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Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Vicarious Thrills
388 books — 418 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Best 1800s Historical Fiction
454 books — 280 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerAlive by Piers Paul ReadBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
True Life Adventure
386 books — 251 voters
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterThe Great Weather Diviner by Rob LongIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
All Creatures Great and Small
1,363 books — 190 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
352 books — 184 voters
Voyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson WhiteThe Girl Who Came Home by Hazel GaynorThe Second Mrs. Astor by Shana AbeFateful by Claudia GrayRaise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler
Fiction about the Titanic
135 books — 182 voters

Dungeon Born by Dakota KroutAncient Ruins by Benjamin MedranoThe Slime Dungeon by Jeffrey "Falcon" LogueWe Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. TaylorDungeon Spawned by D.R. Rosier
Protagonist is a Dungeon
66 books — 164 voters
Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented By The Actin... by Sybrina DurantInside the Human Body by Joanna ColeOn the Ocean Floor by Joanna ColeThe Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna ColeLost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole
Science for Kids
477 books — 133 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyRed Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonRed Rising by Pierce BrownThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Mars Colonist's Reading List
165 books — 132 voters
Illegal by John DennehyThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Travelers Within by Daniel ModeTurn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark AdamsIn Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
Adventure Travel & Exploration In South America
86 books — 116 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxSo Many Africas by Jill KandelKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayJourney Without Maps by Graham Greene
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Africa
121 books — 115 voters
Notes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergPaul & Kiki's Guide to Vacationing in Italy by Paul StuartExpats Spain by Mark ShearmanAegean Dream by Dario Ciriello
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Europe
127 books — 106 voters

The Terror by Dan SimmonsAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDark Matter by Michelle PaverWho Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
Polar Horror
61 books — 103 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLost Horizon by James HiltonKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
TREKKING THE 'STANS
85 books — 59 voters

Alpha by Tiya RayneHis to Claim by Taylor VaughnVenomous by Penelope FletcherAdaptation by Pepper PaceThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Black women in Science Fiction
275 books — 57 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
59 books — 56 voters

Endurance by Alfred LansingThe Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-GarrardMadhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian SanctonSouth by Ernest ShackletonEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Adventure Travel & Exploration In The Polar Regions
90 books — 51 voters
Los Sangurimas by José de la CuadraHuasipungo by Jorge IcazaLas cruces sobre el agua by Joaquín Gallegos LaraUn hombre muerto a puntapiés by Pablo PalacioNefando by Mónica Ojeda
Ecuadorian Literature
320 books — 50 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Lost Continent by Bill BrysonQuest and Crew by David Beaupre
Adventure Travel & Exploration In North America
175 books — 48 voters
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad AkreyiEndurance by Alfred LansingUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best Books About Explorers
112 books — 39 voters

The Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootSnapshots by Matthew LightfootGhost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul TherouxVagabonds in France by Michael A. BarryPalate Passport by Neha Khullar
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Multiple Continents
74 books — 38 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienRacso and the Rats of NIMH by Jane Leslie ConlyR-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH by Jane Leslie Conly
Tim
72 books — 26 voters

What My Father Taught Me by Maria GiuraCelibate by Maria GiuraThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinPhantasms of the Living (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiri... by Edmund GurneyAdventures of a Mountain Man by Zenas Leonard
Nonfiction Books Published in the 19th Century
231 books — 14 voters
The Princess Guide to Rome by Belinda DarceyVagabonds in France by Michael A. BarryGlam Italia! How to Travel Italy by Corinna CookeThe Trigger by Tim ButcherDoing Good... Says Who? Stories from Volunteers, Nonprofits, ... by Connie Newton & Fran Early
Smart Non-Fiction about Travel and Culture
25 books — 13 voters

Karma Slap by B Alan GoetzMen Don't Love Women Like You by G.L. LambertThe 4-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferrissfemale bodybuilding by NekoterranReal Life Superman by Markus A. Kassel
Lifestyle
16 books — 11 voters
Nightmare USA by Stephen ThrowerThe Tao of Physics by Fritjof CapraBold! Daring! Shocking! True! by Eric SchaeferFilm Posters by Graham MarshLet's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
Explore! Exploit! Explode!
181 books — 7 voters

Call Me By Your Name by André AcimanA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterBonjour tristesse by Françoise SaganOne Italian Summer by Rebecca SerleOne Last Shot by Betty Cayouette
Under the Mediterranean Sun
23 books — 7 voters
Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleHMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLeanWhiteout by Greg RuckaThe gold of the snow geese by Peter KnightBiggles in the Antarctic by W.E. Johns
Artic And Antarctic Polar Exploration
48 books — 5 voters

Searching for Franklin by Ken McGooganHMS Terror by Matthew BettsBarrow's Boys by Fergus FlemingThe Man Who Ate His Boots by Anthony BrandtJames Fitzjames by William Battersby
Franklin Expedition Non-fiction
18 books — 1 voter
Jungle of Stone by William CarlsenInto Africa by Martin DugardThe Race for Timbuktu by Frank T. KryzaThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfThe Lost City of Z by David Grann
Exploring The World: A Spring Against Ignorance And Prejudices
23 books — 1 voter

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