Explorers in fiction

1
Measuring the World
by Daniel Kehlmann
3,182 members
107 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
spiphany, Tinuvia
Explanations
spiphany: Alexander von Humboldt
2
The Discovery of Slowness
by Sten Nadolny
845 members
16 reviews
3.9
2 Members
spiphany, Tinuvia
Explanations
spiphany: John Franklin (Arctic/Northwest Passage)
3
The Collector of Worlds
by Ilija Trojanow
616 members
29 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, bluepiano
Explanations
spiphany: Richard Burton
4
The Head of Vitus Bering
by Konrad Bayer
48 members
1 review
½ 4.4
Member
bluepiano
5
Land of the Snow Men
by George Belden
5 members
Member
bluepiano
6
Russinkungen
by Fredrik Sjöberg
44 members
3 reviews
4
Member
Tinuvia
Explanations
Tinuvia: Gustaf Eisen
7
The Voyage of the Narwhal
by Andrea Barrett
1,475 members
38 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Fictional journey in search of John Franklin's lost expedition
8
Voss
by Patrick White
1,413 members
22 reviews
4
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Ludwig Leichhardt (Australia)
9
The Rifles
by William T. Vollmann
307 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: John Franklin
10
The Terrors of Ice and Darkness
by Christoph Ransmayr
294 members
12 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Weyprecht Expedition (Arctic)
11
One Day the Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead
by Clare Dudman
149 members
10 reviews
4
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Alfred Wegener (Greenland/Arctic)
12
Afterlands
by Steven Heighton
128 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
13
On the Proper Use of Stars
by Dominique Fortier
72 members
7 reviews
4
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Franklin expedition
14
Die Suche nach der letzten Zahl
by Juri Rytchëu
23 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Roald Amundsen
15
Spielplatz der Helden
by Michael Köhlmeier
22 members
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Three men (Robert Peroni, Pepi Schrott, and Wolfgang Thomaseth) crossed Greenland's ice sheet on foot in 1983.
16
Finis Terrae
by Raoul Schrott
20 members
½ 2.3
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Pytheas of Massalia, Ludwig von Höhnel
17
All the Land
by Jo Lendle
14 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Alfred Wegener
18
Water Music
by T.C. Boyle
1,185 members
21 reviews
4.2
19
The Navigator of New York
by Wayne Johnston
558 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
20
The Birthday Boys
by Beryl Bainbridge
507 members
13 reviews
3.9
21
Mr. Darwin's Shooter
by Roger McDonald
409 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
22
I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark
by Brian Hall
353 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
23
From Sea to Shining Sea
by James Alexander Thom
292 members
3 reviews
½ 4.4
24
A discovery of strangers
by Rudy Wiebe
166 members
2 reviews
3.8
25
Victim of the Aurora
by Thomas Keneally
152 members
1 review
½ 3.6
26
The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus
by Milton Lesser
140 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
27
The Flight of the Eagle
by Per Olof Sundman
90 members
3.8
28
Burton and Speke
by William Harrison
88 members
2 reviews
4.2
29
The Last Hero
by Peter Forbath
64 members
1 review
½ 3.3
30
The Broken Lands
by Robert Edric
53 members
1 review
½ 3.5
31
The Ice-Cold Heaven: A Novel
by Mirko Bonné
41 members
1 review
½ 3.5