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If you loved Press Pause by Axel & Ash, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Adventure, Special Interest, Body, Mind & Spirit, and Travel.

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Top related books to Press Pause

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Do Big Small Things — Bruce Poon Tip

Do Big Small Things

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Wheels of Wisdom Life Lessons for the Restless Spirit — Tim Bishop

Wheels of Wisdom Life Lessons for the Restless Spirit

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Art of Pilgrimage The Seeker’s Guide to Making Travel Sacred — Phil Cousineau

The Art of Pilgrimage The Seeker’s Guide to Making Travel Sacred

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

God and Love on Route 80 The Hidden Mystery of Human Connectedness — Stephen G. Post

God and Love on Route 80 The Hidden Mystery of Human Connectedness

Stephen G. Post

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Growing Up Different by Bonjenji — Erva Zuckerman

Growing Up Different by Bonjenji

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps In Search of the World’s Most Hideous Beasts — Dom Joly

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps In Search of the World’s Most Hideous Beasts

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Great Alone Walking the Pacific Crest Trail — Tim Voors

The Great Alone Walking the Pacific Crest Trail

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Secret History of Bigfoot Field Notes on a North American Monster — John O’Connor

The Secret History of Bigfoot Field Notes on a North American Monster — John O’Connor

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Explore Extraordinary Adventures of Vulnerability and Strength — Erik Seversen

Explore Extraordinary Adventures of Vulnerability and Strength

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

A Country Boy’s Dream Comes True Travelling the World — Edward Franklin Burkett

A Country Boy’s Dream Comes True Travelling the World

Edward Franklin Burkett

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Where War Ends A Combat Veteran’s 2,700-Mile Journey to Heal — Recovering from PTSD and Moral Injury through Meditation — Tom Voss

Where War Ends A Combat Veteran’s 2,700-Mile Journey to Heal — Recovering from PTSD and Moral Injury through Meditation

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond In Search of the Sasquatch — John Zada

In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond In Search of the Sasquatch

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Get Lost Seven Principles for Trekking Life with Grace and Other Life Lessons from Kick-Ass Women’s Adventure Travel — Erin Leider-Pariser

Get Lost Seven Principles for Trekking Life with Grace and Other Life Lessons from Kick-Ass Women’s Adventure Travel

Erin Leider-Pariser

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Lost Cities of Atlantis, Ancient Europe & the Mediterranean — David Hatcher Childress

Lost Cities of Atlantis, Ancient Europe & the Mediterranean

David Hatcher Childress

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Gold of the Gods — Erich Von Daniken

The Gold of the Gods

Erich Von Daniken

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Destination Truth Memoirs of a Monster Hunter — Josh Gates

Destination Truth Memoirs of a Monster Hunter

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Lost Continent of Mu — James Churchward

The Lost Continent of Mu

James Churchward

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

You Deserve Good Gelato New York Times Bestseller — Kacie Rose

You Deserve Good Gelato New York Times Bestseller

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Lost in the Valley of Death A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas — Harley Rustad

Lost in the Valley of Death A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Trove A Woman’s Search for Truth and Buried Treasure — Sandra A. Miller

Trove A Woman’s Search for Truth and Buried Treasure

Sandra A. Miller

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Nature Rx Improving College-student Mental Health — Donald Andrew Rakow

Nature Rx Improving College-student Mental Health

Donald Andrew Rakow

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Lonely Planet You Only Live Once — Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet You Only Live Once

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Extreme Adventure A Photographic Exploration of Wild Experiences — Peter Guttman

Extreme Adventure A Photographic Exploration of Wild Experiences

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Body, Mind & Spirit

Wild Happy Dreams, Crises, and Acceptance in the Jungles of Papua New Guinea — Ryan Case

Wild Happy Dreams, Crises, and Acceptance in the Jungles of Papua New Guinea

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Adventure, Special Interest, Body, Mind & Spirit — the same threads that run through Press Pause by Axel & Ash. Among the authors featured: Bruce Poon Tip, Tim Bishop, Phil Cousineau, Stephen G. Post, and others.

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