Exploration


Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The Worst Journey in the World
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Into the Wild
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Searching for Franklin by Ken McGooganHMS Terror by Matthew BettsBarrow's Boys by Fergus FlemingThe Man Who Ate His Boots by Anthony BrandtJames Fitzjames by William Battersby
Franklin Expedition Non-fiction
18 books — 1 voter
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Vicarious Thrills
388 books — 419 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerAlive by Piers Paul ReadBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
True Life Adventure
386 books — 251 voters

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterThe Great Weather Diviner by Rob      LongIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
All Creatures Great and Small
1,363 books — 190 voters
Winging It  by Lia RussSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
352 books — 184 voters

Roman Payne
I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.
Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy

Gabriel F.W. Koch
The created a displacement devise that separated solids into fragmented molecules.
Gabriel F.W. Koch, Steel Blood

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