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* ''Eiger Direct'', 1966, by [[Dougal Haston]] and [[Peter Gillman]], London: Collins, also known as ''Direttissima; the Eiger Assault''
* The 1971 novel ''The Ice Mirror'' by Charles MacHardy describes the second attempted ascent of the Eiger north face by the main character.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ice Mirror |url=https://www.merilibrary.com/The-Ice-Mirror/ItemId-ERD2013080039 |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=www.merilibrary.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AJ 1980 121-129 Pokorny Fiction |url=https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1980_files/AJ%201980%20121-129%20Pokorny%20Fiction.pdf |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=www.alpinejournal.org.uk}}</ref>
* The 1972 novel ''[[The Eiger Sanction (novel)|The Eiger Sanction]]'' is an action/thriller novel by Rodney William Whitaker (writing under the pseudonym [[Trevanian]]), based around the climbing of the Eiger. This was then made into the 1975 film ''[[The Eiger Sanction (film)|The Eiger Sanction]]'' starring [[Clint Eastwood]] and [[George Kennedy (actor)|George Kennedy]]. The ''Eiger Sanction'' film crew included very experienced mountaineers (e.g., [[Mike Hoover]], [[Dougal Haston]], and [[Hamish MacInnes]], see ''Summit'', 52, Spring 2010) as consultants, to ensure accuracy in the climbing footage, equipment, and techniques.
* ''The Eiger'', 1974, by [[Dougal Haston]], London: Cassell
* The 1982 book ''Eiger, Wall of Death'' by Arthur Roth is a historical account of the first ascents of the North Face.<ref>Roth, Arthur (1982) ''Eiger, wall of death''. Norton. {{ISBN|0-393-01496-7}} and (2000) Adventure Library. {{ISBN|1-885283-19-9}}.</ref>
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