This is a list of media content related to Mount Everest, the Earth's highest mountain, with an elevation of above sea level. Mount Everest was identified as such in the 19th century as a result of a geographical survey conducted by the British Empire. A century later it was climbed, after some infamous attempts in the preceding decades.
During the 20th and 21st centuries, the notoriety of Mount Everest increased and it became a common subject of novels and films, often focusing on particular expeditions or events at the mountain. For example, the 1998 film Everest was the highest grossing IMAX film up to that time, and some novels in the genre have sold millions of copies.
Books Non-fiction
Title Author Year of publication NotesA Day to Die For Graham Ratcliffe 2011 about 1996 Mount Everest disasterA Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond Jim Whittaker 1999After the Wind: 1996 Everest Tragedy – One Survivor's Story Lou Kasischke 2014 about 1996 Mount Everest disasterAftershock Jules Mountain20172015 Mount Everest avalanchesAscent into Hell Fergus White 2017Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount EverestBrian Dickinson (climber)2014about 2011 seasonClimbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy Lene Gammelgaard 2000 about 1996 Mount Everest disasterCrystal Horizon: Everest: The First Solo AscentReinhold Messner1989about 1978 and 1980 solo summitsDark Summit Nick Heil2008About 2006 seasonDead Lucky Lincoln Hall (climber) 2007About his first summit in 2006 seasonEverest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest MountainMick Conefrey2022about 1922 British Mount Everest expeditionEverest 1953: The Epic Story of the First AscentMick Conefrey2012about 1953 British Mount Everest expeditionEverest: Alone at the Summit Stephen Venables2018about 1988 seasonEverest: It's Not About the SummitEllis Stewart2016Everest: Mountain without MercyBroughton Coburn1997photobook about 1996 Mount Everest disasterEverest, the west ridgeTom Hornbein1965about 1963 American Mount Everest expeditionEverest - The First Ascent: The Untold Story of Griffith Pugh, the Man who made it possibleHarriet Tuckey2013about 1952 British Cho Oyu expedition, 1953 British Mount Everest expedition and 1960–61 Silver Hut expeditionEverest the Hard WayChris Bonington1976about 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expeditionEverest: The Unclimbed RidgeChris Bonington, Charles Clarke1984Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mt Everest Bear Grylls 2000Fallen: George Mallory, the man, the myth, the legendMick Conefrey2024about 1924 British Mount Everest expeditionGhosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & IrvineJochen Hemmleb1999about 1924 British Mount Everest expeditionGoing Up is EasyLydia Bradey2015High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of EverestEdmund Hillary1955about 1953 British Mount Everest expeditionHigh Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of GreedMichael Kodas2008High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving placesDavid Breashears1999Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer 1997 about 1996 Mount Everest disasterInto the Silence Wade Davis 2011 about 1922 British Mount Everest expeditionJust for the Love of it: The First Woman to Climb Mount Everest from Both SidesCathy O'Dowd, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes2000Free to Decide Publishing, Last Hours on Everest Graham Hoyland 2013 about 1924 British Mount Everest expeditionLeft for Dead Beck Weathers 2000 about 1996 Mount Everest disasterMaster of Thin Air: Life and Death on the World's Highest PeaksAndrew Lock2015about David Sharp's death on Everest in 2006One Man's Everest Kenton Cool 2015No Summit out of Sight Jordan Romero 2014See You TomorrowJeremy Evans2021About Marco Siffredi snowboarding Everest in 2001 and 2002The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922: Special Centenary EditionC. G. Bruce2022about 1922 British Mount Everest expeditionThe Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest GenerationClint Willis 2006about Chris BoningtonThe Climb Anatoli Boukreev 1997 about 1996 Mount Everest disasterThe Fear Bubble Ant Middleton 2019about 2018 seasonThe Fight for Everest 1924 E. F. Norton 2015 about 1924 British Mount Everest expeditionThe Hunt for Mount Everest Craig Storti2021 about 1921 and priorThe Longest Climb: The Last Great Overland Quest Dominic Faulkner 2010The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. EverestConrad Anker1999about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and Mallory and Irvine Research ExpeditionThe Mammoth Book of EverestJon E. Lewis2015AnthologyThe Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and EverestEd Caesar2020about Maurice Wilson's ascent in 1934The Mountain: My Time on EverestEd Viesturs2013The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer StormMatt Dickinson1999about North Face (Everest)The Storms: Adventure and Tragedy on Everest Mike Trueman 2015 about 1996 Mount Everest disasterThe Third Pole: My Everest Climb to Find the Truth About Mallory and IrvineMark Synnott2021about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and 2019 ascent with Renan ÖztürkThe Turquoise Mountain: Brian Blessed on EverestBrian Blessed1993To the Top of the WorldBrian Blessed1995Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of EverestBroughton Coburn and Jamling Tenzing Norgay 2001about 1953 British Mount Everest expeditionUltimate High: My Everest OdysseyGöran Kropp1997about 1996 Mount Everest disasterUp: My Life's Journey to the Top of Everest Ben Fogle and Marina Fogle2018about 2018 seasonUp and About, The Hard Road to EverestDoug Scott2015View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer EverestEdmund Hillary1999about 1953 British Mount Everest expeditionWithin Reach: My Everest StoryMark Pfetzer1998about 1996 Mount Everest disasterMany Everests: An Inspiring Journey of Transforming Dreams Into RealityRavindra Kumar2016
Fiction The Summit of the Gods (2000–2003 manga) Everest trilogy ("The Contest", "The Climb", and "The Summit"), Gordon Korman (2002) Peak, Roland Smith (2007) Paths of Glory, Jeffrey Archer (2009) The Abominable, Dan Simmons (2013) Dixon, Descending, Karen Outen (2024)
Film and television
TitleYearGenre NotesThe Sherpa Family Cleaning up Mount Everest2022DocumentaryDirected by Geertjan LasscheSHERPAS · True Heroes of Mount Everest2009DocumentaryARTE14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible2021Documentary40 Days at Base Camp 2011Documentary about 2011 seasonBear's Mission Everest 2007Documentary with Bear GryllsBeyond the Edge 2013Documentary about 1953 British Mount Everest expeditionDeath Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest 2012Documentary about cleaning Everest directed by Marina Martins narrated by Patrick StewartEverest Air 2016Reality TV showEverest 1998Documentaryabout 1996 Mount Everest disaster, a MacGillivray Freeman Films narrated by Liam Nelson for ImaxEverest '82 2007 mini-seriesDocumentaryabout 1982 seasonEverest: Beyond the Limit 2006–2009 TV seriesDocumentaryEverest ER 2006DocumentaryBBC documentary about Everest EREverest: Kamigami no Itadaki (エヴェレスト 神々の山嶺 Everesuto Kamigami no Itadaki)2016DramaEverest: The Death Zone 1998Documentary Produce by NOVA, narrated by Jodie FosterExtreme Everest 2018Documentary with Ant Middleton and Ed Wardle about 2018 seasonLost on Everest2020DocumentaryRenan ÖztürkGalahad of Everest1991Documentarywith Brian BlessedHigh Ground 2012Documentary about 2010 seasonKeeper of the Mountains 2013Documentary about Elizabeth HawleyMount Everest 1952DocumentaryThe Epic of Everest 1924Documentaryrestored 2013, about 1924 British Mount Everest expeditionThe Challenge: Everest 2018Documentary with Ben Fogle, Victoria Pendleton and Kenton Cool about 2018 seasonThe Conquest of Everest 1953DocumentaryThe Climb 2007Documentaryabout Laurie Skreslet ascent in 1982The Man Who Skied Down Everest 1975Documentaryabout Yuichiro Miura in 1970The Summit of the Gods 2021AnimationThe Wildest Dream 2010Documentaryabout 1924 British Mount Everest expeditionUltimate Survival: Everest 2004Documentary about 2004 seasonWings Over Everest 1934Documentary
Fiction/Dramatizations
Everest (2015) Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997 TV movie) Khangri: The Mountain (1996 Nepalese film) Lost on Everest (1998 TV episode) Mallory's Tragedy on Mount Everest (1954 TV episode) Miracle on Everest (2007) Our Everest Challenge (TV movie) Summit of Dreams (1998) Storm Over Everest (2008 TV episode) Monty Python's Flying Circus, "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition," the skit: "Everest Climbed by Hairdressers" (1972 TV episode) The Climb (2017) Touch the Top of the World (2006 TV movie) Wings Over Everest (2019)
Other Expedition Everest, a roller coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in Florida, and the most expensive roller coaster ever built at the time Mount Everest webcam, the world's highest live webcam, installed near the mountain in 2011 Everest, a 2000 computer game Everest VR, a video game with virtual reality support based on the Unreal 4 game engine Mount Everest, a board game
References
External links List of books about Mount Everest by USA Today More Everest books