mountaineering memoirs or non-fic books about hiking in the Himalaya and Karakoram — mostly everest and K2, but other 8,000-meter peaks may make an appearance
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last updated February, 2026
Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer
Anatoli Boukreev
The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak
Ed Viesturs
Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
Arlene Blum
Annapurna: A Woman's Place
A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond
Jim Whittaker
Surviving K2
Wilco van Rooijen
One Mountain Thousand Summits: The Untold Story Tragedy and True Heroism on K2
Freddie Wilkinson
K2: Triumph And Tragedy
Jim Curran
K2 the Savage Mountain
Charles S. Houston
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
Peter Zuckerman
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
Mark Synnott
The Storms: Adventure and tragedy on Everest
Mike Trueman
The Next Everest
Jim Davidson
The Moth and the Mountain
Ed Caesar
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
Maurice Herzog
Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain
Mick Conefrey
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
Nick Heil
Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy
Lene Gammelgaard
A Day To Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey to Uncover the Truth
Graham Ratcliffe
Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See
Erik Weihenmayer
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
David Breashears
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
Graham Bowley
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
Beck Weathers
Savage Summit
Jennifer Jordan
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
The Mountain: My Time on Everest
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
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