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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.26 — 556,877 ratings — published 1997
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,175,138 ratings — published 1996
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.17 — 117,066 ratings — published 2000
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.46 — 158,866 ratings — published 1959
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.90 — 108,268 ratings — published 2009
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.16 — 24,778 ratings — published 1948
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.07 — 439,661 ratings — published 1998
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.12 — 118,268 ratings — published 1997
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.23 — 63,671 ratings — published 1988
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.21 — 75,602 ratings — published 2005
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.39 — 994,769 ratings — published 2010
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.14 — 20,540 ratings — published 1986
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.07 — 12,111 ratings — published 2004
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.37 — 35,329 ratings — published 2004
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.87 — 46,662 ratings — published 2011
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.14 — 81,266 ratings — published 1974
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.17 — 193,648 ratings — published 2023
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.07 — 856,640 ratings — published 2012
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.24 — 21,573 ratings — published 1956
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.98 — 25,790 ratings — published 2013
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.29 — 25,114 ratings — published 2014
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,266 ratings — published 1990
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,292 ratings — published 2006
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,711 ratings — published 1999
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.99 — 18,070 ratings — published 1997
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.93 — 61,823 ratings — published 2017
Papillon (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.23 — 74,743 ratings — published 1969
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,842 ratings — published 2009
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,189 ratings — published 2008
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.34 — 21,635 ratings — published 1998
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.36 — 26,042 ratings — published 2006
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.19 — 18,640 ratings — published 2003
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.94 — 14,270 ratings — published 1998
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.84 — 16,350 ratings — published 2022
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (Audio CD)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.90 — 83,239 ratings — published 2017
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.34 — 14,825 ratings — published 2015
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.43 — 14,040 ratings — published 2013
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,153 ratings — published 2012
Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,535 ratings — published 2011
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.98 — 12,237 ratings — published 2013
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,651 ratings — published 1998
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.88 — 5,004 ratings — published 2013
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,286 ratings — published 2003
West with the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.15 — 40,540 ratings — published 1942
The Worst Journey in the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,297 ratings — published 1922
High Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.74 — 3,447 ratings — published 2008
Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.85 — 23,442 ratings — published 2004
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.46 — 17,318 ratings — published 2024
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 4.25 — 12,963 ratings — published 2024
Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as true-adventure)
avg rating 3.74 — 15,116 ratings — published 2023
“Exploring is delightful to look forward to and back upon, but it is not comfortable at the time, unless it be of such an easy nature as not to deserve the name.”
― Erewhon
― Erewhon
“We all look back at some time or other and wonder why we didn't listen to our instincts. Why did we hestiate? Why did we lose our dreams?”
― Chasing Dreams in Lefkas
― Chasing Dreams in Lefkas
