River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea

6 best books like River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea (Colin Fletcher): A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Desert Solitaire, The Monkey Wrench Gang, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jesus Himself, My Best Friend's Exorcism

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Author	Bill Bryson
ISBN	0307279464

The Appalachian Trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America—majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll...

Desert Solitaire

Author	Edward Abbey
ISBN	0345326490

First published in 1968, Desert Solitaire is one of Edward Abbey’s most critically acclaimed works and marks his first foray into the world of nonfiction writing. Written while Abbey was working as a ranger at Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah, Desert Solitaire is a rare view of one man’s...

The Monkey Wrench Gang

Author	Edward Abbey
ISBN	0061129763

Ed Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang, his 1975 novel, a "comic extravaganza." Some readers have remarked that the book is more a comic book than a real novel, and it's true that reading this incendiary call to protect the American wilderness requires more than a little of the old willing suspension...

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Author	Jared Diamond
ISBN	0143036556

Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide?

In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond...

Jesus Himself

Author

Andrew Murray

I discovered Andrew Murray two or three years ago and have continually been challenged by his to the point and contemporary message to Christians today. The overarching theme of the works I have read has been total surrender to Christ. Two short sermons by Andrew Murray are recorded in Jesus Himself....

My Best Friend's Exorcism

Author

Grady Hendrix

Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when they bonded over a shared love of E.T., roller-skating parties, and scratch-and-sniff stickers. But when they arrive at high school, things change. Gretchen begins to act…different. And as the strange coincidences and bizarre behavior...