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Tales of Adventure
Fiction and Non-fiction adventure stories of man/animal vs. nature etc.
Tags: adventure

1
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on t...
by Bill Bryson 25 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2488
vote
2
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Ev...
by Jon Krakauer 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1785
vote
3
Into the Wild
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer 15 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1474
vote
4
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1188
vote
5
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's ...
by Joe Simpson 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 779
vote
6
The Places In Between
The Places In Between
by Rory Stewart 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 582
vote
7
White Fang
White Fang
by Jack London 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 493
vote
8
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 487
vote
9
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft
by Thor Heyerdahl 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 465
vote
10
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 393
vote
11
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
by Piers Paul Read 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 392
vote
12
Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Amo...
by Farley Mowat 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 390
vote
13
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 376
vote
14
In a Sunburned Country
In a Sunburned Country
by Bill Bryson 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
15
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 1...
by Ed Viesturs, David Roberts 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 291
vote
16
Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
by Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 284
vote
17
Tracks
Tracks
by Robyn Davidson 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 275
vote
18
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
by Michael Chabon 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 199
vote
18
Kim
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 199
vote
20
Voyage of the Narwhal
Voyage of the Narwhal
by Andrea Barrett 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 198
vote
20
Eaters of the Dead
Eaters of the Dead
by Michael Crichton 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 198
vote
22
Sailing Alone Around the World
Sailing Alone Around the World
by Joshua Slocum 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
23
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
by Slavomir Rawicz 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 196
vote
24
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook...
by Tony Horwitz 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 193
vote
25
Cruelest Journey: Six Hundred Miles To Timbuktu
Cruelest Journey: Six Hundred Miles To Timbuktu
by Kira Salak 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 191
vote
25
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 191
vote
27
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
by Jon Krakauer 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 190
vote
28
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against ...
by Sebastian Junger 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 189
vote
29
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Bot...
by Peter Allison 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 182
vote
30
The Hard Way: Stories of Danger, Survival, and the Soul of Adventure
The Hard Way: Stories of Danger, Survival, and ...
by Mark Jenkins 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 181
vote
31
To Timbuktu
To Timbuktu
by Mark Jenkins 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 180
vote
32
The Ice Soldier: A Novel
The Ice Soldier: A Novel
by Paul Watkins 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
32
The Amulet of Atlantis: A Novel
The Amulet of Atlantis: A Novel
by Mike Olafson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
32
On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined
On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing...
by David Roberts 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
32
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
by Steven Callahan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
32
Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea
Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss...
by Tami Oldham Ashcraft 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
32
Lucifer and Lacious
Lucifer and Lacious
by Sean Vincent Lehosit (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
32
Rock Dance
Rock Dance
by Jack Ballard Jr. 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
32
Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff
Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff
by Rosemary Mahoney 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
32
We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
by David Howarth 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
32
On the Road
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
32
Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog
Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's...
by John Grogan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
43
Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana
Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, an...
by Stephanie Elizondo Griest 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
43
Five on a Treasure Island
Five on a Treasure Island
by Enid Blyton 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
43
The Blue Nile
The Blue Nile
by Alan Moorehead 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
43
Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter
by Betty Mahmoody 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
43
The Shadow of the Sun
The Shadow of the Sun
by Ryszard KapuÅ›ciÅ„ski 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
43
The Jungle Books
The Jungle Books
by Rudyard Kipling 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
49
Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War
Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War
by Deborah Copaken Kogan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
49
The Pale Abyssinian
The Pale Abyssinian
by Miles Bredin 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
49
Annapurna
Annapurna
by Maurice Herzog 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
49
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
53
I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark
I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A ...
by Brian Hall 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
53
The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la
The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la
by Todd Balf 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
53
Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
56
The Mucker
The Mucker
by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
56
Off the Map: Bicycling Across Siberia
Off the Map: Bicycling Across Siberia
by Mark Jenkins 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
56
A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica
by Richard Arthur Warren Hughes 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
56
The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind-and Almost Found Myself-on the Pacific Crest Trail
The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind-and Almos...
by Dan White 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
60
The Cave Girl
The Cave Girl
by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
60
Travels into the Interior of Africa
Travels into the Interior of Africa
by Mungo Park 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
60
A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler
A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became Hi...
by Jason Roberts (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
63
A Man's Life: Dispatches from Dangerous Places
A Man's Life: Dispatches from Dangerous Places
by Mark Jenkins 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
63
Water Music
Water Music
by T.C. Boyle 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
65
Strange Piece of Paradise
Strange Piece of Paradise
by Terri Jentz 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 93
vote
66
Escape Routes: Further Adventure Writings of David Roberts
Escape Routes: Further Adventure Writings of Da...
by David Roberts 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 92
vote
66
The Bear's Embrace: A True Story of Survival
The Bear's Embrace: A True Story of Survival
by Patricia Van Tighem 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 92
vote
68
Walking the Big Wild: From Yellowstone to the Yukon on the Grizzly Bears' Trail
Walking the Big Wild: From Yellowstone to the Y...
by Karsten Heuer 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 91
vote
69
The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain that Killed My Father
The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain that K...
by John Harlin 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 90
vote
69
Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo
Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Sur...
by Kate Jackson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 90
vote
71
Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See: My Story
Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journ...
by Erik Weihenmayer 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 88
vote
72
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey t...
by Jamling Tenzing Norgay 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 87
vote
73
Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey
Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey
by Göran Kropp, David Lagercrantz 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 86
vote
73
God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of ...
by Richard Grant 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 86
vote
75
Where the Pavement Ends: One Woman's Bicycle Trip Through Mongolia, China & Vietnam
Where the Pavement Ends: One Woman's Bicycle Tr...
by Erika Warmbrunn 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 85
vote
76
Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 18...
by Edward Dolnick 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 84
vote
77
Long Way Down
Long Way Down
by Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 83
vote
77
To the Frontier
To the Frontier
by Geoffrey Moorhouse 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 83
vote
79
Equator: A Journey
Equator: A Journey
by Thurston Clarke 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 82
vote
79
The Fearful Void.
The Fearful Void.
by Geoffrey Moorhouse 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 82
vote
81
Let's Get Lost: Adventures in the Great Wide Open
Let's Get Lost: Adventures in the Great Wide Open
by Craig Nelson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 81
vote
81
Shadow of the Silk Road
Shadow of the Silk Road
by Colin Thubron 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 81
vote
83
Into the Heart of Borneo
Into the Heart of Borneo
by Redmond O'Hanlon 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 80
vote
84
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
by Jason Elliot 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 79
vote
85
Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure
Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure
by Stuart Stevens 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 77
vote
86
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distanc...
by Lynne Cox 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 75
vote
87
Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo
Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo
by Eric Hansen 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 74
vote
88
Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea
Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and t...
by Eric Hansen 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 73
vote
89
Annapurna: A Woman's Place
Annapurna: A Woman's Place
by Arlene Blum 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 72
vote
90
Pass the Butterworms: Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered
Pass the Butterworms: Remote Journeys Oddly Ren...
by Tim Cahill 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 71
vote
91
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica
by Sara Wheeler 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 70
vote
92
Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia
Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures i...
by Tony Horwitz 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 69
vote
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