Best Mountaineering and Rock Climbing Books

1.
The Bond
The Bond 4.59 avg rating — 269 ratings
2.
The Next Everest
The Next Everest 4.09 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
3.
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival 4.23 avg rating — 63,078 ratings
4.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 551,073 ratings
5.
Beyond the Mountain
Beyond the Mountain 4.21 avg rating — 1,150 ratings
6.
The Mountains of My Life
The Mountains of My Life 4.11 avg rating — 1,613 ratings
7.
Classic Rock
Classic Rock 4.47 avg rating — 30 ratings
7.
Everest: It's Not About the Summit
Everest: It's Not About the Summit 4.20 avg rating — 995 ratings
7.
Last Hours on Everest
Last Hours on Everest 3.76 avg rating — 423 ratings
7.
Finding Elevation: Fear and Courage on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain
Finding Elevation: Fear and Courage on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain 4.30 avg rating — 200 ratings
7.
Secret Plans: Vol. III: 40+ Years of Cartoons for Climbers
Secret Plans: Vol. III: 40+ Years of Cartoons for Climbers 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
12.
Everest the Cruel Way: The audacious winter attempt of the West Ridge
Everest the Cruel Way: The audacious winter attempt of the West Ridge 3.95 avg rating — 414 ratings
12.
Conquering Everest: The Lives of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay: A Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Conquering Everest: The Lives of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay: A Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels) 3.94 avg rating — 77 ratings
14.
Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge
Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge 4.27 avg rating — 293 ratings
14.
The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest
The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest
by: Ed Caesar
3.79 avg rating — 3,226 ratings
16.
Savage Arena: K2, Changabang and the North Face of the Eiger
Savage Arena: K2, Changabang and the North Face of the Eiger 4.44 avg rating — 611 ratings
16.
The Third Pole: My Everest climb to find the truth about Mallory and Irvine
The Third Pole: My Everest climb to find the truth about Mallory and Irvine 4.13 avg rating — 4,209 ratings
18.
My Life: Eiger North Face, Grandes Jorasses and Other Adventures
My Life: Eiger North Face, Grandes Jorasses and Other Adventures 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings
19.
The Endless Knot: K2 Mountain of Dreams and Destiny
The Endless Knot: K2 Mountain of Dreams and Destiny 4.17 avg rating — 366 ratings
20.
Conquistadors of the Useless
Conquistadors of the Useless 4.32 avg rating — 1,484 ratings
21.
Echoes: One Climber's Hard Road to Freedom
Echoes: One Climber's Hard Road to Freedom 4.22 avg rating — 159 ratings
22.
Tides: A Climber's Voyage
Tides: A Climber's Voyage 4.32 avg rating — 92 ratings
23.
Waymaking: An Anthology of Women's Adventure Writing, Poetry and Art
Waymaking: An Anthology of Women's Adventure Writing, Poetry and Art 4.38 avg rating — 146 ratings
24.
Cold Wars: Climbing the Line Between Risk and Reality
Cold Wars: Climbing the Line Between Risk and Reality 4.28 avg rating — 305 ratings
25.
Punk in the Gym
Punk in the Gym 3.81 avg rating — 47 ratings
26.
Sixty Meters to Anywhere
Sixty Meters to Anywhere 4.16 avg rating — 1,418 ratings
27.
Revelations
Revelations 4.39 avg rating — 418 ratings
28.
Deep Play: Climbing the World's Most Dangerous Routes
Deep Play: Climbing the World's Most Dangerous Routes 4.03 avg rating — 124 ratings
29.
Mountaineer: A Lifetime of Climbing the Great Mountains of the World
Mountaineer: A Lifetime of Climbing the Great Mountains of the World 4.31 avg rating — 45 ratings
30.
The Magician's Glass: Character and fate: eight essays on climbing and the mountain life
The Magician's Glass: Character and fate: eight essays on climbing and the mountain life 4.27 avg rating — 37 ratings
31.
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures 3.97 avg rating — 73 ratings
32.
The Ogre: Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent
The Ogre: Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent 3.81 avg rating — 257 ratings
33.
Art of Freedom: The life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka
Art of Freedom: The life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka 4.23 avg rating — 929 ratings
34.
In Some Lost Place: The first ascent of Nanga Parbats Mazeno Ridge
In Some Lost Place: The first ascent of Nanga Parbats Mazeno Ridge 4.26 avg rating — 355 ratings
35.
Everest : Expedition to the Ultimate
Everest : Expedition to the Ultimate 3.94 avg rating — 537 ratings
36.
The Death Zone
The Death Zone 4.09 avg rating — 627 ratings
37.
The Boardman Tasker Omnibus
The Boardman Tasker Omnibus 4.47 avg rating — 201 ratings
38.
Troll Wall: The Untold Story of the British First Ascent of Europe's Tallest Rock Face
Troll Wall: The Untold Story of the British First Ascent of Europe's Tallest Rock Face 4.11 avg rating — 55 ratings
39.
Waymaking: An anthology of women's adventure writing, poetry and art
Waymaking: An anthology of women's adventure writing, poetry and art 4.38 avg rating — 146 ratings
40.
1001 Climbing Tips: The Essential Climbers' Guide: From Rock, Ice and Big-Wall Climbing to Diet, Training and Mountain Survival
1001 Climbing Tips: The Essential Climbers' Guide: From Rock, Ice and Big-Wall Climbing to Diet, Training and Mountain Survival 4.13 avg rating — 100 ratings
41.
Call-out: A climber's tales of mountain rescue in Scotland
Call-out: A climber's tales of mountain rescue in Scotland 3.91 avg rating — 96 ratings
42.
On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya
On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya 4.41 avg rating — 58 ratings