Adventure is the theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program. This week we’re featuring books about mountaineering.
Adult Nonfiction
| ALONE AT THE TOP: CLIMBING DENALI IN THE DEAD OF WINTER by Lonnie Dupre (DBC 16029) |
| CALLING: A LIFE ROCKED BY MOUNTAINS by Barry Blanchard (DBC 02626) |
| DEAD LUCKY: LIFE AFTER DEATH ON MOUNT EVEREST by Lincoln Hall (DBG 08121) |
| EIGER DREAMS: VENTURES AMONG MEN AND MOUNTAINS by Jon Krakauer (DB 55906) |
| FOREVER ON THE MOUNTAIN: THE TRUTH BEHIND ONE OF MOUNTAINEERING’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL AND MYSTERIOUS DISASTERS by James M. Tabor (DB 67223) |
| GHOSTS OF K2: THE EPIC SAGA OF THE FIRST ASCENT by Mick Conefrey (DB 82748) |
| HIGH CRIMES: THE FATE OF EVEREST IN AN AGE OF GREED by Michael Kodas (DB 67804) |
| KILLING DRAGONS: THE CONQUEST OF THE ALPS by Fergus Fleming (DB 53702) |
| LEFT FOR DEAD: MY JOURNEY HOME FROM EVEREST by Beck Weathers (DB 92591) |
| MOUNTAIN: MY TIME ON EVEREST by Ed Viesturs (DB 78694) |
| NANDA DEVI: THE TRAGIC EXPEDITION by John Roskelley (BR 07444) |
| TOUCH THE TOP OF THE WORLD: A BLIND MAN’S JOURNEY TO CLIMB FARTHER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE by Erik Weihenmayer (DB 51505, BR 14512) |
| TWO SHADOWS: THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF ONE MAN’S TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY by Charlie Winger (DBC 03296) |
Adult Fiction
| ABOMINABLE by Dan Simmons (DB 77604) |
| ABOVE ALL THINGS by Tanis Rideout (DB 76263) |
| EDGE OF JUSTICE by Clinton McKinzie (DBC 02926) |
| MOUNTAIN OF THE DEAD by Jeremy Bates (DB 111004) |
| PATHS OF GLORY by Jeffrey Archer (DB 68935) |
| SEVENTEEN by Hideo Yokoyama (DB 92989) |
| STORMS OF DENALI by Nicholas O’Connell (DBC 00221) |
| THIS COURAGEOUS JOURNEY by Misty M. Beller (DB 109156) |
| THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer (DB 118975) IN PROCESS |
| VIEW MOST GLORIOUS by Regina Scott (DB 106556) |
| WAY OF THE BRAVE by Susan May Warren (DB 98178) |
Young Adult Fiction
| EVEN THE DARKEST STARS by Heather Fawcett (DB 89269) |
Juvenile Nonfiction
| BODIES FROM THE ICE: MELTING GLACIERS AND THE RECOVERY OF THE PAST by James M. Deem Grades 5-8 |
| EVEREST: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF EDMUND HILLARY AND TENZING NORGAY by Alexandra Stewart (DB 106544) IN PROCESS Grades 3-6 |
| RESCUES! by Sandra Markle (DB 62920) Grades 4-7 |
| TO THE TOP! CLIMBING THE WORLD’S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN by S. A. Kramer (DB 40184, BR 10059) |
| TOP OF THE WORLD: CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST by Steve Jenkins (BR 13015) Grades 2-4 |
Juvenile Fiction
| BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH by Eric Walters (BRG 03241) Grades 6-12 |
| CLIMB OR DIE by Edward Myers (DB 47312, BR 10476) Grades 6-9 |
| PEAK by Roland Smith (DB 64746, BR 17994) Grades 6-9 |