List of books about K2

• Francis Younghusband, The Heart of a Continent, 1896,

• Martin Conway, Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram Himalayas, 1894,
• Oscar Eckenstein, The Karakorams and Kashmir Himalayas, 1896,

• Charlie Buffet, Pionier am K2 - Jules Jacot-Guillarmod, 2012
• Aleister Crowley, The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, 1969
• Dr Jules Jacot-Guillarmod, Six Mois dans l'Himalaya, le Karakorum et l'Hindu-Kush., 1904,,

• Filippo De Filippi, La spedizione nel Karakoram e nell'Imalaia occidentale, 1912,,
• Filippo De Filippi, Karakorum and Western Himalaya, 1912,,
• Mirella Tenderini and Michael Shandrick, The Duke of Abruzzi: An Explorer's Life, 1977

• Aimone di Savoia-Aosta and Ardito Desio, La Spedizione Geografica Italiana al Karakoram, 1936,,

• Eric Shipton, Blank on the map, 1938,

• Charles Houston and Bob Bates, Five Miles High, 1939,

• Andrew Kauffman and William Putnam, K2; The 1939 Tragedy, 1992,
• Fritz Wiessner, K2, Tragödien und Sieg am Zweithöchsten Berg der Erde, 1955,,
• Jennifer Jordan, The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2, 2010

• Charles Houston and Bob Bates, K2, The Savage Mountain, 1954,
• Charles Houston, Bob Bates and George Bell, K2, 8611m, 1954,,

• Mohammad Ata-Ullah, Citizen of Two Worlds, 1960,
• Walter Bonatti, The Mountains of My Life, 2001
• Walter Bonatti, Processo al K2, 1985,,
• Walter Bonatti, K2. La verità. 1954-2004, 2005,
• Achille Compagnoni, Uomini sul K2, 1958,,
• Achille Compagnoni, Tricolore sul K2, 1965,,
• Achille Compagnoni, K2: conquista italiana tra storia e memoria, 2004,
• Ardito Desio, Ascent of K2. Second Highest Peak in the World, 1955,,
• Ardito Desio, Libro Bianco, 1956,,
• :it:Mario Fantin|Mario Fantin, Sogno Visuto, 1958,,
• Lino Lacedelli and Giovanni Cenacchi, K2: The Price of Conquest, 2006,
• Robert Marshall, K2. Lies and Treachery, 2009

• Galen Rowell, In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods, 1977,

• Cherie Bremer-Kamp / Cherie Bech, Living on the Edge, 1987,
• Rick Ridgeway, The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2, 1980,

• Bernard Mellet, K2. La victoire suspendu, 1980,,

• Reinhold Messner and :it:Alessandro Gogna|Alessandro Gogna, K2, Mountain of Mountains, 1981,,

• John Barry, K2, Savage Mountain, Savage Summer, 1987,
• Benoît Chamoux, Le Vertige de l'Infini, 1988,,
• Jim Curran, K2, Triumph and Tragedy., 1987,
• Anna Czerwińska, Groza wokół K2, 1990,,
• Kurt Diemberger, The Endless Knot: K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny, 1991,,

• Jim Haberl, K2, Dreams and Reality, 1994

• Graham Bowley, No way down - Life and death on K2, 2010
• Marco Confortola, Giorni di ghiaccio. Agosto 2008. La tragedia del K2, 2009,
• Damien O'Brien, The Time Has Come: Ger McDonnell - His Life & His Death on K2, 2012
• Wilco van Rooijen, Surviving K2, 2010
• Freddie Wilkinson, One Mountain Thousand Summits, 2010
• Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan, Buried in the Sky, 2012
• Pat Falvey and Pemba Gyalje Sherpa, The Summit: How Triumph Turned To Tragedy On K2's Deadliest Days, 2013

• Fulvio Campiotti, K2, 1954,,
• Jim Curran, K2, The Story of the Savage Mountain, 1995
• Kurt Diemberger and Roberto Mantovani, K2. Challenging the sky, 1995
• Heidi Howkins, K2: One Woman's Quest for the Summit, 2001
• Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver, Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, 2008
• Dušan Jelinčič, Zvezdnate noči, 2006
• Jennifer Jordan, Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, 2005
• Jon Krakauer, Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains, 1997
• Kenneth Mason, Abode of Snow, 1955,,
• Bernadette McDonald, Brotherhood of the Rope: The biography of Charles Houston, 2007
• Reinhold Messner, K2 Chogori. La grande montagna, 2004,
• Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time, 2007
• Richard Sale, The Challenge of K2. A History of the Savage Mountain., 2011
• Mustansar Hussain Tarar, K2 Kahani,, 1994
• Ed Viesturs, No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks, 2007
• Ed Viesturs, K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain, Aug 2010
• Mick Conefrey, The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent, April 2015