Wavewalker A Memoir of Breaking Free
Suzanne Heywood
Published 2023
416 pages
The most popular exploration & adventure books of 2023
These are true stories of people who went to the edge. Polar expeditions, mountain climbs, ocean crossings, jungle treks and survival against the odds are told by those who were there or by writers who followed their trail. Gripping, humbling and often hard to put down. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.
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Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop
Alba Donati
Published 2023
200 pages
Walking with Sam A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain
Andrew McCarthy
Published 2023
256 pages
Breaking Through My Life in Science
Katalin Karakó
2023 · 2025 edition
336 pages
Our Moon
Rebecca Boyle
2023 · 2024 edition
336 pages
Better Living Through Birding
Christian Cooper
2023 · 2024 edition
304 pages
Mother, Nature A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
Jedidiah Jenkins
Published 2023
240 pages
Brave the Wild River The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
Melissa L. Sevigny
Published 2023
290 pages
The Underworld Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
Susan Casey
Published 2023
330 pages
Empress of the Nile The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Lynne Olson
Published 2023
448 pages
Finding Hildasay How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness
Christian Lewis
Published 2023
352 pages
Talk to Strangers The Yes Theory Story
Matt Dahlia, Derin Emre
Published 2023
219 pages
The Lost Tomb And Other Real-life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
Douglas Preston
Published 2023
299 pages
What Really Happens in Vegas True Stories of the People who Make Vegas, Vegas
James Patterson, Mark Seal
Published 2023
368 pages
What Looks Like Bravery An Epic Journey Through Loss to Love
Laurel Braitman
Published 2023
288 pages
When the Heavens Went on Sale The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
Ashlee Vance
Published 2023
513 pages
"Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird" Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
Published 2023
274 pages
American Ramble A Walk of Memory and Renewal
Neil King Jr.
Published 2023
368 pages
Gator Country Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
Rebecca Renner
2023 · 2024 edition
288 pages
Moby Dyke An Obsessive Quest To Track Down The Last Remaining Lesbian Bars In America
Krista Burton
Published 2023
320 pages
Edison's Ghosts The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses
Katie Spalding
Published 2023
342 pages
Great-Uncle Harry A Tale of War and Empire
Michael Palin
Published 2023
336 pages
Graveyard of the Pacific Shipwreck and Survival on America's Deadliest Waterway
Randall Sullivan
Published 2023
245 pages
Woman, Captain, Rebel The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
Margaret Willson
Published 2023
432 pages