I really enjoyed Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Tracks is also very similar, but takes place in the Australian dessert. Both are great and I’d say pretty similar to Into the Wild.
unlovelyladybartleby on
Mission to Mongolia is good. Less :chopping down trees” kind of survival and more “two older men who are woefully unprepared drive a van to Mongolia so they can donate it to a charity” but they sleep in the van, deal with custom and language barriers, and experience some hairy situations in a reserved British way.
talesofabookworm on
Endurance by Alfred Lansing and Madhouse At The End Of The World by Julian Sanction are both fantastic
Remarkable_Inchworm on
In the Heart of the Sea
jpbay on
_The Wager_ and _The White Darkness_, both by David Grann.
And of course _Endurance_.
NerdLifeCrisis on
Highly recommend “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand
marylikestodraw on
The Indifferent Stars Above is pretty spectacular.
DarthDregan on
Krakauer also did “Into Thin Air.” That’s in the vein.
PresentationLimp890 on
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer is very good. Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen is another one I liked. Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larsen, who also wrote Devil in the White City, is good reading as well.
danapam90210 on
Into Thin Air, Icebound, In the Kingdom of Ice, The Third Pole, Madhouse at the End of the World, Adrift (Survival genre is my JAM)
waterbaboon569 on
Candice Millard has a couple of great survival/adventure histories. The River of Doubt is about Teddy Roosevelt venturing along the Amazon; River of the Gods is about trying to map the mouth of the Nile. Not are terrific.
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*Endurance* by Alfred Lansing.
I really enjoyed Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Tracks is also very similar, but takes place in the Australian dessert. Both are great and I’d say pretty similar to Into the Wild.
Mission to Mongolia is good. Less :chopping down trees” kind of survival and more “two older men who are woefully unprepared drive a van to Mongolia so they can donate it to a charity” but they sleep in the van, deal with custom and language barriers, and experience some hairy situations in a reserved British way.
Endurance by Alfred Lansing and Madhouse At The End Of The World by Julian Sanction are both fantastic
In the Heart of the Sea
_The Wager_ and _The White Darkness_, both by David Grann.
And of course _Endurance_.
Highly recommend “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand
The Indifferent Stars Above is pretty spectacular.
Krakauer also did “Into Thin Air.” That’s in the vein.
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer is very good. Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen is another one I liked. Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larsen, who also wrote Devil in the White City, is good reading as well.
Into Thin Air, Icebound, In the Kingdom of Ice, The Third Pole, Madhouse at the End of the World, Adrift (Survival genre is my JAM)
Candice Millard has a couple of great survival/adventure histories. The River of Doubt is about Teddy Roosevelt venturing along the Amazon; River of the Gods is about trying to map the mouth of the Nile. Not are terrific.
Adrift for stranded in the ocean.
Alone by Admiral Byrd about Antartica.