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Nonfiction that's actually fun to read

by Irenelikesbooks
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63 books

These are some of my favorites and books I want to read--nonfiction that reads like fiction or is otherwise compelling. If you're intimidated by books on history, science, memoir, or other subgenres in nonfiction, start here.

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Cultish: The Language of FanaticismThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth CenturyJuice: A History of Female EjaculationBreaking Trail: A Climbing Life
Cultish: The Language of FanaticismThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

get in loser, we're going mountaineering

by jojmum
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Ultimate High: My Everest OdysseySolo FacesKiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial ClimberEiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Ultimate High: My Everest OdysseySolo Faces

Books to Give Your TBR Some Height

by katfish
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44 books

Nonfiction books on rock climbing and mountaineering.

Recommendations welcome!

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Storms of SilenceDark Shadows FallingThis Game of GhostsTouching the Void
Storms of SilenceDark Shadows Falling

Women on (mountain) Top!

by katfish
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17 books

Nonfiction focusing on women rock climbers and mountaineers. Most of the climbing and mountaineering literary canon is extremely male-centric. This list, focused on women's accomplishments in the outdoors, seeks to help move their stories into the spotlight.

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More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and MotherhoodA Light through the Cracks: A Climber's StoryAnnapurna: A Woman's PlaceClimbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and MotherhoodA Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story

pov: ur obsessed with everest & k2

by nelliereader
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mountaineering memoirs or non-fic books about hiking in the Himalaya and Karakoram β€” mostly everest and K2, but other 8,000-meter peaks may make an appearance

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No Way Down: Life and Death on K2Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving PlacesTouching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
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