Books about long-distance walking

99 books in our catalogue · showing 49–96

Books for walking a long way: national trails, coast-to-coast routes, pilgrim ways and multi-week treks, from step-by-step guidebooks to accounts by people who walked them. Check the edition date on any guide, because paths, accommodation and transport change.

Find a specific route on the trails page, or see Pilgrimage for walks with a spiritual or historical purpose.

Writing on long-distance walking

Walking Away

Simon Armitage

Walking the Nile

Levison Wood

Footsteps

Richard Holmes

Spanish Steps

Tim Moore

Pennine Walkies

Mark Wallington

Barefoot Britain

Anna McNuff

Tracks

Robyn Davidson

Mud, Rocks, Blazes

Heather Anderson

The Wild Silence

Raynor Winn

Wanderlust

Rebecca Solnit

The Lost Paths

Jack Cornish

Long Distance

Bill McKibben

The Salt Path

Raynor Winn

Walking Home

Simon Armitage

The Oregon Trail

Rinker Buck

Guides and practical books

Climbing and mountaineering

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