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	The Magnificent Mountain Women: Adventures in the Colorado Rockies; Janet Robertson; (University of Nebraska Press)
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	Women of the West: An Anthology of Short Stories; Contemporary Western Writers edited by Kathryn Ptacek; (Doubleday)
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Adventure Anthologies
	Another Wilderness: New Outdoor Writings by Women; edited by Susan Fox Rogers; (Seal Press)
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	Solo: On Her Own Adventure; edited by Susan Fox Rogers; (Seal Press)
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Aviation
	Beryl Markham: Never Turn Back; Catherine Gourley; (Conari)
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Backpacking
	On Top of the World: Five Women Explorers in Tibet; Luree Miller; (The Mountaineers)
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	Women of the Four Winds: The Adventures of Four of America's First Women Explorers; Elizabeth Fagg Olds; (Houghton Mifflin)
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Canoeing
	Water’s Edge: Women Who Push the Limits in Rowing, Kayaking, & Canoeing; Linda Lewis; (Seal Press)
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Dog Sled Racing
	Race Across Alaska; Libby Riddles; (Stackpole Press)
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Field Science
	1001 Ideas for Science Projects on the Environment; Marion Brisk; ()
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	Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years; Margaret Mead; (Kodansha)
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	Coming of Age with Elephants: A Memoir; Joyce Poole; (Hyperion)
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	Rachel Carlson: Voice for the Earth; Ginger Wadsworth; (Lerner)
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	Rarest of the Rare; Diane Ackerman; (Vintage)
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	Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo; Birute M.F. Galdikas; (Little Brown)
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	Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans; Sylvia Earle; (Fawcett)
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	The Dragon in the Cliff: A Novel Based on the Life of Mary Anning; Sheila Cole; (Lothrop Lee & Shepard)
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	The Immense Journey; Loren Eisely; (Random House)
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	The Prairie Keepers: Secrets of the Grasslands; Marcy Houle; (Addison-Wesley)
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	The Wolf, the Woman, the Wilderness; Teresa tsimmu Martino; (New Sage Press)
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	Women in the Field: America's Pioneering Women Naturalists; Marcia Myers Bonta; (Texas A & M)
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Horseback Riding
	Cowgirls: Women of the American West; Teresa Jordan; (University of Nebraska Press)
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	Hard Twist: Western Ranch Women; Barbara van Cleve; (Museum of New Mexico Press)
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	Windbreak: A Woman Rancher on the Northern Plains; Linda Hasselstrom; (Barn Owl Books)
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Nature
	A Natural History of the Senses; Diane Ackerman; (Vintage)
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River Rafting
	Breaking into the Current: Boatwomen of the Grand Canyon; Louise Teal; (University of Arizona Press)
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	Canyon Solitude: A Woman’s Solo River Journey Through Grand Canyon; Patricia C. McCairen; (Seal Press)
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Rock Climbing
	Annapurna: A Women's Place; Arlene Blum; (Random House)
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	Beyond the Limits Stacy Allison with Peter Carlin; Stacy Allison with Peter Carlin; (Delta)
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	Leading Out: Women Climbers Reaching the Top; Rachel da Silva; (Seal Press)
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Sailing
	Maiden Voyage; Tania Aebi; (Ballantine)
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	Taking the Helm; Dawn Riley; (Little Brown)
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	The Curve of Time; M. Wylie Blanchet; (Seal Press)
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Trekking
	Desert Places; Robyn Davidson; (Viking)
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YA Adventure Stories
	Island of the Blue Dolphins; Scott O'Dell; ()
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	Julie of the Wolves; Jean Craighead George; (Harper Collins)
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	The True Adventures of Charlotte Doyle; Avi; (Avon)
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	Women of the World; Rebecca Stefoff; (Oxford)
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