This Vast Enterprise A New History of Lewis & Clark
Craig Fehrman
Published 2026
448 pages
The most popular exploration & adventure books of 2026
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 2026.
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Women Shaping the West Stories from Wyoming
Lindsay Linton Buk
Published 2026
288 pages
The Chief
Robert Parish, Jake Uitti
Published 2026
256 pages
Extraordinary Expeditions The People and Journeys That Changed History
Anne Della Guardia
Published 2026
384 pages
Witness to Water One Photographer's Mission to Defend the Colorado River
Pete McBride
Published 2026
208 pages
Belize Friends and Scammers
Steven Froelich
Published 2026
128 pages
Women Among Monuments Solitude, Permission, and the Pursuit of Female Genius
Kasia Van Schaik
Published 2026
296 pages
Hot Foot My Hijinks and Upside-Down Life with the World Champion New York Mets
Doug Feldmann, Roger McDowell
Published 2026
256 pages
Launch Magazine's History of American Rocketry The Space Race, Model Rockets, and The New Frontier
Mark Mayfield
Published 2026
160 pages
Trading at the Edge of Empires Francesco Carletti's World, Ca. 1600
Giorgio Riello, Luca Molà
Published 2026
500 pages
The Gallaudet Eleven The Story of NASA's Deaf Bioastronauts
Kerry O'Malley Cerra
Published 2026
48 pages
Place Envy Essays in Search of Orientation
Michael Lowenthal
Published 2026
296 pages
Mud, Microbes, and Medicine How a Curious Anthropologist Got to the Boardroom
Elizabeth Reed Aden
Published 2026
256 pages
Riding Into History The Surprising Story of Sarah Keys Evans and the Fight to Desegregate Bus Travel
Amy Nathan
Published 2026
264 pages
The First to Go West American Ambition, Bloody Conquest, and the Fateful Journey of Jedediah Smith
Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
Published 2026
464 pages
Body and Grace A Woman's Hike to Wholeness on the Pacific Crest Trail
Dami Roelse
Published 2026
192 pages
Lost Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life
Rachel Hartigan
Published 2026
320 pages
Ascent of the Thunder Dragon The Surprising Spiritual Life and Legacy of Bhutan's Founder
Sasha Wakefield
Published 2026
336 pages
Where the Earth Meets the Sky
Louise K. Blight
Published 2026
320 pages
Untitled 9743
Published 2026
384 pages
Power Lines
Peter Keating
Published 2026
296 pages
Vineyard Melody How One Woman Rebuilt Her Life, One Grape At A Time
Namratha Stanley
Published 2026
288 pages
Farther Eight Months of America's Triple Crown Trails
Heather Anderson
Published 2026
256 pages
The Paris Pastel Shop A Story of Art, Passion, Color, and Obsession
Imogen Savage
Published 2026
320 pages