Bear Grylls books

Bear Grylls is an author of non-fiction, known for the Activity series, with 87 books published between 2000 and 2025.

Activity Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Bear Grylls Sticker Activity: Animal Detective 2016 Buy
Bear Grylls Sticker Activity: Dangerous Animals 2016 Buy
Bear Grylls Sticker Activity: Desert 2019 Buy
Bear Grylls Sticker Activity: Rainforest 2019 Buy
Bear Grylls Sticker Activity: Mountains 2019 Buy

Bear Grylls Adventures Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Blizzard Challenge 2017 Buy
“The Jungle Challenge” Bear Grylls Adventures 2017 N/A
The River Challenge 2017 Buy
The Sea Challenge 2017 Buy
The Earthquake Challenge 2017 Buy
The Volcano Challenge 2017 Buy
The Safari Challenge 2018 Buy
The Jungle Challenge 2017 Buy
The Cave Challenge 2018 Buy
The Mountain Challenge 2018 Buy
The Arctic Challenge 2019 Buy
The Sailing Challenge 2019 Buy

Bear Grylls Survival Skills Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Knots 2017 Buy
Dangers and Emergencies 2017 Buy
Hiking 2017 Buy
Tracking 2017 Buy
Weather Watching 2017 Buy
Signalling 2017 Buy
First Aid 2017 Buy
Shelter Building 2017 Buy
Dangerous Plants 2017 Buy
Dangerous Animals 2017 Buy
Mountains 2018 Buy
Rainforest 2018 Buy
Desert 2018 Buy
Polar 2018 Buy
Nutrition 2019 Buy
Summer 2019 Buy
Winter 2019 Buy
Extreme Environments 2019 Buy

Beck Granger Adventures Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Mission Typhoon 2016 Buy
The Blizzard Challenge 2017 N/A
Mission Dragon 2016 Buy
The Desert Challenge 2017 N/A
Mission Raptor 2016 Buy
“The Jungle Challenge” Bear Grylls Adventures 2017 N/A
Mission Jaguar 2016 Buy
The River Challenge 2017 N/A
The Cave Challenge 2019 N/A

Mission: Survival Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Gold of the Gods 2008 Buy
Way of the Wolf 2009 Buy
Sands of the Scorpion 2009 Buy
Tracks of the Tiger 2010 Buy
Claws of the Crocodile 2013 Buy
Strike of the Shark 2013 Buy
Rage of the Rhino 2014 Buy
Lair of the Leopard 2015 Buy

New Jungle Book Adventures Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Spirit of the Jungle 2016 Buy
Return to the Jungle 2017 Buy

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Facing Up / The Kid Who Climbed Everest 2000 Buy
Facing the Frozen Ocean 2004 Buy
Born Survivor 2007 Buy
Man vs. Wild 2008 Buy
Great Outdoor Adventures 2008 Buy
Living Wild 2009 Buy
Mud, Sweat, and Tears 2011 Buy
Extreme Survivors 2012 Buy
To My Sons 2012 Buy
A Survival Guide for Life 2012 Buy
Climbing Everest 2013 Buy
True Grit 2013 Buy
Your Life - Train for It 2014 Buy
Extreme Food 2014 Buy
Fuel for Life 2015 Buy
Extreme Planet 2016 Buy
Survival Camp 2016 Buy
Epic Expeditions 2017 Buy
How to Stay Alive 2017 Buy
Bear Grylls’ Survival Stories 2019 Buy
Soul Fuel 2019 Buy
Soul Fuel for Young Explorers 2021 Buy
Never Give Up: My Life in the Wild 2022 Buy
Mind Fuel 2022 Buy
You Vs the World 2023 Buy
Do Your Best: How to be a Scout 2023 Buy
Mind Fuel for Young Explorers 2024 Buy
The Greatest Story Ever Told 2025 Buy

Picture

Title Published Buy on Amazon
With Love, Papa 2009 Buy

Will Jaeger Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Ghost Flight 2015 Buy
Burning Angels 2017 Buy
Bear Grylls 2018 Buy
The Hunt 2018 N/A

Bear Grylls has published 87 books since 2000, covering non-fiction survival guides, children’s adventure fiction, activity books, and adult thrillers. His non-fiction work is the largest slice of his catalog, with 28 titles ranging from his early memoir Facing Up (2000) about climbing Everest to motivational books like Soul Fuel (2019) and Mind Fuel (2022). How to Stay Alive (2017) and the Survival Skills handbook series of eighteen volumes give readers practical outdoor knowledge in short, focused formats.

On the fiction side, Grylls has written several children’s series. The Bear Grylls Adventures (twelve books) and Mission: Survival (eight books) are aimed at younger readers who enjoy outdoor action stories. The Beck Granger Adventures and New Jungle Book Adventures add more titles to his children’s fiction output. For adult readers, the Will Jaeger series offers a four-book thriller run starting with Ghost Flight (2015). With sticker activity books at one end and survival memoirs at the other, Grylls has one of the widest-ranging bibliographies of any adventure writer working today.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Bear Grylls written?

Bear Grylls has written 87 books across nine series.

What was Bear Grylls's first book?

Bear Grylls’s first book is Facing Up / The Kid Who Climbed Everest, published in 2000.

What genres does Bear Grylls write in?

Bear Grylls writes non-fiction. Their best-known work includes the Activity series.

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