If you’re getting ready to head off somewhere exciting this summer you will need a few good books in your pack.
Here is a selection to get you going, including:
Jack Kerouac. On the Road
Peter Mathiessen. Snow Leopard
Joseph Heller. Catch 22
Herman Hesse. Siddhartha
Yann Martel. Life of Pi
Pirsig. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
For just belly laughs in wild places …
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Woah! I just went backpacking and guess what book I brought with me? Catch-22! That’s a great list of books and I totally agree that they are excellent for backpacking :-)
these 2 books have traveled many summers in the Rockies and they will probably be there this summer : In Watermelon Sugar and Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan. They are small books that will never wiegh you or your pack down.