National Outdoor Book Award

Winners and honorable mentions

• Small date = Honorable Mention

  Outdoor literature (non-fiction)

• 1997: W. Scott Olsen and Scott Cairns, The Sacred Place: Witnessing the Holy in the Physical World
• 1997: Don Gayton, Landscapes of the Interior: Re-Explorations of Nature and the Human Spirit
• 1998: Greg Child, Postcards from the Ledge: Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child
• 1999: Richard Bangs, The Lost River: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Transformation on Wild Water
• 2000: Chris Duff, On Celtic Tides: One Man's Journey Around Ireland by Sea Kayak
• 2001: Erika Warmbrunn, Where the Pavement Ends: One Woman's Bicycle Trip Through Mongolia, China and Vietnam
• 2002: Jill Fredston, Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
• 2003: Joe Simpson, The Beckoning Silence
• 2004: Angela & Duffy Ballard, A Blistered Kind of Love: One Couple's Trial by Trail
• 2004: Maria Coffey, Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure
• 2004: Ted Kerasote, Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age
• 2005: Peter Stark, At the Mercy of the River: An Exploration of the Last African Wilderness
• 2005: Jennifer Jordan, Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, the World's Most Feared Mountain
• 2006: Karsten Heuer, Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with a Caribou Herd
• 2007: Lou Ureneck, Backcast: Fatherhood, Fly-fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska
• 2007: Beth A. Leonard, Blue Horizons: Dispatches from Distant Seas
• 2008: Jennifer Lowe-Anker, Forget Me Not: A Memoir
• 2009: Julie Angus, Rowboat in a Hurricane: My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Ocean
• 2009: Mark Obmascik, Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High
• 2010: Winton Porter, Just Passin' Thru: A Vintage Store, the Appalachian Trail, and a Cast of Unforgettable Characters
• 2010: Peter Heller, Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life and Catching the Perfect Wave
• 2011: Philip Connors, Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
• 2012: Suzanne Roberts, Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail
• 2012: Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan, The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier
• 2012: Michael Lanza, Before They're Gone: A Family's Year-Long Quest to Explore America's Most Endangered National Parks
• 2013: Gail D. Storey, I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail
• 2013: Dylan Tomine, Closer to the Ground: An Outdoor Family’s Year on the Water, in the Woods and at the Table
• 2014: Erin McKittrick, Small Feet, Big Land: Adventure, Home and Family on the Edge of Alaska
• 2015: Jennifer Kingsley, Paddlenorth: Adventure, Resilience and Renewal in the Arctic Wild
• 2015: Kelly Cordes, The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre
• 2016: Debbie Clarke Moderow, Fast Into the Night: A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail
• 2016: Sue Leaf, Portage: A Family, a Canoe and the Search for the Good Life
• 2017: John Gierach, A Fly Rod of Your Own
• 2017: Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration
• 2017: Erik Weihenmayer and Buddy Levy, No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon
• 2018: Annette McGivney, Pure Land: A True Story of Three Lives and the Search for Heaven on Earth

  Outdoor literature (fiction)

• 2015: Kim Heacox, Jimmy Bluefeather: A Novel

  History/biography

• 1997:
• 1998: Vince Welch, Cort Conley and Brad Dimock, The Doing of the Thing: The Brief, Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom
• 1999: Sam Keith from the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke,
• 2000: Peter & Leni Gillman, The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory
• 2001: Donald Worster, A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell
• 2001: Brad Dimock, Sunk Without a Sound: The Tragic Colorado Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde
• 2002: Char Miller, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism
• 2002: Jonathan Waterman, Arctic Crossing: One Man's 2,200 Mile Odyssey Among the Inuit
• 2003: Chris Duff, Southern Exposure: A Solo Sea Kayaking Journey Around New Zealand's South Island
• 2003: Rebecca A. Brown, Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering
• 2004: Andy Selters, Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering
• 2005: Neal Petersen with William P. Baldwin and Patty Fulcher, Journey of a Hope Merchant: From Apartheid to the Elite World of Solo Yacht Racing
• 2005: Arlene Blum, Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
• 2006: Eric Blehm, The Last Season
• 2007: Brad Dimock, The Very Hard Way: Bert Loper and the Colorado River
• 2007: James M. Tabor, Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
• 2008: Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver, Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
• 2008: Elias Butler and Tom Myers, Grand Obsession: Harvey Butchart and the Exploration of the Grand Canyon
• 2009: Douglas Brinkley, Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
• 2010: Joseph E. Taylor III, Pilgrims of the Vertical: Yosemite Rock Climbers & Nature at Risk
• 2010: Jennifer Jordan, The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2
• 2010: Glyn Williams, Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
• 2011: Dominic Gill, Take a Seat: One Man, One Tandem and Twenty Thousand Miles of Possibilities
• 2011: Edward J. Larson, An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science
• 2012: Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan, Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
• 2012: Jo Deurbrouck, Anything Worth Doing: A True Story of Adventure, Friendship and Tragedy on the Last of the West's Great Rivers
• 2013: Kevin Fedarko, The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
• 2014: Ben Montgomery, Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
• 2015: Sean Prentiss, Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave
• 2016: Mick Conefrey, The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent
• 2016: Maurice Isserman, Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering
• 2016: Glen Denny, Valley Walls: A Memoir of Climbing & Living in Yosemite
• 2017: Bernadette McDonald, Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka
• 2018: Edward J. Larson, To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles
• 2018: Max McCoy, Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River

  Outdoor classic

• 1997:
• 1998: Don Graydon and Kurt Hanson, Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
• 1998: Margaret Murie, Two in the Far North
• 1999: John J. Rowlands, Henry B. Kane, Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
• 2000: Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac
• 2001: Roderick Nash, Wilderness and the American Mind
• 2002: Laura Waterman and Guy Waterman, Backwoods Ethics: A Guide to Low-Impact Camping and Hiking
• 2003: Richard E. Byrd, Alone
• 2004: Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer, Walden
• 2005: Lifetime Achievement Recognition: Farley Mowat for Sea of Slaughter, Never Cry Wolf and other works.
• 2006: P. G. Downes, Sleeping Island: A Journey to the Edge of the Barrens
• 2007: Donald Culross Peattie, A Natural History of North American Trees
• 2008: Thomas Winnett, Ben Schifrin, Jeffrey Schaffer, Ruby Johnson Jenkins and Andy Selters, Pacific Crest Trail. In three volumes: Southern California, Northern California and Oregon & Washington
• 2008: Ellsworth L. Kolb, Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
• 2009: William Nealy, Kayak: The New Frontier
• 2009: Steve Sherman and Julia Older, Appalachian Odyssey: Walking the Trail from Georgia to Maine
• 2010: Maurice Herzog, '
• 2011: Lifetime Achievement Recognition: John Muir for My First Summer in the Sierra and other works.
• 2012:
• 2013: Thomas F. Hornbein, '
• 2014: Nicholas Howe, Not Without Peril: 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire
• 2015: Ernest Thompson Seton, Wahb: The Biography of a Grizzly
• 2016: Michael P. Ghiglieri and Thomas M. Myers, Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon
• 2017: Kenn Kaufman, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
• 2018: Claudia Pearson, Mike Clelland, NOLS Cookery

  Nature and the environment

• 1997:
• 1998: Tim Palmer, The Columbia: Sustaining a Modern Resource
• 1998: L. David Mech, The Arctic Wolf: Ten Years with the Pack
• 1999: Tim McNulty, Pat O'Hara, Washington's Mount Rainier National Park: A Centennial Celebration
• 1999: Phillip Manning, Islands of Hope: Lessons from North America's Great Wildlife Sanctuaries
• 2000: Terry Grosz, Wildlife Wars: The Life and Times of a Fish and Game Warden
• 2000: Kevin Schafer, Penguin Planet: Their World, Our World
• 2001: Andrew Beattie and Paul R. Ehrlich, Wild Solutions: How Biodiversity is Money in the Bank
• 2001: Terry Grosz, For Love of Wildness: The Journal of a U.S. Game Management Agent
• 2001: Douglas Steakley, Ric Masten, Pacific Light: Images of the Monterey Peninsula
• 2002: Ted Steinberg, Down to Earth: Nature's Role in American History
• 2002: Alexandra Morton, Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us
• 2002: Thomas Wiewandt and Maureen Wilks, The Southwest Inside Out: An Illustrated Guide to the Land and Its History
• 2003: Gregory S. Stone, Ice Island: Expedition to Antarctica's Largest Iceberg
• 2004: Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Patricia Rasmussen, The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty
• 2005: James R. Spotila, Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation
• 2006: David Attenborough, Life in the Underground
• 2006: David Zurick and Julsun Pacheco, Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya
• 2006: Wayne Ranney, Carving Grand Canyon: Evidence, Theories, and Mystery
• 2007: Sophie A. H. Osborn, Condors in Canyon Country: The Return of the California Condor to the Grand Canyon Region
• 2007: Francis Latreille, White Paradise: Journeys to the North Pole
• 2008: Steven Kazlowski, The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World
• 2008: Wayne Grady, The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region
• 2009: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Our Living Earth
• 2009: Michael Welland, Sand: The Never Ending Story
• 2010: Mark W. Moffett, Adventures Among Ants: A Global Safari With a Cast of Trillions
• 2011: Nancy Ross Hugo, Robert Llewellyn, Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees
• 2012: Michael Collier, The Melting Edge: Alaska at the Frontier of Climate Change
• 2012: Carol Gracie, Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History
• 2012: Andrew E. Derocher, Wayne Lynch, Polar Bears: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behavior
• 2013: Krista Schlyer, Continental Divide: Wildlife, People and the Border Wall
• 2013: Nancy Bauer, The California Wildlife Habitat Garden: How to Attract Bees, Butterflies, Birds and Other Animals
• 2013: David Moskowitz, Wolves in the Land of Salmon
• 2014: Bruce L. Smith, Life on the Rocks: A Portrait of the American Mountain Goat
• 2014: Stan Tekiela, Feathers: A Beautiful Look at a Bird's Most Unique Feature
• 2015: Tony Angell, The House of Owls
• 2015: Noah Wilson-Rich, The Bee: A Natural History
• 2015: Errol Fuller, The Passenger Pigeon
• 2016: Lori Weidenhammer, Victory Gardens for Bees: A DIY Guide to Saving the Bees
• 2017: Anurag Agrawal, Monarchs and Milkweed
• 2017: Günther Bloch, The Pipestone Wolves: The Rise and Fall of a Wolf Family
• 2018: Alvin R. Breisch, Matt Patterson, The Snake and the Salamander: Reptiles and Amphibians from Maine to Virginia

  Natural history literature

• 1997-2004:
• 2005: Alan Burdick, Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion
• 2006: John Nielsen, Condor: To the Brink and Back
• 2007: Robert Michael Pyle, Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place
• 2007: Michael Punke, Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West
• 2008: Susan Freinkel, The American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
• 2009: Rob Dunn, Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys
• 2010: Anders Halverson, An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World
• 2010: Elisabeth Tova Bailey, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
• 2011: Bill Belleville, Salvaging the Real Florida: Lost and Found in the State of Dreams
• 2012: David George Haskell,
• 2013: Aarin Hirsh, Telling Our Way to the Sea: A Voyage of Discovery in the Sea of Cortez
• 2013: Akiko Busch, The Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science
• 2014: Julian Hoffman, The Small Heart of Things: Being at Home in a Beckoning World
• 2015: Diane Ackerman, The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us
• 2015: Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk
• 2016: Drew Harvell, A Sea of Glass: Searching for the Blaschkas’ Fragile Legacy in an Ocean at Risk
• 2017: Jonathan White, Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean
• 2018: Bernd Heinrich, A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich
• 2018: Elizabeth Rush, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore

  Children's

• 1997:
• 1998:
• 1999: Mary Wallace, The Inuksuk Book
• 2000: Twig C. George, Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish
• 2000: Ann Dixon, Evon Zerbetz, Blueberry Shoe
• 2001: Nancy White Carlstrom, Tim Ladwig, What Does the Sky Say?
• 2001: Bruce Hiscock, Coyote and Badger: Desert Hunters of the Southwest
• 2002: Jane Yolen, Jason Stemple, Wild Wings: Poems for Young People
• 2002: Mia Posada, Ladybugs: Red, Fiery and Bright
• 2003: Gloria Whelan, Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, Jam & Jelly by Holly & Nellie
• 2003: Ellen Stoll Walsh, Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery
• 2004: Mary Ann Hoberman, Jane Dyer, Whose Garden Is It?
• 2005: Sharon Lovejoy, The Little Green Island with a Little Red House: A Book of Colors and Critters
• 2005: Lois Ehlert, The Leaf Man
• 2006: Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuysen, Gijsbert van Frankenhuysen, Kelly of Hazel Ridge
• 2006: Lee Welles, Gaia Girls Enter the Earth
• 2007: Roland Smith, Peak
• 2008: Eric Walters, The Pole
• 2009: Laura Goering, Whistling Wings
• 2009: S. Terrell French, Operation Redwood
• 2010: Ginger Wadsworth, Karen Dugan, Camping With the President
• 2010: Mary Morton Cowan, Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer
• 2011: Nikki McClure, To Market, To Market
• 2011: Judy Burris and Wayne Richards, The Secret Lives of Backyard Bugs
• 2012: Peggy Thomas, Laura Jacques, For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson
• 2013: Patti Wheeler and Keith Hemstreet, Travels with Gannon and Wyatt: Botswana
• 2013: Stacy Tornio and Ken Keffer, The Kid's Outdoor Adventure Book: 448 Great Things to Do in Nature Before You Grow Up
• 2014: Elizabeth S. Varnai, Kate Hartley, Good Morning Loon
• 2015: Nancy Plain, This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon
• 2016: Sharon Mentyka, Chasing at the Surface: A Novel
• 2016: Mary Casanova, Wake Up, Island
• 2017: Jonathan London, Sean London, Pup the Sea Otter
• 2017: Monica Russo, Kevin Byron, Treecology: 30 Activities and Observations for Exploring the World of Trees and Forests
• 2018: Wendy Gorton, Oregon & Washington 50 Hikes With Kids
• 2018: Rob Bierregaard, Kate Garchinsky, Belle's Journey: An Osprey Takes Flight
• 2018: Stan Tekiela, Elleyna Ruud, The Kid’s Guide to Birds of Minnesota

  Design and artistic merit

• 1997: Darcy Williamson, Larry Milligan, Teresa Sales, The Rocky Mountain Foods Cookbook
• 1998: Maurice Hornocker, Andy Lewis, Tom Lewis, Track of the Tiger
• 1998: Ira Spring, Harvey Manning, Jennifer Shontz, Marge Mueller, 100 Classic Hikes in Washington
• 1999: Leonard Adkins, Joe Cook and Monica Cook, Grant M. Tatum, Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail
• 1999: Hanneke Ippisch, Hedvig Rappe-Flowers, Kim Ericsson, Kathleen Ort, Spotted Bear: A Rocky Mountain Folktale *2008: Guy Motil, Surfboards
• 2000: Bradford Washburn, Antony Decaneas, Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography
• 2001: Art Wolfe, The Living Wild
• 2002: Stephen Kirkpatrick, Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick, Heidi Flynn Allen, Wilder Mississippi
• 2002: Craig Childs, Mary Winkelman Velgos, Peter Ensenberger, The Southwest's Contrary Land: Forever Changing Between Four Corners and the Sea of Cortes
• 2003: Tom Blagden, Jr., Charles R. Tyson, Jr., First Light: Acadia National Park and Maine's Mount Desert Island
• 2004: Michael Collier, Rose Houk, Mary Winkelmann Velgos, The Mountains Know Arizona
• 2004: Art Wolfe, Art Davidson, Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky
• 2005: John Fielder, Mark Mulvany, Mountain Ranges of Colorado
• 2006: Tom Vezo, Chuck Hagner, Wings of Spring: Courtship, Nesting and Fledging
• 2006: Jeffrey C. Miller, Daniel H. Janzen, Winifred Hallwachs, 100 Caterpillars
• 2007: Kevin Starr, Steve Roper, Glen Denny, Yosemite in the Sixties
• 2007: Stephen Brown, Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
• 2008: Susan Hallsten McGarry, Bruce Aiken, Bruce Aiken's Grand Canyon: An Intimate Affair
• 2008: Ed Cooper, Soul of the Heights: 50 Years Going to the Mountains
• 2009: Lars Jonsson, Lars Jonsson's Birds
• 2010: David A. Patterson, Matt Patterson, Freshwater Fish of the Northeast
• 2011: Kate Davis, Rob Palmer, Nick Dunlop, Raptors of the West Captured in Photographs
• 2012: David J. Hall, Beneath Cold Seas: The Underwater Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest
• 2013: Brian B. King, The Appalachian Trail: Celebrating America's Hiking Trail
• 2013: David Liittschwager, A World in One Cubic Foot: Portraits of Biodiversity
• 2014: Bruce L. Smith, Life on the Rocks: A Portrait of the American Mountain Goat
• 2014: Andy Anderson, Tom Rosenbauer, Salt: Coastal and Flats Fishing
• 2015: Thomas D. Mangelsen and Todd Wilkinson, The Last Great Wild Places: Forty Years of Wildlife Photography by Thomas D. Mangelsen
• 2016: Gerrit Vyn, Jane Jeszeck, The Living Bird: 100 Years of Listening to Nature
• 2016: Tom Adler and Evan Backes, Dean Fidelman, Yosemite in the Fifties: The Iron Age
• 2016: Todd Reed, Brad Reed, Todd and Brad Reed’s Michigan: Wednesdays in the Mitten
• 2017: David Yarrow, Wild Encounters: Iconic Photographs of the World’s Vanishing Animals and Cultures
• 2018: Kathy Love, Noppadol Paothong, Stephanie Thurber and Susan Ferber, Sage Grouse: Icon of the West

  Instructional

• 1997: Jonathan Hanson, Roseann Hanson, Ragged Mountain Press Guide to Outdoor Sports
• 1998: Duane Raleigh, Knots and Ropes for Climbers
• 1999: Mark F. Twight, James Martin, Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, Fast and High
• 2000: Mark Harvey, The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide
• 2001: Tom Rosenbauer, Rod Walinchus, Henry Ambrose, The Orvis Fly-Tying Guide
• 2002: Shelley Johnson, The Complete Sea Kayaker's Handbook
• 2002: Paul Deegan, The Mountain Traveller's Handbook
• 2003: Jon Rounds, Wayne Dickert, Skip Brown, Taina Litwak, Basic Canoeing: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
• 2004: Craig Luebben, Rock Climbing: Mastering the Basic Skills
• 2005: Andy Tyson, Mike Clelland, Michael Kennedy, Glacier Mountaineering: An Illustrated Guide to Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue
• 2005: Wayne Dickert, Jon Rounds, Skip Brown, Roberto Sabas, Basic Kayaking: All the Skills and Gear You Need to Get Started
• 2006: Scott Graham, Extreme Kids: How to Connect with Your Children Through Today's Extreme Outdoor Sports
• 2007: Tim Brink, The Complete Mountain Biking Manual
• 2008: Guy Andrews, Road Bike Maintenance
• 2008: Ken Whiting, Kevin Varette, Whitewater Kayaking: The Ultimate Guide
• 2009: Katie Brown, Ben Moon, Girl on the Rocks: A Woman's Guide to Climbing with Strength, Grace and Courage
• 2010: Andrew Bisharat, Sport Climbing: From Top Rope to Redpoint, Techniques for Climbing Success
• 2011: Robin Barton, The Cycling Bible: The Complete Guide for all Cyclists from Novice to Expert
• 2012: Jerry Monkman, AMC Guide to Outdoor Digital Photography: Creating Great Nature and Adventure Photos
• 2012: Kristin Hostetter, Backpacker Magazine's Complete Guide to Outdoor Gear Maintenance and Repair: Step by Step Techniques to Maximize Performance and Save Money
• 2013: Mike Zawaski, Snow Travel: Skills for Climbing, Hiking, and Moving Across Snow
• 2014: Steve House, Scott Johnston, Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete
• 2014: Yvon Chouinard, Craig Mathews and Mauro Mazzo, Simple Fly Fishing: Techniques for Tenkara and Rod & Reel
• 2015: Nate Ostis, NOLS River Rescue Guide
• 2016: Dave Hall with Jon Ulrich, Winter in the Wilderness: A Field Guide to Primitive Survival Skills
• 2017: Liz Thomas, Backpacker Long Trails: Mastering the Art of the Thru-hike
• 2017: Charles R. Farabee, Big Walls, Swift Waters: Epic Stories from Yosemite Search and Rescue
• 2018: Molly Absolon, The Ultimate Guide to Whitewater Rafting and River Camping

  Nature guidebook

• 1997: Mark Stensaas, Jeff Sonstegard, Canoe Country Flora
• 1998: Alan Tennant, A Field Guide to Snakes of Florida
• 1998: Stephen R. Jones, Ruth Carol Cushman, Colorado Nature Almanac
• 1999: James Halfpenny, Todd Telander, Dana Kim-Wincapaw, Scats and Tracks of the Rocky Mountains: A Field Guide to the Signs of 70 Wildlife Species
• 2000: Kate Wynne & Malia Schwartz, Garth Mix, Guide to Marine Mammals & Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
• 2001: Jeffrey Glassberg, Butterflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Western North America
• 2001: Scott Weidensaul, The Raptor Almanac: A Comprehensive Guide to Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Vultures
• 2002: Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Stephen Sharnoff, Lichens of North America
• 2002: Mark Elbroch, Eleanor Marks, Bird Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species
• 2003: Mark Elbroch, Mammal Tracks and Sign: A Guide to North American Species
• 2003: Milton S. Love, Mary Yoklavich, Lyman Thorsteinson, The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific
• 2004: Kurt Mead, Dragonflies of the North Woods
• 2005: Whit Gibbons, Mike Dorcas, Snakes of the Southeast
• 2005: Laura Riley, William Riley, Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves
• 2006: Charissa Reid, Yellowstone Expedition Guide: The Modern Way to Explore America's Oldest National Park
• 2006: David L. Wagner, Caterpillars of Eastern North America
• 2007: Robin L. Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino, Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide
• 2008: Tomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, John P. O'Neill, Theodore A. Parker III, Birds of Peru
• 2009: Roger Tory Peterson, Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
• 2009: Dennis Paulson, Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West*2010: Charley Eiseman, Noah Charney, Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates: A Guide to North American Species
• 2010: Jonathan Poppele, Night Sky: A Field Guide to the Constellations
• 2010: Steven N. G. Howell, Molt in North American Birds
• 2011: Mary Holland, Naturally Curious: A Photographic Field Guide Through the Fields, Woods and Marshes of New England
• 2012: Noble S. Proctor, Patrick J. Lynch, A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico
• 2013: Jeffrey E. Belth, Butterflies of Indiana: A Field Guide
• 2013: Richard Crossley, Jerry Liguori and Brian Sullivan, The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors
• 2013: Kurt F. Johnson, The Field Guide to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
• 2014: Tom Stephenson, Scott Whittle, The Warbler Guide
• 2015: Kate Wynne and Garth Mix, Guide to Marine Mammals and Turtles of the U.S. Pacific
• 2015: Arthur V. Evans, Beetles of Eastern North America
• 2016: Teresa Marrone and Walt Sturgeon, Mushrooms of the Northeast: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms
• 2016: Louis D. Druehl and Bridgette E. Clarkston, Pacific Seaweeds: A Guide to the Common Seaweeds of the West Coast
• 2017: Mike Krebill, The Scout's Guide to Wild Edibles
• 2017: James L. Monroe, David M. Wright, Butterflies of Pennsylvania: A Field Guide
• 2018: Robert Michael Pyle, Caitlin C. LaBar, Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest

  Outdoor adventure guidebook

• 1997:
• 1998: Tom Lorang Jones, John Fielder, Colorado's Continental Divide Trail
• 1999: John Ross, Jeff Wincapaw, Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams
• 1999: Marty Basch, Vermont and New Hampshire Winter Trails
• 2000: Roger Schumann, Jan Shriner, Guide to Sea Kayaking Central and Northern California
• 2000: Lynna Howard, Montana and Idaho's Continental Divide Trail
• 2001: Mark Kroese, Fifty Favorite Climbs: The Ultimate North American Tick List
• 2001: Bill Burnham, Mary Burnham, Hike America Virginia: An Atlas of Virginia's Greatest Hiking Adventures
• 2001: Matt Heid, 101 Hikes in Northern California: Exploring Mountains, Valleys, and Seashore
• 2002: John Mock, Kimberley O'Neil, Hiking the Sierra Nevada
• 2002: Michael Wood, Colby Coombs, Alaska: A Climbing Guide
• 2003: Marc J. Soares, 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park
• 2003: Mike Woodmansee, Trekking Washington
• 2003: Rich Landers, 100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest: Eastern Washington, Northern Rockies, Wallowas
• 2004: Douglas Lorain, 100 Classic Hikes in Oregon
• 2005: Andrew Dean Nystrom, Top Trails Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
• 2005: Roxanna Brook, Jared McMillen, Red Rock Canyon: A Climbing Guide
• 2005: Eric J. Newell, Allison J. Newell, Idaho's Salmon River: A River Runner's Guide to the River of No Return
• 2006: Matt Leidecker, The Middle Fork of the Salmon River: A Comprehensive Guide
• 2007: Tom Martin, Duwain Whitis, Guide to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
• 2008: Bill Burnham, Mary Burnham, Florida Keys Paddling Atlas
• 2009: Duwain Whitis, Barbara Vinson, Guide to the Green and Yampa Rivers in Dinosaur National Monument
• 2009: Dave Eckardt, The Guide to Baja Sea Kayaking
• 2010: Greg Witt, Exploring Havasupai: A Guide to the Heart of the Grand Canyon
• 2011: Paul W. Bauer, The Rio Grande: A River Guide to the Geology and Landscapes of Northern New Mexico
• 2012: Todd Martin, Grand Canyoneering: Exploring the Rugged Gorges and Secret Slots of the Grand Canyon
• 2013: Michael Joseph Oswald, Your Guide to the National Parks: The Complete Guide to All 58 National Parks
• 2014: Joe Cook, Chattahoochee River User's Guide
• 2015: Tim Palmer, Field Guide to Oregon Rivers
• 2015: Rick Weber, Muir Valley Pocket Guide
• 2016: Dolores Kong and Dan Ring, Hiking Acadia National Park: A Guide to the Park's Greatest Hiking Adventures
• 2017: Jerry and Marcy Monkman, Outdoor Adventures, Acadia National Park: Your Guide to the Best Hiking, Biking and Paddling
• 2018: Damon Corso, Discovering the John Muir Trail: An Inspirational Guide to America's Most Beautiful Hike

  Works of significance

• 1997–1998:
• 1999: Karl Rohnke, Cowstails and Cobras II: A Guide to Games, Initiatives, Ropes Courses, & Adventure Curriculum
• 1999: John Hart, Walking Softy in the Wilderness: The Sierra Club Guide to Backpacking
• 1999: William Nealy, Kayaking: An Animated Guide of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique
• 1999: John Long, How to Rock Climb
• 1999: Derek Hutchinson, Expedition Kayaking
• 2000–2002:
• 2003: Gene Daniell, Steven D. Smith, AMC White Mountain Guide: Hiking Trails of the White Mountain National Forest
• 2004–2006:
• 2007: Ann T. Colson, Connecticut Walk Book: The Guide to the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails of Western Connecticut
• 2008–2013:
• 2014: Robert Birkby, Fieldbook: Scouting’s Manual of Basic and Advanced Skills for Outdoor Adventure
• 2015-2018: