A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
50th out of 2,030 books — 3,944 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
Have Passport Will Travel
15th out of 710 books — 589 voters

Arabian Sands by Wilfred ThesigerWinging It by Lia RussA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Travel Writing
17th out of 316 books — 216 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
226th out of 2,139 books — 1,866 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl Strayed
Best Popular Travel Books on Goodreads
257th out of 315 books — 53 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedTravels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Armchair travel for adventurers
14th out of 284 books — 65 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonMicronesian Blues by Cynthia MorrisKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinNowhere Slow by Jonathan Gourlay
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Australia & Oceania
12th out of 59 books — 56 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Odyssey by HomerTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Boat Books
248th out of 772 books — 501 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftA Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
[ATY 2024] Travel
84th out of 439 books — 66 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxOut of the Cage by Matthew LightfootThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Inspiring Travel Writing
25th out of 149 books — 27 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
22843rd out of 76,963 books — 286,433 voters
UTOPYC. The first Anarcho-Capitalist Utopia by W. GaltIsland by Aldous HuxleyCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. BoyerLowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer
Tropical Utopia
9th out of 25 books — 34 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Reading Places
210th out of 447 books — 76 voters
Tales of the South Pacific by James A. MichenerFiji by Lance MorcanThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostReturn to Paradise by James A. MichenerBy Reef and Palm by Louis Becke
Best Books About the South Pacific
53rd out of 97 books — 57 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew Lightfootجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSnapshots by Matthew LightfootSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneeb
Contemporary Travel Books
25th out of 138 books — 31 voters
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayAnimal Farm by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
25 Books Every Man Should Read
24th out of 36 books — 7 voters

Never Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Holy Bible by AnonymousFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Black Book by Orhan Pamuk
Five books that I would take with me to a desert island
31st out of 31 books — 13 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Essential Man's Library
281st out of 327 books — 123 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
6844th out of 7,889 books — 49,787 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
1784th out of 3,140 books — 3,678 voters

Ascent into Hell by Fergus WhiteThe Push by Tommy CaldwellInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyTales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman
Explorer Chick Travel Books
11th out of 20 books — 2 voters
Dead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerThe Wager by David GrannThunderstruck by Erik LarsonSea Fights and Shipwrecks by Hanson W. Baldwin
Narrative Nonfiction: Set at Sea
165th out of 226 books — 9 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Trigger by Tim ButcherNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonCatfish and Mandala by Andrew X. Pham
The Journey And Not the Destination That Matters
26th out of 100 books — 20 voters
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanHappy Place by Emily HenryThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakFuriously Happy by Jenny Lawson
[ATY 2024] Related to Seven Dwarfs
180th out of 432 books — 95 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienRun for the Hills by Kevin WilsonThe Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesThe Wager by David Grann
[ATY 2026] Road Trip or Long Journey
277th out of 359 books — 81 voters


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