Books like The Lost City of Z by David Grann

After graduating college, journalist Jon Krakauer traces the true story of Christopher McCandless, a young adventurer who abandoned possessions, took the name Alexander Supertramp, and ventured into Alaska’s wilderness, where he met his untimely death.

Journalist Ed Malone and his companions encounter Professor Challenger in the Amazon, uncovering a prehistoric world where dinosaurs still roam.

Mowgli, a human child raised by wolves, roams the Indian jungle, forming bonds with animal friends and facing challenges that test his courage and identity.

In Mumbai’s slums, families chase better lives as India’s prosperity rises, revealing the human side of global inequality.

Douglas Preston chronicles a daring expedition to the Honduran jungle to locate the legendary White City, or Lost City of the Monkey God, using advanced lidar technology to reveal a hidden metropolis and the deadly mysteries it holds.

Bill Bryson retraces a journey across Britain, from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath, uncovering the country’s quirks, charms and changes with humor and keen observation.

Journeying through Nepal’s Dolpo highlands, Peter Matthiessen and biologist George Schaller track the elusive snow leopard while exploring Buddhist spirituality and Himalayan wilderness.

Memoir of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett’s early 20th‑century explorations and border surveying in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and the Amazon, offering firsthand accounts of the region’s decline during the rubber boom.

An early modern compilation recounting the principal voyages, navigations, and discoveries of England, detailing maritime and overland expeditions to distant parts of the world during the first 1600 years.

¿Fue realmente Edmund Hillary el primer hombre en llegar, en 1953, al techo del mundo? El reciente hallazgo del cadáver congelado del montañero británico George Leigh Mallory, desaparecido en 1924, ha arrojado muchas dudas al respecto. Con este hallazgo parece haberse resuelto uno de los mayores misterios de la historia del montañismo del siglo XX. Mallory, el montañero británico más experto de su época, y su compañero Irvine estaban a pocos metros de la cima y a corta distancia de convertirse en los primeros seres humanos en alcanzar el punto más alto del planeta, cuando desaparecieron en la niebla y entraron para siempre en la historia. El 1 de mayo de 1999, la Expedición de Investigación Mallory & Irvine encontró el cuerpo de Mallory —asombrosamente bien conservado— en la cara norte del Everest. *Los fantasmas del Everest* es el apasionante relato de los protagonistas de ese hallazgo y expone por primera vez lo que esas nuevas pruebas revelan acerca del último día de Mallory e Irvine. Este libro presenta la historia exclusiva de los hallazgos de la expedición de 1999 junto con un sorprendente análisis forense de las pruebas recientemtne descubiertas y las respuestas a la pregunta fundamental: ¿alcanzaron Mallory e Irvine la cumbre del Everest casi tres décadas antes que Hillary y Norgay? Ofrece además una apasionante reconstrucción, paso a paso, del ascenso de Mallroy e Irvine en 1924.

Sarah Graves, a young woman from Vermont, faces unimaginable hardship on the Donner Overland Journey to California in 1846, as her family and an emigrant party battle snowstorms, starvation, and limited resources in the Sierra Nevada.

A historical account of a 19th-century explorer who disproves the myth of the gorilla.

Frank Worsley, captain of Shackleton’s Endurance, narrates the ship’s wrecking in pack ice, the crew’s survival on drifting ice floes, and their daring 800‑mile boat voyage to South Georgia and inland rescue in Antarctica.

Twin sisters Agnes Lewis and Margaret Gibson journey to Sinai in 1892, explore Convent of Saint Catherine’s library, and discover a pivotal palimpsest that reshaped the Gospels’ historical understanding.

A lyrical travel memoir that follows Frances Mayes as she deepens her bond with Tuscany, nurtures local friendships, restores her villa, and delights in Italian food, wine, and the rhythms of rural life.

In graphic novel format, tells the dramatic story of Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the unmapped American West.