13 best-selling mountaineering books like Everest: It's Not About the Summit by Ellis Stewart

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Everest: It's Not About the Summit

By: Ellis Stewart

4.23

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2014 Mount Everest was closed to all climbers after a devastating avalanche claimed the lives of…

If you liked the mountaineering plot in Everest: It's Not About the Summit by Ellis Stewart , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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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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  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
"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. La sociedad de la nieve

By: Pablo Vierci

3.76

Format: 168 pages,

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  • nonfiction
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3. Who Goes There?

By: William F. Nolan , John W. Campbell Jr.

3.80

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

"Who Goes There?" is the novella that formed the basis of John Carpenter's film The Thing. Campbell… read more

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4. A Day to Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey to Uncover the Truth

By: Graham Ratcliffe

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The truth about the 1996 Everest disaster by one of its survivors. On the night of May 10-11, 1996,… read more

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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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5. 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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  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • nonfiction

6. K2: Triumph and Tragedy

By: Jim Curran

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

K2 is the second highest mountain in the world, at 8611 metres only a couple of hundred metres lowe… read more

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7. Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop

By: Carol Shaben

4.75

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was s… read more

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8. Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival

By: Yossi Ghinsberg

3.79

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

What begins as a dream adventure for four amicable, if hastily met, mochileros (backpackers) quickl… read more

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9. 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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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. K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain

By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and … read more

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13. 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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14. Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

By: Donnie Eichar

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriousl… read more

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15. 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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  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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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

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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of Everest: It's Not About the Summit by Ellis Stewart

17. Everest: It's Not About the Summit

By: Ellis Stewart

4.23

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2014 Mount Everest was closed to all climbers after a devastating avalanche claimed the lives of… read more

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  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest by Mark Synnott

18. 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

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  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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19. 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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  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
"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

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20. Only When I Step On It: One Man's Inspiring Journey to Hike The Appalachian Trail Alone

By: Peter Conti

4.34

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you could experience the thrill of an epic voyage through insurmountable obstacles without … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of Lost on Purpose: Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man (Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti Book 1) by Patrick     Taylor

21. Lost on Purpose: Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man (Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti Book 1)

By: Patrick Taylor

4.08

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

“Lost on Purpose” is the non-fiction adventure narrative of a former technology executive who took … read more

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

22. 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
  • 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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23. Free Outside: A Trek Against Time and Distance

By: Jeff Garmire

4.18

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

A man walked into the woods, destined to spend 8 months living in the wild. Exhausted and emotional… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of Survival on Formidable Peaks: Epic Climbing Accounts from Dangerous Mountains by Carlos Baxter

24. 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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25. Tears in the Wind: Triumph and Tragedy on America’s Highest Peak

By: Larry Semento

3.93

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

                 An Extraordinary True Adventure Story “This is an incredible account of what it t… read more

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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of Everest '96: A Compelling Expose of Death and Deceit by Ken  Vernon

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

Similar categories in Ken Vernon's Everest '96: A Compelling Expose of Death and Deceit book and Ellis Stewart's Everest: It's Not About the Summit

  • nonfiction
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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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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
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28. 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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  • mountaineering
  • climbing
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Last Great Mountain: The First Ascent of Kangchenjunga by Mick Conefrey

29. 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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  • mountaineering
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of Up: My Life Journey to the Top of Everest by Ben Fogle

30. Up: My Life Journey to the Top of Everest

By: Ben Fogle

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

My eyes lifted to the horizon and the unmistakable snowy outline of Everest. Everest, the mounta… read more

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  • climbing
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of K II: The Deadliest Day (Mountain Mania Book 2) by Nick van der Leek

31. K II: The Deadliest Day (Mountain Mania Book 2)

By: Nick van der Leek

3.61

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

What does the 2008 disaster on the world’s deadliest mountain have in common with the 1996 disaster… read more

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4.23

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Graham Ratcliffe

3.95

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Fergus White

4.48

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4.14

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