Best Books on Adventure & Extreme

People pushing at the edge of what is possible. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the adventure & extreme documentaries.

1. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
2. Endurance by Alfred Lansing (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
3. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson - View on Amazon
4. Born to Run by Christopher McDougall (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
5. The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev - View on Amazon
6. The Wildest Dream by Peter Gillman - View on Amazon
7. Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold - View on Amazon
8. The Push by Tommy Caldwell - View on Amazon
9. Annapurna by Maurice Herzog - View on Amazon
10. The Last Season by Eric Blehm - View on Amazon
11. The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer - View on Amazon
12. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
13. South by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton - View on Amazon
14. Mawson's Will by Lennard Bickel - View on Amazon
15. In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides - View on Amazon
16. Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez - View on Amazon
17. Frozen in Time by Owen Beattie - View on Amazon
18. The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven - View on Amazon
19. Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
20. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
21. Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl - View on Amazon
22. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum - View on Amazon
23. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
24. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (4/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Mountains & Climbing

1. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev - View on Amazon
3. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson - View on Amazon
4. The Wildest Dream by Peter Gillman - View on Amazon
5. Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold - View on Amazon
6. The Push by Tommy Caldwell - View on Amazon
7. Annapurna by Maurice Herzog - View on Amazon
8. The Last Season by Eric Blehm - View on Amazon

Best Books on Polar & Expeditions

1. Endurance by Alfred Lansing (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
3. South by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton - View on Amazon
4. Mawson's Will by Lennard Bickel - View on Amazon
5. In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides - View on Amazon
6. Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez - View on Amazon
7. Frozen in Time by Owen Beattie - View on Amazon
8. The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven - View on Amazon

Best Books on Sea & Sailing

1. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum - View on Amazon
2. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
3. Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl - View on Amazon
4. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (4/5) - View on Amazon
5. The Long Way by Bernard Moitessier - View on Amazon
6. Barbarian Days by William Finnegan (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
7. The Wave by Susan Casey - View on Amazon
8. Caught Inside by Daniel Duane - View on Amazon

Best Books on Survival & Wilderness

1. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson - View on Amazon
2. Alive by Piers Paul Read (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
3. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
4. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
5. Deep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar - View on Amazon
6. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
7. Working by Studs Terkel - View on Amazon