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Books like Walking

If you loved Walking by Henry David Thoreau, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Essays, Literary Collections, and Philosophy.

Top related books to Walking

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Walking.

Essays and Aphorisms

Arthur Schopenhauer

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

Species of Spaces and Other Pieces

Georges Perec

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

New England Transcendentalism And St. Louis Hegelianism Phases In The History Of American Idealism

Henry A. Pochmann

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

The Legacy of the American Revolution to the British West Indies and Bahamas A Chapter Out of the History of the American Loyalists (1913)

Wilbur H. Siebert

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

History Of The Appointing Power Of The President (1886)

Lucy Maynard Salmon

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

The Concept of Morals

Walter Terence Stace

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

A Day in the Life of the Brain The Neuroscience of Consciousness from Dawn Till Dusk

Susan Greenfield

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

Science Simplified And Philosophy, Natural And Experimental, Made Easy Second Series (1851)

David Williams

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

The History Of Tuscany V4 From The Earliest Era (1826)

Lorenzo Pignotti

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#10

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#11

Wild Spectacle Seeking Wonders in a World Beyond Humans

Janisse Ray

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections

#12

Solomon’s Temple Spiritualized Or Gospel-Light Fetched Out Of The Temple At Jerusalem (1786)

John Bunyan

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#13

Why History Repeats Itself Or Are We Getting Anywhere

John G. Sims Jr.

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#14

The Portable Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#15

Seven Lectures On The Law And History Of Copyright In Books (1899)

Augustine Birrell

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#16

The Religion of Man International Edition

Rabindranath Tagore

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#17

The Unnamable Present

Roberto Calasso

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#18

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding — John Locke

JOHN. LOCKE

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#19

Essays of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#20

The Budget Of Truth Relative To The Present Aspect Of Affairs In The Religious And The Political World, Especially To The Existing State Of Christendom (1830)

John Burridge

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#21

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

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections

#22

In Search of Duende

Federico García Lorca

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#23

Companions of My Solitude

Arthur Helps

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

#24

The Portable Enlightenment Reader

Various

Themes: Essays • Literary Collections • Philosophy

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Essays, Literary Collections, Philosophy — the same threads that run through Walking by Henry David Thoreau. Among the authors featured: Arthur Schopenhauer, Georges Perec, Henry A. Pochmann, Wilbur H. Siebert, and others.