Best Walking Books of 2025

National Geographic's "100 Hikes of a Lifetime: The World's Ultimate Scenic Trails" is the ultimate guide for hikers and sightseers alike. With breathtaking photography, expert advice from hikers like Andrew Skurka, and practical travel information, this book offers 100 energizing hikes for all levels. From short day hikes to multi-week treks, this book covers all continents and climates, making it a modern-day wish book for nature lovers. The book features easy to difficult hikes, making it accessible for all hikers. Overall, "100 Hikes of a Lifetime" is an inspirational guide that will lead you to experience the best hikes of your life.

The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook by Daniel Fox is a comprehensive guide for individuals diagnosed with BPD. The book offers an integrative approach to treating BPD, utilizing evidence-based therapies such as DBT, ACT, CBT, and interpersonal therapy. It helps readers understand their diagnosis, uncover emotional triggers, and discover personal motivators for positive change. The workbook is user-friendly, systematic, and pragmatic, making it a valuable resource for anyone seeking to manage their BPD. Overall, this book provides a compassionate and effective approach to healing and is a must-read for those struggling with BPD.

Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change by Maggie Smith is a collection of quotes and essays that explores the beauty and strength on the other side of loss. This book offers a meditation on kindness, hope, and how to move forward through grief. Through powerful essays on loss, endurance, and renewal, Smith shares her ability to find the perfect concrete metaphor for inchoate human emotions and explore it with empathy and honesty. Keep Moving is a title for the moment, a shining reminder to learn all we can from this moment, rebuilding ourselves in the darkness so that we may come out wiser, kinder, and stronger on the other side.

The Body Reset Diet, Revised Edition: Power Your Metabolism, Blast Fat, and Shed Pounds in Just 15 Days is a comprehensive guide to losing weight and getting healthy in a short amount of time. Written by celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak, this book offers a three-phase program that focuses on blending as the easiest and most effective way to slim down. The book also includes delicious, customizable smoothie recipes, healthy versions of favorite foods, and simple exercise routines. The revised edition features updated nutritional science and new recipes. Overall, this book offers a proven program to hit the reset button and get healthy in just 15 days.

Waiting in Hope is a much-needed resource for the one in six women who face the heartache of infertility. The book offers 31 reflections that address specific aspects of waiting and hoping, weaving personal narrative, Scripture, and prayers to encourage women longing for a child. The authors, Jenn Hesse and Kelley Ramsey, provide a biblically grounded, gospel-driven resource that specifically addresses the unique struggles of infertility. Waiting in Hope is a compassionate, biblically rich devotional that doesn't give false hope or platitudes. It is a valuable Christian resource for women facing infertility and extended waiting for a child.

Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principles to Dramatically Improve Your Painting by Ian Roberts is an essential guide for artists of all levels. The book provides clear, visual instruction and hands-on demonstrations to help you design and paint your best work yet. Roberts shows how to create an armature or structure of the picture plane and how the Old Masters used it to create movement, narrative, harmony, and fluidity. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced painter, the book's proven methods will work for you. The book is ideal for all mediums and provides the knowledge needed to create powerful paintings out of every subject.

A Walk in the Wood: Meditations on Mindfulness with a Bear Named Pooh is a charming and delightful book that introduces mindfulness in an engaging way. The book offers life lessons grounded in the simple act of slowing down, observing what is around us, and being present in our lives moment by moment. Through the adventures and eyes of Pooh, and the wisdom writings of mindfulness teachers, readers learn how to live in the present moment, practice kindness, and appreciate the importance of nature. Overall, it is a wonderful read for all ages and a great tool for personal transformation and self-help.

A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook is a practical guide to managing stress, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and medical conditions. It teaches mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, which are effective in promoting mindful awareness of our bodies and minds. The book provides audio downloads, new meditations, and extensive chapter revisions to help you manage stress and start living a healthier, happier life. This book is a must-read for anyone looking to replace stress-promoting habits with mindful ones, and it comes highly recommended for those interested in stress management self-help books.

The Salt Path: A Memoir is a poignant and powerful true story of a couple who, after losing everything, embarked on a transformative journey walking the South West Coast Path in England. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept path, carrying only the essentials for survival on their backs. Raynor Winn's prose is powerful, and she excels at description, reminding us that there is salvation in nature, movement, and the out-of-doors. The Salt Path is an inspiring read, ultimately a portrayal of home—how it can be lost, rebuilt, and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways.

National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States, 5th Edition is a comprehensive guide that features over 950 of the best parks across all 50 states, handpicked by park directors and National Geographic editors. The book includes detailed descriptions, stunning photographs, and 32 maps highlighting sites, trails, and campgrounds. It also covers popular activities such as hiking, biking, horseback riding, water sports, and rock climbing. This updated edition includes 750 additional off-the-beaten-track destinations. This guide is a must-have for adventurers, planner addicts, and anyone looking to explore the natural beauty of America.