Personally Recommended
Mountaineering Books

Instruction

Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills ed. by Don Graydon
Extreme Alpinism by Mark Twight
Freeheel Skiing by Paul Parker
Avalanche Handbook by David McClung
Glacier Travel & Crevasse Rescue by Andy Selters
How To Rock Climb (series) by John Long
How To Ice Climb by Craig Lubben

Mountaineering History

Hold the Heights by Walt Unsworth
Climbing in North America by Chris Jones
Mountaineering in the Tetons by Fritiof Fryxell
Mount McKinley: Icy Crown by Fred Beckey
History of Mountaineering by Roger Frison-Roche
The White Spider by Hienrich Harrer
Eiger: The Vertical Arena by Daniel Anker
Mont Blanc by Stefano Ardito
High Mountains of the Alps by Helmut Dulmer
Abode of Snow by Kenneth Mason
Everest by Walt Unsworth
Himalaya Alpine Style by Stephen Venables
Everest:80 Years of Triumph and Tragedy by Peter Gillman
K2: Challenging the Sky by Roberta Montovani
K2: Story of a Savage Mountain by Jim Curran

Mountaineering Literature

Scramble Amongst the Alps by Edward Whymper
Five Miles High by Robert Bates
Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage by Herman Buhl
Annapurna by Maurice Herzog
Everest: The West Ridge by Tom Hornbien
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Crystal Horizon by Reinhold Messner
Mountaineer by Chris Bonington
Mountain of My Fear by David Roberts
Slender Thread by Stephen Venables