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
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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.