Adventure Books
- Aviation
- The Flying Carpet by Richard Halliburton
- West With the Night by Beryl Markham
- Escapes
- Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Aron Ralston
- Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
- The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
- We Die Alone by David Howarth
- Mountaineering
- Annapurna by Maurice Herzog
- Conquistadors of the Useless: Historic First Ascents in the Alps, Alaska, Andes, and Patagonia and of Makalu, Annapurna, Chomo Lonzo and Jannu by Lionel Terray
- Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains by Jon Krakauer
- Everest: Alone at the Summit: A Survival Story by Stephen Venables
- Everest: The West Ridge by Thomas Hornbein
- High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest by Edmund Hillary
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
- K2: The Savage Mountain by Charles Houston
- Minus 148°: First Winter Ascent of Mt. McKinley by Art Davidson
- Seven Summits by Rick Ridgeway
- The Crystal Horizon: Everest: The First Solo Ascent by Reinhold Messner
- The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2 by Rick Ridgeway
- The Mountain of My Fear and Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative by David Roberts
- This Game of Ghosts by Joe Simpson
- Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson
- Oceans, Lakes and Rivers
- Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan
- Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl
- North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic by Alvah Simon
- Running the Amazon by Joe Kane
- Other
- Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales
- Ghosts of the Fireground: Echoes of the Great Peshtigo Fire and the Calling of a Wildland Firefighter by Peter Leschak
- Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness by Doug Peacock
- Travel
- A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush: A Preposterous Adventure by Eric Newby
- A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
- A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
- Complete Book of Marvels by Richard Halliburton
- Frontiers of Heaven: A Journey to the End of China by Stanley Stewart
- In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
- In the Footsteps of Genghis Khan: An Amazing Odyssey Through the Lands of the Most Feared Conquerors in History by Stanley Stewart
- Looking for Alaska by Peter Jenkins
- New Worlds to Conquer by Richard Halliburton
- Seven League Boots by Richard Halliburton
- The Glorious Adventure by Richard Halliburton
- The Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton
- The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2 by Peter Jenkins
