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

If you liked A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Running with Scissors

    Augusten Burroughs · 2002

    Because shares tags: memoir, humor.

    A boy sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist grows up in a chaotic house with no rules.

  2. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

    Anthony Bourdain · 2000

    Because shares tags: memoir, travel.

    Bourdain on rough kitchens, past drug use, Les Halles years, and why you should never order fish on Monday.

  3. Everything I Know About Love

    Dolly Alderton · 2018

    Because shares tags: memoir, humor.

    Dolly Alderton recalls bad dates flatshares and female friendship in her twenties memoir.

  4. Marley & Me

    John Grogan · 2005

    Because shares tags: memoir, humor.

    A young couple learns marriage, parenthood, and goodbye through thirteen years with Marley, their wild and loving Labrador.

  5. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

    Mindy Kaling · 2011

    Because shares tags: memoir, humor.

    Mindy Kaling recalls Boston childhood, Dartmouth comedy, New York hustle, and The Office writers room.

  6. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

    Cheryl Strayed · 2012

    Because shares tags: memoir, hiking.

    At 26 Cheryl Strayed hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone to grieve and reset.

  7. Me Talk Pretty One Day

    David Sedaris · 2000

    Because shares tags: humor, memoir.

    Sedaris on French classes, family chaos, and learning to speak badly in two languages.

  8. Bossypants

    Tina Fey · 2011

    Because shares tags: memoir, humor.

    Tina Fey moves from Pennsylvania childhood through improv and SNL to 30 Rock in this funny 2011 memoir. Expect backstage stories, jokes…

  9. Eat, Pray, Love

    Elizabeth Gilbert · 2006

    Because shares tags: memoir, travel.

    Eat, Pray, Love retold: divorce, Italy for pleasure, India for practice, Bali for balance.

  10. A Short History of Nearly Everything

    Bill Bryson · 2003

    Because also by Bill Bryson; shares tag: humor.

    Bryson asks how we know what we know, from atoms to continents, with humor and awe.

  11. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

    Greg Mortenson · 2006

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Mortenson fails K2 builds schools in Pakistan after Korphe kindness.

  12. The Nanny Diaries

    Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus · 2002

    Because shares tag: humor.

    NYU student Nan nannies four-year-old Grayer X on Park Avenue, caught between a demanding Mrs. X, an absent Mr. X, and a lonely child who…

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