10 Top climbing books like On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb by Hans Florine

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

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…

If you liked the climbing plot in On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb by Hans Florine , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. 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 Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

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

2. 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 Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Sixty Meters to Anywhere by Brendan Leonard

3. 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 Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • climbing
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits by Tommy Caldwell

4. 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 Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • climbing
  • sports
Cover of A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond by Jim Whittaker

5. A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond

By: Jim Whittaker

2.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Jim Whittaker's A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing

6. Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, the World's Most Feared Mountain

By: Jennifer Jordan

3.14

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Though not as tall as Everest, the "Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous. Located on the border o… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Jordan's Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, the World's Most Feared Mountain book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

7. 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

Similar categories in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

8. Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth

By: Adharanand Finn

2.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhin… read more

Similar categories in Adharanand Finn's Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

9. Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration

By: David Roberts

3.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

"An important missing story from the heroic age of Antarctic exploration."--Laurence Gonzales, auth… read more

Similar categories in David Roberts's Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

10. Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

By: Scott Jurek , Steve Friedman

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force--and darling--in the grueling and gro… read more

Similar categories in Scott Jurek's Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

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11. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

By: Michael Pollan

3.72

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Listening time = 2h 2m Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was f… read more

Similar categories in Michael Pollan's Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

By: Scott Jurek

4.22

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run , a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating… read more

Similar categories in Scott Jurek's North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • nature
  • audiobook
"It was just numbers. I knew I could outrun numbers."

-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

"AT legend has it that Pennsylvania hiking clubs and trail crews are proud of their state's nickname of Rocksylvania and don't remove rocks from the trail. In fact, some people claim they actually dum…"

-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Cover of Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself by Rich Roll

13. Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

By: Rich Roll

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this edition can be found here. Finding Ultra is an incredible but true a… read more

Similar categories in Rich Roll's Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"I loved the pain, and the pain loved me back."

-Rich Roll, Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

Cover of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex  Hutchinson

14. Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

By: Alex Hutchinson

4.13

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner’s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contr… read more

Similar categories in Alex Hutchinson's Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life by Mark Synnott

15. 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 Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • nature
  • 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 The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team by Kara Goucher

16. The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team

By: Kara Goucher

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this unvarnished and affecting memoir, Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living th… read more

Similar categories in Kara Goucher's The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
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 Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • 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

Similar categories in Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • nature
  • audiobook
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19. A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story

By: Beth Rodden

4.05

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Renowned rock climber Beth Rodden’s inspiring memoir about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing … read more

Similar categories in Beth Rodden's A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing by Lauren DeLaunay Miller

20. Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing

By: Lauren DeLaunay Miller

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Climbing Literature Winner "Long overdue anthology highligh… read more

Similar categories in Lauren DeLaunay Miller's Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • climbing
  • sports
  • nature
"The mountains and walls do not care who we are, but they demand that we bring the very best of ourselves to our every interaction with them."

-Lauren DeLaunay Miller, Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing

Cover of Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton by Kevin Grange

21. Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton

By: Kevin Grange

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Wild Rescues is a fast-paced, firsthand glimpse into the exciting lives of paramedics who work with… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Grange's Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton book and Hans Florine's On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook

12 must-read audiobook books like On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb by Hans Florine

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

Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

Michael Pollan

3.72

Transform Your Habits

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Scott Jurek

4.22

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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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