I’m a big believer in spreading the word about people’s books, so here’s a list of all the adventure-adjacent books that have been recommended to me (in the order they were recommended):
Hiking the Dream by Kathy Gayle Didkowsky
The various works of Julian Sayarer
- Available on his site, recommended via email by Ann Morgan (!)
Ride ‘Til I Get There: My Epic Bicycle Tour Adventure Across America by Steve Carter
Walking to Camelot by John Cherrington
The various works of Anna McNuff
- Available on her site, recommended by my friend Dave during our Windrush Bike Project volunteering!
Relish in the Tread by Steve Hunter
Metal Cowboy by Joe Kurmaskie
Mud, Sweat, and Gears by Joe Kurmaskie
Jupiter’s Travels by Ted Simon
- Available through his website, recommended by Julie and Ian on Facebook
- I’ve read this twice – once as a teenager, once about a decade later – and it had a formative impact on my writing
On the Trail of Marco Polo: Along the Silk Road by Bicycle by Brady Fotheringham
More to come.