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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 4.26 — 574,895 ratings — published 1997
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,201,646 ratings — published 1996
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.17 — 120,128 ratings — published 2000
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.46 — 170,116 ratings — published 1959
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.90 — 112,066 ratings — published 2009
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,328 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 — 448,996 ratings — published 1998
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,547 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 — 65,280 ratings — published 1988
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,020 ratings — published 1986
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.37 — 36,780 ratings — published 2004
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.21 — 78,947 ratings — published 2005
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,003,909 ratings — published 2010
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.07 — 12,345 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 — 47,000 ratings — published 2011
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.17 — 217,864 ratings — published 2023
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.14 — 82,473 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 — 873,365 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 — 26,742 ratings — published 2013
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.24 — 22,094 ratings — published 1956
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,260 ratings — published 2014
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.93 — 63,334 ratings — published 2017
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,912 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 — 11,561 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 — 3,745 ratings — published 1999
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.99 — 18,527 ratings — published 1997
Papillon (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.23 — 76,310 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 — 7,020 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 — 6,370 ratings — published 2008
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.34 — 21,853 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 4.37 — 27,097 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 — 19,293 ratings — published 2003
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.94 — 14,583 ratings — published 1998
A Voyage for Madmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,516 ratings — published 1997
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.46 — 22,242 ratings — published 2024
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.84 — 17,075 ratings — published 2022
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 — 87,287 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 — 16,338 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 4.43 — 15,049 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 — 11,706 ratings — published 2012
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,295 ratings — published 1899
Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,593 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 — 12,419 ratings — published 2013
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,738 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 3.88 — 5,171 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 — 5,410 ratings — published 2003
West with the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.15 — 41,346 ratings — published 1942
The Worst Journey in the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,547 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 — 3,537 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 — 13,376 ratings — published 2007
“Exploring is delightful to look forward to and back upon, but it is not comfortable at the time, unless it be of such an easy nature as not to deserve the name.”
― Erewhon
― Erewhon
“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
