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Mountaineering Books
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 470 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.26 — 570,552 ratings — published 1997
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 252 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.23 — 64,828 ratings — published 1988
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.99 — 18,420 ratings — published 1997
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,744 ratings — published 1990
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 169 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,496 ratings — published 2006
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
by (shelved 166 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.09 — 10,586 ratings — published 1951
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 158 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,561 ratings — published 2012
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 148 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,969 ratings — published 2009
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season (Hardcover)
by (shelved 141 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,322 ratings — published 2008
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.98 — 7,873 ratings — published 2010
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,515 ratings — published 1959
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,790 ratings — published 2011
Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.61 — 8,234 ratings — published 2000
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.59 — 3,984 ratings — published 1960
Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,291 ratings — published 2014
Savage Summit (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,256 ratings — published 2005
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,736 ratings — published 1999
K2 the Savage Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,407 ratings — published 1954
Annapurna: A Woman's Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,081 ratings — published 1980
High Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.74 — 3,522 ratings — published 2008
Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,040 ratings — published
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,790 ratings — published 2001
The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,395 ratings — published 2011
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,621 ratings — published 2003
Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,914 ratings — published 2007
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.98 — 26,477 ratings — published 2013
The Beckoning Silence (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,723 ratings — published 2002
The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,480 ratings — published 1999
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,489 ratings — published 2021
The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,111 ratings — published 2015
The Mountain: My Time on Everest (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 48 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,081 ratings — published 2013
Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,578 ratings — published 2007
Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,560 ratings — published 1999
The Mountains of My Life (Modern Library Exploration)
by (shelved 46 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,682 ratings — published 1994
Conquistadors of the Useless (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,583 ratings — published 1961
The Crystal Horizon: Everest-The First Solo Ascent (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,042 ratings — published 1989
K2: Triumph and Tragedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,187 ratings — published 1987
Everest: The West Ridge (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.19 — 681 ratings — published 1966
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,587 ratings — published 1955
Minus 148 Degrees: The First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,177 ratings — published 1969
This Game of Ghosts (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,467 ratings — published 1993
The Death Zone (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.10 — 640 ratings — published 1997
Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy – The Honest Personal Memoir of Lene Gammelgaard's 1996 Summit and Storm (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.49 — 888 ratings — published 1999
True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent on Annapurna (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.86 — 446 ratings — published 2000
The Naked Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.13 — 854 ratings — published 2002
Dark Shadows Falling (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.82 — 834 ratings — published 1997
Beyond the Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,198 ratings — published 2009
The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,956 ratings — published
Mountain Madness: Scott Fischer, Mount Everest & a Life Lived on High (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 4.12 — 657 ratings — published 2008
Alone on the Wall (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as mountaineering)
avg rating 3.89 — 13,872 ratings — published 2015
“The reason people love to come to the mountains is simple: the mountains are not just landscapes; they are realms of mystery, where the unknown reigns and secrets defy understanding. They draw us in, not only for their beauty but for the promise of discovery, challenge, and wonder that lies beyond every peak.”
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“Silent and awkward types yearn for the mountains.”
― The Climber, Vol. 1
― The Climber, Vol. 1
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alpinism and mountain-climbing
