50 Books like Tracks

Solo

by Hazel Phillips • 2022

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

3.58

198

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs

Solo 93%

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

by Hazel Phillips 2022

3.58

198 ratings

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

by Brianna Madia • 2024

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

4.14

6k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery

Never Leave the Dogs Behind 93%

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

by Brianna Madia 2024

4.14

6k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery

Blind Curves

by Linda Crill • 2013

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

3.62

149

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys

Blind Curves 92%

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

by Linda Crill 2013

3.62

149 ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys

The Songlines

by Bruce Chatwin • 1987

The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.

3.96

13k+

🎨 Aboriginal Australia 📚 Travel Literature 🐪 Nomadism

The Songlines 92%

The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.

by Bruce Chatwin 1987

3.96

13k+ ratings

🎨 Aboriginal Australia 📚 Travel Literature 🐪 Nomadism

Things I Learned from Falling

by Claire Nelson • 2020

Four days alone, immobile, dying of thirst. The helicopter came. The real rescue took years.

4.06

6k+

🏜️ Survival Memoirs 🥾 Solo Hiking 🧱 Emotional Isolation

Things I Learned from Falling 92%

Four days alone, immobile, dying of thirst. The helicopter came. The real rescue took years.

by Claire Nelson 2020

4.06

6k+ ratings

🏜️ Survival Memoirs 🥾 Solo Hiking 🧱 Emotional Isolation

Rowing the Atlantic

by Roz Savage • 2009

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

4.02

456

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings

Rowing the Atlantic 92%

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

by Roz Savage 2009

4.02

456 ratings

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost

by Rachel Friedman • 2011

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

3.80

4k+

🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost Summary

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost 92%

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

by Rachel Friedman 2011

3.80

4k+ ratings

🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs

In a Sunburned Country

by Bill Bryson • 2000

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

4.07

123k+

🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife

In a Sunburned Country 92%

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

by Bill Bryson 2000

4.07

123k+ ratings

🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife

Life Lessons From the Amazon

by Pip Stewart • 2021

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

4.08

194

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers

Life Lessons From the Amazon 91%

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

by Pip Stewart 2021

4.08

194 ratings

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers

Castaway

by Lucy Irvine • 1983

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

3.76

871

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology

Castaway 91%

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

by Lucy Irvine 1983

3.76

871 ratings

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology

Travels with Myself and Another

by Martha Gellhorn • 1979

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

3.84

2k+

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel

Travels with Myself and Another 91%

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

by Martha Gellhorn 1979

3.84

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

4.16

2k+

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles

The Sunset Route 91%

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

by Carrot Quinn 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles

A House in the Sky

by Amanda Lindhout • 2013

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

4.28

73k+

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness

A House in the Sky 91%

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

by Amanda Lindhout 2013

4.28

73k+ ratings

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness

In Search of Silence

by Poorna Bell • 2019

A widow quit the life script. In silence, she found what she actually wanted.

4.03

425

🕯️ Grief Memoirs 🌏 Travel Memoirs 📜 Societal Scripts

In Search of Silence 91%

A widow quit the life script. In silence, she found what she actually wanted.

by Poorna Bell 2019

4.03

425 ratings

🕯️ Grief Memoirs 🌏 Travel Memoirs 📜 Societal Scripts

Ghost Rider

by Neil Peart • 2002

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

4.12

7k+

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion

Ghost Rider 91%

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

by Neil Peart 2002

4.12

7k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion

Cooper's Creek

by Alan Moorehead • 1963

A starving party staggered into base, only to find their companions had left nine hours earlier.

3.83

537

🇦🇺 Australian Exploration 🏜️ Outback Australia 💀 Expedition Disasters

Cooper's Creek 91%

A starving party staggered into base, only to find their companions had left nine hours earlier.

by Alan Moorehead 1963

3.83

537 ratings

🇦🇺 Australian Exploration 🏜️ Outback Australia 💀 Expedition Disasters

The Secret Knowledge of Water

by Craig Childs • 2000

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

4.29

3k+

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing

The Secret Knowledge of Water 91%

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

by Craig Childs 2000

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing

The Salt Path

by Raynor Winn • 2018

Penniless, homeless, with a terminal diagnosis: a couple walks England's 630-mile coast path.

3.93

104k+

🥾 Long-Distance Hiking 🏚️ Homelessness Narrative 💔 Terminal Illness

The Salt Path 91%

Penniless, homeless, with a terminal diagnosis: a couple walks England's 630-mile coast path.

by Raynor Winn 2018

3.93

104k+ ratings

🥾 Long-Distance Hiking 🏚️ Homelessness Narrative 💔 Terminal Illness

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020

by Dean Nicholson • 2020

His world tour stalls at a Bosnian meow; a scrawny kitten joins the ride and redirects it.

4.36

7k+

🚲 Cycle Touring 🐾 Animal Rescue ❤️ Human-Animal Bond

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020 Summary

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020 91%

His world tour stalls at a Bosnian meow; a scrawny kitten joins the ride and redirects it.

by Dean Nicholson 2020

4.36

7k+ ratings

🚲 Cycle Touring 🐾 Animal Rescue ❤️ Human-Animal Bond

Eat, Pray, Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2006

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

3.65

1.9M+

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel

Eat, Pray, Love 90%

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2006

3.65

1.9M+ ratings

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel

A Marriage at Sea

by Sophie Elmhirst • 2024

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

3.81

62k+

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure

A Marriage at Sea 90%

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

by Sophie Elmhirst 2024

3.81

62k+ ratings

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure

Grandma Gatewood's Walk

by Ben Montgomery • 2014

A denim sack, Keds, a shower curtain: a 67-year-old grandma walked the Appalachian Trail alone.

4.11

32k+

🥾 Thru Hiking 🏔️ Appalachian Trail 👩‍🦳 Women In History

Grandma Gatewood's Walk 90%

A denim sack, Keds, a shower curtain: a 67-year-old grandma walked the Appalachian Trail alone.

by Ben Montgomery 2014

4.11

32k+ ratings

🥾 Thru Hiking 🏔️ Appalachian Trail 👩‍🦳 Women In History

Real Estate

by Deborah Levy • 2021

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

4.28

11k+

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer'S Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity

Real Estate 90%

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

by Deborah Levy 2021

4.28

11k+ ratings

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer'S Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity

Walking to Listen

by Andrew Forsthoefel • 2017

He crossed America on foot carrying a sign that invited conversation. Strangers told him everything.

3.88

3k+

🚶 Cross-Country Walking 📖 Travel Memoir 🇺🇸 American Pilgrimage

Walking to Listen 90%

He crossed America on foot carrying a sign that invited conversation. Strangers told him everything.

by Andrew Forsthoefel 2017

3.88

3k+ ratings

🚶 Cross-Country Walking 📖 Travel Memoir 🇺🇸 American Pilgrimage

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog

by Emily Dean • 2019

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

4.23

3k+

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog 90%

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

by Emily Dean 2019

4.23

3k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

The Electric Woman

by Tessa Fontaine • 2018

Eating fire is easier than watching your mother die, so she joined the carnival.

3.90

2k+

🎪 Traveling Carnivals 🧗‍♀️ Women Adventurers 💔 Caregiving Guilt

The Electric Woman 90%

Eating fire is easier than watching your mother die, so she joined the carnival.

by Tessa Fontaine 2018

3.90

2k+ ratings

🎪 Traveling Carnivals 🧗‍♀️ Women Adventurers 💔 Caregiving Guilt

Wild Rescues

by Kevin Grange • 2021

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

4.20

3k+

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine

Wild Rescues 90%

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

by Kevin Grange 2021

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine

A Walk in the Park

by Kevin Fedarko • 2024

A writer and a photographer attempt a rim-to-rim hike. The Grand Canyon has other ideas.

4.23

19k+

🏜️ Grand Canyon 🛶 Whitewater Rafting 🥾 Wilderness Trekking

A Walk in the Park 90%

A writer and a photographer attempt a rim-to-rim hike. The Grand Canyon has other ideas.

by Kevin Fedarko 2024

4.23

19k+ ratings

🏜️ Grand Canyon 🛶 Whitewater Rafting 🥾 Wilderness Trekking

The Radium Girls

by Kate Moore • 2016

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

4.16

190k+

🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life

The Radium Girls 90%

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

by Kate Moore 2016

4.16

190k+ ratings

🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life

Between Two Kingdoms

by Suleika Jaouad • 2021

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

4.42

130k+

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing

Between Two Kingdoms 90%

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

by Suleika Jaouad 2021

4.42

130k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys

by Simon Reeve • 2018

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

4.34

6k+

🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys Summary

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys 90%

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

by Simon Reeve 2018

4.34

6k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel

On the Trail of Genghis Khan

by Tim Cope • 2013

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

4.15

2k+

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel

On the Trail of Genghis Khan 89%

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

by Tim Cope 2013

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel

The Way of the Hermit

by Ken Smith • 2023

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging

The Way of the Hermit 89%

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

by Ken Smith 2023

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging

Walking With Plato

by Gary Hayden • 2016

One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.

3.64

320

🥾 Long-Distance Walking 🧭 Philosophical Travel 🇬🇧 British Travelogue

Walking With Plato 89%

One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.

by Gary Hayden 2016

3.64

320 ratings

🥾 Long-Distance Walking 🧭 Philosophical Travel 🇬🇧 British Travelogue

Waking Up in Paris

by Sonia Choquette • 2018

Divorced and alone in Paris, she confronts the one person she never learned to love: herself.

3.86

782

💔 Post-Divorce Recovery 🧭 Solo Travel 🏡 Expat Life

Waking Up in Paris 89%

Divorced and alone in Paris, she confronts the one person she never learned to love: herself.

by Sonia Choquette 2018

3.86

782 ratings

💔 Post-Divorce Recovery 🧭 Solo Travel 🏡 Expat Life

The Road to Mecca

by Muhammad Asad • 1954

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

4.49

6k+

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality

The Road to Mecca 89%

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

by Muhammad Asad 1954

4.49

6k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality

Barbarian Days

by William Finnegan • 2015

Surfing saved a lonely kid in Hawaii. Fifty years of chasing waves nearly undid him.

4.28

41k+

🌊 Surf Culture 🏄 Surf Travel 📖 Literary Memoir

Barbarian Days 89%

Surfing saved a lonely kid in Hawaii. Fifty years of chasing waves nearly undid him.

by William Finnegan 2015

4.28

41k+ ratings

🌊 Surf Culture 🏄 Surf Travel 📖 Literary Memoir

Trespassing Across America

by Ken Ilgunas • 2016

He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.

3.82

2k+

🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry ✊ Environmental Activism 🚶 Walking Journeys

Trespassing Across America 89%

He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.

by Ken Ilgunas 2016

3.82

2k+ ratings

🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry ✊ Environmental Activism 🚶 Walking Journeys

Little Princes

by Conor Grennan • 2011

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

4.26

24k+

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad

Little Princes 89%

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

by Conor Grennan 2011

4.26

24k+ ratings

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad

Peacebunny Island

by Caleb Smith • 2021

He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.

4.13

208

🐰 Animal Therapy 🕊 Pet Loss 💼 Youth Entrepreneurship

Peacebunny Island 89%

He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.

by Caleb Smith 2021

4.13

208 ratings

🐰 Animal Therapy 🕊 Pet Loss 💼 Youth Entrepreneurship

Kabul Beauty School

by Deborah Rodriguez • 2007

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

3.67

26k+

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training

Kabul Beauty School 89%

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

by Deborah Rodriguez 2007

3.67

26k+ ratings

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training

The Chronology of Water

by Lidia Yuknavitch • 2011

A swimmer's body remembered the abuse, the addiction, the stillbirth. One day she wrote it.

4.19

18k+

🔥 Experimental Memoir 🌈 Queer Memoir 🧠 Trauma And The Body

The Chronology of Water 89%

A swimmer's body remembered the abuse, the addiction, the stillbirth. One day she wrote it.

by Lidia Yuknavitch 2011

4.19

18k+ ratings

🔥 Experimental Memoir 🌈 Queer Memoir 🧠 Trauma And The Body

Any Ordinary Day

by Leigh Sales • 2018

A journalist discovers that the most resilient people do not overcome tragedy: they absorb it.

4.13

17k+

🎤 Narrative Journalism 🧠 Trauma Psychology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth

Any Ordinary Day 89%

A journalist discovers that the most resilient people do not overcome tragedy: they absorb it.

by Leigh Sales 2018

4.13

17k+ ratings

🎤 Narrative Journalism 🧠 Trauma Psychology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth

Spirit Run

by Noé Álvarez • 2020

He joined a 6,000-mile indigenous run, and his mother's silence finally made sense.

3.50

5k+

🏃 Running Memoirs 🌿 Indigenous Spirituality 🧳 Immigrant Experience

Spirit Run 89%

He joined a 6,000-mile indigenous run, and his mother's silence finally made sense.

by Noé Álvarez 2020

3.50

5k+ ratings

🏃 Running Memoirs 🌿 Indigenous Spirituality 🧳 Immigrant Experience

Dog Medicine

by Julie Barton • 2015

She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.

4.25

4k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🖤 Depression Memoirs 🩺 Pet Therapy

Dog Medicine 89%

She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.

by Julie Barton 2015

4.25

4k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🖤 Depression Memoirs 🩺 Pet Therapy

Power Play

by Julia Banks • 2021

She was a Liberal MP. Then she walked. An Australian parliamentarian's story of misogyny and exit.

3.94

463

🗳️ Women In Politics 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🧩 Workplace Gender Bias

Power Play 89%

She was a Liberal MP. Then she walked. An Australian parliamentarian's story of misogyny and exit.

by Julia Banks 2021

3.94

463 ratings

🗳️ Women In Politics 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🧩 Workplace Gender Bias

A Beautiful Work In Progress

by Mirna Valerio • 2017

Brutal miles in a body the world mocked: the journey from first step to ultramarathon finish.

3.76

4k+

🏃 Ultrarunning Memoirs ❤️ Body Positivity 🏔️ Endurance Sports

A Beautiful Work In Progress 89%

Brutal miles in a body the world mocked: the journey from first step to ultramarathon finish.

by Mirna Valerio 2017

3.76

4k+ ratings

🏃 Ultrarunning Memoirs ❤️ Body Positivity 🏔️ Endurance Sports

Left for Dead

by Beck Weathers • 2000

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

3.61

8k+

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs

Left for Dead 89%

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

by Beck Weathers 2000

3.61

8k+ ratings

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs

Three Cups of Tea

by Greg Mortenson • 2006

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

3.66

359k+

📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid

Three Cups of Tea 89%

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

by Greg Mortenson 2006

3.66

359k+ ratings

📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid

Tough Broad

by Caroline Paul • 2024

What a 52-year-old BASE jumper knows about aging that your doctor won't tell you.

4.13

601

🏃 Active Aging 🌲 Nature Therapy 👵 Midlife Women

Tough Broad 89%

What a 52-year-old BASE jumper knows about aging that your doctor won't tell you.

by Caroline Paul 2024

4.13

601 ratings

🏃 Active Aging 🌲 Nature Therapy 👵 Midlife Women

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