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Jon Krakauer

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Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer, well-known for outdoor and mountain-climbing writing.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 2,136,409 ratings · 87,385 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors

	Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,186,051 ratings — published 1996 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 564,454 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 224,401 ratings — published 2003 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 4.12 avg rating — 58,635 ratings — published 2015 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman 4.09 avg rating — 43,482 ratings — published 2009 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains 4.04 avg rating — 25,536 ratings — published 1990 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way 3.72 avg rating — 11,635 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Classic Krakauer: After the Fall, Mark Foo's Last Ride and Other Essays from the Vault 4.13 avg rating — 4,769 ratings — published 2018 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iceland: Land of the Sagas by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) (Photographer), David Roberts (Text) 3.73 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Clean, Well-Lighted Place 3.49 avg rating — 190 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Happiness [is] only real when shared”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

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“It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

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“make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

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December 2022 New School Classic Poll

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, 1988, 623 pages

53 votes, 28.8%

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, 1996, 208 pages

50 votes, 27.2%

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, 1992, 438 pages

27 votes, 14.7%

Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry, 1961, 192 pages

18 votes, 9.8%

Murphy by Samuel Beckett, 1938, 192 pages

16 votes, 8.7%

Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 1932, 272 pages

12 votes, 6.5%

Rhinoceros in Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco, 1962, 224 pages

8 votes, 4.3%

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