Books by Jon Krakauer
“Alexander Supertramp is a patron saint for those seeking to live out their adventures” Read more...
“Jon Krakauer is a phenomenal writer. It’s about a climbing season when the ascending teams made an avalanche of mistakes. Despite a dire forecast, out of pure hubris, many climbers cast all cautions and rules about when to return aside. Some were stranded at the top of Everest. But when the will to survive set in, they pulled together to save themselves and others. It reminds me that the will to live can have a clarifying effect in many murky situations.” Read more...
The bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air turned his investigative and literary powers upon the Church of Latter Day Saints in this unusual, double-headed book which alternates between the story of the founding of the Mormon religion by Joseph Smith in the 19th century with a true crime account of a vicious double murder committed by fundamentalist Mormons in the 1980s. Krakauer is a master storyteller, and though Mormon leaders have protested against linking the mainstream religious movement with violence, the book offers some further insight into the fundamentalist fervour that colours Westover’s troubled family life.
From our article Books like Educated
Interviews where books by Jon Krakauer were recommended
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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
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Into Thin Air
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
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The Hot Zone: The Chilling True Story of an Ebola Outbreak
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The Submission
by Amy Waldman
The best books on National Security, recommended by Juliette Kayyem
The best books on National Security, recommended by Juliette Kayyem
National security isn’t just about foreign policy and counterterrorism, but has a broad set of concerns—including climate change, national disasters and pandemics. Juliette Kayyem, Senior Lecturer in International Security at Harvard and author of Security Mom, recommends books to get us all thinking about national security and the challenges we face.
The best books on Wanderlust, recommended by Matthew Brookes & Zack Raffin
What does it mean to live wild and young and free? We asked the authors of a photography book on surf van culture along the California coast—”a story of youth choosing to follow their dreams, living out of vans, existing for surf and travel and freedom, and always chasing the best waves”—for references that help answer this question. Wanderlust can be a philosophy for life, as these books illustrate beautifully.
