Set in the Mountains

Level up with fiction and nonfiction set in the mountains!

Updated April 21, 2025
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Battle mountain
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, an everyman hero with a penchant for stepping into trouble, works with his resourceful wife and three daughters, and an outlaw falconer to protect Twelve Sleep country from hunters, ecoterrorists, cowboy hitmen, and rogue federal agents, among others.
Deep Creek : finding hope in the high country
Houston, Pam
Paper Book
On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons, winter temperatures drop to 35 below, and lightning sparks a 110,000-acre wildfire,...
Descent : a novel
Johnston, Tim
Paper Book
"Read this astonishing novel . . . The magic of his prose equals the horror of Johnston's story." --The Washington Post The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, who are taking a family vacation before their daughter leaves for...
The giver of stars
Moyes, Jojo
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER |  A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK   "A great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring communities together." --Reese Witherspoon   From the author of the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes<...
The guide : a novel
Heller, Peter
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The best-selling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who is hired by an elite fishing lodge in Colorado, where he uncovers a plot of shocking menace amid the natural beauty of sun-drenched streams and forests.
The High Sierra : a love story
Robinson, Kim Stanley
Paper Book
A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder). Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada...
Himalaya : a human history
Douglas, Ed
Paper Book
For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world's most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from being wild and barren,...
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
Krakauer, Jon.
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray. "A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment...
Karma of the sun
Boey, Brandon Ying Kit
Paper Book
"A thoughtful read perfect for this moody season." --Wall Street Journal "Karma of the Sun is a not-to-miss debut from a ridiculously talented newcomer." --Locus Magazine "Beautiful, moving, vast in its spiritual and emotional scope . . ." -...
Last bus to wisdom
Doig, Ivan.
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by the Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Kirkus Review The final novel from a great American storyteller. Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Ivan Doig's...
Last summer at the Golden Hotel
Friedland, Elyssa
Paper Book
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick A Can't-Miss Beach Read For Summer 2021 from The Skimm A Best Beach Read of 2021 from Bustle ABest Summer Read of 2021 from PopSugar A family reunion for the ages when two clans convene for the summer at their beloved getaway...
Lost in the Valley of Death : a story of obsession and danger in the Himalayas
Rustad, Harley
Paper Book
"A layered inquisition and a reportorial force...a technicolor mystery.... In prose that moves like a clear river....Rustad has done what the best storytellers do: tried to track the story to its last twig and then stepped aside."-- New York Times Book Review In the vein of Jon...
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Dillard, Annie.
Paper Book
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize "The book is a form of meditation, written with headlong urgency, about seeing. . . . There is an ambition about [Dillard's] book that I like. . . . It is the ambition to feel." -- Eudora Welty, New York Times Book Review Pilgrim at Tinker...
These silent woods : a novel
Grant, Kimi Cunningham
Paper Book
A father and daughter living in the remote Appalachian mountains must reckon with the ghosts of their past in Kimi Cunningham Grant's These Silent Woods, a mesmerizing novel of suspense. No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world. For...
The White Mountains
Christopher, John
Paper Book
Monstrous machines rule the Earth, but a few humans are fighting for freedom in this repackaged start to a classic alien trilogy ideal for fans of Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave. Will Parker never dreamed he would be the one to rebel against the Tripods. With the approach of...
Wild about you
Hill, Kaitlyn
Paper Book
Two total opposites. One race through the Great Outdoors. In this grumpy-sunshine teen romance from the author of Love from Scratch and Not Here to Stay Friends, the trail to true love doesn't always come with a map. Natalie Hart has always been loud, unfiltered,...

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