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A lyrical, associative journey that invites you to surrender to the beauty of not knowing exactly where you are. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with A Field Guide to Getting Lost.
- expansive
- melancholic
- solitary
- atmospheric
- 01
The faraway nearby
Rebecca Solnit
A lyrical, associative journey through the landscapes of memory, illness, and the stories that bind us together.
- 02
Recollections of My Nonexistence
Rebecca Solnit
A lyrical, fiercely intelligent exploration of finding your voice and taking up space in a world designed to silence you.
- 03
The Old Ways
Robert Macfarlane
A lyrical, slow-paced meditation on how the landscapes we walk through shape the landscapes of our minds.
- 04
On Trails
Robert Moor
A thoughtful, wandering journey that changes the way you look at the ground beneath your feet and the choices that guide your life.
- 05
How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell
A quiet, radical invitation to step off the treadmill of the attention economy and root yourself in the physical world.
- 06
Wild
Cheryl Strayed
A blistered, blisteringly honest trek through the wilderness of grief toward a hard-won sense of peace.
- 07
Second Nature
Michael Pollan · 1997
A wry, philosophical stroll through the garden that digs deep into the messy, often humorous borders between human cultivation and untamed wilderness.
- 08
On Looking
Alexandra Horowitz
A gentle invitation to wake up and notice the hidden wonders scattered across your daily routine.
- 09
The solace of open spaces
Gretel Ehrlich
A quiet, expansive collection of essays that invites the reader to find peace and intellectual clarity in the remote American West.
- 10
Upstream
Mary Oliver
A quiet, luminous invitation to step into the woods, slow down, and pay fierce attention to the beauty of the world.
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About Looking
John Berger · 1980
A quiet, piercing invitation to slow down and interrogate the profound meaning hidden in our everyday acts of observation.
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South and west
Joan Didion
A raw, sun-bleached glimpse into the unvarnished notebooks of a master observer tracing the fault lines of American culture.
