The most popular wilderness books of 2023

Wilderness books are set far from towns and roads. Tundra, backcountry and open range test the people who cross or settle them. Survival stories, frontier novels and accounts of solitude all share the same wide, indifferent landscape. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.

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Wild Escapes
Cover of Wild Escapes

Wild Escapes

Sian Anna Lewis, National Trust Books

Published 2023

176 pages

Walden
Cover of Walden

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

Published 2023

228 pages

Banff Town Warden
Cover of Banff Town Warden

Banff Town Warden

Walter H. Peyto, David W. Peyto

Published 2023

242 pages