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
The Lost City of the Monkey God
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
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
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Into the Wild
Notes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia  FurstenbergPaul & Kiki's Guide to Vacationing in Italy by Paul  StuartExpats Spain by Mark ShearmanAegean Dream by Dario Ciriello
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Europe
129 books — 109 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
350 books — 185 voters

Los Sangurimas by José de la CuadraPelea de gallos by María Fernanda AmpueroHuasipungo by Jorge IcazaLas cruces sobre el agua by Joaquín Gallegos LaraUn hombre muerto a puntapiés by Pablo Palacio
Ecuadorian Literature
321 books — 53 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxSo Many Africas by Jill KandelKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayJourney Without Maps by Graham Greene
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Africa
226 books — 121 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
392 books — 265 voters

Lotchie Burton
Yeah. I’m an asshole. But I promise you, when the shit rolls downhill and you need someone with a shovel, I’m an asshole who can get the job done.
Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire

Yvonne Korshak
The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,” he murmured. Thinking of her out there on the battlefield. In his tent. What more could a woman want? Quite a lot, actually.
Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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