Spring Reading Challenge
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
49th out of 480 books — 1,145 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Best Books About China
46th out of 747 books — 587 voters

River Town by Peter HesslerCountry Driving by Peter HesslerUp to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside by Quincy CarrollOracle Bones by Peter HesslerCHINA by Tom Carter
China Expat Books
5th out of 99 books — 109 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
54th out of 713 books — 592 voters

CHINA by Tom CarterStreet Life Hong Kong by Nicole ChabotKowloon by Ira ChaplainPanoramas of the Far East by Lois ConnerSpirit of China by Parragon Books
CHINA Photography Books
1st out of 15 books — 14 voters
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
182nd out of 2,037 books — 3,943 voters

The Americans by Robert FrankBrassaï by BrassaïAnsel Adams by Ansel AdamsLet Us Now Praise Famous Men by James AgeeAnnie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz
Exceptional Photography Books*
28th out of 566 books — 197 voters
National Geographic by Leah Bendavid-ValThe Art Book by Phaidon PressAlways a Traveler, Never a Tourist by Judy BloombergAnsel Adams by Ansel AdamsPortraits by Steve McCurry
Best Coffee Table Books
11th out of 595 books — 294 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
193rd out of 2,377 books — 2,203 voters
The Photo Book by Phaidon PressI Give My Eyes... by Brian H. PetersonLooking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back by Janet SternburgPortraits by Steve McCurryCHINA by Tom Carter
Photography
5th out of 139 books — 76 voters

Always a Traveler, Never a Tourist by Judy BloombergThe Travel Book by Roz HopkinsLooking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back by Janet SternburgCHINA by Tom CarterPortraits by Steve McCurry
Best Travel Photography Books
4th out of 129 books — 73 voters
Final Thoughts by John Thomas GrantA Book About Absolutely Nothing. by I.M. NobodyKlimt by Gilles NéretLooking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back by Janet SternburgCHINA by Tom Carter
Coffee Table Books
5th out of 352 books — 121 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
142nd out of 2,153 books — 1,881 voters
CHINA by Tom CarterGreat Monasteries of Europe by Bernhard SchützNatural Fashion by Hans W. SilvesterThe Complete Cats in the Sun by Hans W. SilvesterThe Art and Architecture of Persia by Giovanni Curatola
Photography Books of Exotic Places
1st out of 62 books — 16 voters

Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe Color of Jadeite by Eric D. GoodmanMonkey by Wu Cheng'enThree Kingdoms by Luo GuanzhongDream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin
Best books to read about China
6th out of 173 books — 106 voters
Poorly Made in China by Paul MidlerCHINA by Tom Carter(FACTORY GIRLS) FROM VILLAGE TO CITY IN A CHANGING CHINA BY C... by Leslie T. ChangMao by Jung ChangMr. China by Tim Clissold
Trump's Twenty Best China Books
2nd out of 30 books — 20 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books on Asia
104th out of 999 books — 829 voters
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderPoor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofDead Aid by Dambisa MoyoThe Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
International development
23rd out of 224 books — 215 voters

May 1940 by Michael E WillsEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Best Location-Based and History-Based Books to Read While Traveling
84th out of 1,074 books — 554 voters
Half the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofLittle Princes by Conor GrennanInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Powerful International Non-Fiction
55th out of 295 books — 318 voters

Winging It by Lia RussSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
13th out of 353 books — 185 voters
Carrying Cambodia by Hans KempSacred Skin by Tom VaterBikes of Burden by Hans KempCHINA by Tom CarterVietnam Zippos by Sherry Buchanan
Best Asia Photography Books
4th out of 30 books — 23 voters

Mockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
You Want to Read in 2010
274th out of 1,079 books — 1,973 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
183rd out of 1,087 books — 980 voters

Playing Ball by Vernon DavisThe Last Folk Hero by Jeff PearlmanThrough My Eyes by Tim TebowThe League by John EisenbergAmerica's Game by Jerry Rice
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
169th out of 1,353 books — 1,042 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Around the World in 100 Books
416th out of 1,324 books — 707 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Cultural reads
32nd out of 402 books — 167 voters
A Narrowboat at Large by Jo MayIllegal by John DennehyA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonOne Day at a Time 2017 by Hollie Bell-SchinzingPromise of Departure by L.W. Montgomery
Best Adventure Travel Memoir
71st out of 285 books — 202 voters

The Game of VORs by Andrew OrangeOf Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García MárquezOjo por ojo by J.K. FrankoEcho by Thomas Olde HeuveltBlindness by José Saramago
Global Reading
259th out of 420 books — 222 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
85th out of 317 books — 217 voters

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