Jon Krakauer Books in Order
Jon Krakauer has written 13 books, published between 1990 and 2018. The first book is Eiger Dreams (1990) and the newest is Classic Krakauer (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 1990–2018
- Confirmed
- 8 of 13 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,015 in 7 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 34–50 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,015 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Jon Krakauer writes non-fiction about mountaineering, wilderness and the people drawn to them. Eiger Dreams (1990) opens a list of 13 catalogued books that holds Into the Wild (1996), Into Thin Air (1997), Under the Banner of Heaven (2003), Where Men Win Glory (2008) and Missoula (2015). Nothing later than 2018 is catalogued.
Jon Krakauer is a journalist as well as an author; his nonfiction examines human endurance and the complexities of extreme environments.
How many Jon Krakauer books are there?
Jon Krakauer has 13 books, released between 1990 and 2018.
Jon Krakauer Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Jon Krakauer 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.
- 1Eiger Dreams1990 · 186 pages · confirmed 3/419901863/4
- 2Into the Wild1996 · 207 pages · confirmed 3/419962073/4
- 3Into Thin Air1997 · 332 pages · confirmed 3/419973323/4
- 4Under the Banner of Heaven2003 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/420034323/4
- 5Where Men Win Glory2008 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/420084163/4
- 6Three Cups of Deceit2011 · 75 pages · confirmed 3/42011753/4
- 7Missoula2015 · 367 pages · confirmed 3/420153673/4
- 82018–2/4
- 92018–2/4
- 102018–2/4
- 112018–2/4
- 122018–2/4
- 13Classic Krakauer2018 · confirmed 3/42018–3/4
Jon Krakauer 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.
Essays in order
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8 books8 Jon Krakauer titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jon Krakauer books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 13 Jon Krakauer books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jon Krakauer
Start with Eiger Dreams (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jon Krakauer book?
Classic Krakauer (2018) is the newest Jon Krakauer book released so far.
Is there a new Jon Krakauer book coming?
No next Jon Krakauer book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jon Krakauer at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jon Krakauer title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jon Krakauer books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,015 pages across the 7 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 332 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jon Krakauer books, 8 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jon Krakauer books are about
8 of the 13 Jon Krakauer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mountaineering is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mountaineering 2 of 8 books
- Nonfiction 2 of 8 books