his comfortable life in San Francisco and flew 6,500 miles south t… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Classic Krakauer: After the Fall, Mark Foo's Last Ride and Other Essays from the Vault by Jon Krakauer

28. Classic Krakauer: After the Fall, Mark Foo's Last Ride and Other Essays from the Vault

By: Jon Krakauer

4.14

Format: None pages, ebook

The gripping articles in Classic Krakauer, originally published in periodicals such as The New York… read more

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  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
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29. Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton

By: Kevin Grange

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Wild Rescues is a fast-paced, firsthand glimpse into the exciting lives of paramedics who work with… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Family Reins: The Extraordinary Rise and Epic Fall of an American Dynasty by Billy Busch

30. Family Reins: The Extraordinary Rise and Epic Fall of an American Dynasty

By: Billy Busch

3.65

Format: 222 pages, Hardcover

The story of the iconic Anheuser-Busch dynasty, written -- for the first time -- by a Busch heir. A… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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31. Wild Men, Wild Alaska: Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits

By: Rocky McElveen

4.09

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

In Wild Men, Wild Alaska professional hunting and fishing guide and outfitter Rocky McElveen tells … read more

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19 Top nonfiction books like Wild Men, Wild Alaska: Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits by Rocky McElveen

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Captain Phil Harris

Josh Harris , Jake Harris , Steve Springer

4.24

Transform Your Habits

One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter

Steven Rinella

4.42

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Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

Bill Perkins

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

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