22 - A book set mostly or entirely outdoors

[L Y N N]

I would include Strange the Dreamer, The Guest List and The Bridge Home. But there are others I definitely want to read such as Silent Spring.

What will you plan for this prompt?

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[Kels]

Into Thin Air

[Drakeryn]

There was an author earlier who wanted to promote his book, but I think his topic got deleted, so I'm gonna repost it for him: Catamaran Crossing: A Sailing Adventure from La Coruña to Antigua. It's a sailing memoir/travel adventure.

[Elise]

The Speed of Falling Objects and I Am Still Alive (both are YA)

[Dixie]

I have The Last One for this. I'm also wondering if Mythago Wood would work.

[Madeline]

Would The Shell Collector work for this prompt? Been on my TBR forever.

[Heather L]

The title that immediately came to mind was A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail which I meant to read and never got to for a similar challenge a couple years ago.

[Brandi]

Lord of the Flies for me.

[Jan]

Would the Joe Pickett series by C.J. Box fit in this category?

[Charlsa]

Jan, I would count the Joe Pickett series. In fact, I think that’s a terrific suggestion. I am going to use the book that will be released in 2021 for this prompt.

[Heather L]

For another mystery series set outdoors, Nevada Barr has a series set in US National Parks. First book in her series is Track of the Cat.

Also, Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry.

[Tania]

I've read and recommend:
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
Treasure Island
Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe"
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds
The Lost City of the Monkey God

[Brandon]

Hatchet
Island of the Blue Dolphins

I didn't like either of those books in school, but they have their fans, and they are not very long.

Treasure Island sounds like a great choice. Thanks for the ideas, Tania!

[Melissa]

I read Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster in college, and I've always meant to read the other account from the same tragedy, The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest. I almost read it for the Fall challenge, so now I'm glad I didn't.

There's also Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest, by the son of the Sherpa who first summitted Everest. The story is interwoven between the son on Everest in 1996 (the same year as Into Thin Air and The Climb) and stories from his father's ascent with Sir Edmund Hillary.

[Nadine in NY]

I am reading The New Wilderness right now and it's PERFECT for this category - so much so that I wondered if they had this exact book in mind when they added this category to the list.

A few years back I read and loved The Last One about a woman participating in one of those survival reality shows, and when she's out on her own in the woods, a pandemic sweeps the country and she has no idea. Maybe hitting a little too close to home now, though!!

[Sharmon]

For Fiction....The River

For a Womens' Story...No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women And Their Extraordinary Journey Across Antarctica

I am probably going with Hatchet because a family friend has been trying to get me to read it since our son's were in 3rd grade .....son's who are currently 24!

[Kristin]

As anyone read The Salt Path? I have heard great things about it and I assume it takes place mostly outdoors.

[Amy J.]

Has anyone read The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

would that work here?

[Chrissi]

Amy J. wrote: "Has anyone read The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

would that work here?"

I think it could. The outdoors is a major part of the plot and drive of the characters, and the moves forward are *mainly* outdoors.

[Misty]

Kristin wrote: "As anyone read The Salt Path? I have heard great things about it and I assume it takes place mostly outdoors."

That was the first book I thought of, I definitely think it would work. It is a fabulous book.

[Tara]

Anyone know if Migrations or Disappearing Earth would work for this prompt?

[Chelsea]

I'm thinking of doing The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

[Nadine in NY]

Tara wrote: "Anyone know if Migrations or Disappearing Earth would work for this prompt?"

Disappearing Earth takes place indoors in many scenes, probably more than half, but it's been a while since I read it so I can't remember. Don't know about Migrations.

[Ellie]

Kristin wrote: "As anyone read The Salt Path? I have heard great things about it and I assume it takes place mostly outdoors."

Yes, they lose their house at the start and are living in a tent.

[Debbie]

Madeline wrote: "Would The Shell Collector work for this prompt? Been on my TBR forever." Which Shell Collector? I would say the one by Hugh Howey, The Shell Collector has a lot of outdoors scenes, but probably not enough to be even "mostly" outdoors. I don't know about the other books of the same name.

[Taylor]

Deathwatch or The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit are both really good. The Shack would also count I think.

[Elsa]

Oh! Not If I Save You First takes place mostly in the Alaskan wilderness.

[Alicia]

Just read The Girl in Red and highly recommend it. It's perfect for this prompt!

[Erica]

Alicia wrote: "Just read The Girl in Red and highly recommend it. It's perfect for this prompt!"

This book was a great surprise for me this year. However it was a scary read because the world in the book is reeling from a coughing plague.

[Chrissy]

Tara wrote: "Anyone know if Migrations or Disappearing Earth would work for this prompt?"

I’d say yes for migrations, if you count travel on a ship as outdoors.

[Jennifer]

Has anyone read the second Bird Box book Malorie by Josh Malerman and can say if it fits this prompt?

[Ellie]

Jennifer wrote: "Has anyone read the second Bird Box book Malorie by Josh Malerman and can say if it fits this prompt?"

I don't think it does, there is some outside but I wouldn't say it was the majority of the novel.

[Heather]

I'm reading Watership Down as one of my classics for next year. I'm going to assume it's set mostly outside given that the characters are rabbits.

[Lauren]

I'm thinking to do either Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants or Paddling with Spirits: A Solo Kayak Journey for this.

[Jessica]

Does anyone know if “Where the River Ends” by Charles Martin would work for this prompt? I am trying to use books on my TBR shelf to also fill popsugar prompts.

[Zo]

Kristin wrote: "As anyone read The Salt Path? I have heard great things about it and I assume it takes place mostly outdoors."

I love The Salt Path and it's perfect for this prompt.

[Alicia]

Erica wrote: "Alicia wrote: "Just read The Girl in Red and highly recommend it. It's perfect for this prompt!"

This book was a great surprise for me this year. However it was a scary read becaus..."

Same, I was reading and texting with my BFF about how this book hit a little too close to home. I'm also mixed and significantly more rational that my siblings ;)

[tasia]

I'm trying to pair this with the book by an indigenous author prompt. Does anyone know a book that would fit both?

[Nadine in NY]

tasia wrote: "I'm trying to pair this with the book by an indigenous author prompt. Does anyone know a book that would fit both?"


Both The Marrow Thieves & Empire of Wild are mostly outdoors (moreso The Marrow Thieves). (Empire of Wild would work perfectly for "three generations" by the way.)

In Not for Nothing he spends most of his time in a car, or standing around in the lot of a storage unit, so he's not in a building, but he's not exactly in the "great outdoors" either.

[Melissa]

Heather wrote: "I'm reading Watership Down as one of my classics for next year. I'm going to assume it's set mostly outside given that the characters are rabbits."

Watership Down is almost entirely outdoors, so it would definitely work.

[Jennifer W]

I highly recommend The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic if you're not tired of epidemics. Most of the book isn't about it, but early on it made me super grateful for vaccines!!

Matterhorn mostly takes place in the jungles of Vietnam during the war.

And there's Life of Pi.

[tasia]

Nadine wrote: "tasia wrote: "I'm trying to pair this with the book by an indigenous author prompt. Does anyone know a book that would fit both?"


Both The Marrow Thieves & [book:Empire of Wild|45..."

Thank you I'll look into both!

[Cecreyn]

tasia wrote: "I'm trying to pair this with the book by an indigenous author prompt. Does anyone know a book that would fit both?"

Catching Teller Crow, known in the US as The Things She's Seen, would count. Investigating a burned building in an outback town in Australia, written from 2 points of view, one prose and the other free verse. Short and powerful.

[Nicole]

Would the Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes work for this prompt?

[Megan]

Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite seems like it would fit.

[Nadine in NY]

Nicole wrote: "Would the Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes work for this prompt?"


I think so. Depends on how strict you want to be. I'd say about 60% of that book takes place outdoors.

[Jennifer]

I'm going with The Arctic Fury based on the premise, I think it will fit and sounds interesting.

[SadieReadsAgain]

Finally getting round to Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail for this!

[Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer]

Wondering if Force of Nature by Jane Harper would work for this prompt?

[Heather]

Melissa wrote: "Watership Down is almost entirely outdoors, so it would definitely work."

Thank you for the confirmation!