Books about Tibet, nonfiction or fiction

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Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet 4.10 avg rating — 25,971 ratings
2.
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon 3.95 avg rating — 24,255 ratings
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Tintin in Tibet (Tintin #20)
Tintin in Tibet (Tintin #20)
by: Hergé
4.24 avg rating — 18,909 ratings
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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 — 551,037 ratings
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Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
by: Xinran
4.09 avg rating — 7,658 ratings
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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom 4.24 avg rating — 21,396 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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The Rose of Tibet
The Rose of Tibet 3.61 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
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To a Mountain in Tibet
To a Mountain in Tibet 3.62 avg rating — 2,383 ratings
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Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama 4.17 avg rating — 6,624 ratings
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Trespassers on the Roof of the World
Trespassers on the Roof of the World
by: Hopkirk
4.18 avg rating — 1,316 ratings
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Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy and Escape from Tibet
Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy and Escape from Tibet 3.82 avg rating — 606 ratings
13.
The Last Sword Maker (The Course of Empire, #1)
The Last Sword Maker (The Course of Empire, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 1,139 ratings
14.
The Dalai Lama's Cat (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #1)
The Dalai Lama's Cat (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 15,780 ratings
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
The Tibetan Book of the Dead 3.90 avg rating — 5,749 ratings
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The Snow Leopard
The Snow Leopard 4.07 avg rating — 19,814 ratings
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Tibet: Through the Red Box
Tibet: Through the Red Box 4.13 avg rating — 940 ratings
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Water Touching Stone (Inspector Shan, #2)
Water Touching Stone (Inspector Shan, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 1,423 ratings
19.
Three Years in Tibet
Three Years in Tibet 4.39 avg rating — 56 ratings
20.
The Skull Mantra (Inspector Shan, #1)
The Skull Mantra (Inspector Shan, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 4,711 ratings
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In the Himalayas : Journeys Through Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan
In the Himalayas : Journeys Through Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet
Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet 4.18 avg rating — 1,316 ratings
23.
Return to Tibet: Tibet After the Chinese Occupation
Return to Tibet: Tibet After the Chinese Occupation 3.54 avg rating — 523 ratings
24.
The Shadows of Shigatse
The Shadows of Shigatse
by: D.L. Kung
4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings
24.
Summit: A Novel
Summit: A Novel 4.22 avg rating — 1,731 ratings
26.
High Road to Tibet: Travels in China, Tibet, Nepal and India
High Road to Tibet: Travels in China, Tibet, Nepal and India 3.62 avg rating — 156 ratings
27.
Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change
Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest 3.99 avg rating — 2,721 ratings
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Tibet: Myth Vs. Reality
Tibet: Myth Vs. Reality 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Dalai Lama: Foreword by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama: Foreword by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
by: Demi
4.25 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Every Lost Country
Every Lost Country 3.71 avg rating — 194 ratings
32.
My Tibetan Childhood: When Ice Shattered Stone
My Tibetan Childhood: When Ice Shattered Stone 4.21 avg rating — 48 ratings
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The Art of Purring (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #2)
The Art of Purring (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 4,039 ratings
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Last Hours on Everest
Last Hours on Everest 3.76 avg rating — 423 ratings
35.
My Journey to Lhasa
My Journey to Lhasa 3.98 avg rating — 2,302 ratings
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The Hotel on the Roof of the World: From Miss Tibet to Shangri-La
The Hotel on the Roof of the World: From Miss Tibet to Shangri-La 3.92 avg rating — 1,226 ratings
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Above All Things
Above All Things 3.69 avg rating — 3,905 ratings
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Tulku
Tulku 3.79 avg rating — 193 ratings
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Beautiful Ghosts (Inspector Shan, #4)
Beautiful Ghosts (Inspector Shan, #4) 4.27 avg rating — 851 ratings
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In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey in Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Authorities, Imprisonment, Torure, and Ultimate Release
In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey in Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Authorities, Imprisonment, Torure, and Ultimate Release 3.96 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Lost in Tibet: The Untold Story Of Five American Airmen, A Doomed Plane, And The Will To Survive
Lost in Tibet: The Untold Story Of Five American Airmen, A Doomed Plane, And The Will To Survive 3.81 avg rating — 207 ratings
42.
Bone Mountain (Inspector Shan, #3)
Bone Mountain (Inspector Shan, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
43.
The Search for the Panchen Lama
The Search for the Panchen Lama 3.79 avg rating — 129 ratings
44.
The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama
The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama 4.23 avg rating — 460 ratings
45.
Mountains of Tibet, The
Mountains of Tibet, The 4.42 avg rating — 371 ratings
46.
High Road To Tibet
High Road To Tibet 3.62 avg rating — 156 ratings
47.
Magic and Mystery in Tibet
Magic and Mystery in Tibet 4.08 avg rating — 1,445 ratings
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My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City
My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City 3.98 avg rating — 2,302 ratings
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Art of Tibet
Art of Tibet 3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia
Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia 4.01 avg rating — 73 ratings
51.
On Top of the World: Five Women Explorers in Tibet
On Top of the World: Five Women Explorers in Tibet 4.02 avg rating — 384 ratings
52.
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II 3.87 avg rating — 46,528 ratings
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The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947
The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 3.97 avg rating — 221 ratings
54.
The Chiru of High Tibet: A True Story
The Chiru of High Tibet: A True Story 3.99 avg rating — 104 ratings
55.
Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity
Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
55.
The Magician of Lhasa
The Magician of Lhasa 4.36 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
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Way of the Snow Crane
Way of the Snow Crane 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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A Hundred Thousand White Stones: An Ordinary Tibetan's Extraordinary Journey
A Hundred Thousand White Stones: An Ordinary Tibetan's Extraordinary Journey 3.44 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Occult Nazi Go-Go Girls Storm Tibet
Occult Nazi Go-Go Girls Storm Tibet 3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Lost World of Ladakh: Photographic journeys through Indian Himalaya 1931-1934 (AHP:31)
The Lost World of Ladakh: Photographic journeys through Indian Himalaya 1931-1934 (AHP:31) 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings
55.
Occupied
Occupied 3.99 avg rating — 135 ratings
55.
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange, Vol. 1
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange, Vol. 1
by: Stan Lee
4.04 avg rating — 743 ratings
55.
Leaving Everest
Leaving Everest 4.44 avg rating — 88 ratings
55.
Windhorse Warrior
Windhorse Warrior 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
55.
Tantric Tales of Tibetan Lust
Tantric Tales of Tibetan Lust 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
55.
In Exile from the Land of Snows
In Exile from the Land of Snows 4.18 avg rating — 270 ratings
55.
Breathless
Breathless 3.63 avg rating — 26,577 ratings
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Mapping the Tibetan World
Mapping the Tibetan World 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
68.
Tibet - The Land & The People
Tibet - The Land & The People 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
68.
Nothing Sacred
Nothing Sacred 3.79 avg rating — 178 ratings
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Arrested Histories: Tibet, the CIA, and Memories of a Forgotten War
Arrested Histories: Tibet, the CIA, and Memories of a Forgotten War 4.33 avg rating — 45 ratings
68.
Tibetan Foothold
Tibetan Foothold 4.05 avg rating — 217 ratings
68.
The hope of Tibet: A Novel
The hope of Tibet: A Novel 4.27 avg rating — 1,145 ratings
68.
Child of Tibet
Child of Tibet 3.88 avg rating — 279 ratings
68.
The Ghost Moths
The Ghost Moths 4.04 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Cave of the Ancients
Cave of the Ancients 3.97 avg rating — 672 ratings
68.
The Tibetans: Life in Exile
The Tibetans: Life in Exile 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Sacred Art of Tibet
Sacred Art of Tibet 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies
Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies 4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings
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A Doctor in Little Lhasa: One Year in Dharamsala with the Tibetans in Exile
A Doctor in Little Lhasa: One Year in Dharamsala with the Tibetans in Exile really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)
The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3) 4.49 avg rating — 2,676 ratings
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The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of the Great Detective in India and Tibet
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of the Great Detective in India and Tibet 4.04 avg rating — 2,112 ratings
78.
Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction 3.43 avg rating — 222 ratings
78.
Feeding the Flame
Feeding the Flame 3.85 avg rating — 105 ratings
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The Children From Tibet
The Children From Tibet 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection
The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet
The Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet 3.92 avg rating — 1,226 ratings
86.
Tibetan Tales from the Top of the World
Tibetan Tales from the Top of the World 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Rampa Story
The Rampa Story 4.02 avg rating — 317 ratings
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The Cliff Climbers: A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"
The Cliff Climbers: A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" 3.75 avg rating — 102 ratings
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Tibetan Art: Tracing the Development of Spiritual Ideals...
Tibetan Art: Tracing the Development of Spiritual Ideals... 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
91.
The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography
The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography 3.81 avg rating — 853 ratings
91.
Jesuit on the Roof of the World: Ippolito Desideri's Mission to Tibet
Jesuit on the Roof of the World: Ippolito Desideri's Mission to Tibet 3.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Thirteenth Candle
The Thirteenth Candle 3.93 avg rating — 172 ratings
91.
Daughter of the Mountains
Daughter of the Mountains 3.76 avg rating — 2,448 ratings
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The Saffron Robe
The Saffron Robe 3.91 avg rating — 358 ratings
97.
The Hermit
The Hermit 4.02 avg rating — 350 ratings
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All The Way to Lhasa: A Tale from Tibet
All The Way to Lhasa: A Tale from Tibet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 151 ratings
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The Dalai Lama's Cat Awaken the Kitten Within (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #5)
The Dalai Lama's Cat Awaken the Kitten Within (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #5) 4.58 avg rating — 831 ratings
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Essential Tibetan Buddhism
Essential Tibetan Buddhism 3.94 avg rating — 806 ratings
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