Are you contemplating living the full-time RV lifestyle but don’t know where to start? Or, do you wonder if RV life is for you? This collection of RV lifestyle books written by seasoned RVers who are living their dream on the road in motorhomes or campers will give you the direction and enthusiasm to lead you to living your RV dream.Their inspirational stories highlight their experiences; from RV living with struggles and sacrifices on the road to triumphs of rekindled marriages and friendships.

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RV Lifestyle Books: Inspirational Stories by RVers

Do you have a friend or family member who is about to trek off on their own RV adventure or are seeking their own RV dream? This collection of RV lifestyle books, written by RVers from every walk of life, are true testimonies and daily accounts of the journeys each author (and their spouses or travel partners) has taken to seek happiness and solitude.

Take Risks

What if you could walk away from the pressures and stresses of corporate life, and live outside of the routines and restrictions? Or, what if you could choose where you live on a daily basis, have a beach view on Monday and a view of the mountains on Friday? And, instead of trading your days and weeks and years for a life deferred, you just went and lived that life right now?

These were the questions Joe and Kait Russo asked themselves as they faced endless corporate meetings, inconvenient business trips, and the crushing stress of ‘making it.’ It all changed when Kait asked Joe, “What if we sold our house and got an RV?”

Full of practical insight and wisdom, and told in an almost folksy and very personal tone, Take Risks is a powerful ‘how-we-did-it’ tale that will inspire you and give you a starting place for your own journey. If you’ve ever wanted to move to full-time RV living, this RV lifestyle book is for you.

Tales From the Open Road: The Adventures and Misadventures of RV Living

As a follow-up to his first book, Take Risks, Joe Russo’s Tales From the Open Road takes you along for the ride as he and his wife, Kait, turn their dream into reality and navigate their first year as full-time RVers. The memoir offers a personal account of the mostly good and sometimes challenging adventures (and misadventures) that Joe and Kait face when they trade their house and possessions for a minimalist life in a Class A motorhome.

Tales From the Open Road puts you in the passenger seat as the Russos set out to redefine their lives and careers, including the decision to share their journey with the world by starting their own travel brand. This RV lifestyle book is full of insights and lessons from a couple who are living life on their own terms, this book is sure to inspire you to get out there and do the same. The road awaits.

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

Nomadland is about Jessica Bruder who christens “Van Halen” and hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying Linda May and others from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy. One that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us.

At the same time, Jessica celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable “Earthship” home, they have not given up hope.

The Reluctant RV Wife

Follow a reluctant wife and her excited husband through two humorously-conflicted years of RV travel. He wanted to go; she wanted to stay. They both learn, grow, and change as a new level of freedom evolves.

The Reluctant Wife is light-hearted and humorous but at the same time serious. While not a how-to book, this RV lifestyle book gives lots of basic information about RVing. And while not a travelogue, it touches upon many travel destinations in the United States and Canada. On deeper levels, it’s about marital relationships, retiring and getting old, and finding a new kind of freedom through a minimalistic lifestyle.

After reading this book, you’ll never again look at one of those huge monstrosities driving down the road in quite the same way. The book answers questions for non-RVers and triggers chuckles of recognition from experienced RVers.

Home is Where the RV Is

Will two more years of RV travel turn a reluctant RV wife into a minimalistic nomad at last?

In this follow-up to her award-winning memoir, The Reluctant RV Wife, Gerri Almand hits the road with her excited husband once again. After arguing about whether to live in the RV full-time for two years, they return to the open road to find their answers.

The couple encounters more than a few hiccups during their quest, including unexpected challenges, bizarre situations, unusual people, and a whole lot more. Home Is Where the RV Is provides readers with day-to-day life and hilarity that might just send experienced RVers into gales of laughter while providing non-RVers with an entertaining glimpse into the growing U.S. obsession with RV living.

Home Is Where the RV Is is an true story RV lifestyle that reveals one woman’s struggle with retirement, aging, and an ever-changing world. While not an easy battle, Gerri’s search for the courage to change will inspire readers to follow their own dreams, whether it involves RVing or some other lifestyle change.

The RV Lifestyle: Reflections of Life on the Road

Bob began tent camping as a Boy Scout and van camping as a young father. He ended up working in and retiring from the RV industry in rentals and sales, followed by writing and photographing articles for RV magazines, teaching RVing seminars and classes, and at rallies while living the ultimate dream of taking to the open road as a full-time RVer.

After their last son entered college, he and his wife retired, sold their house, got rid of most of their stuff, and Lynn and Bob moved into their motorhome and set off on a two-year RV trip. Seventeen years later, and still fulltiming, they were still finding new places, new campsites, and new adventures. Where had the time gone?

The RV Lifestyle: Reflections of Life on the Road includes some of these reminiscences along with the relevant take-away lessons they learned so that you won’t have to, but probably will anyway and make the same errors. Bob also highlights those ah-ha moments and simple RV tips.

#RVLife

What do you get when you cram a disabled vet, a burned-out wife, two dogs and a cat into a 350 square foot house on wheels? A last-ditch attempt to save their dying marriage.

PTSD from John Hebard’s three years in combat was destroying his marriage. He and his wife, Laura, couldn’t work hard enough to break free from living paycheck-to-paycheck and banks wouldn’t even consider granting them a home loan. Both were working opposite shifts. So they never saw each other. Arguments surmounted. They may as well have been roommates with rings as they were ships passing in the night. That wasn’t the life they dreamed of having together as a young married couple.

So, rather than becoming another divorce statistic, they decided on a plan that was quite-possibly the most INSANE thing they could have come up with. They sold everything, bought an RV, quit their jobs and started their nomadic life on the road. What’s the worst that could happen?

Little did they know through their adventures, craziness and occasional insanity, they’d continue to endure would unite us on this incredible quest and inspire many others to start their own journey. #RVLife details their journey. From deciding to radically alter their lives and finding an RV they could buy to the hard lessons they learned to the amazing experiences they had along the way.

This RV lifestyle book is a true testimony that will teach you about life on the road, making hard decisions to choosing marriage over a career but in a small RV with destinations unknown.

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Living the RV Life

Living the RV Life is RV inspiration at it’s best! Marc and Julie Bennett put together a great compilation of individual stories as well as full-time RV living tips. And we’re proud to be contributors to this RV lifestyle book. This amazing soft cover coffee table book is perfect for RVers, prospective RVers, and dreamers, even if you don’t have a coffee table!

Living the RV Life presents amazing color photos, RV tips, life lessons, and great collection of RVers’ personal stories just like ours! If you’re an RVer already, you’ll want this book. If you know an RVer, they’ll want this RV lifestyle book! And if you’re dreaming of one day owning an RV to forge your own path of freedom, here it is.

RV Life Happens: Adventure and Happenstance Full-Time on the Road

Jack weaves together a myriad of lighthearted stories, anecdotes, adventures and cautionary tales. From his years on the road, along with his wife, Nadyne, they travel in their fifth-wheel as full-time RVers.

RV Life Happens is a must-read for those aspiring to full-time in an RV, but nearly all experienced RV travelers will relate to many, if not all, of the chestnuts in this collection. There are stories of “rigastrophes,” tragedy, humorous characters, mishaps, RV park follies, worries and preparation. It also includes various friends and family members who have shared some of their adventures.

That’s a Wrap!

So, that wraps up our RV Lifestyle Books: Inspirational Stories collection. We hope these pull you into enjoy their RV lifestyle to maybe one day, trek off on your own journey!