====== Books ======

Bob Wells literally wrote the book on cheap RV living:  //How to Live in a Car, Van or RV--And Get Out of Debt, Travel and Find True Freedom//.  Both the [[http://amzn.to/2gotOmJ|kindle]] and [[http://amzn.to/2gpn37Q|paperback editions]] are inexpensive and the kindle edition has the most liberal licensing available:  text to speech enabled, lending enabled, etc. 
The kindle version is free to borrow through [[http://amzn.to/2fgPvZA|Kindle Unlimited]], which comes as [[http://amzn.to/2gpyNXN|a freebie with Amazon Prime]].  Authors do get paid when people read for free with KU.((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-New-Books-are-Getting-Expensive?pid=182347#pid182347))

[[https://amzn.to/2y6bPiQ|Bob Difley]] (boondockbob) has written several books related to [[camping:dispersed|boondocking]], including 
  * [[https://amzn.to/3dxlHCA|Boondockbob’s Guide to RV Boondocking]]
  * [[https://amzn.to/2UHLdwc|BOONDOCKING: Finding a Perfect Campsite on America's Public Lands]]
  * [[https://amzn.to/2vQ9OXi|Snowbird Guide to Boondocking in the Southwestern Deserts]]

Will Prowse has written a popular intro to solar power: [[https://amzn.to/2QO8oUs|Mobile Solar Power Made Easy!]]

===== Recommended =====

secessus recommends Sunny Skye's Sunny Skye's [[https://amzn.to/3FyquAx|RV Boondocking Basics: Living Well on the Road Less Graveled]]. 

highdesertranger recommends [[http://amzn.to/2gpLOx5|anything by Colin Fletcher]], who is known for backpacking.((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Colin-Fletcher-backpacker-author-split-from-Choosing-the-ideal-Sleeping-Bag?pid=151812#pid151812))

Bob says [[http://amzn.to/2fNZ6Dv|One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey]] changed his life.((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Colin-Fletcher-backpacker-author-split-from-Choosing-the-ideal-Sleeping-Bag?pid=151926#pid151926))

[[http://amzn.to/2gpTzD3|Blue Highways]] is widely cited as important for nomads and [[http://amzn.to/2fNT3Pp|PrairyErth: A Deep Map]] too.

[[http://amzn.to/2fgWcee|Vanabode: happily camp, travel and live forever on $20 a day]] - "This is a basic guide, but due to the author's way of thinking, it is more a guide to living very basically in a van. No details on power generation, plumbing or gas / stove."((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Books-on-Car-Van-Dwelling?pid=18420#pid18420))

The [[http://amzn.to/2fwiHqR|free version of Walden]].((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Free-E-books?pid=242968#pid242968))

Brenda Curtiss' //How to Set Up & Comfortably Camp or Live in Your Vehicle or Van! (Also Includes Tenting Info)//((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-E-books-from-women-who-have-been-there?pid=40050#pid40050)) although her website seems to be down.  The book listing can be seen on [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160325200924/http://lordandcurtiss.ws/eBooks_eReports|archive.org's mirror]].

[[http://amzn.to/2gpFetL|TEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS LIVING IN CARS: Living, Traveling, Camping, Attending College and Performing Surveillance in Cars]] - " like this. Oh it does read a bit crazy, as he has some paranoid views about governments, but the information is there, by some one who obviously know his stuff. [Definately] good for a car dweller."((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Books-on-Car-Van-Dwelling?pid=18420#pid18420))

[[http://amzn.to/2goP0J2|The Tiniest Mansion - How To Live In Luxury on the Side of the Road in an RV]] - "This is a not bad guide to living in vans. It isn't though so much about luxury. More about practical every day living. I'd [recommend] this one if you must buy any book on living in a van."((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Books-on-Car-Van-Dwelling?pid=18420#pid18420)) 

[[http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-The-Mobile-Kodger-Randy-Vining-s-new-book?pid=168839#pid168839|Forty Years A Nomad: Poems From The Road]] 

[[https://amzn.to/2QJBmGv|The Electronic Nomad]]: Traveling the Country in a Converted Camper Van, Or, Living the Hippie Life in a Shopping Center Parking Lot, by [[https://www.reddit.com/user/lennyflank|lennyflank]].  Secessus recommends the section on laundry.

[[https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/wsg6ds/recommendations_for_van_life_books/il28qyf/|mzspd]] recommends [[https://amzn.to/3PypjpK|Nowhere for Very Long]] by Brianna Madia.

[[https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/1gts4q6/favorite_books_for_living_a_nomadic_vanlife/|Slidberg]] recommends [[https://amzn.to/48VShLx|Glass Castle: a memoir]]
===== Mentioned =====

[[http://amzn.to/2fN6j6M|The Girls Guide to Homelessness]] - "supposedly the story of a girl who found herself living in a travel trailer in a Walmart parking lot. But it turns out there was maybe a chapter's worth of practical details about living in the trailer, and the rest of the book is about falling in love with some dude online."((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Books-on-Car-Van-Dwelling?pid=18247#pid18247))

[[http://amzn.to/2g075Aj|Car Living: How to Make It a Successful, Sane, Safe Experience]] - "This was a bit out of date, and the tips were not that great. She tackles it more from the [psychological] point of view, talking about social stigma. There was nill information about how to keep warm. Nor was there any details on how to use inverters etc."((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Books-on-Car-Van-Dwelling?pid=18420#pid18420))

[[http://amzn.to/2gpIUf2|Car Living Your Way : Stories and Practical Tips From Those Who Have Been Down the Road]]((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Books-on-Car-Van-Dwelling?pid=18420#pid18420))



=====  other =====

  * [[https://amzn.to/2k7Vjog|Blue Highways: A Journey into America]], by William Least Heat-Moon.
  * [[https://amzn.to/2Lg1hzY|Travels with Charley in Search of America]], by John Steinbeck
  * [[https://amzn.to/2IxylW8|Desert Solitaire]], or [[https://amzn.to/2IyiToI|anything else by Edward Abbey]]
  * [[https://amzn.to/2Gx7BPO|Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century]], by Jessica Bruder
  * [[https://amzn.to/3YSLkGo|Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]], by Pirsig
  * [[https://amzn.to/3V04J7k|Motorcycle Diaries]], by Guevara
  * [[https://amzn.to/3CsP4a0|On the Road]], by Kerouac