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A sobering, morbidly fascinating catalog of human encounters with an unforgiving wilderness. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Death in Yellowstone.
- unsettling
- awe-inspiring
- sobering
- eerie
- 01
Over the edge
Michael Patrick Ghiglieri
A morbidly fascinating, cautionary catalog of human hubris meeting the unforgiving reality of a natural wonder.
- 02
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer · 1997
A harrowing, breathless descent into the deadly consequences of human hubris at the top of the world.
- 03
I survived the attack of the grizzlies, 1967
Lauren Tarshis
A heart-pounding wilderness survival tale that intertwines the sudden terror of a predator attack with the quiet ache of a family processing loss.
- 04
Dead Mountain
Donnie Eichar
A chilling, obsessive descent into one of history's most haunting frozen mysteries.
- 05
Free Fire
C. J. Box
A rugged, high-stakes wilderness thriller where the majestic landscape is as dangerous as the killers hiding within it.
- 06
Assassination vacation
Sarah Vowell
A delightfully morbid and deeply nerdy road trip through the weirdest, darkest corners of American history.
- 07
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer · 1996
A haunting, investigative journey into the heart of American wanderlust and the fatal price of absolute freedom.
- 08
--If you lived at the time of the great San Francisco earthquake
Ellen Levine
An immersive, educational journey that drops young readers directly into the timeline of a monumental natural disaster.
- 09
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth
Thomas Morris
A morbidly hilarious stroll through the bizarre, gruesome, and baffling trial-and-error history of Victorian medicine.
- 10
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Amy Erlich · 1971
A devastating, essential reckoning with the brutal realities of American expansion, told through the voices of those who survived its wake.
- 11
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Aron Ralston
A visceral, ticking-clock descent into the ultimate test of human endurance and the agonizing price of survival.
- 12
How They Croaked
Georgia Bragg
A gleefully gruesome tour through the messy, unglamorous demises of history's most famous figures.
