9 best-selling adventure books like Dead Reckoning: Learning from Accidents in the Outdoors by Emma Walker

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Dead Reckoning: Learning from Accidents in the Outdoors

By: Emma Walker

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It's easier to stay alive if you know what's out there. That's the philosophy behind Dead Reckoning…

If you liked the adventure plot in Dead Reckoning: Learning from Accidents in the Outdoors by Emma Walker , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

By: Kim Stanley Robinson

3.86

Format: 572 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of … read more

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"Why should I discuss it with you?"

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

"It's the love of right lures men to wrong."

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

"The beauty of Mars exists in the human mind,"

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

"In games there are rules, but in life the rules keep changing."

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

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2. The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

3.94

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From one of Outsidemagazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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3. Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

By: Laurence Gonzales

4.00

Format: None pages,

In Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales combines hard science and powerful storytelling to illustrate t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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4. The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy #2)

By: Katherine Arden

4.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingalecontinues as brave Vasya, now a young wo… read more

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5. Death, Daring, and Disaster: Search and Rescue in the National Parks

By: Charles R. "Butch" Farabee Jr.

3.50

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

375 exciting tales of heroism and tragedy drawn from the nearly 150,000 search and rescue missions … read more

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6. Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

By: Donnie Eichar

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriousl… read more

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7. A Walk in the Woods

By: Bill Bryson

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Subtitle: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail stretches from Geor… read more

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8. 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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  • nonfiction
  • adventure
"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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9. Escape (Billy Harney, #3)

By: James Patterson

4.35

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Chicago’s #1 detective, Billy Harney, takes on a billionaire crime boss in this follow-on to James … read more

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10. Obsessed (Michael Bennett, #15)

By: James Patterson

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A superstitious killer targeting young women in every borough of New York City has Detective Michae… read more

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11. Shattered (Michael Bennett #14)

By: James Patterson

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing could tear Detective Michael Bennett away from his new bride—except the murder of the woman… read more

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12. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

By: David Epstein

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. Plenty of experts… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We learn who we are only by living, and not before."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"Repetition, it turned out, was less important than struggle."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated"

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

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13. Good Dog, Bad Cop (The K Team #4)

By: David Rosenfelt

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For the K Team, playing "good dog", "bad cop" is all fun and games... until there's a body on the s… read more

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14. 23 1/2 Lies (Women’s Murder Club, #23.5)

By: James Patterson

3.70

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Enjoy three heart-racing thrillers from the New York Times bestselling master of suspense. 23 1/… read more

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15. Hostage

By: Clare Mackintosh

3.90

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

You can save hundreds of lives. Or the one that matters most... The atmosphere on board the ina… read more

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"Our reactions are shaped by the people around us, by the way they behave toward us. [Mina Holbrook]"

-Clare Mackintosh, Hostage

"Lo que siento por ella fluye por cada una de las venas de mi cuerpo, por cada terminación nerviosa, hasta convertirse en una pasión devoradora: amor incondicional, ilimitado... Y miedo."

-Clare Mackintosh, Hostage

"Did you know you can -feel- people looking at you? Never experienced that? You're lucky.It burns like acid on the back of your neck, even before you hear the whispers, the sniggers. [George Fleet]"

-Clare Mackintosh, Hostage

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16. The Murder Inn

By: James Patterson

3.80

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Returning to the rocky shores of Massachusetts, Bill Robinson has to solve a string of murders if h… read more

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17. I Cheerfully Refuse

By: Leif Enger

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more

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  • adventure
"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

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18. Citizen K-9 (K Team #3)

By: David Rosenfelt

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In Citizen K-9 , bestselling author David Rosenfelt masterfully blends mystery with dogs and humor … read more

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19. The Trail

By: Ethan Gallogly

4.31

Format: None pages, ebook

A Transformative Journey on the John Muir Trail A NEXT GEN INDIE BOOK AWARD FINALIST Set auth… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker

20. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

By: Priya Parker

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at wor… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Chill" is a selfishness disguised as kindness"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Good controversy is much more likely to happen when it is invited in but carefully structured."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"In a world of infinite choices, choosing one thing is the revolutionary act. Imposing that restriction is actually liberating."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Barack Obama's aunt once told him, 'If everyone is family, no one is family.' It is blood that makes a tribe, a border that makes a nation. The same is true of gatherings. So here is a corollary to h…"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

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21. Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1)

By: James Patterson

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and August Poe run the most in-demand private investigation firm in… read more

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"In this quiet room, surrounded by tales of mystery and deception, she felt most like herself."

-James Patterson, Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1)

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22. When Animals Rescue: Amazing True Stories about Heroic and Helpful Creatures

By: Belinda Recio

4.20

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

A Collection of True Tales of Animal Empathy and Altruism that will Inspire Us to Reflect on Our Ow… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. The Guide

By: Peter Heller

3.62

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who, es… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3) by Katherine Arden

24. The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

By: Katherine Arden

4.49

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Mor… read more

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"The more one knows, the sooner one grows old"

-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

"Men do the work of devils, do they not? It has always been so."

-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

"You were such a sweet child, when I first met you by this very tree,"

-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

"You are not alone, he said, in a voice no one but she could hear. Remember."

-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

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25. Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide

By: Christopher McDougall

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Born to Run 's Chris McDougall and long-time running coach Eric Orton show us how to join the globa… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Dories, Ho!

By: Matt Smith

4.47

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Travel with Matt and Karen as they float down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. In Septe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton by Kevin Grange

27. 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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  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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28. The Jailhouse Lawyer

By: James Patterson

4.13

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown—and ends up in jail herself. James… read more

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29. Mark of the Grizzly: Revised And Updated With More Stories Of Recent Bear Attacks And The Hard Lessons Learned

By: Scott McMillion

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A must-read about these magnificent but sometimes deadly creatures—thoroughly revised, expanded, an… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Ultra-Something

By: Brendan Leonard

4.38

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In this quirky, illustrated deep dive, Outside Magazine columnist Brendan Leonard explores the huma… read more

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31. Dead Reckoning: Learning from Accidents in the Outdoors

By: Emma Walker

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It's easier to stay alive if you know what's out there. That's the philosophy behind Dead Reckoning… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adventure

11 Best nonfiction books like Dead Reckoning: Learning from Accidents in the Outdoors by Emma Walker

Transform Your Habits

The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

Kevin Fedarko

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

Laurence Gonzales

4.00

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

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

David Epstein

4.14

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20 Top fiction books like Hostage by Clare Mackintosh

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Good Bad Girl

Alice Feeney

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

3.80

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