15 Top climbing books like Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold

Cover of Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold

Alone on the Wall

By: Alex Honnold

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Including two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan i…

"Doubt is the biggest danger in soloing. As soon as you hesitate, you’re screwed."

-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall

"Doubt is the biggest danger in soloing. As soon as you hesitate, you’re screwed."

-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall

"I think it’s important that you do your own research, take personal responsibility for your decisions, experiment, and find what works best for you."

-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall

"I think it’s important that you do your own research, take personal responsibility for your decisions, experiment, and find what works best for you."

-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall

If you liked the climbing plot in Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival

By: Joe Simpson

4.23

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvi… read more

Similar categories in Joe Simpson's Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • outdoors
"Life can deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in?"

-Joe Simpson, Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival

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2. Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World

By: Lynn Hill , Greg Child

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The legendary rock climber who redefined the boundaries of her sport tells her story. From the age … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Hill's Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • outdoors
Cover of Annapurna: A Woman's Place by Maurice Herzog, Arlene Blum

3. Annapurna: A Woman's Place

By: Maurice Herzog , Arlene Blum

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalaya to make history as the fir… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Herzog's Annapurna: A Woman's Place book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
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4. Sixty Meters to Anywhere

By: Brendan Leonard

4.23

Format: None pages,

Sixty Meters to Anywhere Trailer - Live from Brendan Leonard on Vimeo. **CLICK HERE to sign up and … read more

Similar categories in Brendan Leonard's Sixty Meters to Anywhere book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • climbing
  • outdoors
  • audiobook
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5. The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers

By: Arno Ilgner , Jeff Achey

3.97

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Arno Ilgner's The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • outdoors
  • climbing
  • sports
  • nonfiction
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6. Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season

By: Nick Heil

4.08

Format: 88 pages,

In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everes… read more

Similar categories in Nick Heil's Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
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7. The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits

By: Tommy Caldwell

3.54

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A New York TimesBestseller A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Caldwell's The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • climbing
  • sports
  • outdoors
Cover of The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak by David  Roberts, Ed Viesturs

8. The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak

By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs

4.25

Format: None pages,

The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2chronicles his three attempts to climb the … read more

Similar categories in David Roberts's The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • outdoors

9. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

By: Jon Krakauer

4.38

Format: 234 pages,

A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Kraka… read more

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10. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains

By: Jon Krakauer

4.38

Format: 234 pages,

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11. The Climb - Tragic Ambitions on Everest

By: Anatoli Boukreev , G. Weston DeWalt

3.68

Format: 528 pages,

The Climbis Russian mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev's account of the harrowing May 1996 Mount Everest … read more

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12. No Way Down: Life and Death on K2

By: Graham Bowley

3.64

Format: 320 pages,

In this riveting work of narrative nonfiction, journalist Graham Bowley re-creates one of the most … read more

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13. K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain

By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and … read more

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14. No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes h… read more

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15. The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest

By: Mark Synnott

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

***NPR Books We Love selection*** “If you’re only going to read one Everest book this decade, make… read more

Similar categories in Mark Synnott's The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
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16. The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life

By: Mark Synnott

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The climbing community had long considered a "free solo" ascent of El Capitan an impossible feat so… read more

Similar categories in Mark Synnott's The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Peter Croft once explained the feeling you get from free soloing as a heightened type of perception. A little edge that you need to stand on looks huge—everything comes into high relief. That’s just …"

-Mark Synnott, The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life

Cover of Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold

17. Alone on the Wall

By: Alex Honnold

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Including two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan i… read more

Similar categories in Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • audiobook
"Doubt is the biggest danger in soloing. As soon as you hesitate, you’re screwed."

-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall

"I think it’s important that you do your own research, take personal responsibility for your decisions, experiment, and find what works best for you."

-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall

"The climbing and travel in this book wouldn’t have been possible without the support of my entire extended family. I’m grateful that everyone has always encouraged my adventures and not questioned my…"

-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall

"From my adventures in the subculture of addiction recovery, I’d learned that the trajectory of one’s life often boils down to a few identifiable moments—decisions that change everything. I knew all t…"

-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall

Cover of On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb by Hans Florine

18. On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

By: Hans Florine

3.99

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Hans Florine embodies the genius of "and"—collaborative and competitive, fast and safe, audacious a… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life's Hardest Climbs by Sasha DiGiulian

19. Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life's Hardest Climbs

By: Sasha DiGiulian

4.04

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

World champion climber Sasha DiGiulian tells her story—from coming of age under the scrutiny of soc… read more

Similar categories in Sasha DiGiulian's Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life's Hardest Climbs book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone by Nimsdai Purja

20. Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone

By: Nimsdai Purja

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781529312249. In Beyond Possible Nimsdai Purja tells the story … read more

Similar categories in Nimsdai Purja's Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14 by Jeff Smoot

21. Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14

By: Jeff Smoot

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Hangdog Days vividly chronicles the era when rock climbing exploded in popularity, attracting a new… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Smoot's Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14 book and Alex Honnold's Alone on the Wall

  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • climbing
  • outdoors
  • audiobook

9 best-selling audiobook books like Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold

Transform Your Habits

Annapurna: A Woman's Place

Maurice Herzog , Arlene Blum

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Sixty Meters to Anywhere

Brendan Leonard

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest

Mark Synnott

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life

Mark Synnott

4.19

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11 Top audiobook books like Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14 by Jeff Smoot

Transform Your Habits

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

William Finnegan

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Sixty Meters to Anywhere

Brendan Leonard

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

Jon Krakauer

4.08

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