Books about solitude

222 books in our catalogue · showing 49–96

Books about being alone outdoors, by choice or by circumstance: solo walks and voyages, life in remote places, and months spent on one's own in the hills or at sea. The writing tends to be quiet and reflective, and it is as much about attention as about adventure.

If the appeal is the empty places themselves, try Wilderness; if it is walking with a purpose, Pilgrimage.

Writing on solitude

Deer Island

Neil Ansell

A Leg to Stand On

Oliver Sacks

Fledgling

Hannah Bourne-Taylor

Freedom

Sebastian Junger

Small Bodies of Water

Nina Mingya Powles

The Instant

Amy Liptrot

Sequins for a Ragged Hem

Amryl Johnson, Bernardine Evaristo

The Tangier Diaries

John Hopkins

Heavy Time

Sonia Overall

Swimming with Seals

Victoria Whitworth

Peel Me a Lotus

Charmian Clift

Guides and practical books

Climbing and mountaineering

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