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
248th out of 2,030 books — 3,944 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
22nd 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
436th out of 2,139 books — 1,866 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Vicarious Thrills
140th out of 394 books — 422 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
150th out of 315 books — 53 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariCollapse by Jared DiamondDebt by David GraeberKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books on Goodreads
303rd out of 362 books — 46 voters
The Gift of Rumi by Emily Jane O'DellThe Siege of Mecca by Yaroslav TrofimovTales from an Israeli Storyteller by Uri KurlianchikIslamic Exceptionalism by Shadi HamidInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
General Middle East/Islam
53rd out of 58 books — 19 voters

To the River by Olivia LaingWaterlog by Roger  DeakinWaterland by Graham SwiftSwimming Home by Deborah LevyThe Waves by Virginia Woolf
Flow: A Watery Reading List
25th out of 118 books — 12 voters