Seven Books That Will Take You on an Adventure
These titles will spirit you to some of the planet’s wildest landscapes, without making you leave your armchair.
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Book RecommendationsSeven Books That Will Take You on an AdventureThese titles will spirit you to some of the planet’s wildest landscapes, without making you leave your armchair.By Eva HollandHeritage Image Partnership / AlamyApril 30, 2026, 2:30 PM ET ShareSave When you stand at the summit of Mount Everest, the sky is a deep-blue bowl inverted above you, and the peaks of the Himalayas are a carpet at your feet. The sun on the snow is bright enough to blind you, even as your body starts failing in air so thin it can hardly sustain human life. I know that not because I’ve been there myself, but because I’ve read Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and other books about the world’s highest mountain.Krakauer survived a deadly ordeal on Everest—a high price to pay for a remarkable book.
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