14 Top nonfiction books like Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day by Jennifer Hull

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Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

By: Jennifer Hull

4.01

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award (History/Biography category) Winner of the 2021 Zia…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day by Jennifer Hull , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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

Similar categories in Jon Krakauer's Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Annapurna: A Woman's Place by Maurice Herzog, Arlene Blum

2. Annapurna: A Woman's Place

By: Maurice Herzog , Arlene Blum

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalaya to make history as the fir… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Herzog's Annapurna: A Woman's Place book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness by Brian Murphy, None

3. 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness

By: Brian Murphy , None

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a routine flight t… read more

Similar categories in Brian Murphy's 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

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

4. 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

Similar categories in Nick Heil's Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
Cover of Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest by Beck Weathers, Stephen G. Michaud

5. 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

Similar categories in Beck Weathers's Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • travel
  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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6. 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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  • history
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • sports
  • nature

7. Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

By: Peter Zuckerman , Amanda Padoan

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for… read more

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8. 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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9. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains

By: Jon Krakauer

4.38

Format: 234 pages,

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10. 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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11. 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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12. No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes h… 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

13. 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

Similar categories in Andrea Lankford's Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"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

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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

Similar categories in Fergus White's Ascent into Hell book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day by Jennifer  Hull

15. Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

By: Jennifer Hull

4.01

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award (History/Biography category) Winner of the 2021 Zia… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Next Everest by Jim Davidson

16. 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

Similar categories in Jim Davidson's The Next Everest book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • sports
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest by Mark Synnott

17. 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

Similar categories in Mark Synnott's The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrell

18. Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

By: Will Cockrell

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers—including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Ank… read more

Similar categories in Will Cockrell's Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Demon Next Door by Bryan Burrough

19. The Demon Next Door

By: Bryan Burrough

3.33

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Best-selling author Bryan Burrough (Barbarians at the Gate, Public Enemies, Big Rich) recently made… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Burrough's The Demon Next Door book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton by Kevin Grange

20. Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton

By: Kevin Grange

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Wild Rescues is a fast-paced, firsthand glimpse into the exciting lives of paramedics who work with… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Grange's Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
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21. Call Me Hunter

By: Jim Shockey

3.52

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An elite secret society of killers has controlled the world’s treasures for hundreds of years…until… read more

Similar categories in Jim Shockey's Call Me Hunter book and Jennifer Hull's Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

  • audiobook

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Jon Krakauer

3.72

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4.18

Transform Your Habits

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3.76

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4.71

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3.57

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