Books about solitude

222 books in our catalogue · showing 97–144

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

Mermaid Singing

Charmian Clift

A Connemara Journey

Hilary Bradt

Inspire

Ben Fogle

Desert Solitaire : A Season in the Wilderness

Edward Abbey, Robert Macfarlane

Letters from Egypt

Lucie Duff Gordon

Isolarion : A Different Oxford Journey

James Attlee, Geoff Dyer

The Crossway

Guy Stagg

One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition : An Alaskan Odyssey

Richard Louis Proenneke, Sam Keith, Nick Offerman

Black Earth City : A Year in the Heart of Russia

Charlotte Hobson, Peter Pomerantsev

Roam Alone : Inspiring tales by reluctant solo travellers

Phoebe Smith, Jan Leeming, Adrian Phillips

Black Apples of Gower

Iain Sinclair

The Fly Trap

Fredrik Sjoberg

Carsick

John Waters

The Scorpion-Fish

Nicolas Bouvier

Guides and practical books

Climbing and mountaineering

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