Books like…

Books Like Walden

by Henry David Thoreau · about this book

Loved Walden by Henry David Thoreau? If its nonfiction, classics and nature writing hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Dispossessed, Poor Charlie's Almanack and Meditations. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Walden: Nonfiction · Classics · Nature Writing · Philosophy · Slow-Paced

1. 

   The Dispossessed

   Ursula K. Le Guin

   Philosophy · Classics · Slow-Paced · Self-Discovery · Dense Prose

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2. 

   Poor Charlie's Almanack

   Charles T. Munger

   Essay Collection · Philosophy · Nonfiction · Dense Prose · Memoir & Biography

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   Meditations

   Marcus Aurelius

   Philosophy · Classics · Nonfiction · Mindfulness

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4. 

   Power vs. Force

   David R. Hawkins

   Nonfiction · Philosophy · Dense Prose · Self-Discovery · Mindfulness

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5. 

   12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

   Jordan B Peterson

   Philosophy · Nonfiction · Essay Collection · Dense Prose

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   The Fellowship of the Ring

   J.R.R. TOLKIEN

   Classics · Slow-Paced · Forest · Dense Prose

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   The Witch of the Forest's Guide to Earth Magick: Ground yourself with magick. Connect with the seasons in your life & in nature

   Lindsay Squire

   Nature Writing · Nonfiction · Forest · Mindfulness

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8. 

   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Classics · Slow-Paced · Philosophy · Dense Prose

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9. 

   2001: A Space Odyssey

   Arthur C. Clarke

   Classics · Philosophy · Slow-Paced · Dense Prose

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10. 

    A Psalm for the Wild-Built

    Becky Chambers

    Forest · Philosophy · Self-Discovery · Slow-Paced

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11. 

    Everything Is F*cked: A Book about Hope

    Mark Manson

    Philosophy · Nonfiction · Essay Collection

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12. 

    Robinson Crusoe

    Daniel Defoe

    Classics · Dense Prose · Self-Discovery · Slow-Paced

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13. 

    The Stranger

    Albert Camus

    Philosophy · Classics · Self-Discovery

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14. 

    The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival

    John Bagot Glubb

    Essay Collection · Nonfiction · Philosophy

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15. 

    Under the Tuscan Sun

    Frances Mayes

    Nonfiction · Slow-Paced · Self-Discovery · Lyrical Prose · Memoir & Biography

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16. 

    HBR At 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review's First Century

    Harvard Business Review

    Essay Collection · Nonfiction · Dense Prose

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17. 

    On Morrison

    Namwali Serpell

    Essay Collection · Nonfiction · Dense Prose

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18. 

    The Eye of the World

    Robert Jordan

    Classics · Forest · Dense Prose · Slow-Paced

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19. 

    Titus Groan

    Mervyn Peake

    Classics · Slow-Paced · Dense Prose · Lyrical Prose

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20. 

    Of Human Bondage

    W. Somerset Maugham

    Classics · Slow-Paced · Self-Discovery

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