Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Facing Up / The Kid Who Climbed Everest | 2000 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 2 | Facing the Frozen Ocean | 2004 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 3 | Born Survivor | 2007 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 4 | Man vs. Wild | 2008 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 5 | Great Outdoor Adventures | 2008 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 6 | Living Wild | 2009 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 7 | Mud, Sweat, and Tears | 2011 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 8 | Extreme Survivors | 2012 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 9 | To My Sons | 2012 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 10 | A Survival Guide for Life | 2012 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 11 | Climbing Everest | 2013 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 12 | True Grit | 2013 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 13 | Your Life - Train for It | 2014 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 14 | Extreme Food | 2014 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 15 | Fuel for Life | 2015 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 16 | Extreme Planet | 2016 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 17 | Survival Camp | 2016 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 18 | Epic Expeditions | 2017 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 19 | How to Stay Alive | 2017 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 20 | Bear Grylls’ Survival Stories | 2019 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 21 | Soul Fuel | 2019 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 22 | Soul Fuel for Young Explorers | 2021 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 23 | Never Give Up: My Life in the Wild | 2022 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 24 | Mind Fuel | 2022 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 25 | You Vs the World | 2023 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 26 | Do Your Best: How to be a Scout | 2023 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 27 | Mind Fuel for Young Explorers | 2024 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
| 28 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | 2025 | Bear Grylls | Buy |
Bear Grylls’s non-fiction output spans 28 titles published between 2000 and 2025, covering a wide range of subjects from personal memoir to practical survival guidance. The earliest titles — Facing Up / The Kid Who Climbed Everest (2000) and Facing the Frozen Ocean (2004) — are first-person accounts of specific expeditions, while later books like Mud, Sweat, and Tears (2011) and Never Give Up: My Life in the Wild (2022) take a broader autobiographical view.
Running alongside the memoir work is a strand of practical guides: Born Survivor (2007), Man vs. Wild (2008), Living Wild (2009), Extreme Food (2014), and How to Stay Alive (2017) all focus on survival skills and outdoor knowledge. Later entries like Soul Fuel (2019) and Mind Fuel (2022) shift toward motivational and reflective writing, and titles such as Soul Fuel for Young Explorers (2021) and Mind Fuel for Young Explorers (2024) adapt that content for younger readers. The collection closes with The Greatest Story Ever Told in 2025.