List of books about K2

Summary

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

1887 - United Kingdom British - Younghusband

1892 - United Kingdom British - Conway

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

1902 - International - Eckenstein and Crowley

  • Charlie Buffet, 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, (Yakushi J17), (France edition only)

1909 - Italy Italian - Luigi Amedeo

  • Filippo De Filippi, La spedizione nel Karakoram e nell'Imalaia occidentale, 1912, (Yakushi F71a), (Italy edition)
  • Filippo De Filippi, Karakorum and Western Himalaya, 1912, (Yakushi F71b), (United Kingdom / (United States edition)
  • Mirella Tenderini and Michael Shandrick, The Duke of Abruzzi: An Explorer's Life, 1977

1929 - Italy Italian - Aimone di Savoia-Aosta

1937 - United Kingdom British - Shipton

1938 American Karakoram expedition - United States American - Houston

1939 American Karakoram expedition - United States American - Wiessner

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

1953 American Karakoram expedition - United States American - Houston

1954 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2 - Italy Italian - Desio

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

1975 - United States American - Whittaker

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

1978 - United States American - Whittaker

  • Cherie Bremer-Kamp / Cherie Bech, Living on the Edge, 1987, (Yakushi B558)
  • Rick Ridgeway, The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2, 1980, (Yakushi R216)

1979 - France French - Mellet

  • Bernard Mellet, K2. La victoire suspendu, 1980, (Yakushi M307), (France edition only)

1979 - International - Messner

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

1986

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

1993 - United States American / Canada Canadian - Allison

  • Jim Haberl, K2, Dreams and Reality, 1994


2008

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

General literature on 'K2'

  • Fulvio Campiotti, K2, 1954, (Yakushi C36), (Italy edition only)
  • Jim Curran, K2, The Story of the Savage Mountain, 1995
  • Kurt Diemberger and Roberto Mantovani, K2. Challenging the sky, 1995
  • Heidi Howkins, K2: One Woman's Quest for the Summit, 2001
  • Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver, 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, (Yakushi M214a), (United Kingdom edition)
  • Bernadette McDonald, Brotherhood of the Rope: The biography of Charles Houston, 2007
  • Reinhold Messner, K2 Chogori. La grande montagna, 2004, (Italy edition)
  • Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time, 2007
  • Richard Sale, 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
  • Mick Conefrey, The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent, April 2015