Any good books about loners/ wanderers

[89981]

Anyone know any?

[Jackskeleton]

I would say American Gods. But that had a lot of Gods in it crossing shadows path.

[darkessenz]

On the road? I always felt like the narrator was a loner at heart...

[89981]

thanks for the recommendations.

[solipsta]

I'd look into the books of Herman Hesse. I haven't read them in a long time, but there's a lot of loner themes in them from what I remember.

[TimeandTide]

Can't recommend this one enough:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385486804.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Amator]

Agreed, Into the Wild is good stuff, as is Into Thin Air also by Jon Krakauer.

Check out some of the Jack Kerouac books, On the Road and Dharma Bums in particular.

[rampo]

Right now I'm very enthusiastic about Donald Richie's The Japan Journals: 1947-2004 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1880656973/dvdtalk/dvdtalk/qid=1138050065/sr=12-6/104-1450890-0866313?s=books&v=glance&n=283155). Richie wound up staying in Tokyo for almost 50 years because he never felt at home in his native U.S. At the same time, owing to the nature of Japan, his loner nature, and his homosexuality, he has always felt like - and somewhat revelled in being - a perptual alien who could never be completely accepted by Japanese society.

[StuddThunders]

The great American classic, "The Catcher in the Rye."

[mgbfan]

The great American classic, "The Catcher in the Rye."
Beat me to it. First one for your list.

[NatrlBornThrllr]

I'd look into the books of Herman Hesse. I haven't read them in a long time, but there's a lot of loner themes in them from what I remember.

Yeah, check out Siddhartha. It has that wanderer/loner theme you're looking for.

-JP