High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity
By: Steph Davis
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
* A collection of vivid, intimate essays and prose poetry on the universal themes of life, love, fr…
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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
- memoir
- adventure
- travel
- nonfiction
- climbing
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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. Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
By: Lynn Hill , Greg Child
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The legendary rock climber who redefined the boundaries of her sport tells her story. From the age … read more
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3. The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
By: Edward Abbey
4.08
Format: 421 pages, Paperback
Ed Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang, his 1975 novel, a "comic extravaganza." Some readers have r… read more
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"The night. The stars. The river."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
"I piss on you from a considerable height."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
"Poor Hayduke: won all his arguments but lost his immortal soul."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
"There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
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5. Space Below My Feet
By: Gwen Moffat
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
In 1945, when Gwen Moffat was in her twenties, she deserted her post as a driver and dispatch rider… read more
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6. The Wild Truth: A Memoir
By: Carine McCandless
4.16
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
The spellbinding story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hitchhiked to Alaska, walked… read more
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7. The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers
By: Arno Ilgner , Jeff Achey
3.97
Format: None pages,
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8. 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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- climbing
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9. High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity
By: Steph Davis
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
* A collection of vivid, intimate essays and prose poetry on the universal themes of life, love, fr… read more
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- climbing
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10. Desert Solitaire
By: Edward Abbey
4.00
Format: None pages,
When Desert Solitairewas first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude an… read more
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11. Communion: The Female Search for Love
By: bell hooks
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Renowned visionary and theorist bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American… read more
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12. 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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13. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
By: Jon Krakauer
4.38
Format: 234 pages,
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14. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
By: Robert M. Pirsig
3.78
Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a medi… read more
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"This forest silence improves anyone."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"The more you read, the more you calm down."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
15. The Dharma Bums
By: Jack Kerouac
4.71
Format: None pages,
Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam… read more
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16. Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback (Vintage Departures)
By: Robyn Davidson
3.87
Format: 334 pages,
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Robyn Davidson's opens the memoir of her perilous journey across 1,700 m… read more
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17. The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
By: Mark Synnott
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The climbing community had long considered a "free solo" ascent of El Capitan an impossible feat so… read more
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- memoir
- adventure
- nonfiction
- climbing
"Peter Croft once explained the feeling you get from free soloing as a heightened type of perception. A little edge that you need to stand on looks huge—everything comes into high relief. That’s just …"-Mark Synnott, The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
18. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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- travel
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19. Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
By: Lauren Fleshman
4.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her… read more
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- biography
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"It takes guts to put yourself out there when your body doesn't match the ideal, and to keep doing your best when your best isn't what you hoped for, or what others expected."-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. 'Where did that calm come from?' I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attac…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"…my whole life I had been engaging in the hard work of learning to run for myself, not for others. I had been learning how to return to myself, again and again, in a world full of forces that consist…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"Title IX opened a door fifty years ago that can never be closed again, but equality doesn’t end at the equal right to play. True equality in sports, like any other industry, requires rebuilding the s…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
20. Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map
By: Rick Ridgeway
4.53
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A life worth living is lived at the edges where it is wild At the beginning of his memoir Life Liv… read more
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- climbing
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21. Alone on the Wall
By: Alex Honnold
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Including two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan i… read more
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- memoir
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- nonfiction
- climbing
- outdoors
"Doubt is the biggest danger in soloing. As soon as you hesitate, you’re screwed."-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"I think it’s important that you do your own research, take personal responsibility for your decisions, experiment, and find what works best for you."-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"The climbing and travel in this book wouldn’t have been possible without the support of my entire extended family. I’m grateful that everyone has always encouraged my adventures and not questioned my…"-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"From my adventures in the subculture of addiction recovery, I’d learned that the trajectory of one’s life often boils down to a few identifiable moments—decisions that change everything. I knew all t…"-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
22. 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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- climbing
23. To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret
By: Jedidiah Jenkins
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “With winning candor, Jedidiah Jenkins takes us with him as he bicycle… read more
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"When the honeymoon phase is over, what's left is the continuous choosing of the other person."-Jedidiah Jenkins, To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret
"The life before had happened to me as childhood happens to everyone. The mark of adulthood is when we happen to life."-Jedidiah Jenkins, To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret
"I have learned this for certain: if discontent is your disease, travel is medicine. It resensitizes. It opens you up to see outside the patterns you follow. Because new places require new learning. I…"-Jedidiah Jenkins, To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret
"I was in the zone, each day biking farther than the last, and becoming ever more accustomed to my solitude. An entire day passed without me speaking to a single human. I did speak though, just to the…"-Jedidiah Jenkins, To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret
24. Nowhere for Very Long
By: Brianna Madia
4.11
Format: 304 pages, ebook
In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures in an… read more
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"Many times I wanted to delete the app entirely, but it felt like people had bought shares in our lives. These people saved my dog's life. I felt I owed them my own in some ways."-Brianna Madia, Nowhere for Very Long
25. Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life's Hardest Climbs
By: Sasha DiGiulian
4.04
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
World champion climber Sasha DiGiulian tells her story—from coming of age under the scrutiny of soc… read more
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26. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
4.45
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are har… read more
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27. In the Shadow of the Mountain
By: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the… read more
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"We protect us."-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
"The host always said: 'Nothing you do is small. Everything begins from there."-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
"Even thought I rarely believed it myself, whenever I spoke it aloud, the dream grew. No matter how absurd it sounded, how impossible it seemed, dreaming got me closer to executing."-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
"Even while recuperating, we have to keep active. If you don't move at all, you're more likely to get sick. Continuous motion is the best way to manipulate our bodies into believing that we can fully …"-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
28. 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
29. Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir
By: Brianna Madia
4.22
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Ver… read more
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30. The High Sierra: A Love Story
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
4.27
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth… read more
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31. Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns, and the Future of Chasing Snow
By: Heather Hansman
3.91
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
*An Outside Magazine Book Club Pick * *Winner of the International Ski Association's Ullr Book Awar… read more
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