Adult Winter Reading: Campfire Grub

Valerie
Valerie

Everything tastes better outside. Grab a cookbook for some fireside inspiration or an outdoor adventure magazine for the road. Just add fresh air and an appetite. We’ve even added a few ghost stories to tell around the campfire.

Nov 6, 2026

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In the Catalog

Outdoor Gourmet

Outdoor Gourmet

Recipes to Bring your Love of Good Food to the Campsite, the Backyard, and Beyond

Robin Donovan

Bring great eating to the great outdoors with more than 100 delicious recipes you can cook at your campsite–but will want to keep making at home!

From the Catalog

On Hoopla

Cook Out

Cook Out

Recipes and Tips for the Great Outdoors

Rashad Frazier

Reconnect to the natural world through over 60 delicious recipes and practical tips for cooking outside from the founder of Camp Yoshi.

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Symon's Dinners Cooking Out

Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out

100 Recipes That Redefine Outdoor Cooking

Michael Symon

Go beyond burgers with 100 recipes for showstopping mains, salads, even desserts–all cooked outside–from the host of Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out, BBQ USA, and BBQ Brawl on the Food Network.

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Grill Time!

Grill Time!

Why You Should Be Grilling for Better, Healthier, Easier, and More Delicious Meals

Noah Galuten

Your new go-to grilling guide, perfect for newbies and grill masters alike, from the James Beard Award-winning writer and chef.

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Taste of Home Ultimate Outdoor Cookbook

Taste of Home Ultimate Outdoor Cookbook

Take your love of the outdoors to new heights when you dine outside! Whether you’re grilling up a weeknight dinner on the deck, packing a picnic basket, planning a tailgate or contributing to the church potluck, Taste of Home’s sensational new cookbook has you covered!

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AC Barbeque

AC Barbeque

The Husky and Handsome Guide to Grilling

Anthony Anderson

From Anthony Anderson and Cedric The Entertainer, hosts of A&E’s Kings of BBQ, comes a fun and flavorful cookbook packed with favorite recipes, entertaining stories, and backyard cooking inspiration.

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Project Griddle

Project Griddle

The Versatile Art of Grilling on A Flattop

Steven Raichlen

Project Griddle features the trademark Raichlen approach that embraces history, geography, and anthropology, with plenty of practical cooking techniques and nearly 80 hunger-inducing recipes.

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Fireside Warmers

Fireside Warmers

Drinks, Sweets, and Shareables to Enjoy Around the Fire

Emily Vikre

Take your gathering at the campsite, cabin, or backyard firepit from fun to fantastic with these cozy cocktails and fireside treats.

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Cook It Wild

Cook It Wild

Sensational Prep-ahead Meals for Camping, Cabins, and the Great Outdoors

Chris Nuttall-Smith

In this game-changing camping cookbook, food writer and adventurer Chris Nuttall-Smith introduces an ingenious prep-ahead approach to eating outdoors, with 80 easy-to-make and wildly tasty recipes.

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RV Cooking Made Easy

RV Cooking Made Easy

100 Simple Recipes for your Kitchen on Wheels

Heather Schlueter

Now RVers can enjoy all the pleasures of home cooking while they’re on the road with 100 simple recipes that beautifully address the unique challenges of cooking in an RV.

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On Hoopla

How To Survive Camping

How To Survive Camping

The Ancient Things

Bonnie Quinn

Every year, campground manager Kate sends out a pamphlet titled “How to Survive Your Camping Experience.” In it is a list of rules to help campers have an enjoyable experience and hopefully survive any encounters with the campground’s…other…inhabitants.

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I Was Alive Here Once

I Was Alive Here Once

Ghost stories from around the world with a focus on setting and translated into English.

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Campfire Stories Volume II

Campfire Stories Volume II

Tales From America’s National Parks and Trails

Features stories from Grand Canyon, Everglades, Olympic, Glacier, and Joshua Tree National Parks and the Appalachian and Pacific Crest National Scenic Trails Includes a diverse range of writers Inspired by America’s beloved national parks, Campfire Stories Volume II is a collection of modern prose, poetry, folklore, and more, featuring commissioned, new, and existing works from a diverse group of writers who share a deep appreciation of the natural world.

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Back for Blood

Back for Blood

Never Whistle at Night Part II

Featuring stories of unspeakable yet satisfying terror, from twisted psychological tales to gore-filled monster hunts, this new selection of sinister stories will sate your darkest appetites and leave you slavering for more.

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On Libby

Something Followed Us Home

Something Followed Us Home

Tales of Latiné Horror

Gathering chilling work from some of today’s most acclaimed Latiň voices, this horror anthology moves through haunted households, brutal landscapes, sacred spaces turned dangerous, and bodies claimed by forces both ancient and intimate. The dead murmur behind locked doors. Bones rebuild themselves under merciless suns. Love becomes a doorway for demonic hunger. Blood, devotion, and memory intertwine as the past presses back with teeth.”

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On Libby

The Darkest Night

The Darkest Night

22 Wintry Horror Stories

From some of the biggest names in horror comes an Advent calendar of short holiday horror stories perfect for the darkest nights of the year.

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