books on wild life and adventure

You sound like you'd like survival books. They're nonfiction but mostly read like fiction. "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer is about climbing Mt. Everest. He also wrote the critically-acclaimed "Into the Wild". "Between a Rock and a Hard Place", by Aron Ralston, alternates between the author's wilderness adventures and his ordeal getting trapped underneath a boulder in a Utah Canyon in the middle of nowhere. I've read all three and highly recommend them.

My all time favorite is Jim Corbett.All his books are enchanting.