Step By Step

Life in My Journeys

By: Simon Reeve

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Paperback | 29 October 2025 | Edition Number 1

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The inspiring memoir from TV traveller Simon Reeve's life of amazing adventures in over 120 countries and the most remote and extreme corners of the planet.

The Sunday Times Bestseller

In TV adventurer Simon Reeve's bestselling memoir he describes how he has journeyed across epic landscapes, dodged bullets on frontlines, walked through minefields and been detained for spying by the KGB. His travels have taken him across jungles, deserts, mountains and oceans, and to some of the most beautiful, dangerous and remote regions of the world.

In this revelatory account of his life Simon gives the full story behind some of his favourite expeditions, and traces his own inspiring personal journey back to leaving school without qualifications, teetering on a bridge, and then overcoming his challenges by climbing to a 'Lost Valley' and changing his life ... step by step.

About the Author

Simon Reeve has travelled to more than 120 countries, making multiple award-winning TV series for the BBC, including Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Sacred Rivers, Greece, Tropic of Capricorn, Turkey, and Australia (Winner of the British Travel Press Award for Broadcast Travel Programme).

Industry Reviews

Simon Reeve, a man whose very name is a guarantee of interesting television. Outstanding. - Observer

TV's most interesting globetrotter - Independent

The craziest (or bravest) man on TV - Daily Mail

In the last decade, he's made a name for himself as British TV's most adventurous presenter. He's hunted with the Bushmen of Kalahari, hung out with biker outlaws in Australia and been taught to fish by the president of Moldova. - Radio Times

You can be sure to trust Simon to find a fun story. Simon might just be the best tour guide in the world. - Sun

Reeve is in a class of his own - The Times

Cracking stories from his travels - Alastair Humphreys, Explorer and National Geographic Adventurer of the Year

Telly adventurer Simon Reeve has visited some of the world's most remote places, suffering such diverse setbacks as catching malaria and being detained for spying. In his incredibly honest book he tells how he has journeyed across epic landscapes, dodged bullets on front lines and walked through minefields. He also opens up about coping with depression as a teenager and a subsequent attempt to end his own life. One of the best autobiographies I've ever read. - The Sun - best books of 2019

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