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Michael Finkel's "Stranger in the Woods" Reading List

Michael Finkel, in preparation for his book "Stranger in the Woods" about the life of Chris Knight, read a variety of books on the topic of solitude and isolation. This is a list of those books.
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Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
1
Lao-Tzu
Solitude Return to Self (Anthony Storr)
Solitude Return to Self
2
Anthony Storr
Pelican in the Wilderness (Isabel Colgate)
Pelican in the Wilderness
3
Isabel Colgate
Hermits (Peter France)
Hermits
4
Peter France
Solitude (Philip Koch)
Solitude
5
Philip Koch
A Book of Silence (Sara Maitland)
A Book of Silence
6
Sara Maitland
Party of One: The Loner's Manifesto
Party of One: The Loner's Manifesto
7
Migrations to Solitude (Sue Halpern)
Migrations to Solitude
8
Sue Halpern
Journal of a Solitude (May Sarton)
Journal of a Solitude
9
May Sarton
The Point of Vanishing (Howard Axelrod)
The Point of Vanishing
10
Howard Axelrod
Solitude (Robert Kull)
Solitude
11
Robert Kull
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
12
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
13
Jean-Dominique Bauby
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
14
Story of My Heart (Richard Jefferies)
Story of My Heart
15
Richard Jefferies
Thoughts in Solitude
Thoughts in Solitude
16
Walden
Walden
17
The Long Way (Bernard Moitessier)
The Long Way
18
Bernard Moitessier
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (Nicholas Tomalin)
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
19
Nicholas Tomalin
A Voyage for Madmen (Peter Nichols)
A Voyage for Madmen
20
Peter Nichols
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
21
Jon Krakauer
Alone (Richard E. Byrd)
Alone
22
Richard E. Byrd
Social (Matthew D. Lieberman)
Social
23
Matthew D. Lieberman
Loneliness (John T. Cacioppo)
Loneliness
24
John T. Cacioppo
Quiet (Susan Cain)
Quiet
25
Susan Cain
Neurotribes (Steve Silberman)
Neurotribes
26
Steve Silberman
An Anthropologist on Mars
An Anthropologist on Mars
27
Cave in the Snow (Vicki Mackenzie)
Cave in the Snow
28
Vicki Mackenzie
Life of Saint Anthony of Egypt by Saint Athanasius
Life of Saint Anthony of Egypt by Saint Athanasius
29
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
30
Rainer Maria Rilke
Essays and Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Essays and Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson
31
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man Alone With Himself (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Man Alone With Himself
32
Friedrich Nietzsche
William Wordsworth: Collected Poems (William Wordsworth)
William Wordsworth: Collected Poems
33
William Wordsworth
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
34
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Very Special People (Frederick Drimmer)
Very Special People
35
Frederick Drimmer
No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War (Hiroo Onoda)
No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War
36
Hiroo Onoda
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