Books

Atlanta’s Olympic Resurgence is a book that tells the story of how Atlanta leveraged the benefits of the Centennial Games…

Public Citizens by Paul Sabin is a nonfiction book that explores the attack on big government and the remaking of…

The World For Sale is a book that sheds light on the power and influence of a small number of…

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman is a multi-dimensional masterpiece that captures the nuances of life in the 1990s. Written by…

Mud Season is a memoir by Ellen Stimson that chronicles her family’s move from St. Louis to Vermont. The book…

Plays Well with Others is a book that explores the universality of love and how it can be affected by…

The Road Less Stupid is a business book that provides tools for thinking and effective decision-making. The author, Keith J….

Life on the Mississippi is an epic adventure that blends history and travel. The author, Rinker Buck, builds a wooden…

Stolen Focus is a thought-provoking book that explores the growing crisis of people’s inability to focus their attention for extended…

Bubble in The Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression by Christopher…

The Craft by John Dickie is a book about the history of Freemasonry, and how it made the modern world…

Empire of Liberty by Gordon Wood is a door-stopper, but still very readable history of the United States from 1789-1815….

How The World Really Works by Vaclav Smil was one of the most eye-opening books that I’ve read in a…

The Deepest South of All by Richard Grant is a book about Natchez, Mississippi. It’s written in a travelogue format…

The Profiteers by Sally Denton was one of the best books I read all year. I picked it up after…

God’s Middle Finger by Richard Grant was one of the best travel books I read all year. Richard Grant is…

Short Works by Epictetus was an ebook that I obtained from Standard Ebooks. I’m glad I started with his Short…

A Literary Guide to Flannery O’Connor’s Georgia was a helpful and fascinating guide to pair with her writing. Her work…

The Almost Nearly Perfect People by Michael Booth is a 2014 nonfiction book detailing the author’s exploration of the cultural…

Lost Continent by Bill Bryson is a classic of travel literature, hilariously funny yet tinged with heartache. It is the…

The Business Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained is accessible reference book from DK about key theories of business and management.

The Games by David Goldblatt is a door-stop history of the modern Olympic Games, from their reinvention in Athens in…

Two of my favorite non-fiction books are The Ball Is Round and How Soccer Explains the World. Both are about…

This book is a collection of stories & tales from ~1780 to ~1830 on the Georgia Frontier. I picked it…

Bowhunting Public Land Whitetails is a book about…well, hunting deer on public land with a bow. I picked up the…

Most personal finance books are written by financial advisors who rely on communicating academic research and financial best practices that…

I read this book in a pair with Discipline Is Destiny (also in the same series). My likes / dislikes…

Discipline is Destiny is a book on one of the four cardinal virtues of Stoic philosophy (aka Temperance). Ryan Holiday…

This is the book that I was hoping would get published. Outdoor writing & media is dominated by (rightly so)…

Like their book on Mexico, DK Eyewitness Alaska is a super-handy, concise, structured way to quickly get a sense of…

I love these series of books by DK Publishing. They go under the brand of Eyewitness Travel and have been…

I picked this book up (at the library, but it’s also cheap on Amazon) after struggling to get through the…

Flannery O’Connor is one of my favorite writers, even if I still have to read her works with a bit…

I picked this book up randomly while browsing travel books at the library (it’s also cheap used on Amazon). It…

1864 by Charles Flood is a book that focuses on the pivotal year of 1864 in American history. It tells…

The book Managing Your Woods by Ann Hansen is an excellent primer on woodland management. It is written from three…

Cabin Porn by Beaver Brook is a book written by Zach Klein. It is a compendium of stories and images…

The Body is possibly Bill Bryson’s longest and most interesting reference book yet. It’s in the same vein as A…

The Gift of Failure is a thought-provoking book that aims to shift thinking and provide concrete solutions for parents who…

Crazy River is one of the best travel books about Africa that I’ve ever read. It’s up there with Blood…

The Psychology of Money is a book about, well, the psychology behind money and personal finance. I picked it up…

Ultralearning is a book that teaches readers how to learn better and get better results from what they are trying…

Kings of The Yukon is a travel book that doubles as an environmental history book. I read it mainly for…

Company of One is a unique business book. It’s about the what, why, and how of running a business for…

America’s Great National Forests, Wildernesses & Grasslands is one of my favorite reference / “coffee table” books. The official description…

The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes is a book written by…

Alaska Wilderness by Robert Marshall was recommended to me by a Gates of the Arctic National Park ranger while researching…

How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk is a classic parenting book written by…

This Land is a comprehensive field guide that provides detailed information about the natural features, wildernesses, scenic drives, campgrounds, and…

The Narrow Road is a brief guide to getting money written by one of Britain’s wealthiest self-made entrepreneurs, Felix Dennis….

Awareness by Anthony De Mello is a book that explores the concept of spiritual awakening. Written by Anthony de Mello,…

The City of God by Augustine is a classic work of Western culture written in response to pagan claims that…

Gates of the Arctic National Park: Twelve Years of Wilderness Exploration is a special and unique coffee-table style reference book….

The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival is a practical guide for anyone planning to spend time outside. It…

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami is a postmodern, surrealist novel that follows the lives of two characters, Aomame and Tengo, as…

A Child Through Time is a history book by DK publishing for kids ages 8 to 12 (though both my…

A Promised Land by Barack Obama is a 768-page memoir that documents the former president’s life from his early years…

Florida is a collection of short stories that explores the physical and emotional landscape of Florida. The stories are centered…

An Hour Before Daylight is a memoir by former US President Jimmy Carter, in which he recounts his childhood growing…

The Middle Ages: Everyday Life in Medieval Europe is an excellent book about the daily lives of people from every segment of medieval European society.

North Georgia’s Dixie Highway by Images of America is a book that traces the development of the tourism route, the…

Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks by Andrea Lankford is a compelling account of the life…

The Devil’s Financial Dictionary is an interesting, browse-able book of satire. Great for anyone with a passing interest in finance or investing.

Windfall is a gripping account of how banks, energy companies, engineers, and entrepreneurs have turned a global crisis into a…

Amazing resource for any hiker.

Trick Mirror is a collection of nine original essays that explore the river of self-delusion that runs beneath the surface…

William Bartram was a famous naturalist in the 18th century. He traveled in the southeastern region of the United States…

A very well-written description of the current path we are on with the climate crisis.

Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life by John Bogle is a must-read for anyone in business or in…

Best Tent Camping Georgia is a straightforward, excellent reference book by Johnny Molloy. Even if you just flip through the…

Farsighted is a nonfiction book by American journalist Steven Johnson. The book is concerned with the complexity of decision-making and…

Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future by Johan Norberg is a concise, fast-paced book that you should…

The Fish That Ate The Whale is a biography of Sam Zemurray, the banana magnate of the 20th Century. You…

Happy City by Charles Montgomery is another great addition to that genre of non-fiction books written by journalists who weave…

Sand County Almanac is one of those books like Walden and Silent Spring that has had an enormous impact on…

I’ve been a huge fan of Ryan Holiday for quite a while. I started reading his work right when I…

Astoria: Astor & Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire is what more history books should aspire to be. It is technically an…

This Is Where You Belong explores the concept of what makes us fall in love with the towns and cities…

In Smarter Faster Better, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg explores the science of productivity and how managing how we think…

Hillbilly Elegy was deservedly named one of the best books of the year by The Economist, The New York Times,…

Dispatches from Pluto by Richard Grant is a travel book and memoir about his move from New York City to…