9 Top biography books like Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad

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Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

By: Harley Rustad

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on t…

If you liked the biography plot in Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness

By: Eli Sanders

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

On a summer night in 2009, three lives intersected in one American neighborhood. Two people newly i… read more

Similar categories in Eli Sanders's While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier

By: Tom Kizzia

3.66

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Into the Wildmeets Helter Skelterin this riveting true story of a modern-day homesteading family in… read more

Similar categories in Tom Kizzia's Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

3. 81:1. Opowieści z Wysp Owczych

By: Maciej Wasielewski , None

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

,,81:1" to niezwykla reporterska etiuda na cztery rece o osiemnastu punktach wulkanicznych na polno… read more

Similar categories in Maciej Wasielewski's 81:1. Opowieści z Wysp Owczych book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

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4. Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

By: Kathryn Miles

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

​Trailed is a beautifully written account of a great American tragedy--the unsolved murders of an u… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Miles's Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • true crime
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • 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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6. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

By: Rebecca Renner

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Renner's Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • history
  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong by Michael Wejchert

8. Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong

By: Michael Wejchert

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible res… read more

Similar categories in Michael Wejchert's Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

9. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

Similar categories in David Grann's The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • survival
  • history
  • true crime
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • history
  • true crime
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

Similar categories in John Vaillant's Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes

12. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

By: Edward Humes

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more

Similar categories in Edward Humes's The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Wszyscy tak jeżdżą by Bartosz Józefiak

13. Wszyscy tak jeżdżą

By: Bartosz Józefiak

4.20

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Samochód to wolność. Za pomocą samochodu pokazujemy, na co nas stać. Polacy od lat przodują w liczb… read more

Similar categories in Bartosz Józefiak's Wszyscy tak jeżdżą book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Zawieszeni. O zaginionych i ludziach, którzy ich szukają

By: Szymon J. Wróbel

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Ania wracała ze szkolnej zabawy. Bruno wyjechał na wymarzone wakacje do Indii. Joanna wybrała się w… read more

Similar categories in Szymon J. Wróbel's Zawieszeni. O zaginionych i ludziach, którzy ich szukają book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • nonfiction
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15. Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

By: Harley Rustad

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on t… read more

Similar categories in Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • survival
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • nature
  • audiobook
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16. 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 Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman

17. The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands

By: Jon Billman

3.69

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

The critically acclaimed author and journalist Jon Billman's fascinating, in-depth look at people w… read more

Similar categories in Jon Billman's The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • survival
  • history
  • true crime
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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18. The Adventurer's Son

By: Roman Dial

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle. . . . It should be difficult to get lost forever": The… read more

Similar categories in Roman Dial's The Adventurer's Son book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"During that golden age, we shared music and books, swapped interests and insights. And as he grew to know more than I did in economics, genetics, and politics, he shared his knowledge enriching my li…"

-Roman Dial, The Adventurer's Son

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19. Riverman: An American Odyssey

By: Ben McGrath

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The true story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years… read more

Similar categories in Ben McGrath's Riverman: An American Odyssey book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"No fleeting moment can bear the scrutiny that a lone voyager is able to give it."

-Ben McGrath, Riverman: An American Odyssey

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20. Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports

By: John Branch

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer … read more

Similar categories in John Branch's Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry by Stephanie Saldana

21. What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry

By: Stephanie Saldana

4.45

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Eggplant seeds, a lullaby in a vanishing language, an embroidered dress. When people flee their hom… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Saldana's What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry book and Harley Rustad's Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

  • history
  • biography
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

19 Best audiobook books like Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad

Transform Your Habits

While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness

Eli Sanders

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier

Tom Kizzia

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

Kathryn Miles

3.94

Transform Your Habits

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

Andrea Lankford

3.76

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25 Best audiobook books like Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports by John Branch

Transform Your Habits

Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

Kathryn Miles

3.94

Transform Your Habits

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

Andrea Lankford

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

Jonathan Rosen

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest

Mark Synnott

4.14

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