22 Best Non-Fiction Adventure Books
Goal: Find the best Non-Fiction Adventure books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best non-fiction adventure books" and study the top 4+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
22 Best Non-Fiction Adventure Books
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Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
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Kon-Tiki
Across the Pacific in a Raft
by Thor Heyerdahl
Touching the Void
by Joe Simpson
Endurance
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing
Also recommended by:
Ray Dalio, Sam Altman, Bryan Johnson, Ryan Holiday, Fred Wilson, Scott Belsky, Max Levchin, Jordan Peterson, Jason Fried, Dominic D'Agostino
The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by David Grann
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Adrift
Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea
by Steven Callahan
Annapurna
A Woman's Place
by Arlene Blum
The Worst Journey in the World
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Deep Survival
Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales
Also recommended by:
Laird Hamilton, Kelly Starrett, Joel McHale, Michael Mauboussin, Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Wild
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
Also recommended by:
Emma Watson, Tim Ferriss, Oprah Winfrey, Liz Lambert, Shane Parrish
Wind, Sand and Stars
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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A Walk in the Woods
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson
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In the Heart of the Sea
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
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Alive
The Story of the Andes Survivors
by Piers Paul Read
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The Basis of the Motion Picture 127 Hours
by Aron Ralston
K2, The Savage Mountain
The Classic True Story Of Disaster And Survival On The World's Second-Highest Mountain
by Charles Houston
Lost in the Jungle
A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and Survival
by Yossi Ghinsberg
Seven Years in Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer
Skeletons on the Zahara
A True Story of Survival
by Dean King
The Perfect Storm
A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by Sebastian Junger
Tracks
One Woman's Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback
by Robyn Davidson
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