Risk Takers Bookshelf
My Top Adventure Books to Inspire and Equip You.These are books that I reference and/or recommend.If you have book recommendations to share with me and/or other readers, please share them in the Comments.This is a living document. Check back for updates.
Productivity
Survival & Wilderness Skills
Hunting & Tracking
Mindfulness & Philosophy
Conservation & Ethics
Historical Adventures
Crafts & Self-Sufficiency
Memoirs & Personal Stories
Fiction
Productivity
Newport, C. (2016). Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World.
Survival & Wilderness Skills
Angier, B. (2012). How to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter and Self-Preservation Anywhere.
Gatty, H. (1999). Finding Your Way Without Map Or Compass.
Weiss, E. (2012). Wilderness and Travel Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide.
Hunting & Tracking
Benoit, L., Miller, P. (2015). How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life.
Blood, H. (2012). Hunting Big Woods Bucks: Secrets of Tracking and Stalking Whitetails.
Eberhart, C., Eberhart, J. (2011). Bowhunting Whitetails the Eberhart Way.
Peterson, T. J. (2018). Bowhunting Public Land Whitetails.
Rezendes, P. (1999). Tracking and the Art of Seeing, 2nd Edition: How to Read Animal Tracks and Signs.
Mindfulness & Philosophy
Bayles, D., Orland, T. (1993). Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking.
Hanh, T. N. (1992). Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life.
Shepard, P. (2011). The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game.
Conservation & Ethics
Gilbert, C. R., Williams, J. D. (2002). National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes: North America.
Jones, M. & Willey, L. (eds.) (2018) Eastern Alpine Guide: Natural History and Conservation of Mountain Tundra East of the Rockies.
Richardson, B. (1991). Strangers devour the land.
Waterman, L., Waterman, G. (1993). Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness.
Waterman, L., Waterman, G. (1979). Backwoods Ethics: Environmental Concerns for Hikers and Campers.
Historical Adventures
Bourrie, M. (2019). Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson.
Crane, C. E. (1937). Let Me Show You Vermont.
McPhee, J. (1977). Coming into the Country.
Crafts & Self-Sufficiency
Long, S. (2012). More Than a Woodlot: Getting the Most from Your Family Forest.
Mettler, J. J. (1986). Basic butchering of livestock & game.
Proulx, A., Nichols, L. (1980). Sweet & Hard Cider: Making It, Using It, & Enjoying it.
Sundqvist, W. (2013). Swedish Carving Techniques.
Memoirs & Personal Stories
Waterman, L. (2024). Calling Wild Places Home: A Memoir in Essays.