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The following lists include all books submitted to the Outdoor Book Reviews' website. They do not include, however, National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) winners or books on the best reading lists. You'll find links to reviews of winning NOBA books and reading lists on the sidebar to the left. If you need an index of NOBA books, you'll find a series of PDF's ordered by title, author and year on the NOBA site here.

All Reviewed Books (Ordered by Title) . . .

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Title (** indicates "Best of the Year" / * indicates "Honorable Mention")	Year	Last Name	First
Abandoned on Everest: A Summit Murder Mystery	2010	Irion	Charles
The Accidental Explorer: Wayfinding in Alaska	2008**	Simpson	Sherry
Adventure Inward: A Risk Taker’s Book of Quotes	2014**	Wunrow	Jonathan
Alaska/Yukon/Arctic Light: Gifts of the Wild	2009	Menke	Kathleen
All Fishermen Are Liars	2015	Gierach	John
An Island Between Two Shores: A Nove	2012	Wilson	Graham
The Ascent: A Novel of Survival	2010	Malfi	Ronald
Beyond Learning by Doing: Theoretical Currents in Experiential Education	2012	Roberts	Jay
Beyond the Horizon: The First Human-powered Expedition to Circle the Globe	2009**	Angus	Colin
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Save America	2010**	Egan	Timothy
Big Water, Little Boats	2012**	Martin	Tom
Brook Trout and the Writing Life: The Intermingling of Fishing and Writing in a Novelist's Life	2011**	Nova	Craig
Building an Adirondack Guideboat	2006	Olivette	Michael
Cabin Creek Chronicle: The History of the Most Remote Ranch in America	2014**	Minshall	Wayne
Canyons and Ice: the Wilderness Travels of Dick Griffith	2012**	Johnson	Kaylene
Chasing Dreamtime: A Sea-going Hitchhiker's Journey through Memory and Myth	2005**	Sullawy	Neva
The Complete Paddler: A Guidebook for Paddling the Missouri River from the Headwaters to St. Louis, Missouri	2006	Miller	David
The Coolest Race on Earth: Mud, Madmen, Glaciers and Grannies at the Antarctica Marathon	2009**	Hanc	John
Death in the Grizzly Maze: The Timothy Treadwell Story	2005**	Lapinski	Mike
Defending Idaho's Natural Heritage	2015**	Robison	Ken
Eagles in the Flesh: A Wild Hang Gliding Adventure	2012	Kaye	Erik
Early Days in the Range of Light	2010**	Arnold	Daniel
Eastern Alpine Guide: Natural History and Conservation of Mountain Tundra East of the Rockies	2012	Jones	M.T.
The Edge of Never	2009**	Kerig	William
Every Natural Act: Five Seasons of Open Air Parenting	2010**	Jenkins	Amy Lou
Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America: A Visual Tribute to North America's Finest Ski Descents	2010**	Davenport	Chris
Flooding Granite: A Novel	2011*	Mahony	Tom
Flying Off Everest: A Journey from Summit to Sea	2014**	Costello	Dave
Forgotten Highways: Wilderness Journeys Down the Historic Trails of hte Canadian Rockies	2007**	Brink	Nicky
he Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting and Preparing Edible Wild Plants	2006**	Thayer	Samuel
High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity	2007**	Davis	Steph
High Points: A Climber's Guide to Central America	2013	Wunrow	Jonathan
Idaho Paddler: Whitewater Gems: A Rafters and Kayakers Guide	2010	Glaccum	Sean
In the Wake of the Jomon: Stone Age Mariners and a Voyage Across the Pacific	2005**	Turk	Jon
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest	2012**	Davis	Wade
Kayaking Alone	2008*	Barenti	Mike
Knowing Yellowstone: Science in America's First National Park	2010**	Johnson	Jerry
A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage along the Yukon River	2006**	O'Neill	Dan
The Last Voyageur: Amos Burg and the Rivers of the West	2014**	Welch	Vince
The Laugh of the Water Nymph and Other River Stories	2005**	Ammons	Doug
Letters from the Woods: Looking at Life through the Window of Wilderness	2005**	Hurley	Michael
A Long Trek Home	2010**	McKittrick	Erin
Meet Me at the Mountain: An Interactive Multi-sensory Adventure	2009**	Andrews	Mark
The Milepost: Alaska Travel Planner	2013*	Valencia	Kris
The Monkey Wrench Dad	2008*	Wright	Ken
Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey Inoto the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon	2014**	Rosolie	Paul
Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance 1935, The Forgotten Adventure	2006**	Astill	Tony
Mountain High	2010	Brach	Paul
Murder on Aconcagua: A Summit Murder Mystery	2011	Irion	Charles
Murder on Elbrus	2010	Irion	Charles
Murder on Everest	2010	Irion	Charles
Murder on Mt. McKinley: A Summit Murder Mystery	2011	Iron	Charles
The Orvis Guide to Small Stream Fly Fishing	2011**	Rosenbauer	Tom
Paddlefish	2011*	Warren	Christine
Personal Best - Fishing and Life: An Obsessive Weekend Tournament Angler’s Pursuit of Perfection	2014	Mazurek	Kurt
Pub Paddles: The Best Short Canoe Trips in the South of England	2011**	Knowles	Peter
Race to Tibet	2015	Schiller	Sophie
Ranger Confidential: Living, Working and Dying in the National Parks	2010**	Lankford	Andrea
Search for a Perfect State of Colorado	2008	Hood	William
Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness	2006**	Payton	Brian
South Crop Forest	2009	Rothman	Lorne
The Sparks Fly Upward: A Novel	2013**	Correll	Jon
The Trail to Table Mountain: A Location Based Guide to 186 Plants Found in the Teton-Yellowstone Region	2009**	Coburn	Kelley
The Treehouse Chronicles: One Man's Dream of Life Aloft	2005**	Lewis	Peter
Walking Home: A Traveler in the Alaskan Wilderness	2010**	Schooler	Lynn
Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. One Step at a Time	2012*	Stafford	Ed
Walking the Big Wild: From Yellowstone to the Yukon on the Grizzly Bear's Trail	2005**	Heur	Karsten
Wherever Waters Flow: A Lifelong Love Affair with Wild Rivers	2006	Woodward	Doug
Whitewater Philosophy	2009	Ammons	Doug
Whitewater Wanderings	2009	Hines	Chuck
Wild Moments: Adventures with Animals of the North	2009	Engelhard	Michael
Wilderness Brothers: Prospecting, Horse Packing & Homesteading on the Western Frontier	2012*	Minshall	Wayne
Wilderness in National Parks: Playground or Preserve	2009**	Miles	John
Zion Canyon: A Storied Land	2007**	Chesher	Greer

Fiction Books - Ordered by Title

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Title (** indicates "Best of the Year" / * indicates "Honorable Mention")	Year	Last Name	First
Abandoned on Everest: A Summit Murder Mystery	2010	Irion	Charles
An Island Between Two Shores: A Novel	2012	Wilson	Graham
The Ascent: A Novel of Survival	2010	Malfi	Ronald
Flooding Granite: A Novel	2011*	Mahony	Tom
Murder on Aconcagua: A Summit Murder Mystery	2011	Irion	Charles
Murder on Elbrus	2010	Irion	Charles
Murder on Everest	2010	Irion	Charles
Murder on Mt. McKinley: A Summit Murder Mystery	2011	Iron	Charles
Personal Best - Fishing and Life: An Obsessive Weekend Tournament Angler’s Pursuit of Perfection	2014	Mazurek	Kurt
Race to Tibet	2015	Schiller	Sophie
South Crop Forest	2009	Rothman	Lorne
The Sparks Fly Upward: A Novel	2013**	Correll	Jon

Non Fiction Books - Ordered by Title

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Title (** indicates "Best of the Year" / * indicates "Honorable Mention")	Year	Last Name	First
The Accidental Explorer: Wayfinding in Alaska	2008**	Simpson	Sherry
Adventure Inward: A Risk Taker’s Book of Quotes	2014**	Wunrow	Jonathan
Alaska/Yukon/Arctic Light: Gifts of the Wild	2009	Menke	Kathleen
All Fishermen Are Liars	2015	Gierach	John
Beyond Learning by Doing: Theoretical Currents in Experiential Education	2012	Roberts	Jay
Beyond the Horizon: The First Human-powered Expedition to Circle the Globe	2009**	Angus	Colin
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Save America	2010**	Egan	Timothy
Big Water, Little Boats	2012**	Martin	Tom
Brook Trout and the Writing Life: The Intermingling of Fishing and Writing in a Novelist's Life	2011**	Nova	Craig
Building an Adirondack Guideboat	2006	Olivette	Michael
Cabin Creek Chronicle: The History of the Most Remote Ranch in America	2014**	Minshall	Wayne
Canyons and Ice: the Wilderness Travels of Dick Griffith	2012**	Johnson	Kaylene
Chasing Dreamtime: A Sea-going Hitchhiker's Journey through Memory and Myth	2005**	Sullawy	Neva
The Complete Paddler: A Guidebook for Paddling the Missouri River from the Headwaters to St. Louis, Missouri	2006	Miller	David
The Coolest Race on Earth: Mud, Madmen, Glaciers and Grannies at the Antarctica Marathon	2009**	Hanc	John
Death in the Grizzly Maze: The Timothy Treadwell Story	2005**	Lapinski	Mike
Defending Idaho's Natural Heritage	2015	Robison	Ken
Eagles in the Flesh: A Wild Hang Gliding Adventure	2012	Kaye	Erik
Early Days in the Range of Light	2010**	Arnold	Daniel
Eastern Alpine Guide: Natural History and Conservation of Mountain Tundra East of the Rockies	2012	Jones	M.T.
The Edge of Never	2009**	Kerig	William
Every Natural Act: Five Seasons of Open Air Parenting	2010**	Jenkins	Amy Lou
Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America: A Visual Tribute to North America's Finest Ski Descents	2010**	Davenport	Chris
Flying Off Everest: A Journey from Summit to Sea	2014**	Costello	Dave
Forgotten Highways: Wilderness Journeys Down the Historic Trails o fhte Canadian Rockies	2007**	Brink	Nicky
The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting and Preparing Edible Wild Plants	2006**	Thayer	Samuel
High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity	2007**	Davis	Steph
High Points: A Climber's Guide to Central America	2013	Wunrow	Jonathan
Idaho Paddler: Whitewater Gems: A Rafters and Kayakers Guide	2010	Glaccum	Sean
In the Wake of the Jomon: Stone Age Mariners and a Voyage Across the Pacific	2005**	Turk	Jon
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest	2012**	Davis	Wade
Kayaking Alone	2008*	Barenti	Mike
Knowing Yellowstone: Science in America's First National Park	2010**	Johnson	Jerry
A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage along the Yukon River	2006**	O'Neill	Dan
The Last Voyageur: Amos Burg and the Rivers of the West	2014**	Welch	Vince
The Laugh of the Water Nymph and Other River Stories	2005**	Ammons	Doug
Letters from the Woods: Looking at Life through the Window of Wilderness	2005**	Hurley	Michael
A Long Trek Home	2010**	McKittrick	Erin
Meet Me at the Mountain: An Interactive Multi-sensory Adventure	2009**	Andrews	Mark
The Milepost: Alaska Travel Planner	2013*	Valencia	Kris
The Monkey Wrench Dad	2008*	Wright	Ken
Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey Inoto the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon	2014**	Rosolie	Paul
Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance 1935, The Forgotten Adventure	2006**	Astill	Tony
Mountain High	2010	Brach	Paul
The Orvis Guide to Small Stream Fly Fishing	2011**	Rosenbauer	Tom
Paddlefish	2011*	Warren	Christine
Pub Paddles: The Best Short Canoe Trips in the South of England	2011**	Knowles	Peter
Ranger Confidential: Living, Working and Dying in the National Parks	2010**	Lankford	Andrea
Search for a Perfect State of Colorado	2008	Hood	William
Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness	2006**	Payton	Brian
The Trail to Table Mountain: A Location Based Guide to 186 Plants Found in the Teton-Yellowstone Region	2009**	Coburn	Kelley
The Treehouse Chronicles: One Man's Dream of Life Aloft	2005**	Lewis	Peter
Walking Home: A Traveler in the Alaskan Wilderness	2010**	Schooler	Lynn
Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. One Step at a Time	2012*	Stafford	Ed
Walking the Big Wild: From Yellowstone to the Yukon on the Grizzly Bear's Trail	2005**	Heur	Karsten
Wherever Waters Flow: A Lifelong Love Affair with Wild Rivers	2006	Woodward	Doug
Whitewater Philosophy	2009	Ammons	Doug
Whitewater Wanderings	2009	Hines	Chuck
Wild Moments: Adventures with Animals of the North	2009	Engelhard	Michael
Wilderness Brothers: Prospecting, Horse Packing & Homesteading on the Western Frontier	2012*	Minshall	Wayne
Wilderness in National Parks: Playground or Preserve	2009**	Miles	John
Zion Canyon: A Storied Land	2007**	Chesher	Greer

All Reviewed Books (Ordered by Author)

Click on the book's title to see the review

Title (** indicates "Best of the Year" / * indicates "Honorable Mention")	Year	Last Name	First
The Laugh of the Water Nymph and Other River Stories	2005**	Ammons	Doug
Whitewater Philosophy	2009	Ammons	Doug
Meet Me at the Mountain: An Interactive Multi-sensory Adventure	2009**	Andrews	Mark
Beyond the Horizon: The First Human-powered Expedition to Circle the Globe	2009**	Angus	Colin
Early Days in the Range of Light	2010**	Arnold	Daniel
Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance 1935, The Forgotten Adventure	2006**	Astill	Tony
Kayaking Alone	2008*	Barenti	Mike
Mountain High	2010	Brach	Paul
Forgotten Highways: Wilderness Journeys Down the Historic Trails o fhte Canadian Rockies	2007**	Brink	Nicky
Zion Canyon: A Storied Land	2007**	Chesher	Greer
The Trail to Table Mountain: A Location Based Guide to 186 Plants Found in the Teton-Yellowstone Region	2009**	Coburn	Kelley
The Sparks Fly Upward: A Novel	2013**	Correll	Jon
Flying Off Everest: A Journey from Summit to Sea	2014**	Costello	Dave
Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America: A Visual Tribute to North America's Finest Ski Descents	2010**	Davenport	Chris
High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity	2007**	Davis	Steph
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest	2012**	Davis	Wade
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Save America	2010**	Egan	Timothy
Wild Moments: Adventures with Animals of the North	2009	Engelhard	Michael
All Fishermen Are Liars	2015**	Gierach	John
Idaho Paddler: Whitewater Gems: A Rafters and Kayakers Guide	2010	Glaccum	Sean
The Coolest Race on Earth: Mud, Madmen, Glaciers and Grannies at the Antarctica Marathon	2009**	Hanc	John
Walking the Big Wild: From Yellowstone to the Yukon on the Grizzly Bear's Trail	2005**	Heur	Karsten
Whitewater Wanderings	2009	Hines	Chuck
Search for a Perfect State of Colorado	2008	Hood	William
Letters from the Woods: Looking at Life through the Window of Wilderness	2005**	Hurley	Michael
Abandoned on Everest: A Summit Murder Mystery	2010	Irion	Charles
Murder on Aconcagua: A Summit Murder Mystery	2011	Irion	Charles
Murder on Elbrus	2010	Irion	Charles
Murder on Everest	2010	Irion	Charles
Murder on Mt. McKinley: A Summit Murder Mystery	2011	Iron	Charles
Every Natural Act: Five Seasons of Open Air Parenting	2010**	Jenkins	Amy Lou
Knowing Yellowstone: Science in America's First National Park	2010**	Johnson	Jerry
Canyons and Ice: the Wilderness Travels of Dick Griffith	2012**	Johnson	Kaylene
Eastern Alpine Guide: Natural History and Conservation of Mountain Tundra East of the Rockies	2012	Jones	M.T.
Eagles in the Flesh: A Wild Hang Gliding Adventure	2012	Kaye	Erik
The Edge of Never	2009**	Kerig	William
Pub Paddles: The Best Short Canoe Trips in the South of England	2011**	Knowles	Peter
Ranger Confidential: Living, Working and Dying in the National Parks	2010**	Lankford	Andrea
Death in the Grizzly Maze: The Timothy Treadwell Story	2005**	Lapinski	Mike
The Treehouse Chronicles: One Man's Dream of Life Aloft	2005**	Lewis	Peter
Flooding Granite: A Novel	2011*	Mahony	Tom
The Ascent: A Novel of Survival	2010	Malfi	Ronald
Big Water, Little Boats	2012**	Martin	Tom
Personal Best - Fishing and Life: An Obsessive Weekend Tournament Angler’s Pursuit of Perfection	2014	Mazurek	Kurt
A Long Trek Home	2010**	McKittrick	Erin
Alaska/Yukon/Arctic Light: Gifts of the Wild	2009	Menke	Kathleen
Wilderness in National Parks: Playground or Preserve	2009**	Miles	John
The Complete Paddler: A Guidebook for Paddling the Missouri River from the Headwaters to St. Louis, Missouri	2006	Miller	David
Cabin Creek Chronicle: The History of the Most Remote Ranch in America	2014**	Minshall	Wayne
Wilderness Brothers: Prospecting, Horse Packing & Homesteading on the Western Frontier	2012*	Minshall	Wayne
Brook Trout and the Writing Life: The Intermingling of Fishing and Writing in a Novelist's Life	2011**	Nova	Craig
Building an Adirondack Guideboat	2006	Olivette	Michael
A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage along the Yukon River	2006**	O'Neill	Dan
Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness	2006**	Payton	Brian
Beyond Learning by Doing: Theoretical Currents in Experiential Education	2012	Roberts	Jay
Defending Idaho's Natural Heritage	2015	Robison	Ken
The Orvis Guide to Small Stream Fly Fishing	2011**	Rosenbauer	Tom
Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey Inoto the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon	2014**	Rosolie	Paul
South Crop Forest	2009	Rothman	Lorne
Race to Tibet	2015	Schiller	Sophie
Walking Home: A Traveler in the Alaskan Wilderness	2010**	Schooler	Lynn
The Accidental Explorer: Wayfinding in Alaska	2008**	Simpson	Sherry
Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. One Step at a Time	2012*	Stafford	Ed
Chasing Dreamtime: A Sea-going Hitchhiker's Journey through Memory and Myth	2005**	Sullawy	Neva
he Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting and Preparing Edible Wild Plants	2006**	Thayer	Samuel
In the Wake of the Jomon: Stone Age Mariners and a Voyage Across the Pacific	2005**	Turk	Jon
The Milepost: Alaska Travel Planner	2013*	Valencia	Kris
Paddlefish	2011*	Warren	Christine
The Last Voyageur: Amos Burg and the Rivers of the West	2014**	Welch	Vince
An Island Between Two Shores: A Novel	2012	Wilson	Graham
Wherever Waters Flow: A Lifelong Love Affair with Wild Rivers	2006	Woodward	Doug
The Monkey Wrench Dad	2008*	Wright	Ken
Adventure Inward: A Risk Taker’s Book of Quotes	2014**	Wunrow	Jonathan
High Points: A Climber's Guide to Central America	2013	Wunrow	Jonathan

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