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This list is for the most well known Geography books on Goodreads.

For purposes of this list, only include books with over 500 ratings and shelved at least 10 times as geography.

Anything with less than 500 ratings or shelved less than 10 times as geography will be removed and without comment.

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1	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 473,549 ratings score: 712, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1) by Tim Marshall 4.18 avg rating — 125,362 ratings score: 617, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 3.99 avg rating — 78,154 ratings score: 498, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman 3.69 avg rating — 102,810 ratings score: 433, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 4.21 avg rating — 436,317 ratings score: 426, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 4.32 avg rating — 1,331,545 ratings score: 418, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will by Judith Schalansky 4.22 avg rating — 5,016 ratings score: 376, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond 3.94 avg rating — 75,765 ratings score: 313, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson 4.07 avg rating — 459,176 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	1421: The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies 3.61 avg rating — 15,384 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Lost and Found (The Boy, #2) by Oliver Jeffers (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 10,748 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester 3.81 avg rating — 14,376 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 8,793 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 3.96 avg rating — 6,138 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Control of Nature by John McPhee 4.25 avg rating — 5,113 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings 3.86 avg rating — 8,385 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling 4.30 avg rating — 7,110 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List by Patricia Schultz 3.88 avg rating — 44,277 ratings score: 279, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks by Simon Garfield 3.70 avg rating — 4,492 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr 4.45 avg rating — 26,765 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan 3.89 avg rating — 2,865 ratings score: 270, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley by Eric Weiner (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 4,391 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein 3.54 avg rating — 4,028 ratings score: 261, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape by James Howard Kunstler 4.05 avg rating — 4,695 ratings score: 261, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	How I Learned Geography (Caldecott Honor Book) by Uri Shulevitz 4.04 avg rating — 2,856 ratings score: 257, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester 3.76 avg rating — 5,373 ratings score: 254, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Planet of Slums by Mike Davis 4.01 avg rating — 3,472 ratings score: 251, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 8,054 ratings score: 243, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller 4.20 avg rating — 2,161 ratings score: 241, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman 4.27 avg rating — 3,170 ratings score: 239, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History by Lewis Dartnell 4.17 avg rating — 4,340 ratings score: 238, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies by Alastair Bonnett 3.53 avg rating — 4,242 ratings score: 237, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Seabird by Holling Clancy Holling 4.03 avg rating — 2,440 ratings score: 235, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Maps by Aleksandra Mizielińska 4.58 avg rating — 2,065 ratings score: 234, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 39,307 ratings score: 232, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination by Katharine Harmon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,407 ratings score: 231, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the World by Ian Wright 4.05 avg rating — 2,028 ratings score: 231, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography by Sanjeev Sanyal 4.03 avg rating — 4,509 ratings score: 230, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Pacific: The Ocean of the Future by Simon Winchester 4.04 avg rating — 4,177 ratings score: 228, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography from the Revolution to the First World War by Graham Robb 3.98 avg rating — 2,701 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Basin and Range (Annals of the Former World, 1) by John McPhee 4.18 avg rating — 4,276 ratings score: 225, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 3.95 avg rating — 292,863 ratings score: 224, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Annals of the Former World by John McPhee 4.37 avg rating — 4,463 ratings score: 223, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky 3.75 avg rating — 81,176 ratings score: 220, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 57,818 ratings score: 219, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann 4.05 avg rating — 98,456 ratings score: 219, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History by Sanjeev Sanyal 4.27 avg rating — 2,034 ratings score: 217, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth by The Onion 4.12 avg rating — 6,895 ratings score: 215, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	A History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton 3.77 avg rating — 1,837 ratings score: 213, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags by Tim Marshall (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 6,595 ratings score: 212, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Production of Space by Henri Lefebvre 4.16 avg rating — 2,287 ratings score: 209, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization by Parag Khanna (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 1,106 ratings score: 208, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Material World by Peter Menzel 4.52 avg rating — 1,683 ratings score: 206, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The New Geography of Jobs by Enrico Moretti 4.03 avg rating — 2,796 ratings score: 204, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer by Peter Turchi really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 942 ratings score: 203, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime by Miles Harvey (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 2,877 ratings score: 199, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power by Robert D. Kaplan 3.96 avg rating — 2,825 ratings score: 198, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen 4.19 avg rating — 19,999 ratings score: 197, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 4.07 avg rating — 125,615 ratings score: 196, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Atlas of Middle-Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad 4.24 avg rating — 14,037 ratings score: 194, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl 4.16 avg rating — 25,859 ratings score: 192, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction by David Quammen (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 8,776 ratings score: 190, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World by Matt LaMothe 4.38 avg rating — 2,546 ratings score: 185, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name by Toby Lester (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 1,381 ratings score: 183, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson 3.92 avg rating — 122,054 ratings score: 182, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Don't Know Much About Geography: Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Learned by Kenneth C. Davis (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 1,162 ratings score: 180, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience by Yi-Fu Tuan 4.05 avg rating — 1,195 ratings score: 180, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner 4.28 avg rating — 12,284 ratings score: 179, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change by David Harvey 4.18 avg rating — 2,361 ratings score: 179, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 115,939 ratings score: 177, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond 3.78 avg rating — 11,326 ratings score: 176, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Transit Maps of the World: The World's First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth by Mark Ovenden 4.25 avg rating — 874 ratings score: 175, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Tree in the Trail by Holling Clancy Holling 4.14 avg rating — 1,549 ratings score: 174, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.23 avg rating — 69,987 ratings score: 172, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch 4.05 avg rating — 4,298 ratings score: 171, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia 3.97 avg rating — 2,475 ratings score: 170, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America by Craig Childs 3.88 avg rating — 2,026 ratings score: 169, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	If You Lived Here: Houses of the World – A Picture Book About Cultural Diversity and Architecture for Children (Ages 6-9) by Giles Laroche 4.18 avg rating — 964 ratings score: 168, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	An Atlas of Extinct Countries by Gideon Defoe 3.58 avg rating — 3,637 ratings score: 167, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester 3.88 avg rating — 22,388 ratings score: 165, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It by Michael J. Trinklein 3.72 avg rating — 763 ratings score: 164, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World by Robert D. Kaplan 3.33 avg rating — 1,772 ratings score: 164, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Mirror by Jeannie Baker 4.18 avg rating — 1,546 ratings score: 163, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale by Verna Aardema 4.21 avg rating — 2,700 ratings score: 162, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry 4.25 avg rating — 6,069 ratings score: 162, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 65,154 ratings score: 161, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Limits to Capital by David Harvey 4.20 avg rating — 716 ratings score: 160, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	How to Lie with Maps by Mark Monmonier 3.58 avg rating — 1,230 ratings score: 158, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles by Mike Davis 4.21 avg rating — 5,071 ratings score: 158, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Pagoo by Holling Clancy Holling 4.37 avg rating — 1,258 ratings score: 155, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann 4.12 avg rating — 21,621 ratings score: 153, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Grand Canyon by Jason Chin (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 2,726 ratings score: 153, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist by Robert V. Levine 3.76 avg rating — 1,250 ratings score: 151, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan 4.16 avg rating — 52,450 ratings score: 148, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate by Robert D. Kaplan 3.79 avg rating — 6,409 ratings score: 147, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Minn of the Mississippi by Holling Clancy Holling 3.96 avg rating — 1,531 ratings score: 146, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier by Edward L. Glaeser 3.91 avg rating — 6,519 ratings score: 145, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs 4.28 avg rating — 20,909 ratings score: 144, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky 4.20 avg rating — 1,366 ratings score: 143, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon 4.03 avg rating — 25,949 ratings score: 141, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars