Books about wilderness

189 books in our catalogue · showing 145–189

Wild places and what they ask of the people who go to them: remote national parks, mountains, forests and coasts. This shelf brings together nature writing, narrative non-fiction and practical backcountry books, from weekend trips to long expeditions.

For the debate over how much land should be left to itself, see Rewilding and Conservation; for the long-distance version, Long-distance walking.

Writing on wilderness

Endurance

Alfred Lansing

Deep Blue

Steve Backshall

Endurance

Louis Rudd

The Last Dive

Bernie Chowdhury

Tracks

Robyn Davidson

Mud, Rocks, Blazes

Heather Anderson

The Wild Silence

Raynor Winn

Sailing a Serious Ocean

John Kretschmer

Ultramarathon Man

Dean Karnazes

Imperfect Passage

Michael Cosgrove

The Wave

Susan Casey

Winterdance

Gary Paulsen

Antarctic Tears

Aaron Linsdau

The Lost City of Z

David Grann

My Outdoor Life

Ray Mears

The Sun Is a Compass

Caroline Van Hemert

A Life on Our Planet

David Attenborough

Journey Without Maps

Graham Greene

Adrift

Steven Callahan

Mother of God

Paul Rosolie

A Woman in the Polar Night

Christiane Ritter

The Marsh Arabs

Wilfred Thesiger

Home of the Blizzard

Sir Douglas Mawson

In Siberia

Colin Thubron

Roughing It

Mark Twain

Alaskan Travels

Edward Hoagland

Arctic Adventure

Peter Freuchen

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