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
25th 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
12th out of 710 books — 589 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
89th out of 2,363 books — 2,198 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
34th out of 100 books — 311 voters

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondA Primate's Memoir by Robert M. SapolskyKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books
11th out of 359 books — 271 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
9th out of 316 books — 216 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMatilda by Roald DahlBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
283rd out of 2,259 books — 2,432 voters
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteTomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenCloudstreet by Tim WintonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Best Books Set in Australia
72nd out of 1,069 books — 587 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWild by Cheryl StrayedA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Wanderlust
82nd out of 1,072 books — 1,159 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyWalking Wild by Jose A NevesPilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Some Great Books on Nature
18th out of 256 books — 143 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
281st out of 1,833 books — 2,224 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
1590th out of 7,899 books — 49,788 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Trigger by Tim ButcherWanderlust by Rebecca SolnitWild by Cheryl StrayedWalking by Henry David Thoreau
Walk with Me: A Literature of Walking
10th out of 142 books — 71 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
SZ-Bibliothek - 100 Great Novels of the 20th Century
44th out of 100 books — 64 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonGlass Half Full by Sarah Jane ButfieldThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinKokoda Trek by Nikki MoyesTracks by Robyn Davidson
Best Australian Travel Guides & Stories
3rd out of 73 books — 30 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
12542nd out of 76,946 books — 286,350 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
4th out of 59 books — 56 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
366th out of 2,457 books — 2,994 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootThe Princess Guide to Rome by Belinda DarceyGlam Italia! How to Travel Italy by Corinna Cooke
travel essentials
6th out of 58 books — 48 voters

Down Under by Bill BrysonTrue History of the Kelly Gang by Peter CareyCloudstreet by Tim WintonPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Australia In Words
37th out of 289 books — 56 voters
Invisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe Flaneur by Edmund WhiteLondon by Peter AckroydThe Old Ways by Robert MacfarlaneGuy Debord and the Situationist International by Tom McDonough
Psychogeography
11th out of 210 books — 39 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
29th out of 362 books — 46 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
312th out of 1,322 books — 706 voters

A Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonOn the Beach by Nevil ShutePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Books Set in Australia
72nd out of 661 books — 196 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
541st out of 1,878 books — 1,781 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
20th out of 149 books — 27 voters
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleTeenage by Jon SavageFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Insult by Rupert Thomson
David Bowie's top 75
6th out of 72 books — 5 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
191st out of 315 books — 53 voters

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