Sola: One Woman's Journey Alone Across South America
By: Amy Field
4.04
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
—Winner of the 2020 Best Book Award for Narrative Non-Fiction, American Book Fest— SOLA chronicles…
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1. The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes
By: Steve Hely , Vali Chandrasekaran
3.69
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
The most absurd, hilarious, and ridiculous travelogue ever told, by two hit-TV comedy writers who r… read more
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- memoir
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
2. The Kitchen God's Wife
By: Amy Tan
3.73
Format: 238 pages,
Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she b… read more
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3. The Pants Of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand
By: Anna McNuff
3.69
Format: 216 pages,
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- memoir
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4. Tschiffely's Ride: Ten Thousand Miles in the Saddle from Southern Cross to Pole Star
By: Aimé Tschiffely
3.60
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
From the southeast coast of South America through an expanse of Peruvian sands en route to the West… read more
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- memoir
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5. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.16
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
"With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-w… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
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"There was a saying on the island: "[I]t is a pity to spoil a good mate by making him a master."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Unable to sleep for the third night in a row, he continued to dwell obsessively on the circumstances of the ship's sinking. He could not get the creature out of his mind."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Many of the so-called American characteristics,’ a chronicler of the [WW2 University of Minnesota starvation] experiment wrote, ‘—abounding energy, generosity, optimism—become intelligible as the exp…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent cont…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
6. Sex and Rage
By: Eve Babitz
3.87
Format: 260 pages,
The popular rediscovery of Eve Babitz continues with this very special reissue of her novel, origin… read more
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7. The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost: A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure
By: Rachel Friedman
4.04
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Rachel Friedman has always been the consummate good girl who does well in school and plays it safe,… read more
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- memoir
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8. Hamilton: The Revolution
By: Lin-Manuel Miranda , Jeremy McCarter
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamiltonis as revolutionary as its subject, the poor ki… read more
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- nonfiction
9. What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding
By: Kristin Newman
3.81
Format: 225 pages,
A funny, sexy, and ultimately poignant memoir about mastering the art of the "vacationship." Kristi… read more
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- travel
- biography memoir
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- memoir
10. In a Sunburned Country
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Every time Bill Bryson walks out… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
11. Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World
By: Rita Golden Gelman
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
"I move throughout the world without a plan, guided by instinct, connecting through trust, and cons… read more
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12. 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
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13. A House in the Sky
By: Sara Corbett , Amanda Lindhout
4.09
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world's most beautiful… read more
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14. The Trackers
By: Charles Frazier
3.71
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain and Varina, a stunning new novel that p… read more
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"Wiltson, every time you open your mouth, it's like you're competing against yourself to say something stupider than yesterday. And you always win."-Charles Frazier, The Trackers
15. The Stable Boy of Auschwitz
By: Henry Oster
4.53
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
This heart-wrenching memoir from a Holocaust survivor reveals the terrible realities of life in Aus… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
16. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
By: Jonathan Rosen
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
17. Death Valley
By: Melissa Broder
3.49
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has… read more
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"My body is the real problem here. If I could be bodiless - or at least, senseless - I’d be better off."-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
"This is the problem with human relationships: you come to a person with one feeling and they’re having another."-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
"I am going to die out here. I might. I could. Die. All this time I should have been practising for dying. What was I doing instead? Reading reviews for sweatpants."-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
"Stop placing so much value on the known, I tell myself. Fake like this is the hero’s journey. It’s good to get lost. Good for the soul. But how lost is the good amount of lost? If I die here, is that…"-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
18. The Puma Years
By: Laura Coleman
4.34
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
In this rapturous memoir, writer and activist Laura Coleman shares the story of her liberating jour… read more
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"The jungle really seems to listen to everything. I've never felt so vulnerable. It won't stop listening, and I don't know how to tell it that I hate it."-Laura Coleman, The Puma Years
19. 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
20. Llama Drama: A two-woman, 5,500-mile cycling adventure through South America (Anna's Adventures Book 3)
By: Anna McNuff
4.46
Format: 574 pages, Kindle Edition
Why take the shortest, most direct route through life, when you could choose the wiggliest, most mo… read more
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21. America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
By: Blythe Roberson
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read abou… read more
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- adventure
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"It sometimes feels like men feel the need to assert their dominance over nature. Rich white men, who have no problems, climb mountains to see what having problems feels like."-Blythe Roberson, America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
22. In the Time of the Butterflies
By: Julia Alvarez
4.15
Format: 337 pages, Paperback
Librarian's Note: an alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here. Set during the waning days… read more
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23. The Adventurer's Son
By: Roman Dial
3.93
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
"I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle. . . . It should be difficult to get lost forever": The… read more
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"During that golden age, we shared music and books, swapped interests and insights. And as he grew to know more than I did in economics, genetics, and politics, he shared his knowledge enriching my li…"-Roman Dial, The Adventurer's Son
24. On Roads That Echo: A bicycle journey through Asia and Africa
By: Charlie Walker
4.55
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
★★★★★ "A true adventure in every sense. Superbly written" ★★★★★ "Just a stunningly good hardcore tr… read more
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25. 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
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26. A Spanish Sunrise
By: Boo Walker
4.23
Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition
A widowed father and his young daughter embark on a life-changing journey in a heartening novel of … read more
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27. Orca: Sailing Around the World (Five Oceans)
By: John A. Pennington
4.63
Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition
The inspiring and hilarious true story of an unworldly twenty-two year old California surf punk and… read more
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28. 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
29. Come Sail With Me
By: Wendy Leo-Smith
4.11
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
The woman who took a chance At 42 and living alone in Spain, Wendy's life really did begin again… read more
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30. Open Road: A Midlife Memoir of Travel and the National Parks (Memoir Series)
By: T.W. Neal
4.00
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
I had a dream to live a “normal” life, and I attained it; but along the way, I lost myself. My stor… read more
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- nonfiction
31. Sola: One Woman's Journey Alone Across South America
By: Amy Field
4.04
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
—Winner of the 2020 Best Book Award for Narrative Non-Fiction, American Book Fest— SOLA chronicles… read more
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