11 must-read biography books like Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest by Brian Dickinson

Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest

By: Brian Dickinson

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Alone and blind at 29,000 feet! Former Navy rescue swimmer Brian Dickinson was roughly 1,000 feet f…

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Cover of Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way by Jon Krakauer

1. Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way

By: Jon Krakauer

3.72

Format: 77 pages, ebook

Greg Mortenson has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children’s crusader, an… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Silverwing (Silverwing, #1) by Kenneth Oppel, David Frankland

2. Silverwing (Silverwing, #1)

By: Kenneth Oppel , David Frankland

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shade is a young Silverwing bat, the runt of his colony. But he's determined to prove himself on th… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by John      Piper, Tony Reinke

3. 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

By: John Piper , Tony Reinke

4.33

Format: None pages,

Do You Control Your Phone--Or Does Your Phone Control You? Within a few years of its unveiling, the… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Mountain Madness

By: Robert Birkby

3.93

Format: 352 pages,

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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • adventure
Cover of Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season by Nick Heil

5. 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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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • adventure
Cover of When a Man's a Man by Harold Bell Wright

6. When a Man's a Man

By: Harold Bell Wright

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

This story, as I have put it down here, begins at Prescott, Arizona, in one of those far-western ye… read more

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

7. 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
Cover of Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak by Andy   Hall

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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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • adventure

9. Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest

By: Brian Dickinson

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Alone and blind at 29,000 feet! Former Navy rescue swimmer Brian Dickinson was roughly 1,000 feet f… read more

Similar categories in Brian Dickinson's Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest book and Brian Dickinson's Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
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10. 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
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering

11. Surprised by Oxford

By: Carolyn Weber

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

A "girl-meets-God" style memoir of an agnostic who, through her surprising opportunity to study at … read more

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12. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

By: Avi

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences... Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murd… read more

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13. The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected

By: Gregg Lewis , None

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Insanity of Godis the personal and lifelong journey of an ordinary couple from rural Kentucky w… read more

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14. The Summer of the Swans

By: Betsy Byars

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Sometimes you don't know what you love--until you almost lose it. Sara's fourteenth summer was turn… read more

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15. 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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16. Sunwing (Silverwing, #2)

By: Kenneth Oppel

4.60

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Kenneth Oppel gives a bat's-eye view of the horrors of animal testing in Sunwing, the sequel to his… read more

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17. The Indwelling (Left Behind, #7)

By: Tim LaHaye , Jerry B. Jenkins

4.60

Format: None pages,

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18. 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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19. Kensuke's Kingdom

By: Michael Morpurgo , Michael Foreman

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parent's yacht, the Pe… read more

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20. Killing Jesus: A History

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard'… read more

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21. Through Gates of Splendor

By: Elisabeth Elliot

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

In 1956, five young men, including Elliot's husband, Jim, traveled into the jungles of Ecuador to e… read more

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Cover of Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford

22. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Cover of Dream Town (Eve Ronin #5) by Lee Goldberg

23. Dream Town (Eve Ronin #5)

By: Lee Goldberg

4.18

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A gated dream town for the megarich becomes a murderous nightmare in a riveting Eve Ronin thriller … read more

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24. The Next Everest

By: Jim Davidson

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

One of Atlas & Boots' Top 10 Adventure Travel Books of 2021 A dramatic account of the deadl… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
Cover of Iceberg by Jennifer A. Nielsen

25. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

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  • adventure
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

Cover of Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home by Jane Blasio

26. Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home

By: Jane Blasio

3.60

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the 1940s through the 1960s, young pregnant women entered the front door of a clinic in a smal… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Becoming Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn

27. Becoming Elisabeth Elliot

By: Ellen Vaughn

4.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savage… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • faith
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush

28. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

By: Loren Grush

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum by Jennifer O'Toole

29. Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

By: Jennifer O'Toole

3.87

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The face of autism is changing. And more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick. A… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line (Feminist History Book for Adults) by Mari K.  Eder

30. The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line (Feminist History Book for Adults)

By: Mari K. Eder

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Radium Girls and history and WWII buffs, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you in… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation by Jean Muenchrath

31. 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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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure
"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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Jon Krakauer

3.72

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Nick Heil

4.08

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Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak

Andy Hall

4.57

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John Glatt

3.96

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Emma Gingerich

3.89

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