Madhouse at the End of the Earth
Julian Sancton
Published 2021
320 pages
The most popular exploration & adventure books of 2021
These are true stories of people who went to the edge. Polar expeditions, mountain climbs, ocean crossings, jungle treks and survival against the odds are told by those who were there or by writers who followed their trail. Gripping, humbling and often hard to put down. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.
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World Travel An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever
Published 2021
480 pages
Bourdain
Laurie Woolever
Published 2021
464 pages
In the Weeds Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
Tom Vitale
Published 2021
304 pages
The Lost Boys of Montauk The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind
Amanda M. Fairbanks
Published 2021
336 pages
Freedom
Sebastian Junger
Published 2021
160 pages
Icebound
Andrea Pitzer
2021 · 2022 edition
320 pages
We Came, We Saw, We Left A Family Gap Year
Charles Wheelan
2021 · 2022 edition
288 pages
Shelf Life Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
Nadia Wassef
Published 2021
240 pages
The Third Pole Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
Mark Synnott
Published 2021
448 pages
Blood and Treasure Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
Tom Clavin, Bob Drury
Published 2021
383 pages
The Last Emperor of Mexico The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke who Created a Kingdom in the New World
Edward Shawcross
Published 2021
324 pages
River Kings A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
Cat Jarman
2021 · 2023 edition
352 pages
Chasing the Thrill Obsession, Death, and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt
Daniel Barbarisi
Published 2021
368 pages
Love and Fury
Paris Fury
2021 · 2022 edition
304 pages
The Unseen Body
Jonathan Reisman
2021 · 2022 edition
224 pages
The Whisper on the Night Wind
Adam Shoalts
Published 2021
256 pages
The Clanlands Almanac Seasonal Stories from Scotland
Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Charlotte Reather
Published 2021
344 pages
Bicycling with Butterflies My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
Sara Dykman
2021 · 2023 edition
280 pages
Mud, Rocks, Blazes Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail
Heather Anderson
Published 2021
240 pages
The Writing of the Gods The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
Edward Dolnick
2021 · 2022 edition
336 pages
A Course Called America Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
Tom Coyne
Published 2021
416 pages
Einstein's Fridge The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe
Paul Sen
2021 · 2022 edition
320 pages
The Next Everest Surviving the Mountain's Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again
Jim Davidson
Published 2021
416 pages