22 - A book set mostly or entirely outdoors

[Jennifer]

Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer wrote: "Wondering if Force of Nature by Jane Harper would work for this prompt?"

Yes! The majority of it does take place outside. This would fit IMO.

[Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer]

Jennifer wrote: "Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer wrote: "Wondering if Force of Nature by Jane Harper would work for this prompt?"

Yes! The majority of it does take place outside. This would fit IMO."

Thank you!

[Agne]

I'll go with The Hunger Games. I want to re-read it before reading the new book (prequel) that came out this year.

[Marie-Eve]

I second the suggestion for The Girl in Red. Yes, it's a bit scary because it was a coughing disease, but it's also so different than your usual retelling. I really loved it.

I also read Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by the same author, and i loved it even more. A nice villain origin story and it takes place entirely outdoors.

I would also suggest Love in the Time of Global Warming (would work for hybrid i think too) but they do spend a lot of time in a van. However, i really enjoyed it, it was really different.

I wonder, I have Good Morning, Midnight and Station Eleven on my TBR, would they work for this?

[Ellie]

Marie-eve wrote: "I wonder, I have Good Morning, Midnight and Station Eleven on my TBR, would they work for this?..."

I'd say Station Eleven works better than Good Morning, Midnight. The tent on GMM is a bit misleading, one of them is in space and the other is at an observatory, he does spend a fair bit outside but I seem to recall that during winter there's a lot more inside time.

[Marie-Eve]

Ellie wrote: "I'd say Station Eleven works better than Good Morning, Midnight. The tent on G..."

Thank you!

[Jessica]

The Giver of Stars is on the list and I have on my shelf - I'm assuming the traveling portion of the book is largely outdoors? Hard to tell from the synopsis.

[Karen]

One of my favorite reads this last year was Alex Messenger's the twenty ninth day. It's about surviving a grizzly bear attack while on a boundary waters canoe trip. It was included in my Audible membership.

[Erica]

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon was really good.

[Pepperpots]

would work?

[N Caroline]

would Miracle Creek work?

[Nadine in NY]

N Caroline wrote: "would Miracle Creek work?"


Not really. There are some outdoor scenes. But it's set mostly in a suburb, with some flashbacks when the Yoos lived in a city (Baltimore, I think?) - like any suburb sometimes you're outside and sometimes (mostly) you're inside.

[Briar]

would Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind or Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident work for this prompt?

[Nadine in NY]

Laura wrote: "would Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind or Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident work for this prompt?"


The first half of Sapiens is about prehistoric humans and their lifestyle, but the second half is about more recent history. So it's about 50/50! I don't know the other book.

[Risa]

Trying to use the books piled next to my bed! They said, would “This Tender Land” work for this prompt? Thanks!

[Rachel]

I'm thinking of The Box in the Woods since I've made this whole series a goal for the year. I'm not 100% sure it's set mostly outdoors, but it is set at a summer camp so I think it will.

[Darci]

I'm going to assume The Lost City of the Monkey God will work for this prompt.

[Sally906]

I am going to read Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty

The young author is on the autism spectrum and chronicles a year of nature walks. The book won the 2020 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and Writing on Global Conservation

[Rachel]

Non Fiction options:

Out of Thin Air by Anthony Adeane

Alone: Lost Overboard in the Indian Ocean by Brett Archibald

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Chris McDougall

[Drakeryn]

If you like animal books, I recommend A Wolf Called Wander. Or Raptor Red if dinosaurs are more your thing.

[Heather L]

Another good one: Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves by Farley Mowat

[Jess]

Has anyone read The Knife of Never Letting Go? Would that work for this prompt? It sounds like it would but not sure.

[Jen K]

Jessica wrote: "Has anyone read The Knife of Never Letting Go? Would that work for this prompt? It sounds like it would but not sure."

Yes definitely. I enjoyed it.

[Cindi]

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
And it's SOOO much better than Giver of Stars (in my opinion)

I think American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins would work too. THey are outside the majority of the time. (and yes, I know, there was tons of controversy, but if you don't look at this book as fact or a memoir, and just of what one family could possibly endure, it's a heart wrenching story of a mother's love for her son, and building friendships and caring for other people.)

[Kira]

I read Pax and The Hobbit, or There and Back Again this year. I think they count. The Lord of the Rings would count too.

[Erica]

Fable by Adrienne Young would work. It's not 100% outside but at least over half I'd say.

[Renn]

- Eragon (+ sequels)
- The Knife of Never Letting Go
- The Girl from Everywhere (what I read of it fit this prompt)
- Graceling
- Upright Women Wanted
- I'm Not Dying with You Tonight

[Vicky]

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

Kristin,this is a wonderful true story of a couples incredibly brave response to a tremendous challenge.It is inspiring and I really recommend it!

[Alix]

what about the earth's children series by Jean M Auel? its set during the time of Neanderthals and Humans coexisting

[Veerle]

I chose Troy by Stephen Fry for this one.

[Anna]

I read Island of the Blue Dolphins for this one

[Lisa]

Would "Where the crawdads sing" work for this prompt?

[Grant]

I'd recommend AWOL on the Appalachian Trail. Very good book about the AT.

[Milena]

I just finished This Tender Land for this prompt. I really liked it.

[Sherri]

I read Savage Run (Joe Pickett #2) by C.J.Box for this prompt

[Leona]

Alix wrote: "what about the earth's children series by Jean M Auel? its set during the time of Neanderthals and Humans coexisting"

I picked up the The Clan of the Cave Bear yesterday to read but decided to read another book I have on my shelves. I have all her books. Thanks for the idea.

[Laurie]

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail *4 stars

[Serendipity]

I’ve just finished Leah Weiss’s If The Creek Don’t Rise which I’m thinking of using for this prompt. I didn’t keep track as I read and now I’m wondering if I’m forgetting or downplaying the indoor scenes/overestimating the outdoors stuff.

[Justine]

Would The Snow Child work for this? I just read it and I could also use it for “place I want to visit in 2021” (Alaska 😍), but it does take place outdoors for a good 60% of the book, and the rest in the cabin. Thanks!

[Ellen]

I think that the classic The Call of the Wild by Jack London will work for me for this. Somehow I never had to read this in school and I have a copy sitting around in one of my TBR piles, so I'm going with it.

[JessicaMHR]

I wasn't actually ready for this prompt and while I had looked up some books for it, it was one I was gonna conquer later. That was until I finished reading the next book in a series I'm reading and realized (Ugh Duh!) it totally fit this prompt.

I read Hell Is Empty by Craig Johnson (Walt Longmire # 7) and the entire book, or damn near is outside. They start in a car, and after a very brief time in a building, he spends the entire rest of the book (except for the epilogue) scaling a mountain, in a blizzard, hunting down some escaped convict.

[Nadine in NY]

Jessica wrote: "... That was until I finished reading the next book in a series I'm reading and realized (Ugh Duh!) it totally fit this prompt. ..."


I LOVE when that happens, especially for a category I wasn't sure how to fill!!!

[Heather L]

Serendipity!

[Meagan]

does anyone know if the Island of Dr. Moreau fits this prompt? I read this soooo long ago and have been meaning to reread it. I vaguely remember a chase happening outside but can't remember what percentage of the book that takes up.

if I can't find anything else I think I will use LoTR.

[Nadine in NY]

Meagan ✊🏼 Blacklivesmatter ✊🏼Blacktranslivesmatter wrote: "does anyone know if the Island of Dr. Moreau fits this prompt? I read this soooo long ago and have been meaning to reread it. I vaguely remember a chase happening outside but can't remember what pe..."



I read it a few years ago - I do think most of it was outdoors

[Pamela]

I read Scary Sotires for Young Foxes. It's set entirely outside.

[Heather L]

Meagan ✊🏼 Blacklivesmatter ✊🏼Blacktranslivesmatter wrote: "does anyone know if the Island of Dr. Moreau fits this prompt? I read this soooo long ago and have been meaning to reread it."

Yes, it is mostly outdoors.

[Meagan]

@Nadine @Heather L Thanks!!!

[Jamie]

The Wendigo and The Willows by Algernon Blackwood would be good, short options for this prompt.

Oh, or Beasts of New York by John Evans (which you can find for free at www.beastsofnewyork.com). This one was a five-star read for me - think Watership Down but with squirrels.

[Nyla]

Lord of the Flies.... for this