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
15th out of 316 books — 216 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
341st out of 353 books — 185 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
3326th out of 4,065 books — 2,129 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniThe Green Mile by Stephen  King
Born in the 1950s - What we've read in 2014
301st out of 366 books — 31 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
2014: What the Over 35's Are Reading
1629th out of 2,472 books — 518 voters
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood AliMotoring with Mohammed by Eric HansenThe Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortyWhen a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa AyoubThe Calligraphic State by Brinkley Messick
Yemen
15th out of 26 books — 6 voters