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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.27 — 592,150 ratings — published 1997
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,227,466 ratings — published 1996
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.17 — 123,606 ratings — published 2000
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.47 — 180,876 ratings — published 1959
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.90 — 116,061 ratings — published 2009
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,887 ratings — published 1948
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.07 — 459,523 ratings — published 1998
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.22 — 82,636 ratings — published 2005
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,869 ratings — published 1997
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.23 — 66,951 ratings — published 1988
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,559 ratings — published 1986
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,019,554 ratings — published 2010
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.07 — 12,609 ratings — published 2004
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.16 — 242,532 ratings — published 2023
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.38 — 38,753 ratings — published 2004
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.87 — 47,370 ratings — published 2011
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.14 — 83,503 ratings — published 1974
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.07 — 890,434 ratings — published 2012
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.98 — 27,537 ratings — published 2013
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.30 — 27,329 ratings — published 2014
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.24 — 22,608 ratings — published 1956
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.93 — 65,214 ratings — published 2017
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.05 — 26,513 ratings — published 1990
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,789 ratings — published 2006
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,780 ratings — published 1999
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.99 — 19,018 ratings — published 1997
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.46 — 27,004 ratings — published 2024
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.83 — 18,086 ratings — published 2022
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,970 ratings — published 2010
Papillon (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.23 — 77,707 ratings — published 1969
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,218 ratings — published 2009
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,554 ratings — published 2008
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.34 — 22,049 ratings — published 1998
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.38 — 27,984 ratings — published 2006
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.19 — 20,018 ratings — published 2003
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.93 — 14,913 ratings — published 1998
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (Audio CD)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.91 — 92,053 ratings — published 2017
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.34 — 17,621 ratings — published 2015
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.44 — 16,234 ratings — published 2013
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.22 — 12,204 ratings — published 2012
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,956 ratings — published 2011
Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,648 ratings — published 2011
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.98 — 12,563 ratings — published 2013
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea (Vintage)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.31 — 5,855 ratings — published 1998
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.87 — 5,344 ratings — published 2013
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,514 ratings — published 2003
West with the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.16 — 42,435 ratings — published 1942
The Worst Journey in the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,793 ratings — published 1922
High Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.74 — 3,615 ratings — published 2008
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,913 ratings — published 2007
“The words on that hazy, pixelated monitor were burned into my brain. Obviously not exactly what he'd intended to say, but I understood well enough what he was suggesting. I’d just attempted the weakest bribe of all time to a post-Soviet officer.”
― Jet Lag Junkie: Unfiltered Tales of a Compulsive Wanderer
― Jet Lag Junkie: Unfiltered Tales of a Compulsive Wanderer
“We all look back at some time or other and wonder why we didn't listen to our instincts. Why did we hestiate? Why did we lose our dreams?”
― Chasing Dreams in Lefkas
― Chasing Dreams in Lefkas