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Rebecca Solnit--both Wanderlust and A Field Guide to Getting Lost. I also really enjoyed Carrot Quinn's Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart, not necessarily for the language of it but for how well it captured the rhythm and zone of walking long distances.

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

Wild by Cheryl Strayed, A walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson and Tracks by Robyn Davidson are all oldies but goodies!

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

The Old Ways and Underland, both by Robert MacFarlane.

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

I *love* this kind of post, as it generates an entire reading list for me!

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

Edmund White's The Flaneur--beautifully aimless walks around Paris. Curveball would be The Collected Poems of Mary Oliver--lots of walking and being in the moment.

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

On Trails by Robert Moor was amazing! Everything from the Appalachian Trail to fossil trails to ant trails to ancient Cherokee trails. Fascinating and he is a wonderful writer.

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz is an excellent book which teaches you to look at your own neighbourhood with new eyes.

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

Lauren Elkin's FLÂNEUSE: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

One of my all-time favorite authors, Kathryn Davis, wrote a gorgeous novel, THE WALKING TOUR, that I think you'd love. Here's an excellent Salon review by Virginia Heffernan:

https://www.salon.com/1999/12/02/davis_3/

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Aug 11, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

Love this thread! I discovered a lot of writers and artists who made a long daily walk part of their lives in the book Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Curry.

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Jul 20, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. I laughed out loud many times while reading that, read it twice over a period of a few years, and have recommended it to a number of people. (The movie was not half as good as the book.) Some of the other books mentioned here are now on my explore it list. Thanks for all the suggestions. Fun question.

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Jul 18, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

Wayne Curtis’s The Last Great Walk.

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Jul 17, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

Paris to the Pyrenees by David Downie

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Jul 15, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn and The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd for those who cannot explore the British Isles at present!

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Rings of Saturn

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Teju Cole's Open City

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

Can't yet claim it as a favorite, but my sister in law just recommended On Looking: a Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation by Alexandra Horowitz.

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Jul 1, 2021Liked by Isaac Fitzgerald

Sidewalking by David Ulin.

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