23 best-selling nonfiction books like Death in Zion National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in Utah's Grand Circle by Randi Minetor

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Death in Zion National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in Utah's Grand Circle

By: Randi Minetor

3.81

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Morbid, but strangely fascinating accounts In 2015, a group of seven hikers were killed when a sud…

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1. A Bolt from the Blue: The Epic True Story of Danger, Daring, and Heroism at 13,000 Feet

By: Jennifer Woodlief

3.88

Format: 256 pages, ebook

FIVE INJURED CLIMBERS. TEN SEASONED RANGERS. ONE IMPOSSIBLE RESCUE. On the afternoon of July 26, 20… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon by Edward Dolnick

2. Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon

By: Edward Dolnick

4.01

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell t… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

3. The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

3.94

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From one of Outsidemagazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boa… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature

4. Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

By: Michael P. Ghiglieri , Thomas M. Myers

4.16

Format: 354 pages,

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  • survival
  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park by Lee H. Whittlesey

5. Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park

By: Lee H. Whittlesey

4.71

Format: 595 pages, Paperback

Intriguing stories of how people have died in Yellowstone warn about the many dangers that exist th… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
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6. The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books)

By: None , Mark Olshaker

4.00

Format: 256 pages,

America's foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime

7. Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks

By: Andrea Lankford

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The realstories behind the scenery of America's national parks For twelve years, Andrea Lankford li… read more

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8. 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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9. Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest

By: Gregg Olsen

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, came to a sanitorium in the fore… read more

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10. Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

By: Mark Adams

3.64

Format: 211 pages,

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11. John Adams: A Life

By: John Ferling

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

John Ferling's masterful John Adams: A Lifeis the most comprehensive single-volume biography of the… read more

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

12. 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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  • true crime
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"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

Cover of Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park by Conor Knighton

13. Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

By: Conor Knighton

4.26

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

From the Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, an entertaining chronicle of his year spent… read more

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  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"Shelton Johnson may just be the best park ranger who ever lived."

-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

"...tell me again about how you used to watch movies in a car. It sounded so cool to me. And so, on one of the last nights of that summer, my parents decided to re-create a drive-in movie in our drive…"

-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

"In letter after letter, misfortunes great and small are blamed on the wood. "I don't know how much I buy that," Matt [Smith] said.."If you're the kinda person who would take something from a national…"

-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

Cover of Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner

14. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

By: Rebecca Renner

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
  • nature
Cover of Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong by Michael Wejchert

15. 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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  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
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16. Black Tide

By: K.C. Jones

3.59

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

A story with a cinematic feel, Black Tide is Cujo meets A Quiet Place. It was just another day a… read more

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"We're alive. And we have hope. I say, no matter what, we're heading in the right direction."

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"Stories explained the unknowable before the advent of science. What happens when science is left shrugging its shoulders?"

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"I'm a liar, but I'm telling you the truth about this: I want to stay on the road. I want to go as far as these wheels and gears can take me."

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"My dad always used to say it's important that people never stop appreciating sunsets. As long as we can still be stopped in our tracks and remember what a big deal it is that we're even here, there's…"

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

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17. America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled

By: Blythe Roberson

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read abou… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • adventure
"It sometimes feels like men feel the need to assert their dominance over nature. Rich white men, who have no problems, climb mountains to see what having problems feels like."

-Blythe Roberson, America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled

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18. 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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  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"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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19. Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark

By: Gregory Skomal

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Greg Skomal, one of the leading great white shark experts in the country, reveals the true natu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
"Now the white shark has returned to one of America’s most iconic summertime destinations, and it’s challenging our perception of what the ocean is to us. For the first time in a long time, we have a …"

-Gregory Skomal, Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark

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

20. 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

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  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • adventure
Cover of Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult by Michelle  Dowd

21. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult

By: Michelle Dowd

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A moving, heartbreaking, and inspiring true story of the author’s escape from an apocalyptic cult—a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • nature
Cover of If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation by Jean Muenchrath

22. If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

By: Jean Muenchrath

3.94

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Her grand adventure turned into a nightmare. After skiing 200 miles along California's John Muir Tr… read more

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  • survival
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"Life is short. Live you dreams now!"

-Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

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23. 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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  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"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

Cover of What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas by James  Patterson

24. What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas

By: James Patterson

3.78

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas—until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Out There: The Wildest Stories from Outside Magazine by Outside Magazine

25. Out There: The Wildest Stories from Outside Magazine

By: Outside Magazine

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Longtime readers have come to understand that Outside’s true gift is in chronicling misadventure. T… read more

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  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Caleb (Caleb Lambert Thriller Book 1) by Jeff Menapace

26. Caleb (Caleb Lambert Thriller Book 1)

By: Jeff Menapace

4.33

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

Vengeance is therapy.Caleb Lambert kills people for a living. The money is nice, but it comes a dis… read more

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Cover of Death in Zion National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in Utah's Grand Circle by Randi Minetor

27. Death in Zion National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in Utah's Grand Circle

By: Randi Minetor

3.81

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Morbid, but strangely fascinating accounts In 2015, a group of seven hikers were killed when a sud… read more

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  • survival
  • history
  • true crime
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Mauled: Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack by Jeremy Evans

28. Mauled: Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack

By: Jeremy Evans

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

An inspiring true-life survival story set in the remote backcountry of the Canadian Rockies. In Aug… read more

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  • survival
  • nonfiction
"He was not upset with the bear."

-Jeremy Evans, Mauled: Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack

Cover of Moon Best of Zion & Bryce: Make the Most of One to Three Days in the Parks by Judy Jewell

29. Moon Best of Zion & Bryce: Make the Most of One to Three Days in the Parks

By: Judy Jewell

4.29

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Whether you're stopping for a day hike or spending a long weekend under the stars, escape to the gr… read more

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  • travel
Cover of On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything by Nate Silver

30. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Campfire Stories: Tales from America's National Parks by Dave Kyu

31. Campfire Stories: Tales from America's National Parks

By: Dave Kyu

3.66

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Our national parks are beautiful and unique places, often serving as an introduction to the outdoor… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature

11 best-selling history books like Death in Zion National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in Utah's Grand Circle by Randi Minetor

Transform Your Habits

A Bolt from the Blue: The Epic True Story of Danger, Daring, and Heroism at 13,000 Feet

Jennifer Woodlief

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon

Edward Dolnick

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

Kevin Fedarko

3.94

Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

Michael P. Ghiglieri , Thomas M. Myers

4.16

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21 must-read audiobook books like Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner

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

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony

Annabelle Tometich

4.30

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