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NEWS & COMMENTARY

WINNERS OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR
BOOK AWARDS (NOBA)

NOBA WINNERS BY CATEGORY:

OUTDOOR LITERATURE
 
NATURAL HISTORY
   LITERATURE

 

HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY

NATURE & ENVIRONMENT

CLASSIC AWARD

DESIGN/ARTISTIC MERIT

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

GUIDES (ADVENTURE)

GUIDES (NATURE)

INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKS


BEST BOOK LISTS:

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
   ADVENTURE'S 100 BEST
   ADVENTURE BOOKS

CHESSLER'S TOP 100
   CLIMBING BOOKS

SIERRA MAGAZINE
   READER'S FAVORITE
   BOOKS

OUTSIDE'S 25 BEST
BOOKS OF THE LAST
100 YEARS

CANOE-KAYAK'S 10 BEST
ADVENTURE PADDLING
BOOKS

TOP 10 BOOKS ON
ALPINISM

ASLE'S TOP 12

ENVIRONMENTAL BOOKS

THE REVIEWS 10 MOST
   INFLUENTIAL
   ENVIRONMENT BOOKS

OUTDOOR EDUCATION
   SURVEY:  BEST BOOKS

RECOMMENDATIONS:

TRAVEL LITERATURE BY
   JEFF TUCKER

 

OUTDOOR LITERATURE
   BY LIAM GUILAR

 

RIVER LITERATURE BY
   LIAM GUILAR


THE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE READING LIST:


READING LIST FOR AN
   OUTDOOR LITERATURE
   COURSE


OTHER SUGGESTIONS:

HUMBLE SUGGESTIONS
   (A Few of Our Editor's
    Own Works)



Commentary, Reviews & News

By Ron Watters

The winners of 2008 National Outdoor Book Awards have been announced.  You can check out the winners here: NOBA Winners.   The 2009 NOBA contest will be open to nominations in the summer of 2009.

For our own list, in addition to the NOBA winners, we also select several other outstanding books which are placed on our "Best Books of the Year" list.  The Best Books' list is found here: Best of 2007.  (Note: we'll post our Best of 2008 at the end of the year.)  Also, see below for past years' lists.

Finally, we maintain a list of newly published books.  New books coming across our desk are found here:  Newly Published Books -2008

Past "Best of the Year" lists:

Best of 2005

Best of 2006

Best of 2007



Collage: Best of 2006





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