287 books
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328 voters
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Paperback)
by Bill Bryson (shelved 1756 times as travel)
avg rating 4.04 — 147,666 ratings — published 1997
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Gilbert (shelved 1217 times as travel)
avg rating 3.40 — 864,665 ratings — published 2006
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe (Paperback)
by Bill Bryson (shelved 1010 times as travel)
avg rating 3.88 — 31,729 ratings — published 1991
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America (Paperback)
by Bill Bryson (shelved 915 times as travel)
avg rating 3.80 — 32,035 ratings — published 1989
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away (Paperback)
by Bill Bryson (shelved 737 times as travel)
avg rating 3.88 — 39,732 ratings — published 1998
Under the Tuscan Sun (Paperback)
by Frances Mayes (shelved 611 times as travel)
avg rating 3.60 — 263,949 ratings — published 1996
A Year in Provence (Paperback)
by Peter Mayle (shelved 533 times as travel)
avg rating 3.91 — 34,375 ratings — published 1989
1,000 Places to See Before You Die (Paperback)
by Patricia Schultz (shelved 467 times as travel)
avg rating 3.76 — 31,728 ratings — published 2003
Into the Wild (Paperback)
by Jon Krakauer (shelved 467 times as travel)
avg rating 3.86 — 445,381 ratings — published 1996
Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Paperback)
by John Steinbeck (shelved 444 times as travel)
avg rating 4.02 — 36,866 ratings — published 1962
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World (Hardcover)
by Eric Weiner (shelved 421 times as travel)
avg rating 3.80 — 23,764 ratings — published 2008
On the Road (Paperback)
by Jack Kerouac (shelved 405 times as travel)
avg rating 3.67 — 201,812 ratings — published 1957
The Great Railway Bazaar (Paperback)
by Paul Theroux (shelved 371 times as travel)
avg rating 3.96 — 10,972 ratings — published 1975
The Art of Travel (Paperback)
by Alain de Botton (Goodreads Author) (shelved 343 times as travel)
avg rating 3.82 — 14,814 ratings — published 2002
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel (Paperback)
by Rolf Potts (shelved 334 times as travel)
avg rating 3.88 — 12,837 ratings — published 2002
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author) (shelved 331 times as travel)
avg rating 3.94 — 134,167 ratings — published 2012
Blue Highways (Paperback)
by William Least Heat-Moon (shelved 317 times as travel)
avg rating 3.96 — 12,919 ratings — published 1982
Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World (Paperback)
by Rita Golden Gelman (shelved 299 times as travel)
avg rating 3.86 — 15,991 ratings — published 2001
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town (Paperback)
by Paul Theroux (shelved 296 times as travel)
avg rating 3.95 — 8,587 ratings — published 2002
Round Ireland with a Fridge (Paperback)
by Tony Hawks (shelved 285 times as travel)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,293 ratings — published 1998
In Patagonia (Paperback)
by Bruce Chatwin (shelved 278 times as travel)
avg rating 3.83 — 8,090 ratings — published 1977
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 (Hardcover)
by J. Maarten Troost (shelved 275 times as travel)
avg rating 3.78 — 9,576 ratings — published 2008
Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu (Paperback)
by J. Maarten Troost (shelved 253 times as travel)
avg rating 3.85 — 9,677 ratings — published 2006
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure (Paperback)
by Sarah Macdonald (shelved 248 times as travel)
avg rating 3.50 — 12,637 ratings — published 2002
A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines (Paperback)
by Anthony Bourdain (shelved 245 times as travel)
avg rating 3.94 — 19,208 ratings — published 2001
Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman (Paperback)
by Alice Steinbach (shelved 244 times as travel)
avg rating 3.78 — 11,628 ratings — published 2000
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Paperback)
by Greg Mortenson (Goodreads Author) (shelved 235 times as travel)
avg rating 3.65 — 258,606 ratings — published 2006
A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller (Paperback)
by Frances Mayes (shelved 232 times as travel)
avg rating 3.47 — 8,188 ratings — published 2006
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Hardcover)
by David Grann (shelved 206 times as travel)
avg rating 3.83 — 38,930 ratings — published 2009
Bill Bryson's African Diary (Hardcover)
by Bill Bryson (shelved 205 times as travel)
avg rating 3.33 — 8,091 ratings — published 2002
Toujours Provence (Paperback)
by Peter Mayle (shelved 199 times as travel)
avg rating 3.92 — 14,048 ratings — published 1991
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas (Paperback)
by Paul Theroux (shelved 199 times as travel)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,093 ratings — published 1979
McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland (Paperback)
by Pete McCarthy (shelved 196 times as travel)
avg rating 3.75 — 5,736 ratings — published 1999
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (Hardcover)
by Paul Theroux (shelved 195 times as travel)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,836 ratings — published 2008
The Places in Between (Paperback)
by Rory Stewart (shelved 191 times as travel)
avg rating 3.84 — 12,681 ratings — published 2004
Paris to the Moon (Paperback)
by Adam Gopnik (shelved 187 times as travel)
avg rating 3.71 — 12,502 ratings — published 2000
My Life in France (Hardcover)
by Julia Child (shelved 186 times as travel)
avg rating 4.14 — 70,572 ratings — published 2006
The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World (Paperback)
by Lonely Planet Publications (shelved 178 times as travel)
avg rating 4.23 — 5,734 ratings — published 2004
Assassination Vacation (Paperback)
by Sarah Vowell (shelved 174 times as travel)
avg rating 4.00 — 33,910 ratings — published 2005
Bella Tuscany (Paperback)
by Frances Mayes (shelved 170 times as travel)
avg rating 3.68 — 8,545 ratings — published 1999
The Songlines (Paperback)
by Bruce Chatwin (shelved 169 times as travel)
avg rating 4.03 — 5,065 ratings — published 1986
The Innocents Abroad (Paperback)
by Mark Twain (shelved 167 times as travel)
avg rating 3.87 — 8,465 ratings — published 1869
A Time of Gifts (Paperback)
by Patrick Leigh Fermor (shelved 165 times as travel)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,877 ratings — published 1977
Travels in Siberia (Hardcover)
by Ian Frazier (shelved 163 times as travel)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,806 ratings — published 2010
Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World (Hardcover)
by Charley Boorman (shelved 160 times as travel)
avg rating 3.87 — 5,079 ratings — published 2004
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time (Hardcover)
by Mark Adams (shelved 157 times as travel)
avg rating 3.72 — 9,383 ratings — published 2011
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Library Binding)
by Eric Newby (shelved 155 times as travel)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,725 ratings — published 1957
Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris (Paperback)
by Sarah Turnbull (shelved 152 times as travel)
avg rating 3.62 — 9,115 ratings — published 2003
Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific (Paperback)
by Paul Theroux (shelved 151 times as travel)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,117 ratings — published 1992
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia
by Chris Stewart (shelved 151 times as travel)
avg rating 3.71 — 5,477 ratings — published 1999
“Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.”
― Isabelle Eberhardt, The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
― Isabelle Eberhardt, The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
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