Mountains


Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
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The Snow Leopard
Death at SeaWorld by David  KirbyBorn Free by Joy AdamsonThe Love of a Dog by Jo ProutyThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Adult Nonfiction Animal Books
599 books — 177 voters
Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWittDoc Susie by Virginia Cornell
Mountain Life in Fiction
2 books — 2 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerGo Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Mountains
743 books — 115 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerStumbling Thru by A. Digger Stolz
Books for Hikers
180 books — 150 voters

Lisa Kaniut Cobb
Are you a student of Shakespeare?" "He's been dead a long time, so not precisely, but who isn't?" she said. ...more
Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley

Robert Macfarlane
Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.
Robert Macfarlane, Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination

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