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…
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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
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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. Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge
By: Hermann Buhl , Hugh Merrick
3.87
Format: None pages, Paperback
Autobiography of Hermann Buhl, whose solo, unaided climb of Nanga Parbat is thought to be a greater… read more
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3. A Tale of Two Cities
By: Charles Dickens , Hablot Knight Browne , Richard Maxwell
3.87
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval … read more
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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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5. The Beckoning Silence
By: Joe Simpson
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
"I had to stand there and watch while the rest of my life was determined by the shaky adhesion of a… read more
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing
By: Lauren DeLaunay Miller
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Climbing Literature Winner "Long overdue anthology highligh… read more
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"The mountains and walls do not care who we are, but they demand that we bring the very best of ourselves to our every interaction with them."-Lauren DeLaunay Miller, Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing
11. Starlight and Storm (Modern Library Exploration)
By: Gaston Rébuffat
4.17
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
“One of the great climbers of all time . . . who has discovered through the medium of mountains the… read more
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12. Winter 8000: Climbing the World’s Highest Mountains in the Coldest Season
By: Bernadette McDonald
4.27
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Mountain Literature While you wouldn’t expect clim… read more
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13. 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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14. 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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15. Closer to the Edge: Climbing to the Ends of the Earth
By: Leo Houlding
4.30
Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition
Leo Houlding started climbing at ten years of age in the Lake District and was the youngest person … read more
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16. 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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17. All and Nothing: Inside Free Soloing
By: Jeff Smoot
4.05
Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition
*An insider’s perspective on free soloing *From the author of the critically acclaimed Hangdog D… read more
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18. The Last Great Mountain: The First Ascent of Kangchenjunga
By: Mick Conefrey
4.07
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but … read more
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19. Savage Arena: K2, Changabang and the North Face of the Eiger
By: Joe Tasker
4.42
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas
By: Greg Child
4.18
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
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21. One Day as a Tiger: Alex MacIntyre and the Birth of Light and Fast Alpinism
By: John Porter
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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22. Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams
By: Katie Ives
3.85
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Author is a renowned writer in international climbing community Fascinating story of hoax that insp… read more
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23. 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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24. Unraveled: A Climber’s Journey Through Darkness and Back
By: Katie Brown
4.14
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing’s first "comp kids"--a young natural wh… read more
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