Six books that will inspire you to take a hike

At the B&N Reads blog Monique Alice tagged six books that will inspire you to lace up your hiking boots, including:

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl Strayed had already had a series of hard knocks in her 22 years on Earth when she decided to set out on one of the most daunting hikes in the United States: the Pacific Crest Trail. The West’s answer to the Appalachian, the Pacific Crest is decidedly more desolate, rockier, and has a considerably denser population of snakes. Having just weathered tragedy after tragedy in her personal life and armed with very little hiking experience, Strayed starts out with a massively overfilled pack and an even heavier heart. By the time her journey ends, she has lightened both loads considerably.

Read about the other books on the list.

Wild is among Jeff Somers's five top books with Mother Nature as antagonist.

--Marshal Zeringue