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Foreign Lands
This list contains books which provide insight into contemporary life within
other countries and cultures. Informed humor may be included (eg. Bill Bryson).
However, Peter Mayle and his ilk need not apply.
Tags: location, non-fiction, setting, and travel

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The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 29 people voted »
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 24 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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In a Sunburned Country
In a Sunburned Country
by Bill Bryson 21 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island
by Bill Bryson 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for ...
by Eric Weiner 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Rabbit in the Moon
Rabbit in the Moon
by Deborah Shlian 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
by Bill Bryson 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
10
Paris to the Moon
Paris to the Moon
by Adam Gopnik 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil ...
by Jean P. Sasson 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present
Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past an...
by Peter Hessler 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
18
French or Foe?: Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France
French or Foe?: Getting the Most Out of Visitin...
by Polly Platt 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
by Paul Theroux 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
19
My Family and Other Animals
My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bh...
by Jamie Zeppa 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
22
Chasing Dreams
Chasing Dreams
by Aaron Jennings (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
23
Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Secret Past
Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its ...
by Giles Tremlett 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Persepolis 1: The Story of a Childhood
Persepolis 1: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa (Translator) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
by Peter Hessler 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Stones from the River
Stones from the River
by Ursula Hegi 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
27
Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia
Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures i...
by Tony Horwitz 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
28
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
30
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
by Jason Elliot 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
31
The Songlines
The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
34
Wolf Totem
Wolf Totem
by Jiang Rong 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
34
Sister of My Heart: A Novel
Sister of My Heart: A Novel
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
37
Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
by Bruce Feiler 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
37
Shame
Shame
by Salman Rushdie 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
37
No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo
No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo
by Redmond O'Hanlon 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
37
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
41
Anna and the King of Siam
Anna and the King of Siam
by Margaret Landon 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig: Travels Through Paraguay
At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig: Travels Thro...
by John Gimlette 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
41
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
by Salman Rushdie 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
41
Disgrace
Disgrace
by J.M. Coetzee 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
41
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook...
by Tony Horwitz 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
48
Princess Sultana's Daughters
Princess Sultana's Daughters
by Jean P. Sasson 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
50
On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel
On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel
by Tony Cohan 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Risi...
by Rob Gifford 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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La Place De La Concorde Suisse
La Place De La Concorde Suisse
by John McPhee 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
52
Third-class Ticket
Third-class Ticket
by Heather Wood 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border
Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mex...
by Luis Alberto Urrea (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Journey into Cyprus
Journey into Cyprus
by Colin Thubron 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea
Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and t...
by Eric Hansen 2 people voted »
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58
The Art of Travel
The Art of Travel
by Alain de Botton (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
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Into the Heart of Borneo
Into the Heart of Borneo
by Redmond O'Hanlon 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
That Fine Italian Hand
That Fine Italian Hand
by Paul Hofmann 1 person voted »
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Ask Again Later: A Novel
Ask Again Later: A Novel
by Jill A. Davis 1 person voted »
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Zabiba And The King
Zabiba And The King
by Saddam Hussein 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Roaming Kyrgyzstan: Beyond the Tourist Track
Roaming Kyrgyzstan: Beyond the Tourist Track
by Jessica Jacobson (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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The Techno-Pagan Octopus Messiah
The Techno-Pagan Octopus Messiah
by Ian Winn 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure
by Sarah Macdonald 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Cycling Back to Happiness: Adventure on the North Sea Cycle Route
Cycling Back to Happiness: Adventure on the Nor...
by Bernie Friend 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
An ABC Escapade through Egypt
An ABC Escapade through Egypt
by Bernadette Simpson (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
Grania
Grania
by Morgan Llywelyn 1 person voted »
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The Linnet Bird
The Linnet Bird
by Linda Holeman 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Jaywalking with the Irish
Jaywalking with the Irish
by David Monagan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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L'usage du monde
L'usage du monde
by Nicolas Bouvier 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Life Plan
The Life Plan
by Sybil Baker (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
A Handful of Honey: Away to the Palm Groves of Morocco and Algeria
A Handful of Honey: Away to the Palm Groves of ...
by Annie Hawes 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Travelers
The Travelers
by Delaney Henderson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
Days and Nights of Love and War
Days and Nights of Love and War
by Eduardo Galeano 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Je...
by Ariel Sabar 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Boy Next Door: A Novel
The Boy Next Door: A Novel
by Irene Sabatini (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan
Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan
by Giles Milton 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
They're a Weird Mob
They're a Weird Mob
by Nino Culotta 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Princess Sultana's Circle
Princess Sultana's Circle
by Jean P. Sasson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
West African Folk Tales
West African Folk Tales
by W H Barker 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile
Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile
by Sara Wheeler 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
Paris Hangover
Paris Hangover
by Kirsten Lobe 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Linnet Bird: A Novel
The Linnet Bird: A Novel
by Linda Holeman 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid
Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Stor...
by J. Maarten Troost 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Olive Tree
The Olive Tree
by Carol Drinkwater 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
Great Plains
Great Plains
by Ian Frazier 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling
by Amélie Nothomb 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
by Peter Godwin 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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THE PAST IS MYSELF.
THE PAST IS MYSELF.
by Christabel Bielenberg 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
Crooks, Chooks & Bloody Ratbags
Crooks, Chooks & Bloody Ratbags
by Kerry Cue 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
A Story Like the Wind
A Story Like the Wind
by Laurens van der Post 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Dark Heart of Italy
The Dark Heart of Italy
by Tobias Jones 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Sultan's Seal: A Novel
The Sultan's Seal: A Novel
by Jenny White 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica
by Sara Wheeler 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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A Daughter of the Samurai
A Daughter of the Samurai
by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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