18 best-selling adventure books like Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova by Ty Gagne

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Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova

By: Ty Gagne

4.41

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the…

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1. On Trails: An Exploration

By: Robert Moor

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In 2009, while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that … read more

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  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"In walking, we acquire more of less."

-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration

"We move through this world on paths laid down long before we are born."

-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration

"Complete freedom is not what a trail offers. Quite the opposite; a trail is a tactful reduction of options."

-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration

"What unites the wisest trails, I have found, is a balance of three values: durability, efficiency, and flexibility."

-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration

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2. Lost on a Mountain in Maine

By: Donn Fendler , Joseph B. Egan

3.92

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Based on the true account of a boy's harrowing journey through the vast wilderness of the Katahdin … read more

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  • survival
  • biography
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
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3. Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest

By: Beck Weathers , Stephen G. Michaud

4.82

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

As featured in the upcoming motion picture Everest,starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes,… read more

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  • survival
  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
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4. Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak

By: Andy Hall

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Denali's Howlis the white-knuckle account of one of the most deadly climbing disasters of all time.… read more

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  • survival
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • sports
  • nature
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5. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

By: Ben Montgomery

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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6. Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert

By: Jason Kersten

3.67

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

I killed and buried my best friend today ... When authorities found Raffi Kodikian -- barely alive … read more

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  • survival
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature

7. Not Without Peril: 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire

By: None

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

These compelling profiles of 22 adventurous?yet unlucky?climbers chronicle more than a century of e… read more

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8. Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

By: Peter Zuckerman , Amanda Padoan

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for… read more

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9. Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue

By: Bree Loewen

4.03

Format: 325 pages,

Now in her mid-thirties, Loewen has become a wife, a mother, and a leader of Seattle Mountain Rescu… read more

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10. 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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11. Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail

By: Paul V. Stutzman

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

After losing his wife to breast cancer, Paul Stutzman decided to make some big changes. He quit his… read more

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12. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands

By: Chris Bohjalian

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A heartbreaking, wildly inventive, and moving novel narrated by a teenage runaway, from the best-se… read more

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13. Girl in the Woods: A Memoir

By: Aspen Matis

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Girl in the Woods is Aspen Matis's exhilarating true-life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada… read more

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14. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail

By: David Miller

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A 41-year-old engineer quits his job to hike the Appalachian Trail. This is a true account of his h… read more

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15. Following Atticus: Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship

By: Tom Ryan

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

After a close friend died of cancer, middle-aged, overweight, acrophobic newspaperman Tom Ryan deci… read more

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16. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

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  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

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17. Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong

By: Michael Wejchert

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible res… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
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18. When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

By: D. Dauphinee

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Geraldine “Gerry” Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"She was simple in her intentions; she embraced the challenge of seeing the thing through."

-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

"The young surveyor peered closer. Inside the bag were some bones. They were unmistakably human."

-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

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19. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

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  • sports
  • audiobook
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20. The Adventurer's Son

By: Roman Dial

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle. . . . It should be difficult to get lost forever": The… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"During that golden age, we shared music and books, swapped interests and insights. And as he grew to know more than I did in economics, genetics, and politics, he shared his knowledge enriching my li…"

-Roman Dial, The Adventurer's Son

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21. The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

By: Caroline Van Hemert

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Paci… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"In life, we're always closer to the edge than we like to admit, never guaranteed our next breath, never sure of what will follow this moment. We're human. We're vulnerable. With love comes the risk o…"

-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

"About Northern Wheatears: ...birds from Alaska flew nine thousand miles to Kenya; those from Canada crossed the Atlantic to spend the winter in Mauritania. For young birds, just a few weeks old, this…"

-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

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22. The Twenty-Ninth Day

By: Alex Messenger

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure,… read more

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  • survival
  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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23. A Wild Idea

By: Jonathan Franklin

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In 1991, Doug Tompkins abandoned his comfortable life in San Francisco and flew 6,500 miles south t… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
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24. Zombie Bake-Off

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.50

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

It's time for the annual Recipe Days bake-off in Lubbock, Texas. Soccer moms and grandmothers gathe… read more

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  • audiobook
"If there's any better place to get stoned than a rolling box full of pastry, then they didn't have the keys for it, anyway."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Zombie Bake-Off

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25. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

By: Heather Anish Anderson

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appal… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"At least now I knew that my heart was wedded to the mountains--to the wild places. It was there, and there alone, that I was whole, contented, and blissful. No relationship, career, or wealth could e…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I refuse to let this suffering be for nothing. In fact, I refuse to suffer." I whispered to myself as I pushed each tent stake into the ground. "I can adapt. I am adapting." Another long day was done…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I want to set a record. Not just any record, but an athletic record. One that everyone will know me for. One that my dad will be proud of. I don't know what it will be, but I will do it. I have a lot…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I'd failed to live up to the expectations of my parents. I had not utilized my education in any real way and I'd given up on my marriage. For the first time, I accepted that I could not meet the expe…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

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26. Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova

By: Ty Gagne

4.41

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the… read more

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  • survival
  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook

27. Critical Hours: Search and Rescue in the White Mountains

By: Sandy Stott

3.96

Format: None pages, ebook

A misread map, a sudden storm, a forgotten headlamp--and suddenly a leisurely hike turns into a tre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey by Derick Lugo

28. The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey

By: Derick Lugo

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Derick Lugo had never been hiking. He didn't even know if he liked being outside all that much. He … read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
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29. Wisdom of Wolves, The: Lessons From the Sawtooth Pack

By: Jim Dutcher

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the world-famous couple who lived alongside a three-generation wolf pack, this book of inspira… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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30. Alone in Wonderland

By: Christine Reed

3.95

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Alone in Wonderland is a story about backpacking. But it's also a story about Independence, Love, G… read more

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  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of 48 Peaks: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains by Cheryl Suchors

31. 48 Peaks: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains

By: Cheryl Suchors

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Floundering in her second career, the one she’s always wanted, forty-eight year old Cheryl Suchors … read more

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  • travel
  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • adventure

16 Best audiobook books like Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova by Ty Gagne

Transform Your Habits

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Donn Fendler , Joseph B. Egan

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

Ben Montgomery

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Andrea Lankford

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong

Michael Wejchert

3.99

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16 Best audiobook books like Wisdom of Wolves, The: Lessons From the Sawtooth Pack by Jim Dutcher

Transform Your Habits

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

Dan Flores

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland

Ken Ilgunas

2.78

In the Temple of Wolves: A Winter's Immersion in Wild Yellowstone

Rick Lamplugh

4.16

Transform Your Habits

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

4.16

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