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Books about Ladakh

If you’re looking for books about Ladakh–because you want to travel there, or are interested from a casual/scholarly perspective—here are a few books that are good place to start your reading.

In Xanadu by William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple is one of the few authors whose books I have read all of. With my recent completion of In Xanadu, that is. Based on a

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

If you had the money and the time and the necessary level of fitness, would you climb Mount Everest? Would you climb it “because it’s