Jon Krakauer Essays books in order

Jon Krakauer's essays are five standalone pieces on wilderness, adventure, and risk, originally published as individual digital editions in 2018.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 After the Fall 2018 Jon Krakauer Buy
2 Gates of the Arctic 2018 Jon Krakauer Buy
3 Living Under The Volcano 2018 Jon Krakauer Buy
4 Loving Them to Death 2018 Jon Krakauer Buy
5 Mark Foo’s Last Ride 2018 Jon Krakauer Buy

These five essays represent individual pieces from Jon Krakauer’s career as an adventure journalist, released separately as digital editions in 2018. After the Fall, Gates of the Arctic, Living Under the Volcano, Loving Them to Death, and Mark Foo’s Last Ride each tackle a different aspect of risk and wilderness.

The subjects range from big-wave surfing (Mark Foo’s Last Ride) to national park management (Loving Them to Death) to volcanic hazards (Living Under the Volcano). These are the kind of magazine-length pieces that built Krakauer’s reputation before Into the Wild, and they show his range as a reporter who is equally at home on a mountain face or investigating a policy question.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Jon Krakauer Essays series?

There are five books in the Jon Krakauer Essays series, published in 2018.

What is the first book in the Jon Krakauer Essays series?

The first book in the Jon Krakauer Essays series is After the Fall, published in 2018.

Where did these Jon Krakauer essays originally appear?

These five essays were excerpted from Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk (2018) and published individually as digital editions. They were originally written as magazine pieces for publications like Outside.

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