A continually growing list of some of our favourite Non-Fiction Adventure Books. They range from epic alpine feats to daring sea kayak adventures and reflections on life lived on the edge.
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These are listed in alphabetical order and are not ranked, rated, or categorized – they are all worth a read, but some definitely more so than others!
In Some Lost Place: The first ascent of Nanga Parbat’s Manzeno Ridge by Sandy Allan
John Clarke by Lisa Baile
The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains by Barry Blanchard
Sacred Summits by Peter Boardman
The Push by Tommy Caldwell
Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan
Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage by Susan Marie Conrad
The Tower by Kelly Cordes
Sea Kayaker’s More Deep Trouble by Christopher Cunningham
Rowing to Latitude by Jill Fredston
On Polar Tides: Paddling and Surviving the Coast of Northern Labrador by Nigel Foster
Amazon Woman: Facing Fears, Chasing Dreams, and a Quest to Kayak the Whole Amazon by Darcy Gaechter
Nothing is Impossible by Diane Gionet-Hache
Fearless by Joe Glickman
Cape Horn is not a Gift! The First Circumnavigation of South America by Freya Hoffmeister
My Third Continent Book 1 & 2 by Freya Hoffmeister
Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold
Beyond the Mountain by Steve House
Troll Wall: The untold story of the British first ascent of Europe’s tallest r… by Tony Howard
Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak by Victoria Jason
Cold Wars: Climbing the fine line between risk and reality by Andy Kirkpatrick
Physcovertical by Andy Kirkpatrick
Unknown Pleasures: Collected writing on life, death, climbing, and everything… by Andy Kirkpatrick
Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk by Jon Krakauer
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains by Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Night Naked by Erhard Loretan
Solo by Vicki McAuley
Alpine Warriors by Bernadette McDonald
Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka by Bernadette McDonald
Freedom Climbers by Berndatte McDonald
Tomaz Humar by Bernadette McDonald
Riverman: An American Odyssey by Ben McGrath
One Day as a Tiger: Alex MacIntyre and the Birth of Light and Fast Alpinism by John Porter
To Be a Warrior: The Adventurous Life and Mysterious Death of Billy Davidson by Brandon Pullan
The Bold and Cold: A History of 25 Classic Climbs in the Canadian Rockies by Brandon Pullan
Deborah by David Roberts
The Mountains of My Fear by David Roberts
On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined by David Roberts
Shishapangma: The alpine-style first ascent of the South-West Face by Doug Scott
The Ogre by Doug Scott
Up and About by Doug Scott
Alone Against the North by Adam Shoalts
Beyond the Trees by Adam Shoalts
The Whisper on the Night Wind by Adam Shoalts
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Paddle to the Arctic by Don Starkell
Paddle to the Amazon by Don Starkell
Ueli Steck (Legends and Lore) by Ueli Steck
Keep Australia on Your Left by Eric Stiller
Warnings Against Myself: Meditations on a Life in Climbing by David Stevenson
Paddling North by Audrey Sutherland
Karakoram by Steve Swenson
The Impossible Climb by Mark Synnott
Everest the Cruel Way by Joe Tasker
Savage Arena by Joe Tasker
Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray
Cold Oceans by Jon Turk
Crocodiles and Ice: A Journey into Deep Wild by Jon Turk
In the Wake of the Jomon by Jon Turk
The Raven’s Gift by Jon Turk
Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber by Mark Twight
Rowing the Northwest Passage by Kevin Vallely
Arctic Crossing by Jonathon Waterman
Chasing Denali by Jonathon Waterman
In the Shadow of Denali by Jonathon Waterman
Kayaking the Vermilion Sea by Jonathon Waterman
On Island Time: Kayaking the Caribbean by Scott B. Williams
At Home in Nature by Rob Wood
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