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Part outdoor literature, part true crime, 100% a page-turner.

Add these five books about national parks and public lands to your reading list.

Dip your toes in the sand while these books transport you to the vertical walls, icy ribbons, and snowy slopes of the mountains.

When you can't ride...read about riding.

These books are classics of climbing literature.

"What follows is a fun, thought-provoking journey that brings up a lot of questions, provides only some answers, and makes the reader want to take off on a journey of their own."

Majka Burhardt's book "More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood" is framed as letters to the author’s children, a chronicle of their first few years. But it’s really…

"To many of his points, trails are something we take for granted in modern days, as technology has furthered and methods for direction and travel have changed."

Not all hiking is about checking boxes, our reviewer explains.

This book will make you a better—and safer—hiker.