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Bear Grylls Books in Order

Bear Grylls has written 81 books, published between 2000 and 2025. The first book is Facing Up / The Kid Who Climbed Everest (2000) and the newest is The Greatest Story Ever Told (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
81
Published
2000–2025
Confirmed
12 of 81 titles
Pages on record
6,260 in 33 of 81 books
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Photo of Bear Grylls, author

Bear Grylls is a British adventurer, television presenter and former SAS trooper, born in 1974, with 81 catalogued books to his name. Wilderness survival, outdoor safety and adventure are the subjects, written largely for children: Mission: Survival, Beck Granger Adventures, the Bear Grylls Survival Skills handbooks and the New Jungle Book Adventures. The run opens with Facing Up / The Kid Who Climbed Everest (2000) and reaches The Greatest Story Ever Told (2025). Grylls fronted Man vs. Wild, Running Wild and The Island, and served as Chief Scout of the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2024. Books median 186 pages.

How many Bear Grylls books are there?

Bear Grylls has 81 books, released between 2000 and 2025. They include 6 series and 34 titles listed outside any series.

Bear Grylls Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 81 Bear Grylls books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Facing Up / The Kid Who Climbed Everest by Bear Grylls (2000)
  2. Cover of Facing the Frozen Ocean by Bear Grylls (2004)
  3. Cover of Born Survivor by Bear Grylls (2007)
  4. Cover of Gold of the Gods by Bear Grylls, book 1 of the Mission: Survival series (2008)
  5. Cover of Man vs. Wild by Bear Grylls (2008)
  6. Cover of Great Outdoor Adventures by Bear Grylls (2008)
  7. Cover of With Love, Papa by Bear Grylls (2009)
  8. Cover of Way of the Wolf by Bear Grylls, book 2 of the Mission: Survival series (2009)
  9. Cover of Sands of the Scorpion by Bear Grylls, book 3 of the Mission: Survival series (2009)
  10. Cover of Living Wild by Bear Grylls (2009)
  11. Cover of Tracks of the Tiger by Bear Grylls, book 4 of the Mission: Survival series (2010)
  12. Cover of Extreme Survivors by Bear Grylls (2012)
  13. Cover of To My Sons by Bear Grylls (2012)
  14. Cover of Claws of the Crocodile by Bear Grylls, book 5 of the Mission: Survival series (2013)
  15. Cover of Strike of the Shark by Bear Grylls, book 6 of the Mission: Survival series (2013)
  16. Cover of True Grit by Bear Grylls (2013)
  17. Cover of Rage of the Rhino by Bear Grylls, book 7 of the Mission: Survival series (2014)
  18. Cover of Your Life - Train for It by Bear Grylls (2014)
  19. Cover of Extreme Food by Bear Grylls (2014)
  20. Cover of Lair of the Leopard by Bear Grylls, book 8 of the Mission: Survival series (2015)
  21. Cover of Fuel for Life by Bear Grylls (2015)
  22. Cover of Mission Typhoon by Bear Grylls, book 1 of the Beck Granger Adventures series (2016)
  23. Cover of Mission Raptor by Bear Grylls, book 3 of the Beck Granger Adventures series (2016)
  24. Cover of Survival Camp by Bear Grylls (2016)
  1. 1
    Facing Up / The Kid Who Climbed Everest2000 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Facing the Frozen Ocean2004 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Born Survivor2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Gold of the GodsMission: Survival #12008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Man vs. Wild2008 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Great Outdoor Adventures2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    With Love, Papa2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Way of the WolfMission: Survival #22009 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Sands of the ScorpionMission: Survival #32009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Living Wild2009 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Tracks of the TigerMission: Survival #42010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Mud, Sweat, and Tears2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Extreme Survivors2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    To My Sons2012 · 127 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012127
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    A Survival Guide for Life2012 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Claws of the CrocodileMission: Survival #52013 · 247 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013247
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Strike of the SharkMission: Survival #62013 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    Climbing Everest2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    True Grit2013 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    Rage of the RhinoMission: Survival #72014 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    Your Life - Train for It2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    Extreme Food2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  23. 23
    Ghost FlightWill Jaeger #12015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  24. 24
    Lair of the LeopardMission: Survival #82015 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015270
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  25. 25
    Fuel for Life2015 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  26. 26
    Bear Grylls Sticker Activity: Animal Detective2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  27. 27
    Mission TyphoonBeck Granger Adventures #12016 · 170 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016170
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  28. 28
    Spirit of the JungleNew Jungle Book Adventures #12016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  29. 29
    Bear Grylls Sticker Activity: Dangerous Animals2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  30. 30
    Mission DragonBeck Granger Adventures #22016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Bear Grylls books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Bear Grylls Survival Skills in order

18 books
  1. 1. Knots
  2. 2. Dangers and Emergencies
  3. 3. Hiking
  4. 4. Tracking
  5. 5. Weather Watching
  6. 6. Signalling
  7. 7. First Aid
  8. 8. Shelter Building
  9. 9. Dangerous Plants
  10. 10. Dangerous Animals
  11. 11. Mountains
  12. 12. Rainforest
  13. and 6 more in the table above

Bear Grylls Adventures in order

12 books
  1. 1. The Blizzard Challenge
  2. 2. The Desert Challenge
  3. 3. The Jungle Challenge
  4. 4. The Sea Challenge
  5. 5. The River Challenge
  6. 6. The Earthquake Challenge
  7. 7. The Volcano Challenge
  8. 8. The Safari Challenge
  9. 9. The Cave Challenge
  10. 10. The Mountain Challenge
  11. 11. The Arctic Challenge
  12. 12. The Sailing Challenge

Mission: Survival in order

8 books
  1. 1. Gold of the Gods
  2. 2. Way of the Wolf
  3. 3. Sands of the Scorpion
  4. 4. Tracks of the Tiger
  5. 5. Claws of the Crocodile
  6. 6. Strike of the Shark
  7. 7. Rage of the Rhino
  8. 8. Lair of the Leopard

Beck Granger Adventures in order

4 books
  1. 1. Mission Typhoon
  2. 2. Mission Dragon
  3. 3. Mission Raptor
  4. 4. Mission Jaguar

Will Jaeger in order

3 books
  1. 1. Ghost Flight
  2. 2. Burning Angels
  3. 3. Bear Grylls

New Jungle Book Adventures in order

2 books
  1. 1. Spirit of the Jungle
  2. 2. Return to the Jungle

Standalone books

34 books

34 Bear Grylls titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Bear Grylls books in order?

You only need to read Bear Grylls books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Bear Grylls

Start with Facing Up / The Kid Who Climbed Everest (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bear Grylls book?

The Greatest Story Ever Told (2025) is the newest Bear Grylls book released so far.

Is there a new Bear Grylls book coming?

No next Bear Grylls book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Bear Grylls at a glance

Still publishing
Bear Grylls published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Bear Grylls books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
6,260 pages across the 33 of 81 books with a recorded length, a median of 186 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bear Grylls books, 64 of 81, were published in the 2010s.

What the Bear Grylls books are about

42 of the 81 Bear Grylls books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: wilderness survival is tagged on 17 of 42. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Wilderness survival 17 of 42 books
  • Survival 15 of 42 books
  • Adventure stories 11 of 42 books
  • Outdoor recreation -- Safety measures 11 of 42 books
  • Wilderness survival -- Juvenile literature 11 of 42 books
  • Children's fiction 10 of 42 books
  • Beck Granger (Fictitious character) 4 of 42 books
  • Mountaineers 4 of 42 books
  • Travel 4 of 42 books
  • Conduct of life 3 of 42 books