Books like North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
12 books with a reading profile close to North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail by Scott Jurek. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Mao's Last Dancer
by Li Cunxin
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Li Cunxin recounts his childhood as one of seven brothers living in extreme poverty in rural Qingdao during the Cultural Revolution.
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2
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Eben Alexander describes his 2008 medical crisis when a rare strain of E.
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3
My Beloved World
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In this memoir, Sonia Sotomayor traces her life from a childhood in a Bronx housing project to her appointment as a federal judge.
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4
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Also clear-cut · practical, memoir
Chris Hadfield details his path from a corn farm in Ontario to commanding the International Space Station.
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5
The Cross and the Switchblade
Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In 1958, David Wilkerson, a small-town Pentecostal pastor, moved to New York City after seeing a sketch in a magazine of seven teenagers on trial for murder.
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6
My Next Breath
Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Jeremy Renner chronicles his recovery following a near-fatal snowplow accident on New Year’s Day 2023.
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Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
by Scott Jurek
Also clear-cut · practical, memoir
Scott Jurek traces his evolution from a Midwestern hunter to an elite ultramarathon champion fueled entirely by plants.
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8
God's Smuggler
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Born into a working-class Dutch family and hardened by military service in Indonesia, Andrew van der Bijl finds dynamic faith that leads him across the Iron Curtain.
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9
Desert Flower
by Waris Dirie
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Born in the Somali desert, Waris Dirie describes her early life as a nomad, herding livestock and navigating a harsh landscape before fleeing an arranged marriage at thirteen.
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10
My Story
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted at knife-point from her bedroom in Salt Lake City.
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Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Jinger Duggar Vuolo recounts her departure from the legalistic teachings of Bill Gothard and the Institute in Basic Life Principles.
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12
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In 1993, mountaineer Greg Mortenson failed to summit K2 and wandered, exhausted, into the remote Pakistani village of Korphe.
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