Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonWhite Fang by Jack London
Tales of Adventure
48th out of 516 books — 477 voters

Lost in Yaba by Walt GleesonThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngThe Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Beach by Alex Garland
Best for Backpacking through Southeast Asia
49th out of 318 books — 340 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
328th out of 2,188 books — 1,922 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyOut of Africa by Isak DinesenHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Rainforests and Jungles of the World
188th out of 394 books — 118 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Foreign Lands
708th out of 2,385 books — 2,266 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteStiff by Mary RoachIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Narrative Non-Fiction
57th out of 164 books — 36 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
1392nd out of 6,479 books — 7,599 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Best Popular Travel Books on Goodreads
162nd out of 305 books — 45 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "H"
569th out of 1,178 books — 90 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
436th out of 717 books — 603 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1230th out of 1,949 books — 1,974 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherLucky by Scott NelsonGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS  by Scott  L. NelsonThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootOut of the Cage by Matthew Lightfoot
Inspiring Travel Writing
105th out of 152 books — 34 voters

Lucky by Scott NelsonGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS  by Scott  L. NelsonDown the Great Unknown by Edward DolnickWritten in Stone by Chet RaymoMotoring with Mohammed by Eric Hansen
Exploring the world
24th out of 144 books — 12 voters
1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck PalahniukFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Godfather by Mario PuzoLord of the Flies by William Golding
Real Man Books
638th out of 782 books — 310 voters

Kon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlThe Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether LewisArabian Sands by Wilfred ThesigerThe Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley PowellDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
National Geographic's Top 100 Adventure Books
55th out of 103 books — 3 voters
Manga, arcades y karaokes by Matt AltA War of Witches  by Timothy J. KnabSueños del Eiger by Jon KrakauerA Mapmaker’s Dream by James CowanLa amante by Jules Renard
Peninsula et
47th out of 107 books — 2 voters

Foreign affairs by Keath FraserLizard in the Grass by John        MillsThe Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenA Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric NewbyA Desert Dies by Michael Asher
Bad Trips
8th out of 100 books — 1 voter
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensWild by Cheryl StrayedCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Popsugar 2021 #22 - A Book Set Mostly or Entirely Outdoors
354th out of 393 books — 321 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Lost Man by Jane HarperThe Dry by Jane Harper
[ATY 2026] Isolated Location
267th out of 335 books — 67 voters
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
forests, woods, copses, coppices, arbors, orchards
207th out of 288 books — 87 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
1875th out of 2,590 books — 3,466 voters
The Song of the Dodo by David QuammenHigh Moon over the Amazon by Patricia Chapple WrightKakapo by Alison BallanceElephant Dance by Tammie MatsonThe Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Natural History of Islands of the Ocean and Lakes
30th out of 153 books — 7 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Travelers Within by Daniel ModeIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Escaping the Grind--Books About Leaving It All Behind!
228th out of 330 books — 253 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Size Matters!
672nd out of 900 books — 45 voters

Always a Traveler, Never a Tourist by Judy BloombergRabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownDecolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Indigenous Peoples
245th out of 281 books — 66 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerDeath in Yellowstone by Lee H. WhittleseyOff the Wall by Charles R. Farabee Jr.Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerOver the Edge by Michael P. Ghiglieri
Accidents and Death in the Wilderness
129th out of 134 books — 35 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWild by Cheryl StrayedWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGrandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery
Take a Hike/Go for a Walk/Journey in Nature
57th out of 148 books — 55 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best for Book Clubs
13370th out of 15,326 books — 19,638 voters

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