Check Out Washington
Check Out Washington Supporting Resources
Check Out Washington is a collaboration between the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and the Washington State Library.
Check Out Washington Supporting Booklists
On this page, you'll find suggestions of fiction and non-fiction books featuring the outdoors, nature, parks, wildlife, survival, and more.
Check with your local library for availability, and supplement your visit to Washington State Parks with some reading material from your local library!
Books for Adults
| Title | Author | Cover Image |
| The Wilderness Idiot: Lessons from an Accidental Adventurer | Ted Alvarez |  |
| How to Stay Alive in the Woods | Bradford Angier |
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| The Creaky Knees Guide to Washington | Seabury Blair |  |
| By the Shore: Explore the Pacific Northwest Coast Like a Local |
Nancy Blakely |  |
| Campfire Cuisine | Robin Donovan |  |
| Black Faces, White Spaces | Carolyn Finney |  |
| How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea |
Tristan Gooley |  |
| The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs | Tristan Gooley |  |
| Oregon & Washington: 50 Hikes with Kids | Wendy Gorton |  |
| Pacific Northwest Hiking | Craig Hill |  |
| Best Tent Camping: Your Car Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, Sounds of Nature and Escape from Civilization |
Ellie Kozlowski |
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| The Unlikely Thru-Hiker | Derick Lugo |  |
| Fat Girls Hiking | Summer Michaud-Skog |
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| The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors |
James Edward Mills |
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| Ancient Places: People and Landscape in the Emerging Northwest |
Jack Nisbet |  |
| David Douglas, a Naturalist at Work | Jack Nisbet |  |
| Where the Deer and the Antelope Play | Nick Offerman |  |
| Nature Anatomy | Julia Rothman |  |
| How to Raise a Wild Child | Scott D. Sampson |  |
| Pacific Northwest Camping | Tom Stienstra |  |
| Washington Camping | Tom Stienstra |  |