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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
2,177 books — 1,907 voters
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
483 books — 1,149 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Travelers Within by Daniel ModeIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Escaping the Grind--Books About Leaving It All Behind!
328 books — 249 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Martian by Andy WeirLife of Pi by Yann MartelUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
52 Book Club 2023: #14 A Survival Story
526 books — 126 voters

Scars of Silence by Roseline Chinasa OiwohDevil's Lake by Aaron Paul LazarA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardTrafficked to Hell by R.J. FloDevil's Creek by Aaron Paul Lazar
Abduction, Captivity, Escape: True-Stories
48 books — 110 voters
Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottJourney to the West by Biao WangMy Ailing Champion by Demetrius KoubourlisGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott NelsonLucky by Scott Nelson
Memoirs I've Loved Too
357 books — 94 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëHeidi by Johanna SpyriThe Bitter Past by Bruce BorgosInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThis Rough Magic by Mary Stewart
Mountains on the Cover
419 books — 77 voters
Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad AkreyiFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne
Covid-19 - books to read on lock-down
108 books — 71 voters

The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott NelsonAbyssinian Nomad by Maskarm HaileThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootOut of the Cage by Matthew Lightfoot
Best Traveling Vicariously II
105 books — 53 voters
Weird England by Johann-Günther KönigJourney to the West by Biao WangDark Skies by David HaldaneGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott NelsonLucky by Scott Nelson
Memoirs I've Loved III
44 books — 48 voters

Bhutan Travelog Edition 2 by Joni HerisonLamb by Christopher MooreQueen of Scots by John GuyHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshFuriously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Subtitle
548 books — 41 voters
Paul & Kiki's Guide to Vacationing in Italy by Paul StuartA Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena de BlasiThe Tuscan Secret by Angela PetchNow and Then in Tuscany by Angela PetchUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Tuscany
52 books — 38 voters

In Search of the Return by Joshua RaymondQuiet American by Graham GreeneThe Lover by Marguerite DurasLotusland by David JoinerTree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Fictitious Vietnam
56 books — 33 voters
Escape to the Maroons by Mike WeedallWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Books for Escape
78 books — 31 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteFrom Doctor to Healer by Erica M. ElliottThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
True Crime-Read
131 books — 29 voters
Tehran Moonlight by Azin SametipourRooftops of Tehran by Mahbod SerajiA Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina NayeriEqual of the Sun by Anita Amirrezvani乙嫁語り 7 [Otoyomegatari 7] by Kaoru Mori
Fictitious Iran
44 books — 24 voters

In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey RatnerThe Rent Collector by Camron WrightFigurehead by Patrick AllingtonThe Map of Lost Memories by Kim FayHoliday in Cambodia by Laura Jean McKay
Fictitious Cambodia.
18 books — 20 voters
Bournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls by Danny WinterThe Last Secret of The Soul by Stephen P. SmithThe Map of Lost Memories by Kim FayThe Yard by Alex GrecianThornwood House by Anna Romer
Walking Away
86 books — 18 voters

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp SendkerAlexander's Infinity by Lidija StankovikjThe Piano Tuner by Daniel MasonSaving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanThe Jewel Trader of Pegu by Jeffrey Hantover
Fictitious Burma
33 books — 17 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueRabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonValentine Joe by Rebecca StevensSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
All wired up
38 books — 12 voters

Escape From Aurora by Jamie LittlerEscape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris GrabensteinEscape from Camp 14 by Blaine HardenEscape From Kathmandu by Kim Stanley RobinsonEscape from Hat by Adam Kline
Escape from…
199 books — 12 voters
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Stories by Arthur Conan DoyleChasm City by Alastair ReynoldsFrom the Depths by Mike AshleyDiving into the Wreck by Kristine Kathryn RuschCity of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Ghost Ships, Abandoned Lighthouses and Other Eerie Vanishings in Fiction Part I
103 books — 6 voters

Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettFairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near
My Little Escape......
75 books — 5 voters
Brand of Magic by K.M. JackwaysHexes & Vexes by Nova BlakeThe Little Paris Bookshop by Nina GeorgeThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinSucculents and Spells by Andi C. Buchanan
Best Cozy Uplifting Books for 2020
13 books — 5 voters

Our Haunted Shores by Emily AlderThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan PoeThe Light Years by R.W.W. GreeneWisdom by Mark D. OwenMoonstone by Diane Kasulis
Ghost Ships, Abandoned Lighthouses and Other Eerie Vanishings in Fiction Part II
102 books — 4 voters
Texas Gulag by Gary BrownThe Broad Arrow by Oliné KeeseDry guillotine by René BelbenoitAmong the Broad-Arrow Men; a plain account of English prison ... by B.2.15Prison paintings by Michael Quanne
Funtime
197 books — 3 voters

Year's Best SF 3 by David G. HartwellGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Moonstone by Diane KasulisExcession by Iain M. BanksPushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
Ghost Ships, Abandoned Lighthouses and Other Eerie Vanishings in Fiction Part III
102 books — 3 voters
The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn ClarkeDeath Comes As the End by Agatha ChristieThe Lighthouse at the End of the World by Philip SuggarsThe End of Loneliness by Benedict WellsPeril at End House by Agatha Christie
Buzzword 2026: February - Keyboard Keys
41 books — 3 voters

The Annotated Alice by Lewis CarrollGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftMet een kwartje de wereld rond by Paul d'IvoiAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Great Getaways
6 books — 2 voters
The 15 by Anthony SadlerSully by Chesley B. Sullenberger IIIThe Traveling Man by Michael P. KingAmong the Heroes by Jere LongmanAn Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina
True Stories of Facing Danger, Rescues, Escapes, Survival and Heroism
20 books — 2 voters

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