6 must-read walking books like The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter by Alex Roddie

Cover of The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter by Alex Roddie

The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

By: Alex Roddie

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In February 2019, award-winning writer Alex Roddie left his online life behind when he set out to w…

If you liked the walking plot in The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter by Alex Roddie , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. A Croft in the Hills

By: Katharine Stewart

4.12

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

A Croft in the Hills captures life on a hill croft 50 years ago. A couple and their young daughter… read more

Similar categories in Katharine Stewart's A Croft in the Hills book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • nonfiction
  • nature
"We filled our lungs with the cold, still air and forgot our small needs and worries. We had a sound roof to shelter us, peat and wood for warmth, milk, eggs and potatoes in plenty to keep us fed. Hea…"

-Katharine Stewart, A Croft in the Hills

"In a flash it came to me - might not people who were forced to spend their working hours between walls like to hear about what went on in a hill-top croft, of how it was possible to get an immense am…"

-Katharine Stewart, A Croft in the Hills

2. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to' And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des … read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • travel
  • nonfiction

3. Ring of Bright Water (Ring of Bright Water, #1)

By: Gavin Maxwell

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Gavin Maxwell's Ring of Bright Water (Ring of Bright Water, #1) book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

4. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

By: Rolf Potts

3.55

Format: 320 pages,

Vagabondingis about taking time off from your normal life - from six weeks to four months to two ye… read more

Similar categories in Rolf Potts's Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

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5. This Could Be Everything

By: Eva Rice

3.83

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From the author of ‘modern vintage classic’ The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets comes a feel-good nosta… read more

Similar categories in Eva Rice's This Could Be Everything book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

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6. The Promise

By: Damon Galgut

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

The Promise , winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, charts the crash and burn of a white South African f… read more

Similar categories in Damon Galgut's The Promise book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

"A smile quickly cut his face and then healed up."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

"Give him a taboo and he feels the need to break it."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

"Children still, on the verge of not being children any more."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

"Her own voice sounds echoey, as if somebody else is speaking."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

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7. Landlines

By: Raynor Winn

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Some people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk to live . . . Raynor Winn knows that her husband … read more

Similar categories in Raynor Winn's Landlines book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • nature
"We're caught in an endless cycle of 'what if', where all we can do is take the next step and see where that leads."

-Raynor Winn, Landlines

"I know I'm clutching at straws. Every time this disease takes a new leap forward I desperately search for a simple label to put on it, as do the doctors."

-Raynor Winn, Landlines

"Irrational, irresponsible, maybe, but in that desperate moment our decision to walk offered every thing we needed — shelter in the form of our tent and a line on a map to follow. It gave us a route f…"

-Raynor Winn, Landlines

"We stick to the stones, stepping from one to the other, as does everyone else drawn along this thread of stone through the boglands. Isn't this the way humanity should approach everything we do on th…"

-Raynor Winn, Landlines

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8. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness

By: Christian Lewis

4.40

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more

Similar categories in Christian Lewis's Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • nature
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9. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

Similar categories in George Stephanopoulos's The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • nonfiction
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10. Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans

By: Elise Downing

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Running away from your problems doesn’t solve anything – but sometimes it’s more fun than dealing w… read more

Similar categories in Elise Downing's Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • nature
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11. The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology

By: Mark Boyle

3.94

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

It was 11:00 pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped … read more

Similar categories in Mark Boyle's The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • nonfiction
  • nature
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12. 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 Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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13. Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World

By: Kilian Jornet

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount E… read more

Similar categories in Kilian Jornet's Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • adventure
Cover of Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone by Nimsdai Purja

14. Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone

By: Nimsdai Purja

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781529312249. In Beyond Possible Nimsdai Purja tells the story … read more

Similar categories in Nimsdai Purja's Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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15. Bothy Tales: Footsteps in the Scottish hills

By: John D. Burns

3.96

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE GREAT OUTDOORS BOOK OF THE YEAR John D Burns is an award winning mount… read more

Similar categories in John D. Burns's Bothy Tales: Footsteps in the Scottish hills book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • nature
Cover of Moderate Becoming Good Later: Sea Kayaking the Shipping Forecast by Katie  Carr

16. Moderate Becoming Good Later: Sea Kayaking the Shipping Forecast

By: Katie Carr

4.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An exhilarating and deeply moving story of one man's attempt to sea kayak the areas of the Shipping… read more

Similar categories in Katie Carr's Moderate Becoming Good Later: Sea Kayaking the Shipping Forecast book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • travel
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17. Adventure Revolution

By: Belinda Kirk

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For the past twenty-five years, Belinda Kirk's professional life has revolved around adventure. She… read more

Similar categories in Belinda Kirk's Adventure Revolution book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • adventure
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18. The Last Hillwalker: A sideways look at forty years in Britain's Mountains

By: John D. Burns

4.35

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

SHORTLISTED FOR TGO BOOK OF THE YEAR This is a book for everyone who truly loves the mountains and … read more

Similar categories in John D. Burns's The Last Hillwalker: A sideways look at forty years in Britain's Mountains book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • nature
Cover of Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire by Andrew  Wilkinson

19. Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire

By: Andrew Wilkinson

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Andrew Wilkinson, touted as the Warren Buffett of tech, pulls back the curtain on the lives of the … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Wilkinson's Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • nonfiction
Cover of Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains by Anna   Fleming

20. Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains

By: Anna Fleming

3.96

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

In Time on Rock Anna Fleming charts two parallel journeys: learning the craft of traditional rock c… read more

Similar categories in Anna Fleming's Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • adventure
Cover of The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter by Alex Roddie

21. The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

By: Alex Roddie

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In February 2019, award-winning writer Alex Roddie left his online life behind when he set out to w… read more

Similar categories in Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter book and Alex Roddie's The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter

  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • nature

11 Best adventure books like The Farthest Shore: Seeking solitude and nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter by Alex Roddie

Transform Your Habits

Landlines

Raynor Winn

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness

Christian Lewis

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans

Elise Downing

4.03

Transform Your Habits

SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life

Jenny Tough

4.27

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One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke

4.35

Walking Away

Simon Armitage

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods

Henry B. Kane , John J. Rowlands

3.53

Transform Your Habits

Landlines

Raynor Winn

4.33

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