Hey! Here's my 2026 rankings from someone fairly new to this genre of non-fiction that wants to read more:
10/10:
– Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
9/10:
– The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
– Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
– Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
8/10:
– Endurance by Alfred Lansing
– Lost City of Z by David Grann
– The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel Brown
7/10:
– Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
3/10:
– Walden by Henry Thoreau
– Industrial Society & It's Future – Unabomber (maybe feels wrong to group Thoreau with the Unabomber, apologies)
by bryzzlybear