I’ll do a thread of good reads by female travellers on foot or bike (& maybe canoe/camel/etc) (& maybe a few chaps as well...). See the following tweets for inspirational writers.... https://twitter.com/emilychappell/status/1387753090368016391

Beyond Impossible - Mimi Anderson
The Beardless Adventurer - Donna Marie Ashton
Run for your Life - Jenny Baker
The Unlikeliest Backpacker - Kathryn Barnes
Mud Sweat & Gears - Ellie Bennett
Born for the Mountains - Julie Boardman
Running the Red Line - Julie Carter

Where there’s a Will - Emily Chappell
Running for my Life - Rachel Ann Cullen
Boundless - Karen Darke (& If You Fall)
Adventures in Mind - Heather Dawe
Just Another Mountain - Sarah Jane Douglas
One Woman’s Journey - Jennifer A Hanson
Running Like a Girl - Alexandra Heminsley

Mind of a Survivor - Megan Hind
Eat Sleep Cycle - Anna Hughes (& Pedal Power)
Let Your Mind Run - Deena Kastor
One Woman Walks Wales - Ursula Martin
The Pants of Perspective - Anna McNuff
Just for the Love of it - Cathy O’Dowd
Mud Sweat & Tears - Moire O’Sullivan

Dare to Do - Sarah Outen (& A Dip in the Ocean)
This Mum Runs - Jo Pabst
No Run Intended - Hannah E Phillips (& Run Intended)
Thru Hiking will Break your Heart - Carrot Quinn
The Camino Diaries - Jean Rawlings
The Extra Mile - Pam Reed

Regions of the Heart (Alison Hargreaves) - David Rose & Ed Douglas
Two Steps Forward - Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist
Extreme Sleeps - Phoebe Smith
Unchained - Rubin’s M Soorty
Wild - Cheryl Strayed
Running to Extremes - Lisa Tamati
A Life Without Limits - Chrissie Wellington

Tough Girl Sahara Challenge - Sarah Williams
The Salt Path - Raynor Winn (& The Wild Silence)
Where the Mountain Casts it’s Shadow - Maria Coffey (& Fragile Edge)
Tracks - Robyn Davidson
Come Hell or High Water - Claire Francis
Holding On - Jo Gambi
Runner - Lizzy Hawker

The Sea on Our Left - Shally Hunt
Wheels Within Wheels - Dervla Murphy (& many many more!)
A Bike Ride - Anne Mustoe (& a few others)
Riding the Mountains Down - Bettina Selby (& Riding to Jerusalem)
Just a Little Run Round the World - Rosie Swale Pole (& others)

Two Feet, Four Paws - Spud Talbot-Ponsonby (& Small Steps with Heavy Hoofs)
Out on Your Feet - Julie Welch (& Long Distance Information)
Space Beneath my Feet - Gwen Moffat

Who have I missed...?

Ok - here’s a list of male writers of hiking/cycling/running/other adventure books. My typing fingers are growing tired so no titles, just authors....sort of alphabetical but not totally...

James Adams
Jamie Andrew
Simon Armitage
Richard Askwith
Shane Benzie

Steve Birkinshaw
John D Burns
Steve Chilton
Paolo Cognetti
Sean Conway
Steve Cracknell
Keith Foskett
Mark Horrell
Mark P Houghton
Alastair Humphreys
Killian Jornet
Scott Jurek
Andy Kirkpatrick
David le Vay
Simon McCartney
Christopher McDougall
Cameron McNeish

Tim Millikin
Jonny Muir
Chris Poutney
Ira Rainey
Dan Richards
Ben Smith
Andrew P Sykes
Martin Thomerson
Paul Tonkinson
Markus Torgeby
Chris Townsend
Dave Urwin
Boff Whalley
Simon Yates
Joe Simpson
Stephen Venables
Ranulf Fiennes
Jim Curran
Benedict Allen
Andy Cave

Nicolas Crane
Patrick Leigh Fermor
John Hillaby
Jon Krakauer
Eric Newby
Aron Ralston
A Wainwright

There are many more that I’ve read using libraries - but I can’t remember them all....I must have missed some. Hope this list is useful - I’ve enjoyed exploring my bookshelves