Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas
By: Greg Child
4.18
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
* This classic established Child as one of the great mountaineering writers of our time * Describes…
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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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"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
2. Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
By: Mark Twight
4.19
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
2001 Banff Mountain Literature Award Winner They call him Dr. Doom. Raving and kicking against med… read more
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"Crested Butte is for spectators; Chamonix is for participants."-Mark Twight, Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
"The simple fact is this: when you goto Alaska, you get your ass kicked."-Mark Twight, Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
"If you can not grasp the consciousness-altering experience that real mastery of these disciplines proposes, of what value is your participation?"-Mark Twight, Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
"Ultimately, I wanted to own a big truck, exercise my second Amendment rights, listen to hardcore music, and let my congressman know how poorly he represents me. None of this could occur in France."-Mark Twight, Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
3. How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
By: Matt Fitzgerald
4.10
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have know… read more
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"Exercising mental fitness was a daily battle for him, but a battle he chose."-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
"It was a very hard race from the word go with a combination of great runners and a tough course,"-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
"What is the logic of punishing yourself each day, of striving to become better, more efficient, tougher?"-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
"Interpreting running as an opportunity to discover and become his best self, and to give his best to others, through the relentless pursuit of toughness, or guts—a kind of courage."-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
4. The Sympathizer
By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
3.83
Format: 28 pages, Hardcover
The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as five other awards, The Sympathizeris … read more
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5. The Mountains of My Life
By: Walter Bonatti
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
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6. 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
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7. Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
By: James M. Tabor
3.32
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ten days passed with no rescue attempt, while more than half an expedition was stranded and dying a… read more
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8. 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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9. The Broker
By: John Grisham
4.00
Format: 16 pages, Paperback
In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pa… read more
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10. 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
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11. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
By: Jon Krakauer
4.38
Format: 234 pages,
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12. Beyond the Mountain
By: Steve House
4.50
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraisi… read more
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13. 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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14. The War of the Worlds
By: H.G. Wells , Arthur C. Clarke
3.83
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more
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"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
15. 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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16. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
By: Wil Wheaton , David Kushner
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
Masters of Doomis the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack a… read more
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17. Coming into the Country
By: John McPhee
4.80
Format: 360 pages,
This is the story of Alaska and the Alaskans. Written with a vividness and clarity which shifts sce… read more
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18. 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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19. Reinhold Messner: My Life at the Limit
By: Reinhold Messner
4.34
Format: 640 pages,
Reinhold Messner: My Life at the Limit, the newest book by the famed mountaineer, is a conversation… read more
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20. Minus 148 Degrees
By: Art Davidson
4.21
Format: 539 pages, Paperback
Classic tale of dramatic near-death experiences in the harshest of conditions. read more
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21. Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
By: James Clavell
4.41
Format: 1152 pages, Paperback
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and e… read more
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"I can't use hope against swords."-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
"What is pain to a man? A privilege!"-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
"Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now ."-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
"Horses are far worse than men for treachery..."-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
22. The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
By: Mark Synnott
4.14
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
***NPR Books We Love selection*** “If you’re only going to read one Everest book this decade, make… read more
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23. In Some Lost Place: The first ascent of Nanga Parbats Mazeno Ridge
By: Sandy Allan
4.26
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the gre… read more
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24. 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
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25. Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone
By: Nimsdai Purja
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781529312249. In Beyond Possible Nimsdai Purja tells the story … read more
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26. High Risk: Climbing to Extinction
By: Brian Hall
4.38
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Co-winner of the 2022 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature Winner of the Boardman Taske… read more
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27. 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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28. Ueli Steck: My Life in Climbing
By: Ueli Steck
4.17
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
- Steck was considered by many to be one of the strongest climbers who ever lived - The holder of … read more
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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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30. Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas
By: Greg Child
4.18
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
* This classic established Child as one of the great mountaineering writers of our time * Describes… read more
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31. Shishapangma: The alpine-style first ascent of the South-West Face
By: Doug K. Scott
3.88
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1982, following the relaxation of access restrictions to Tibet, six climbers set off for the Him… read more
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