40 Best Adventure Books

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear

Walter Isaacson said this was one of Steve Jobs' favorite books growing up.

On the "favorite books" section of Barack Obama's Facebook profile.

"I'm probably not really ready for it yet, but I'm really glad I read it." - PewDiePie

"The classic I am supposed to have read but have had difficulty getting past the first page." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"My favorite book." - Penn Jillette

"Classic." - Jack Edwards

"I have devoured [this book]." - Emma Watson

"One of my favorites." - Tim Ferriss

"About the difference between deciding to do something and really having to do it." - Oprah Winfrey

Liz Lambert mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Ran me through the range of emotions from happy to crying." - Shane Parrish

Shauna Niequist recommended this book on Twitter.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

Gretchen Rubin mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"Beautifully written, simply written, and hilarious." - Tim Ferriss

"Most American book of all time." - Austen Allred

"A great way to invigorate." - Tim Ferriss

Ray Dalio can be seen reading this book on the article's main image.

One of Sam Altman's answers to "What are some of the best books you recommend for a young startup founder?"

"How I want to behave in life." - Bryan Johnson

"This book (and his life) were living proof of his family motto: 'Fortitudine vincimus' (By endurance we conquer)." - Ryan Holiday

"Just a phenomenal story." - Scott Belsky

Max Levchin recommended this book on LinkedIn.

"What’s great about this adventure—which I find rare in pop culture—is the celebration of the mind, invention, and science." - Ev Williams

Noah Kagan recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"A fantastic read. The best." - Chris Sacca

"I loved the fact that the hero never once implies that it’s courage, spirit and faith that saves him [...] just lots of practical tinkering and problem-solving: Science the crap out of it." - Matt Ridley

Max Levchin recommended this book on LinkedIn.

"Enjoyed the book." - Christopher Paolini

Tim O’Reilly mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"There’s something beautiful about [this book] because Ulysses is on the boat and then he’ll have this incredible adventure. But then he gets to get back on the boat and move on." - Walter Isaacson

"... And not just because there are so many great barbecue scenes." - Michael Pollan

Caterina Fake mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

"This epic poem was kind of difficult for me to get through, but it has a beautiful rhythm." - Jay-Z

"To learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Effective condemnation of modem civilization, written in an ironic vein." - Mahatma Gandhi

Mark Twain recommended this book in a letter.

"I was 11 when I read it and it encouraged me to believe the world was large, fascinating, and with incredibly interesting creatures in it!" - Alice Walker

"One of the books I would like to take with me to Purgatory." - Winston Churchill

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Scott Belsky mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"The first book that absolutely threw me." - Douglas Murray

Daniel Pink mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"Read [this book]." - Walter Isaacson

Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"If you like American History and/or stories of pushing the limits of human capability and endurance, this book is for you." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

"FAR better than the movie, which is still good." - Ben Shapiro

On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile.

"For its bracing prose as much as anything else. I’ve been arguing with [the author] for most of my career." - Michael Pollan

"A reflection on simplicity." - Shane Parrish

"One of my all time favorite books. I quote it all the time." - Naval Ravikant

"A great [book]." - Edward Norton

Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

"It was an important book to me." - Jon Favreau

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"So powerful, so enduring, so fiercely necessary today." - Maria Popova

One of Winston Churchill's favorite books.

"I reread [this book] with the girls, too." - Michelle Obama

Mark Twain recommended this book in a letter.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.