List of books about K2

The following is a list of books about K2, a mountain in the Karakorum Range between Pakistan and China, listed by expedition date:

1887 - British - Younghusband

• Francis Younghusband, The Heart of a Continent, 1896, ( Y27)

1892 - British - Conway

• Martin Conway, Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram Himalayas, 1894, ( C336a)
• Oscar Eckenstein, The Karakorams and Kashmir Himalayas, 1896, ( E10)

1902 - International - Eckenstein and Crowley

• , Pionier am K2 - Jules Jacot-Guillarmod, 2012
• Aleister Crowley, The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, 1969
• Dr Jules Jacot-Guillarmod, Six Mois dans l'Himalaya, le Karakorum et l'Hindu-Kush., 1904, ( J17), ( edition only)

1909 - Italian - Luigi Amedeo

• Filippo De Filippi, La spedizione nel Karakoram e nell'Imalaia occidentale, 1912, ( F71a), ( edition)
• Filippo De Filippi, Karakorum and Western Himalaya, 1912, ( F71b), ( / ( edition)
• and , The Duke of Abruzzi: An Explorer's Life, 1977

1929 - Italian - Aimone di Savoia-Aosta

• Aimone di Savoia-Aosta and Ardito Desio, La Spedizione Geografica Italiana al Karakoram, 1936, ( S670), ( edition only)

1937 - British - Shipton

• Eric Shipton, Blank on the map, 1938, ( S432)

1938 American Karakoram expedition - American - Houston

• Charles Houston and Bob Bates, Five Miles High, 1939, ( B165)

1939 American Karakoram expedition - American - Wiessner

• Andrew Kauffman and William Putnam, K2; The 1939 Tragedy, 1992, ( K66)
• Fritz Wiessner, K2, Tragödien und Sieg am Zweithöchsten Berg der Erde, 1955, ( W152), ( edition only)
• Jennifer Jordan, The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2, 2010

1953 American Karakoram expedition - American - Houston

• Charles Houston and Bob Bates, K2, The Savage Mountain, 1954, ( H429a)
• Charles Houston, Bob Bates and George Bell, K2, 8611m, 1954, ( H430), ( edition only)

1954 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2 - Italian - Desio

• , Citizen of Two Worlds, 1960, ( A284)
• Walter Bonatti, The Mountains of My Life, 2001
• Walter Bonatti, Processo al K2, 1985, ( B453), ( edition)
• Walter Bonatti, K2. La verità. 1954-2004, 2005, ( edition)
• Achille Compagnoni, Uomini sul K2, 1958, ( C328), ( edition only)
• Achille Compagnoni, Tricolore sul K2, 1965, ( C329), ( edition only)
• Achille Compagnoni, K2: conquista italiana tra storia e memoria, 2004, ( edition only)
• Ardito Desio, Ascent of K2. Second Highest Peak in the World, 1955, ( D167b), ( edition)
• Ardito Desio, Libro Bianco, 1956, ( D168), ( edition only)
• Mario Fantin, Sogno Visuto, 1958, ( F10), ( edition only)
• Lino Lacedelli and Giovanni Cenacchi, K2: The Price of Conquest, 2006, ( edition)
• Robert Marshall, K2. Lies and Treachery, 2009

1975 - American - Whittaker

• Galen Rowell, In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods, 1977, ( R366)

1978 - American - Whittaker

• / , Living on the Edge, 1987, ( B558)
• Rick Ridgeway, The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2, 1980, ( R216)

1979 - French -

• , K2. La victoire suspendu, 1980, ( M307), ( edition only)

1979 - International - Messner

• Reinhold Messner and Alessandro Gogna, K2, Mountain of Mountains, 1981, ( M340c), ( edition)

1986

• John Barry, K2, Savage Mountain, Savage Summer, 1987, ( B135)
• Benoît Chamoux, Le Vertige de l'Infini, 1988, ( C125), ( edition only)
• , K2, Triumph and Tragedy., 1987, ( C405a)
• Anna Czerwińska, Groza wokół K2, 1990, ( C420), ( edition only)
• Kurt Diemberger, The Endless Knot: K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny, 1991, ( D234d), ( edition)

1993 - American / Canadian - Allison

• , K2, Dreams and Reality, 1994

2008

• , No way down - Life and death on K2, 2010
• , Giorni di ghiaccio. Agosto 2008. La tragedia del K2, 2009, ( edition)
• Damien O'Brien, The Time Has Come: Ger McDonnell - His Life & His Death on K2, 2012
• , Surviving K2, 2010
• , One Mountain Thousand Summits, 2010
• Peter Zuckerman and , Buried in the Sky, 2012
• Pat Falvey and , The Summit: How Triumph Turned To Tragedy On K2's Deadliest Days, 2013

General literature on 'K2'

• , K2, 1954, ( C36), ( edition only)
• , K2, The Story of the Savage Mountain, 1995
• Kurt Diemberger and Roberto Mantovani, K2. Challenging the sky, 1995
• , K2: One Woman's Quest for the Summit, 2001
• Maurice Isserman and , Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, 2008
• Dušan Jelinčič, Zvezdnate noči (Starry Nights), 2006
• Jennifer Jordan, Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, 2005
• Jon Krakauer, Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains, 1997
• Kenneth Mason, Abode of Snow, 1955, ( M214a), ( edition)
• Bernadette McDonald, Brotherhood of the Rope: The biography of Charles Houston, 2007
• Reinhold Messner, K2 Chogori. La grande montagna, 2004, ( edition)
• Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time, 2007
• , The Challenge of K2. A History of the Savage Mountain., 2011
• Mustansar Hussain Tarar, K2 Kahani, (in Urdu), 1994
• Ed Viesturs, No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks, 2007
• Ed Viesturs, K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain, Aug 2010
• , The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent, April 2015