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National Geographic's Extreme Classics: The 100 greatest adventure books of all time (authoritative list)

 

This series contains 34 books.

  1. The Worst Journey in the World
    Book 1

    The Worst Journey in the World (1922)

    by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

  2. The Journals of Lewis and Clark
    Book 2

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark (1814)

    by Bernard Augustine DeVoto, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, E. J. Carter

  3. Wind, Sand and Stars
    Book 3

    Wind, Sand and Stars (1939)

    by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  4. The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
    Book 4

    The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons

    by John Wesley Powell

  5. Arabian Sands
    Book 5

    Arabian Sands (1959)

    by Wilfred Thesiger

  6. Annapurna
    Book 6

    Annapurna (1952)

    by Maurice Herzog

  7. Desert Solitaire
    Book 7

    Desert Solitaire (1967)

    A Season in the Wilderness

    by Edward Abbey

  8. West with the Night
    Book 8

    West with the Night (1942)

    by Beryl Markham

  9. Into Thin Air
    Book 9

    Into Thin Air (1997)

    A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

    by Jon Krakauer

  10. The Travels of Marco Polo
    Book 10

    The Travels of Marco Polo

    by Marco Polo

  11. Farthest North
    Book 11

    Farthest North (1897)

    The Complete Journey

    by Fridtjof Nansen

  12. The Snow Leopard
    Book 12

    The Snow Leopard (1978)

    by Peter Matthiessen

  13. Roughing It
    Book 13

    Roughing It (1872)

    by Mark Twain

  14. Two Years Before the Mast
    Book 14

    Two Years Before the Mast (1846)

    A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

    by Richard Henry Dana

  15. South
    Book 15

    South (1917)

    The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

    by Ernest Henry Shackleton

  16. A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
    Book 16

    A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (1958)

    The Classic Tale of Adventure in Afghanistan's Wild Mountains

    by Eric Newby

  17. Kon-Tiki
    Book 17

    Kon-Tiki (1950)

    Across the Pacific by Raft

    by Thor Heyerdahl

  18. Travels in West Africa
    Book 18

    Travels in West Africa (1897)

    by Mary Henrietta Kingsley

  19. The Spirit of St. Louis
    Book 19

    The Spirit of St. Louis (1953)

    by Charles A. Lindbergh

  20. Seven Years in Tibet
    Book 20

    Seven Years in Tibet (1952)

    by Heinrich Harrer

  21. The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific
    Book 21

    The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific

    by James Cook

  22. The Home of the Blizzard
    Book 22

    The Home of the Blizzard (1915)

    Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

    by Douglas Mawson

  23. The Voyage of the Beagle
    Book 23

    The Voyage of the Beagle (1839)

    Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches

    by Charles Darwin

  24. Seven Pillars of Wisdom
    Book 24

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926)

    A Triumph

    by T. E. Lawrence

  25. Travels in the interior of Africa
    Book 25

    Travels in the interior of Africa (1799)

    by Mungo Park

  26. The Right Stuff
    Book 26

    The Right Stuff (1979)

    by Tom Wolfe

  27. Sailing Alone Around The World
    Book 27

    Sailing Alone Around The World (1899)

    by Joshua Slocum

  28. First Footsteps in East Africa
    Book 29

    First Footsteps in East Africa (1856)

    Or, An Exploration of Harar

    by Richard Francis Burton

  29. The Perfect Storm
    Book 30

    The Perfect Storm (1997)

    A True Story of Men Against the Sea

    by Sebastian Junger

  30. The Oregon Trail
    Book 31

    The Oregon Trail (1847)

    Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain life

    by Francis Parkman

  31. Through the Dark Continent:Volume 1
    Book 32

    Through the Dark Continent:Volume 1

    by Henry M. Stanley

  32. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
    Book 33

    A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

    by Isabella L. Bird

  33. In the Land of White Death
    Book 34

    In the Land of White Death (1917)

    by Valerian Ivanovich Albanov

  34. Endurance
    Book 35

    Endurance (1931)

    An Epic of Polar Adventure

    by Frank Arthur Worsley

Collective Works

  1. The Mountain of My Fear / Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative
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