What to Read After K2
Readers who loved K2 by Ed Viesturs keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where K2 is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after K2
The climb
No way down
High Exposure
Left for Dead
K2, The Savage Mountain
No Shortcuts to the Top
The mountains of my life
Dead lucky
Forever on the Mountain
Above the clouds
Eiger Dreams
Annapurna-conquest of the first 8000 metre peak
Weisse Spinne
Deep Survival
Annapurna, a woman's place
Ghosts of Everest
The Worst Journey in the World
Miracle in the Andes
Buried in the sky
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
The Last Season (P.S.)
Over the Edge of the World
Blind Descent
South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition