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West with the Night by Beryl MarkhamOut of Africa by Isak DinesenMy Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-NéelBorn Free by Joy AdamsonA Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird
Trailblazing Women Adventurers
552 books — 204 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseBlood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
The American Frontier
696 books — 171 voters

Over the Edge of the World by Laurence BergreenThe Lost City of Z by David GrannUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard CarterThe White Nile by Alan Moorehead
The Great Explorers
245 books — 92 voters
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Indigo Girl by Natasha BoydFollow the River by James Alexander ThomThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Historical Fiction: Colonial America
101 books — 86 voters

Endurance by Alfred LansingThe Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-GarrardThe Ice Master by Jennifer NivenIn the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton SidesThe Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford
To the Poles
118 books — 81 voters
Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt StewartTomboy Bride by Harriet Fish BackusWe Pointed Them North by E.C. "Teddy Blue" AbbottDoc Susie by Virginia CornellA Bride Goes West by Nannie T. Alderson
The Old West in First Person
269 books — 48 voters

Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad AkreyiEndurance by Alfred LansingUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best Books About Explorers
113 books — 40 voters
Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Last Gunfight by Jeff GuinnLasso the Wind by Timothy Egan
Great books about the Old West
287 books — 38 voters

Miracle in the Andes by Nando ParradoLost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn FendlerIn the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton SidesThe Last Season by Eric BlehmForever on the Mountain by James M. Tabor
Missing in Nature
43 books — 31 voters
Lucky by Scott NelsonGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott L. NelsonBlood River by Tim ButcherIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonMy Life with Ndoto by Teresa O'Kane
Get Out and Travel
28 books — 24 voters

Winging It by Lia RussMaiden Voyages by Siân EvansFull Tilt by Dervla MurphyShutterbabe by Deborah Copaken KoganNo Place for a Lady by Barbara Hodgson
Lady Explorers & Adventurers
32 books — 20 voters
Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseBlue Latitudes by Tony HorwitzIn the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton SidesThe Oregon Trail by Rinker BuckDreams of El Dorado by H.W. Brands
Nonfiction Geographical Exploration and Discovery
65 books — 13 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerBellwether by Connie WillisQuicksilver by Neal StephensonMigrations by Charlotte McConaghyCryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Scientist Fiction
32 books — 11 voters
Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesThe Captured by Scott ZeschJohn Ringo by Jack BurrowsAnd Die in the West by Paula Mitchell MarksBoots and Saddles or, Life in Dakota with General Custer by Elizabeth Bacon Custer
Favourite Old West History Reads
259 books — 10 voters

Capture and Rescue of Mrs. Rebecca J. Fisher by Rebecca J. Gilleland FisherIndian Raids in Lincoln County, Kansas, 1864 and 1869 by Christian Frederik BernhardtLife and Adventures of the Original and Genuine Cowboys by John H. SullivanThe Hamite by Harvey JohnsonPioneer History of Indiana by William Monroe Cockrum
Best 99 cent historical e-books
167 books — 4 voters
by Farrell, Alison by Alison FarrellWhen the Squirrel Sings by Shana HollowellDig Hole, Soft Mole by Carolyn LesserLoose on the Landscape by Joel Everett HardingLook What I Found in the Woods by Moira Butterfield
Best Nature Books Age 0-5
10 books — 4 voters

The Mapmaker's Wife by Robert WhitakerThe Hitchhiker Man by Matt Fox
Great Explorations
2 books — 2 voters
Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-DaltonConquest of the Useless by Werner HerzogDas größere Wunder by Thomas GlavinicMountains of the Mind by Robert MacfarlaneDie Entdeckung der Langsamkeit by Sten Nadolny
Conquests of the void
8 books — 2 voters

Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? by Sydelle KramerWho Was Marco Polo? by Joan HolubWho Were Stanley and Livingstone? by Jim GigliottiWho Was Christopher Columbus? by Bonnie BaderWho Was Amelia Earhart? by Kate Boehm Jerome
Who Was/Is... (Explorers, Travelers, Astronauts and Pilots)
18 books — 2 voters
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftHigh Desert Grave Robber by Linda A. MortonCity of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn RuschThe Magician’s Nephew by C.S. LewisThe Fall of Númenor by J.R.R. Tolkien
Lost Cities and Lost Civilizations in Fiction
35 books — 2 voters

Women Explorers Hidden in History by Ellen RodgerWomen Rulers Hidden in History by Sarah EasonWomen Writers Hidden in History by Petrice CustanceWomen Inventors Hidden in History by Petrice CustanceWomen Warriors Hidden in History by Sarah Eason
Hidden in History series
6 books — 1 voter
The Wall Around the World by Theodore R. CogswellKing Kong by Delos W. LovelaceThe Lost World by Arthur Conan DoyleLost Horizon by James HiltonThe Giver by Lois Lowry
The Wall Around the World: Obscured Communities in Fiction
39 books — 1 voter

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