Books like Touching the void
Touching the void by Joe Simpson reads as intense, harrowing. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Annapurna-conquest of the first 8000 metre peak
Maurice Herzog · 1951
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77% genome match
Weisse Spinne
Heinrich Harrer · 1959
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74% genome match
The climb
Anatoli Boukreev · 1997
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72% genome match
Lost in the jungle
Yossi Ghinsberg · 2008
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70% genome match
Black Hawk, Down
Mark Bowden · 1999
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69% genome match
The Endurance
Caroline Alexander · 1998
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69% genome match
The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-Garrard · 1922
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69% genome match
The tiger
John Vaillant · 2010
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69% genome match
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Aron Ralston · 2004
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69% genome match
The Last Season (P.S.)
Eric Blehm · 2007
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69% genome match
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
Jennifer L. Armstrong · 1998
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69% genome match
Guts
Gary Paulsen · 2000
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69% genome match
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