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To the Summit in 60 Books

I couldn't find a list on mountaineering literature here, so I decided to publish my own. This is a mix of some books I have already read and of many I still want to read so it's highly subjective, covering the topics that I find most interesting as well as biographies of my personal heroes. Still I think it also contains a good deal of the must-reads. I hope the list provides some inspiration for both climbers and armchair-adventurers and of course recommendations on further reading are most welcome.
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50 Years of Alpinism (Riccardo Cassin)
50 Years of Alpinism (Riccardo Cassin)
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Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer (Anatoli Boukreev)
Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer (Anatoli Boukreev)
3
Annapurna (Maurice Herzog)
Annapurna (Maurice Herzog)
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Annapurna: A Woman's Place (Arlene Blum)
Annapurna: A Woman's Place (Arlene Blum)
5
Ascent (Chris Bonington)
Ascent (Chris Bonington)
6
Ascent: The Climbing Experience in Word and Image (Steck/Roper/Harris)
Ascent: The Climbing Experience in Word and Image (Steck/Roper/Harris)
7
The Beckoning Silence (Joe Simpson)
The Beckoning Silence (Joe Simpson)
8
The Boys of Everest (Clint Willis)
The Boys of Everest (Clint Willis)
9
The Climb Up to Hell (Jack Olsen)
The Climb Up to Hell (Jack Olsen)
10
Climbing Everest - The Complete Writings of George Mallory (George Mallory)
Climbing Everest - The Complete Writings of George Mallory (George Mallory)
11
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World (Lynn Hill)
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World (Lynn Hill)
12
Conquistadors of the Useless (Lionel Terray)
Conquistadors of the Useless (Lionel Terray)
13
The Crystal Horizon (Reinhold Messner)
The Crystal Horizon (Reinhold Messner)
14
Dark Summit (Nick Heil)
Dark Summit (Nick Heil)
15
The Day the Rope Broke (Ronald W Clark)
The Day the Rope Broke (Ronald W Clark)
16
Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak (Andy Hall)
Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak (Andy Hall)
17
Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk (Jeff Connor)
Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk (Jeff Connor)
18
Edmund Hillary: A Biography (Michael Gill)
Edmund Hillary: A Biography (Michael Gill)
19
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Jon Krakauer)
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Jon Krakauer)
20
The Everest Politics Show (Mark Horrell)
The Everest Politics Show (Mark Horrell)
21
Everest: The Mountaineering History (Walt Unsworth)
Everest: The Mountaineering History (Walt Unsworth)
22
Everest: The West Ridge (Thomas Hornbein)
Everest: The West Ridge (Thomas Hornbein)
23
Hanging On: A Life Inside British Climbing's Golden Age (Martin Boysen)
Hanging On: A Life Inside British Climbing's Golden Age (Martin Boysen)
24
The Hard Years (Joe Brown)
The Hard Years (Joe Brown)
25
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest (Edmund Hillary)
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest (Edmund Hillary)
26
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
27
Jerry Moffatt: Revelations (Moffatt/Grimes)
Jerry Moffatt: Revelations (Moffatt/Grimes)
28
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain (Ed Viesturs)
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain (Ed Viesturs)
29
Killing Dragons - The Conquest of the Alps (Fergus Fleming)
Killing Dragons - The Conquest of the Alps (Fergus Fleming)
30
Kiss or Kill - Confessions of a Serial Climber (Mark Twight)
Kiss or Kill - Confessions of a Serial Climber (Mark Twight)
31
Last Hours on Everest (Graham Hoyland)
Last Hours on Everest (Graham Hoyland)
32
Mountains in My Heart (Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner)
Mountains in My Heart (Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner)
33
The Mountains of My Life (Walter Bonatti)
The Mountains of My Life (Walter Bonatti)
34
My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus (Albert F. Mummery)
My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus (Albert F. Mummery)
35
My Life in Climbing (Ueli Steck)
My Life in Climbing (Ueli Steck)
36
My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks (Jerzy Kukuczka)
My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks (Jerzy Kukuczka)
37
The Naked Mountain (Reinhold Messner)
The Naked Mountain (Reinhold Messner)
38
Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage (Hermann Buhl)
Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage (Hermann Buhl)
39
No Picnic on Mount Kenya (Felice Benuzzi)
No Picnic on Mount Kenya (Felice Benuzzi)
40
No Shortcuts to the Top - Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (Ed Viesturs)
No Shortcuts to the Top - Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (Ed Viesturs)
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