Get Outside and Move - May Sweetbean - Adults

The May Sweetbean challenge is all about getting outside and moving! Join the fun with books and activities that motivate you to get active, explore nature, and enjoy the great outdoors. Let’s stretch, jump, and play our way to a healthy, happy day!

Updated April 30, 2025
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All Rhodes lead here : a novel
Zapata, Mariana
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author and the Queen of Slow Burn Romance Mariana Zapata's fan favorite All Rhodes Lead Here, a story about finding love when you least expect it--now with new exclusive content! The people we lose take a part of us with them...but they leave a part of themselves...
Buried in the sky : the extraordinary story of the Sherpa climbers on K2's deadliest day
Zuckerman, Peter
Paper Book
When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for as long as Westerners have been climbing the Himalaya, Sherpas have been the unsung heroes in the background. In August 2008, when eleven climbers lost their lives on K2, the world's most dangerous...
The Emerald Mile : the epic story of the fastest ride in history through the heart of the Grand Canyon
Fedarko, Kevin
Paper Book
From one of Outside magazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever through the Grand Canyon, atop the legendary Colorado River flood of 1983. In the spring of 1983, massive flooding along the length of the Colorado River...
Forgotten trail : a national parks mystery
Kells, Claire
Paper Book
In this third installment of Claire Kells's thrilling National Park mystery series, Investigative Services Branch agent Felicity Harland ventures through volcanic wilderness to investigate a murder at a new hike-in lodge at Pinnacles National Park. When a guest turns up dead at...
Gathering mist
Mizushima, Margaret
Paper Book
Secrets hide within the fog deep in the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest in this ninth thrilling installment in award-winning author Margaret Mizushima's Timber Creek K-9 mystery series. Deputy Mattie Wray, formerly Mattie Cobb, is summoned to Washington's Olympic peninsula...
Happiness for beginners
Center, Katherine
Paper Book
As seen on Netflix - from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bodyguard and Hello Stranger Helen Carpenter can't quite seem to bounce back. Newly divorced at thirty-two, her life has fallen apart beyond her ability to put it together again. So...
Hike it baby : 100 awesome outdoor adventures with babies and toddlers
Hodges, Shanti
Paper Book
New parents and parents of toddlers face unique challenges when it comes to planning outdoor trips. "Family-friendly trail" is often a misleading phrase, and doesn't take young children under the age of 5 into consideration, whose safety and comfort require a different perspective. The unpredictable...
Hunted
Coates, Darcy
Paper Book
From bestselling horror author Darcy Coates comes Hunted, a story about the things that wait for you in the dark. Her disappearance wasn't an accident. Her rescue will be a mistake. A masterful blend of atmospheric horror and survivalist wilderness fiction, this book...
If I live until morning : a true story of adventure, tragedy and transformation
Muenchrath, Jean.
Paper Book
Her grand adventure turned into a nightmare. After skiing 200 miles along California's John Muir Trail, Jean faces death from a mountaineering accident on Mount Whitney. Broken and bleeding on the highest peak in the continental United States, she vows to realize her greatest dreams if she lives...
Instant attraction
Shalvis, Jill
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis introduces the charming little town of Wishful, California, the perfect place to start for a woman wanting more from life . . .   LET THE DREAMS BEGIN   Numbers cruncher Katie Kramer...
Into the wild
Krakauer, Jon.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson...
Leave no trace : a national parks thriller
Landau, A. J.
Paper Book
The Statue of Liberty is the target of a terrorist attack, the first in a possible series of attacks, in this thrilling series from A. J. Landau, featuring Special Agent Michael Walker of the National Park Service. In a daring, brutal act of terrorism, an explosion rocks and...
Mother, nature : a 5,000-mile journey to discover if a mother and son can survive their differences
Jenkins, Jedidiah
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the author of To Shake the Sleeping Self . . . "Exquisitely written and completely compelling . . . As Jedidiah Jenkins traces a 5,000-mile route with his wildly entertaining mother, Barb, he begins to untangle the live wires of a parent-child...
The night woods
Munier, Paula
Paper Book
The sixth Mercy Carr Mystery in which Mercy and Elvis must prove the innocence of a new friend accused of murder. Record snow and sleet and rain are pummeling Vermont and a wild boar has escaped from an exclusive hunting club nearby--but that won't stop a very pregnant and very...
Nowhere for very long : the unexpected road to an unconventional life
Madia, Brianna
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * USA TODAY! BESTSELLER In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha and...
Over the edge : a novel
Bryant, Kathleen
Paper Book
In Sedona's red rock canyons, a former reporter must piece together her shattered memories in time to stop a killer in this cat-and-mouse thriller, perfect for fans of CJ Box and Anne Hillerman. After a disastrous mistake ended her career as a crime reporter, Del Cooper returns...
The ritual
Nevill, Adam L. G.
Paper Book
Now a Netflix Original Movie! The Ritual is Adam Nevill's horror novel depicting a group of friends lost in a remote wilderness in Sweden where something supernatural lurks. When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of...
The simple wild : a novel
Tucker, K. A.
Paper Book
City girl Calla Fletcher attempts to reconnect with her estranged father, and unwittingly finds herself torn between her desire to return to the bustle of Toronto and a budding relationship with a rugged Alaskan pilot in this masterful new romance from acclaimed author K.A. Tucker.
This wretched valley
Kiefer, Jenny
Paper Book
2024 Bram Stoker Award®️ Nominee for Superior Achievement in a First Novel "A hallucinatory nightmare of a novel that blends adventure, horror and historical fiction, and isn't shy about violence or strangeness."--New York Times "If you love...
Three-inch teeth
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts--one animal, one human--in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box. A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's...
Tough broad : from boogie boarding to wing walking--how outdoor adventure improves our lives as we age
Paul, Caroline
Paper Book
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Gutsy Girl, a funny, inspiring, deeply researched exploration into the science and psychology of the outdoors and our place in it as we age. Caroline Paul has always filled her life with adventure: From mountain...
The troop
Cutter, Nick
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING "The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. This is old-school horror at its best." --Stephen King Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for...
A walk in the woods : rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bryson, Bill.
Paper Book
A laugh-out-loud account of an outrageously rugged hike--by the beloved comic author of Lost Continent and Notes from a Small Island. Published in the 75th anniversary year of the Appalachian Trail. Father's Day merchandising.
Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Strayed, Cheryl
Paper Book
NATIONAL BEST SELLER * Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection. * A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the...

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