Armchair Travel: Best Books about Mountains

1.
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 — 551,046 ratings
2.
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet 4.10 avg rating — 25,972 ratings
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Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle 4.07 avg rating — 4,433 ratings
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Last Hours on Everest
Last Hours on Everest 3.76 avg rating — 423 ratings
5.
Eight Feet in the Andes: Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru
Eight Feet in the Andes: Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru 3.99 avg rating — 614 ratings
6.
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors 4.14 avg rating — 80,878 ratings
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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
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Miracle in the Andes
Miracle in the Andes 4.36 avg rating — 25,688 ratings
9.
Appalachian Wilderness: The Great Smoky Mountains
Appalachian Wilderness: The Great Smoky Mountains 3.93 avg rating — 86 ratings
10.
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books) 4.25 avg rating — 7,458 ratings
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My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 83,260 ratings
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Annapurna: A Woman's Place
Annapurna: A Woman's Place 4.19 avg rating — 2,982 ratings
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Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident 3.99 avg rating — 25,503 ratings
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Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire 4.16 avg rating — 1,527 ratings
15.
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 3.97 avg rating — 3,662 ratings
16.
The Living Mountain
The Living Mountain 4.28 avg rating — 8,436 ratings
16.
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
18.
Where the Indus Is Young: Walking to Baltistan
Where the Indus Is Young: Walking to Baltistan 4.09 avg rating — 375 ratings
19.
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination 4.09 avg rating — 5,250 ratings
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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 — 4,208 ratings
21.
No Map Could Show Them
No Map Could Show Them 4.11 avg rating — 168 ratings
22.
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger 4.11 avg rating — 4,425 ratings
23.
Edge of the Map: The Mountain Life of Christine Boskoff
Edge of the Map: The Mountain Life of Christine Boskoff 4.27 avg rating — 554 ratings
24.
Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure
Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure 3.93 avg rating — 635 ratings
25.
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush 3.96 avg rating — 6,855 ratings
25.
Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong
Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong 4.01 avg rating — 1,451 ratings
27.
Space Below My Feet
Space Below My Feet 3.94 avg rating — 380 ratings
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The Story of a People Lost in the Appalachians for Nearly Two Hundred Years: Told in a mountain pageant of historic tableaux and symbolic figures
The Story of a People Lost in the Appalachians for Nearly Two Hundred Years: Told in a mountain pageant of historic tableaux and symbolic figures 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
29.
The Ozarks: The People, the Mountains, the Magic
The Ozarks: The People, the Mountains, the Magic really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
30.
The Ascent of Rum Doodle
The Ascent of Rum Doodle 3.77 avg rating — 3,303 ratings
30.
Roy Acuff: The Smoky Mountain Boy
Roy Acuff: The Smoky Mountain Boy 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
32.
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: A Daring Escape, A Perilous Climb
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: A Daring Escape, A Perilous Climb 4.03 avg rating — 2,429 ratings
32.
Look to the Mountain
Look to the Mountain 4.08 avg rating — 325 ratings
34.
The Land Beyond the Mountains
The Land Beyond the Mountains 4.05 avg rating — 79 ratings
35.
The Beckoning Silence
The Beckoning Silence 4.09 avg rating — 2,671 ratings
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Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom
Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom 3.96 avg rating — 1,701 ratings
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains 4.04 avg rating — 25,039 ratings
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Strangers in High Places: The Story of the Great Smoky Mountains
Strangers in High Places: The Story of the Great Smoky Mountains 4.05 avg rating — 88 ratings
39.
Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering
Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering 3.97 avg rating — 76 ratings
39.
Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima 4.21 avg rating — 2,846 ratings
41.
Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei
Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei 4.54 avg rating — 226 ratings
41.
The Overmountain Men (Tennessee Frontier Trilogy, #1)
The Overmountain Men (Tennessee Frontier Trilogy, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 588 ratings
43.
Dark Shadows Falling
Dark Shadows Falling 3.83 avg rating — 817 ratings
43.
Death in Rocky Mountain National Park: Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Continental Divide
Death in Rocky Mountain National Park: Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Continental Divide 3.88 avg rating — 92 ratings
45.
Unsolved Disappearances in the Great Smoky Mountains
Unsolved Disappearances in the Great Smoky Mountains 3.58 avg rating — 714 ratings
46.
Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life 4.36 avg rating — 1,384 ratings
46.
My Side of the Mountain/On the Far Side of the Mountain
My Side of the Mountain/On the Far Side of the Mountain 4.22 avg rating — 3,159 ratings
48.
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
by: Lynn Hill
4.16 avg rating — 1,387 ratings
48.
Mountains of the Moon
Mountains of the Moon
by: I.J. Kay
3.45 avg rating — 412 ratings
50.
Going Up is Easy
Going Up is Easy 4.10 avg rating — 109 ratings
50.
Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier
Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier 3.56 avg rating — 250 ratings
52.
Higher Love: Skiing the Seven Summits
Higher Love: Skiing the Seven Summits 4.28 avg rating — 404 ratings
52.
The Life of Father De Smet, SJ: Apostle of the Rocky Mountains
The Life of Father De Smet, SJ: Apostle of the Rocky Mountains 4.34 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Escapist: How One Man Cheated Death on the World's Highest Mountains
The Escapist: How One Man Cheated Death on the World's Highest Mountains 4.41 avg rating — 477 ratings
55.
The Fire Line: The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots
The Fire Line: The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots 4.15 avg rating — 948 ratings
56.
Warrior Mountains Folklore
Warrior Mountains Folklore 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
57.
Grandpa's Mountain
Grandpa's Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 94 ratings
58.
America's First Great Eclipse: How Scientists, Tourists, and the Rocky Mountain Eclipse of 1878 Changed Astronomy Forever
America's First Great Eclipse: How Scientists, Tourists, and the Rocky Mountain Eclipse of 1878 Changed Astronomy Forever 3.97 avg rating — 96 ratings
59.
Mountain Man
Mountain Man 4.12 avg rating — 1,784 ratings
60.
Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters 3.93 avg rating — 1,884 ratings
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Death in the Great Smoky Mountains: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in the Most Popular Park
Death in the Great Smoky Mountains: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in the Most Popular Park 3.76 avg rating — 85 ratings
62.
King's Mountain: A Ballad Novel (Ballad Novels, 10)
King's Mountain: A Ballad Novel (Ballad Novels, 10) 3.63 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
63.
Miracle in the Mountains: The Inspiring Story Of Martha Berry's Crusade For The Mountain People Of The South
Miracle in the Mountains: The Inspiring Story Of Martha Berry's Crusade For The Mountain People Of The South 4.18 avg rating — 60 ratings
64.
Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939
Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939 3.92 avg rating — 122 ratings
65.
K2 the Savage Mountain
K2 the Savage Mountain 4.08 avg rating — 3,375 ratings
66.
Mountain of the Dead: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Mountain of the Dead: The Dyatlov Pass Incident 3.55 avg rating — 1,206 ratings
67.
Bryson City Tales: Stories of a Doctor's First Year of Practice in the Smoky Mountains
Bryson City Tales: Stories of a Doctor's First Year of Practice in the Smoky Mountains 4.09 avg rating — 677 ratings
68.
Bear in the Back Seat I: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Bear in the Back Seat I: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 3.96 avg rating — 2,008 ratings
69.
Ghost on Black Mountain
Ghost on Black Mountain
by: Ann Hite
4.02 avg rating — 2,258 ratings
70.
Fire on the Mountain
Fire on the Mountain 3.99 avg rating — 2,661 ratings
71.
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
The Big Rock Candy Mountain 4.19 avg rating — 8,821 ratings
72.
The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (Cat Who..., #13)
The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (Cat Who..., #13) 3.95 avg rating — 8,684 ratings
73.
Hillbilly Tales from the Smoky Mountains - And Other Homespun Remedies, Proverbs, and Poetry
Hillbilly Tales from the Smoky Mountains - And Other Homespun Remedies, Proverbs, and Poetry 3.82 avg rating — 56 ratings
74.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,123 ratings