Tales of Endurance

Here are our top book picks that feature journeys, adventures, and the endurance of the human spirit - great inspiration for your next next pandemic read! (Nonfiction picks are listed first, keep scrolling for fiction and young adult).

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage By Alfred Lansing Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780465062881
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Published: Basic Books - April 28th, 2015

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit By Michael Finkel Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781101911532
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Published: Vintage - January 30th, 2018

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey By Candice Millard Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780767913737
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Published: Anchor - October 10th, 2006

A Man for All Oceans: Captain Joshua Slocum and the First Solo Voyage Around the World By Stan Grayson Cover Image
$29.95
Currently Unavailable.
ISBN: 9780884485483
Published: Tilbury House Publishers - May 16th, 2017

West with the Night: A Memoir By Beryl Markham, Sara Wheeler (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Beryl Markham, Sara Wheeler (Introduction by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780865477636
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Published: North Point Press - January 22nd, 2013

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail By Bill Bryson Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780767902526
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Published: Crown - May 4th, 1999

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption By Laura Hillenbrand Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780812974492
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - July 29th, 2014

Papillon By Henri Charriere Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780061120664
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - August 1st, 2006

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race By Margot Lee Shetterly Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062677280
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - September 5th, 2017

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition By Margot Lee Shetterly Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780062662378
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Published: HarperCollins - November 29th, 2016

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Collins Classics) By Jules Verne Cover Image
$7.99
Currently Unavailable.
ISBN: 9780008329303
Published: William Collins - June 11th, 2019

Washington Black By Esi Edugyan Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525563242
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Published: Vintage - April 9th, 2019

The Ascent of Rum Doodle By W. E. Bowman, Bill Bryson (Foreword by) Cover Image
By W. E. Bowman, Bill Bryson (Foreword by)
$15.95
Currently Unavailable.
ISBN: 9781567926309
Published: David R. Godine Publisher - March 28th, 2019

The Underground Railroad: A Novel By Colson Whitehead Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780345804327
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Published: Anchor - January 30th, 2018

The Odyssey By Homer, Emily Wilson (Translated by) Cover Image
By Homer, Emily Wilson (Translated by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9780393356250
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 6th, 2018

The Song of Achilles: A Novel By Madeline Miller Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062060624
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Published: Ecco - August 28th, 2012

The Starless Sea: A Novel By Erin Morgenstern Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780385541213
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Published: Doubleday - November 5th, 2019

Angle of Repose By Wallace Stegner Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9781101872765
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Published: Vintage - November 4th, 2014

Are You Listening? By Tillie Walden, Tillie Walden (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Tillie Walden, Tillie Walden (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250207562
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Published: First Second - September 10th, 2019

Lintang and the Pirate Queen By Tamara Moss Cover Image
$16.99
Currently Unavailable.
ISBN: 9781328460301
Published: Clarion Books - October 15th, 2019

The Good Luck Girls By Charlotte Nicole Davis Cover Image
$17.99
Currently Unavailable.
ISBN: 9781250299703
Published: Tor Teen - October 1st, 2019

We Are Not from Here By Jenny Torres Sanchez Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781984812261
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - May 19th, 2020

The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One) By Suzanne Collins Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9780439023528
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Published: Scholastic Press - July 1st, 2010

The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings By J.R.R. Tolkien Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780547928210
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - September 18th, 2012

White Fang (Puffin Classics) By Jack London Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9780141321110
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Published: Puffin Books - June 19th, 2008

Hatchet By Gary Paulsen Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781416936473
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - December 26th, 2006