AlpAddict
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Books that tell you about the Alps
Books recommended by AlpAddict
There are always good reads to prepare for your trip or extend your own alpine experiences.
AlpAddict offers you a selection of books that will immerse you in the world of the Alps.
Sometimes they are old books, from the time when the Alps seemed hostile because they were inhabited by fantastic beings, other times you can follow the adventures and exploits of courageous and enduring mountaineers.
There will also be tragedies and love stories.
All these stories have in common the mountain universe in which they take place, and the love of these women and men for their land, the nature which surrounds them and which gives them chills.
Without forgetting of course the useful Guides to know in depth the geography and history of the places where you are going to stay.
You can order these books directly on Amazon.fr if you wish by clicking on the images.
Happy reading, and have a good literary trip to the Alps!
Photo books on the Alps
alpenglow
The 4000 of the Alps
The most beautiful peaks of the Alps
The Mont Blanc Massif, the 100 most beautiful routes
Mont Blanc Panoramic
Glaciers of Switzerland
Country of Passes – a journey through time to today’s Switzerland
Dolomites, the most beautiful Via Ferrata
Escape – Discovering the Dolomites
Photographing Dolomites
Dolomites, a heritage for humanity
The Lake Maggiore visto dall'alto
Lake Como seen from above
Lake Como
Gardens of the Italian Lakes
South Tyrol, Paradise in the Dolomites
The Allgäu Alps (Allgau Alps)
Alpine Train
The shores of Lake Geneva seen from the sky
Alps – Switzerland, France, Italy
The most beautiful glaciers of Mont Blanc and the Swiss Alps – 24 hikes
Romans
Leading the way – Roger Frison Roche
The story of a Chamonix Valley Guide. Between family dramas, perilous climbs and human stories, the closed world of guides is revealed to you.
The Great Crack – Roger Frison Roche
A love story between a mountain guide and a Parisian bourgeois woman. A world separates them. Can love unite them? A superb mountain fresco.
Back to the Mountain – Roger Frison Roche
The sequel to "The Great Rift". Against the backdrop of World War II, the story continues.
The Night Mountaineers – Roger Frison Roche
A parachute drop of weapons at the Col des Saisies, one winter night. The resistance is organizing and preparing to liberate the valley.
Snow in Mourning – Henri Troyat
Brothers who are complete opposites. One who wants to live a peaceful life in the mountains and the other who is drawn to the city and its riches. Suddenly a dramatic accident occurs in the high mountains and madness takes hold of the two men.
The eight mountains – Paolo Cognetti
A city man who discovered and lived in the mountains as a child, during all his school holidays, returns to make peace with his past in this hamlet where he grew up. Poetry, introspection, father-son relationship, in the nature of the Aosta Valley.
The Wild Boy – Paolo Cognetti
A man decides to temporarily leave the life below to live a season, a year perhaps, in an alpine chalet. Between encounters and discoveries, an inspiring novel for mountain enthusiasts.
The Magic Mountain – Thomas Mann
When a man succumbs to the beauty of the mountains and the need to live slowly in the present moment. It is the story of a German bourgeois who comes to find a cousin who is taking a high-altitude cure in a sanatorium near Davos. Alpine setting, bourgeois story, sublime result.
Peter Camenzind – Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse's first novel. An initiatory story, this tells of the encounter between a young man from the Swiss mountains and city men. He was looking for life down below. Did he find it?
Ticino – Hermann Hesse
A collection of stories about nature and life in Ticino. The writer himself experienced everything during his stay at the end of the First World War. A good book to prepare a visit to Lake Maggiore, Lake Como or Lugano.
Adventurers of the Alps
The novel by Gaspard de la Meije – Isabelle Scheibli
A historic climb. That of the last great rampart of the Alps: the Meije. Gaspard, a chamois hunter from Oisans will be in the rope team that will conquer the summit. It is this incredible challenge that is recounted in this book.
Snow Doctor – Charles Socquet
Charles Socquet recounts his own adventures as a mountain doctor in the upper Val d'Arly. Winter and summer. The simple life of the people up there confronted with illness.
The mountain is my domain – Gaston Rébuffat
The bedside book for all those who love the mountains. Gaston Rébuffat was one of the greatest mountaineers, but also a true mountain man. To discover.
Mountains of a Life – Walter Bonatti
Bonatti, one of the greatest mountaineers of all time. He himself tells his exploits and his moments of doubt and distress sometimes. For all those who know that a mountaineer is a man before being an athlete.
Doctor Vertical – Emmanuel Cauchy
First-person accounts of Doctor Emmanuel Cauchy, a high-mountain emergency doctor. He is the one who will rescue mountaineers and mountaineers in distress. True stories!
342 hours in the Grandes Jorrasses – René Desmaison
The story of the drama of the Grandes Jorrasses experienced in the first person by René Desmaison. When a winter climb becomes a tragedy.
The Conquerors of the Useless – Lionel Terray
Lionel Terray, from Grenoble, goes to the mountains whenever he can. Skiing, mountaineering, hiking… anything goes to stay up there. Is it a useless hobby as his family thought or is it the driving force behind a life? This is his life that is told to us here.
The Mountaineers – Yves Ballu
Do you like stories and epics of great summit conquests? You will be delighted to find this book. You will know everything!
The conquest of Mont Blanc – Yves Ballu
The story of the exploration and conquest of the summits of the Mont Blanc massif. More than two hundred years of exploits, sacrifices, dramas and victories.
You will never look at the peaks of the massif in the same way again.
Discovery of the Alps
Mont Blanc with the Seven Valleys – Roger Frison Roche
There are seven valleys around Mont Blanc. Roger Frison Roche describes them in great detail. So, whether you are starting a Tour du Mont Blanc or you are just in love with this massif, immerse yourself in this book!
Mont Blanc seen by writers
It captivates us as soon as we see it. Glaciers, sharp peaks, ice caps, domes, eternal snow, Mont Blanc has everything to surprise and amaze us.
So what to think of the effect it could have on romantic writers sensitive to nature and drama! This is what you will find in this collection of texts relating to Mont Blanc: Goethe, Stendhal, Lamartine, Byron, Shelley…
Queyras – A land of history – Anne-Marie Granet and Marc Mallen
It's all in the title! You will know everything about Queyras!
Ideal for preparing a stay in this region.
Winds from above – Jean Dherbey
Tribute to his grandfather, one of the first mountain guides.
Guides
Green Guide Northern Alps Savoie Dauphiné – Michelin
Green Guide Southern Alps, Hautes Alpes Alpes de Haute Provence – Michelin
Swiss Green Guide – Michelin
Green Guide Southern Germany and Bavaria – Michelin
Green Guide Austria – Michelin
Green Guide Northern Italy – Michelin
Green Guide Italian Lakes, Milan and Lombardy – Michelin
Little Futé Guide Slovenia