23 Top nonfiction books like Death on Mount Washington: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northeast's Highest Peak (Non-Fiction) by Randi Minetor

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Death on Mount Washington: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northeast's Highest Peak (Non-Fiction)

By: Randi Minetor

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

On Mount Washington, it’s lack of preparation, not the mountain, that kills. The weather is highly …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Death on Mount Washington: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northeast's Highest Peak (Non-Fiction) by Randi Minetor , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. 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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  • nonfiction
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2. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

By: Kate Moore

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark danger. The Curies' newly discov… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

3. Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

By: Michael P. Ghiglieri , Thomas M. Myers

4.16

Format: 354 pages,

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  • travel
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak by Andy   Hall

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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  • history
  • nonfiction
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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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  • travel
  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1)

By: Michelle Paver , Geoff Taylor

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion… read more

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7. Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle

By: Rachel Dratch

4.25

Format: None pages,

In this side-splitting memoir, the former Saturday Night Livestar recounts the hilarious adventures… read more

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  • nonfiction

8. 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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9. 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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10. Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916

By: Michael Capuzzo

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shorebrilliant… read more

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11. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

By: Mark Bramhall , Michael Finkel

3.90

Format: 5 pages, Audio CD

Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable tr… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I read. That's my form of travel."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"The word "noise" is derived from the Latin word nausea."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"He left because the world is not made to accommodate people like him."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"There was no one to complain to in the woods, so I did not complain,' Knight said."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

12. 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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13. Spirit Walker (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #2)

By: Michelle Paver , Geoff Taylor

4.24

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

A cry echoed through the Forest. He froze. It was not the yowl of a vixen, or a lynx seeking a mate… read more

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14. Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity

By: David Kirby

3.82

Format: 148 pages,

From the New York Timesbestselling author of Evidence of Harmand Animal Factory--a groundbreaking s… read more

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Cover of Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles

15. Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

By: Kathryn Miles

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

​Trailed is a beautifully written account of a great American tragedy--the unsolved murders of an u… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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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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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"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. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

By: Tori Dunlap

4.10

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the globally-recognized personal finance educator and social media star behind Her First $100K… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Feminism that isn't intersectional, that doesn't help others and work to change systemic inequality, is not feminism."

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"…the culture [had]…a manipulative but disingenuous 'we're not coworkers, we're family' mind-set. (Always be wary of a company that says seemingly well-meaning shit as this. We share a cubicle, not a …"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"But when you confuse shames emotional alarm (I feel disconnected from money, what do I want to do about that?) with who you are (I’ll never get my shit together, I’m just bad with money), you’ve been…"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"We live in a patriarchal world—a system that aids and abets inequality. In this system that has gatekept financial information and tools from marginalized groups, it is an act of protest to be financ…"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

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19. The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more

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20. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

By: Chris Wimmer

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students by J. Reuben Appelman

21. While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

By: J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “Univers… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman

22. The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands

By: Jon Billman

3.69

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

The critically acclaimed author and journalist Jon Billman's fascinating, in-depth look at people w… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail by D. Dauphinee

23. 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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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"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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24. Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

By: Heather Anish Anderson

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Despite her success setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time record on the Pacific Crest Trail i… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love by Vienna Pharaon

25. The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love

By: Vienna Pharaon

4.43

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From licensed therapist and popular Instagram relationship expert Vienna Phara… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation by Tiya Miles

26. Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation

By: Tiya Miles

3.56

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning historian shows how girls who found self-understanding in the natural world became… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova by Ty Gagne

27. 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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  • travel
  • nonfiction

28. 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
Cover of Helltown: The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod by Casey Sherman

29. Helltown: The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod

By: Casey Sherman

3.50

Format: 509 pages, ebook

Before Charles Manson, there was Tony Costa―the serial killer of Cape Cod 1969: The hippie scene… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of ‎The Last Traverse: Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites by Ty Gagne

30. ‎The Last Traverse: Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites

By: Ty Gagne

4.59

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

On a mountain somewhere above treeline, in some of the coldest and worst winter conditions imaginab… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of Death on Mount Washington: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northeast's Highest Peak (Non-Fiction) by Randi Minetor

31. Death on Mount Washington: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northeast's Highest Peak (Non-Fiction)

By: Randi Minetor

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

On Mount Washington, it’s lack of preparation, not the mountain, that kills. The weather is highly … read more

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  • history
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11 must-read history books like Death on Mount Washington: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northeast's Highest Peak (Non-Fiction) by Randi Minetor

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4.16

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Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak

Andy Hall

4.57

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John Scalzi

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John Scalzi

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