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Looking for read-alikes for The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane? These 24 titles overlap in Ireland, Essays, Great Britain, and Nature and overall literary texture.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Wild Places.

Returning Light Thirty Years on the Island of Skellig Michael — Robert L. Harris

Returning Light Thirty Years on the Island of Skellig Michael

Robert L. Harris

Themes: Ireland • Essays • Nature

Connemara The Last Pool of Darkness — Tim Robinson

Connemara The Last Pool of Darkness

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

Britain and Ireland’s Best Wild Places 500 Essential Journeys — Christopher Somerville

Britain and Ireland’s Best Wild Places 500 Essential Journeys

Christopher Somerville

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

National Geographic Traveler Ireland 6th Edition — National Geographic

National Geographic Traveler Ireland 6th Edition

National Geographic

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

Under the Weather Us and the Elements — Tom Fort

Under the Weather Us and the Elements

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

Oak and Ash and Thorn The Ancient Woods and New Forests of Britain — Peter Fiennes

Oak and Ash and Thorn The Ancient Woods and New Forests of Britain

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

Nudibranchs of Britain, Ireland and Northwest Europe Second Edition — Bernard Picton

Nudibranchs of Britain, Ireland and Northwest Europe Second Edition

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

Always Ireland An Insider’s Tour of the Emerald Isle — Jack Kavanagh

Always Ireland An Insider’s Tour of the Emerald Isle

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland The Tree Register Handbook — Owen Johnson

Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland The Tree Register Handbook

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

Wanderlust British & Irish Isles Hiking the Trails of Great Britain and Ireland — Alex Roddie

Wanderlust British & Irish Isles Hiking the Trails of Great Britain and Ireland

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

The National Trust Book of the Coast — Clare Gogerty

The National Trust Book of the Coast

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

The Mountains of Mourne A Celebration of a Place Apart — David Kirk

The Mountains of Mourne A Celebration of a Place Apart

Themes: Ireland • Great Britain • Nature

Voices of Akenfield — Ronald Blythe

Voices of Akenfield

Themes: Essays • Great Britain • Nature

Cathedrals and Castles — Henry James

Cathedrals and Castles

Themes: Essays • Great Britain • Nature

Through England on a Side-Saddle — Celia Fiennes

Through England on a Side-Saddle

Themes: Essays • Great Britain • Nature

I Belong Here A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain: WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTION — Anita Sethi

I Belong Here A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain: WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTION

Themes: Essays • Great Britain • Nature

One Green Field — Edward Thomas

One Green Field

Themes: Essays • Great Britain • Nature

The Wood — John Stewart Collis

John Stewart Collis

Themes: Essays • Great Britain • Nature

Walks in the Wheat-fields — Richard Jefferies

Walks in the Wheat-fields

Richard Jefferies

Themes: Essays • Great Britain • Nature

The Living Mountain A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland — Nan Shepherd

The Living Mountain A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland

Themes: Essays • Great Britain • Nature

The Old Straight Track — Alfred Watkins

The Old Straight Track

Themes: Essays • Great Britain • Nature

The Irish Wolfhound (1885) — George Augustus Graham

The Irish Wolfhound (1885)

George Augustus Graham

Themes: Ireland • Essays • Nature

Thin Places — Kerri ní Dochartaigh

Kerri ní Dochartaigh

Themes: Ireland • Essays • Nature

Ireland: the Autobiography One Hundred Years of Irish Life, Told by Its People — John Bowman

Ireland: the Autobiography One Hundred Years of Irish Life, Told by Its People

Themes: Ireland • Essays • Great Britain

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