6 must-read history books like The Everest Years: The challenge of the world's highest mountain by Chris Bonington

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The Everest Years: The challenge of the world's highest mountain

By: Chris Bonington

4.17

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Sir Chris Bonington is a household name as a result of his distinguished mountaineering career duri…

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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

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
"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. A Day to Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey to Uncover the Truth

By: Graham Ratcliffe

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The truth about the 1996 Everest disaster by one of its survivors. On the night of May 10-11, 1996,… read more

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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • adventure
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3. Surviving K2

By: Wilco van Rooijen

4.13

Format: None pages,

WILCO VAN ROOIJEN: SURVIVING K2 Surviving two days in the Death Zone In the summer of 2008 the 'Nor… read more

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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • climbing
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4. Cold Blood (Detective Erika Foster, #5)

By: Robert Bryndza

4.00

Format: None pages,

She fell in love with a killer, now she's one too. The suitcase was badly rusted, and took Erika se… read more

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5. This Game of Ghosts

By: Joe Simpson

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

When mountain climber Simon Yates cut the rope and sent his friend and climbing partner Joe Simpson… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing

6. The Mammoth Book of Mountain Disasters: True Stories of Rescue from the Brink of Death

By: Hamish MacInnes

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the Appalachians to Mount Cook, from Peak Lenin to Siula Grande, the thirty-five gripping firs… read more

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7. Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival

By: Yossi Ghinsberg

3.79

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

What begins as a dream adventure for four amicable, if hastily met, mochileros (backpackers) quickl… read more

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8. 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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9. Annapurna

By: Maurice Herzog , Janet Adam Smith , Eric Shipton , None

3.67

Format: 272 pages,

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10. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard

4.24

Format: None pages,

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more

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11. 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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12. 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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13. Snow in the Kingdom: My Storm Years on Everest

By: None

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

Snow in the Kingdomis the Everest autobiography of Ed Webster's five "Storm Years" on and off of Mo… read more

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14. The Shining Mountain: Two Men On Changabang's West Wall

By: Peter Boardman

3.82

Format: None pages,

Describes the adventures of Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker on their expedition to climb a mountain i… read more

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15. Beneath Cold Earth (DCI Tom Raven #2)

By: M.S. Morris

4.48

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

A buried skeleton. A dark conspiracy. A ruthless killer. When flash floods unearth a human skele… read more

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16. Ascent into Hell

By: Fergus White

4.48

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

There is but one aim: the summit, the summit of Mount Everest. What starts with a trouble-free tre… read more

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  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
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17. Everest the Cruel Way: The audacious winter attempt of the West Ridge

By: Joe Tasker

3.96

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

On 30 January 1981 Joe Tasker and Ade Burgess stood at 24,000 feet on the west ridge of Mount Evere… read more

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  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
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18. Everest: It's Not About the Summit

By: Ellis Stewart

4.23

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2014 Mount Everest was closed to all climbers after a devastating avalanche claimed the lives of… read more

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  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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19. The Landscape of Death (DCI Tom Raven #1)

By: M.S. Morris

4.36

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

A Murder. A Homecoming. A Day of Reckoning. A man’s body washes up on a beach on the North Yorks… read more

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20. Deadly Secrets (Detective Erika Foster #6)

By: Robert Bryndza

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

To commit the perfect murder, you need the perfect cover. On an icy morning, a mother wakes to f… read more

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21. The Red Room (Atticus Priest #3)

By: Mark Dawson

4.48

Format: 484 pages, Kindle Edition

Private investigator Atticus Priest is asked to investigate after a man falls to his death from the… read more

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22. The Dying of the Year (DCI Tom Raven, #3)

By: M.S. Morris

4.47

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

A hit and run. A suspicious death. A vendetta. Sam Earnshaw’s recovery from a year-long coma sho… read more

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23. The Ogre: Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent

By: Doug K. Scott

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Some mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both. On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
Cover of Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain by Mick Conefrey

24. Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain

By: Mick Conefrey

3.91

Format: 352 pages, ebook

The dramatic and inspiring account of the very first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to c… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
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25. Survival on Formidable Peaks: Epic Climbing Accounts from Dangerous Mountains

By: Carlos Baxter

3.94

Format: 109 pages, Kindle Edition

Survival on Formidable Peaks covers some of the most harrowing experiences climbers have survived a… read more

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26. Tears in the Wind: Triumph and Tragedy on America’s Highest Peak

By: Larry Semento

3.93

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

                 An Extraordinary True Adventure Story “This is an incredible account of what it t… read more

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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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27. Everest '96: A Compelling Expose of Death and Deceit

By: Ken Vernon

3.92

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

The highest mountain on the planet brings out the best in people – and the worst. We usually only r… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. Mount Everest: Confessions of an Amateur Peak Bagger

By: Kevin Flynn

4.21

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

A true story, warts and all, of what really happened to ad exec and amateur climber Kevin Flynn dur… read more

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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
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29. The Everest Years: The challenge of the world's highest mountain

By: Chris Bonington

4.17

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Sir Chris Bonington is a household name as a result of his distinguished mountaineering career duri… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • photography
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
Cover of Up: My Life Journey to the Top of Everest by Ben Fogle

30. Up: My Life Journey to the Top of Everest

By: Ben Fogle

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

My eyes lifted to the horizon and the unmistakable snowy outline of Everest. Everest, the mounta… read more

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  • adventure
  • travel
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31. Sacred Summits: Kangchenjunga, the Carstensz Pyramid, and Gauri Sankar

By: Peter Boardman

4.30

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Mountaintops have long been seen as sacred places, home to gods and dreams. In one climbing year Pe… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing

12 must-read adventure books like The Everest Years: The challenge of the world's highest mountain by Chris Bonington

Transform Your Habits

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

Joe Simpson

4.23

Transform Your Habits

A Day to Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey to Uncover the Truth

Graham Ratcliffe

3.95

Transform Your Habits

This Game of Ghosts

Joe Simpson

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Ascent into Hell

Fergus White

4.48

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13 Top adventure books like Everest the Cruel Way: The audacious winter attempt of the West Ridge by Joe Tasker

Transform Your Habits

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

Joe Simpson

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season

Nick Heil

4.08

Transform Your Habits

A Day to Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey to Uncover the Truth

Graham Ratcliffe

3.95

Transform Your Habits

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

David Roberts , Ed Viesturs

4.25

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