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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

  1. State of Wonder

    1. State of Wonder

    Ann Patchett
    State of Wonder: A Novel
  2. Little Princes

    2. Little Princes

    Conor Grennan
    Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
  3. 127 Hours

    3. 127 Hours

    Aron Ralston
    127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  4. The Cloud Roads

    4. The Cloud Roads

    Martha Wells
    The Cloud Roads: Kindle Edition
  5. Odyssey

    5. Odyssey

    Stephen Fry
    Odyssey: The Greek Myths Reimagined
  6. Adrift

    6. Adrift

    Steven Callahan
    Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea
  7. Island of the Lost

    7. Island of the Lost

    Joan Druett
    Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World
  8. North

    8. North

    Jenny Jurek, Scott Jurek
    North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
  9. Wavewalker: Breaking Free

    9. Wavewalker: Breaking Free

    Suzanne Heywood
    Wavewalker: Breaking Free: Hardcover – April 13, 2023
  10. Blue Latitudes

    10. Blue Latitudes

    Tony Horwitz
    Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
  11. The Serpent Sea

    11. The Serpent Sea

    Martha Wells
    The Serpent Sea: Kindle Edition
  12. A Fortune-Teller Told Me

    12. A Fortune-Teller Told Me

    Tiziano Terzani
    A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East
  13. The Harbors of the Sun

    13. The Harbors of the Sun

    Martha Wells
    The Harbors of the Sun: Kindle Edition
  14. Himalaya

    14. Himalaya

    Michael Palin
    Himalaya: Kindle Edition
  15. Stories of the Raksura: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below

    15. Stories of the Raksura: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below

    Martha Wells
    Stories of the Raksura: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below: Kindle Edition
  16. Everest, Inc.

    16. Everest, Inc.

    Will Cockrell
    Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
  17. Witches Be Crazy

    17. Witches Be Crazy

    Logan Hunder, Logan J. Hunder
    Witches Be Crazy: Kindle Edition
  18. Solo

    18. Solo

    Jenny Tough
    Solo: What running across mountains taught me about life
  19. North to the Night

    19. North to the Night

    Alvah Simon
    North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic
  20. The Reluctant Matador

    20. The Reluctant Matador

    Mark Pryor
    The Reluctant Matador: A Hugo Marston Novel
  21. The Second Shot

    21. The Second Shot

    Gene Yu
    The Second Shot: A Green Beret's Last Mission
  22. The Whispering Land

    22. The Whispering Land

    Gerald Durrell, Ralph Thompson
    The Whispering Land: Paperback – May 30, 2006
  23. False Covenant

    23. False Covenant

    Ari Marmell
    False Covenant: Kindle Edition
  24. The Swordbearer

    24. The Swordbearer

    Glen Cook
    The Swordbearer: Kindle Edition

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