Gipsy Moth Circles the World
by Francis Chichester | 
Sailing Alone Around the World
by Joshua Slocum | 
Evolution's Captain
by Peter Nichols | 
A World of My Own
by Robin Knox-Johnston | 
The Long Way
by Bernard Moitessier | 
Godforsaken Sea
by Derek Lundy | 
Into Thin Air
by Jon Krakauer | 
In the Heart of the Sea
by Nathaniel Philbrick | 
Endurance
by Alfred Lansing | 
The Lost City of Z
by David Grann | 
The River of Doubt
by Candice Millard | 
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by David Grann | 
The Endurance
by Caroline Alexander | 
A Sense of the World
by Jason Roberts |
Shackleton's Boat Journey
by Frank Worsley | 
Captain Scott
by Ranulph Fiennes | 
In the Land of White Death
by Valerian Albanov |
Scott's Last Expedition
by Robert Falcon Scott | 
Jungle of Stone
by William Carlsen | 
Down the Great Unknown
by Edward Dolnick |
In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death.