Mountains


Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
Le otto montagne
The Snow Leopard
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerGo Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Mountains
738 books — 105 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,140 books — 1,016 voters
Firth's Chasm by Travis JamesHatchet by Gary PaulsenDry Lands by Elizabeth Anne  MartinsSilo 42 by Zev PaissI Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall
Best Survival Fiction Books
12 books — 4 voters

Death at SeaWorld by David  KirbyBorn Free by Joy AdamsonThe Love of a Dog by Jo ProutyThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Adult Nonfiction Animal Books
599 books — 176 voters
Wild by Cheryl StrayedInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerHeidi by Johanna SpyriMen for the Mountains by Sid Marty
Best Books for Mountain Lovers
67 books — 26 voters

Brian  Andreas
I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.
Brian Andreas, Story People

John Muir
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
John Muir, Our National Parks

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