9 must-read mountaineering books like NEVEREST New Insights: Inside Scott Fischer's Mountain Madness Expedition (Mountain Mania Book 1) by Nick van der Leek

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NEVEREST New Insights: Inside Scott Fischer's Mountain Madness Expedition (Mountain Mania Book 1)

By: Nick van der Leek

3.35

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2006 freelance photojournalist and amateur climber Nick van der Leek wrote a five page analysis …

If you liked the mountaineering plot in NEVEREST New Insights: Inside Scott Fischer's Mountain Madness Expedition (Mountain Mania Book 1) by Nick van der Leek , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season by Nick Heil

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

By: Nick Heil

4.08

Format: 88 pages,

In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everes… read more

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Cover of Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest by Beck Weathers, Stephen G. Michaud

2. 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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3. The Hunger

By: Alma Katsu

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

The Hunger is a tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical mome… read more

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4. 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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5. Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh #1)

By: None

4.22

Format: 206 pages,

Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in h… read more

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6. 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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7. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

By: William L. Shirer

4.21

Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more

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"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

8. Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition

By: Bruce Henderson

4.22

Format: 224 pages, ebook

It began as President Ulysses S. Grant's bid for international glory after the Civil War--America's… read more

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9. 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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10. Scarlett

By: Alexandra Ripley

3.88

Format: 96 pages,

The timeless tale continues... The most popular and beloved American historical novel ever written,… read more

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11. 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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12. Blind Rage: A True Story of Sin, Sex, and Murder in a Small Arkansas Town

By: Anita Paddock

4.07

Format: 71 pages,

A true story of sin, sex, and murder in a small Arkansas town. When Ruie Ann Park--a pillar of the … read more

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13. 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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14. 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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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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16. Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder

By: Steven B. Epstein

4.18

Format: 608 pages, Kindle Edition

At just 41 years of age, Florida State law professor Dan Markel was among the most well-known and a… read more

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17. Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)

By: Guillermo del Toro

3.56

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

A group of mercenaries on an unsanctioned mission survives a plane crash in whiteout conditions in … read more

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"It can all end in a moment. Take for yourself now what tomorrow might not give you."

-Guillermo del Toro, Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)

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18. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)

By: John E. Douglas

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more

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19. Dannemora: Two Escaped Killers, Three Weeks of Terror, and the Largest Manhunt Ever in New York State

By: Charles A. Gardner

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Prison Break, the Manhunt, the Inside Story The True Story of the Prison Escape That Inspire… read more

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20. Ledge (The Glacian Trilogy, #1)

By: Stacey McEwan

3.72

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

After being randomly selected as a human sacrifice, instead of death, Dawsyn finds herself on a que… read more

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21. 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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"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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22. Outback Outlaw: The Dark Legacy of Australia’s Backpacker Killer, Ivan Milat (True Crime)

By: Ryan Green

4.01

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

"He was going to kill somebody from the age of 10. It was built into him… I knew he was on a one-wa… read more

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23. 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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24. The Hunt: The True Story of Alaska's Most Notorious Serial Killer, Robert Hansen (True Crime)

By: Ryan Green

4.05

Format: 129 pages, Kindle Edition

In the 1970s, a local baker harboured a dark secret that plunged Anchorage into a state of terror. … read more

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25. The Spider: Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

By: Barry Levine

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Who was Jeffrey Epstein? A Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist unearths never-before-reported detai… read more

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"The pedophile's curse has something almost supernatural about it, like the bite of a vampire infecting an entire life."

-Barry Levine, The Spider: Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

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26. 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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27. 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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Cover of Should I Not Return: The most controversial tragedy in the history of North American mountaineering! by Jeffrey Babcock

28. Should I Not Return: The most controversial tragedy in the history of North American mountaineering!

By: Jeffrey Babcock

3.55

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Should I Not Return is the story of a young east coast climber, who joins his brother in Alaska to … read more

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Cover of Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13 by Richard    Farr

29. Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13

By: Richard Farr

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the Scandiuzzi Prize ​An Outstanding Science Book ​(National Science Teachers Associat… read more

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30. NEVEREST New Insights: Inside Scott Fischer's Mountain Madness Expedition (Mountain Mania Book 1)

By: Nick van der Leek

3.35

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2006 freelance photojournalist and amateur climber Nick van der Leek wrote a five page analysis … read more

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Cover of K2 North Ridge 1990: 1990 Mountaineering ascent of K2 North Ridge by Lyle Closs

31. K2 North Ridge 1990: 1990 Mountaineering ascent of K2 North Ridge

By: Lyle Closs

4.00

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

The 1990 US/Australian expedition to the North Ridge of K2 placed American Steve Swenson and Austra… read more

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5 best-selling adult books like Dannemora: Two Escaped Killers, Three Weeks of Terror, and the Largest Manhunt Ever in New York State by Charles A. Gardner

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Karen Abbott

3.69

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Susan Zalkind

3.09

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Charles A. Gardner

3.91

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Mikita Brottman

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