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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
2,121 books — 1,848 voters
The Little Engine That Could by Watty PiperA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeMurder on the Orient Express / Cards on the Table / The A.B.C... by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
370 books — 84 voters

Journey to the West by Biao WangDark Skies by David HaldaneBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonThe Lord God Made Them All by James HerriotWild Swans by Jung Chang
Memoirs I've Loved Too
349 books — 47 voters
The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasAbyssinian Nomad by Maskarm HaileDown Under by Bill BrysonOne Day at a Time 2017 by Hollie Bell-SchinzingThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew Lightfoot
Best Traveling Vicariously II
97 books — 46 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by RowlingThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Spanish Love Deception by Elena ArmasJust Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
Vehicles on the Cover
375 books — 39 voters
The Forager Chefs Club by Rita Mace WalstonAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Five Star Fiction-In My Opinion
431 books — 37 voters

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinNothing But Sky by Amy TruebloodBlack Dove White Raven by Elizabeth WeinFlygirl by Sherri L. SmithNight Witches by Kathryn Lasky
Aviation in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
65 books — 29 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangDark Skies by David HaldaneKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Memoirs I've Loved III
40 books — 25 voters

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinThe Lightning and the Few by Patrick LarsimontNight Witches by Kathryn LaskyThe Flight Girls by Noelle SalazarThe Huntress by Kate Quinn
Aviation Historical Fiction
52 books — 24 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
True Crime-Read
126 books — 20 voters

Wrong Place Wrong Time by David P. PerlmutterNo Time for Goodbye by Linwood BarclayBlood Wounds by Susan Beth PfefferAm I Free To Go? by Kathryn CramerEvery Parent's Nightmare by Belinda Hawkins
Wrong Place Wrong Time
35 books — 18 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaWill Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisBy the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
The Summer of Books (That Won't All Get Read) Part 2
82 books — 10 voters

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachCoffee, Tea or Me? The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Ste... by Trudy BakerThe Flying Book by David BlatnerWhen I Fell From the Sky by Juliane KoepckeAirplane Reading by Christopher Schaberg
Flight Books
16 books — 10 voters
Falling for the Marine by Samanthe BeckTurbulent Waters by Melody AnneAngel's Peak by Robyn CarrBeyond the Sea by Keira AndrewsLove on Air by P.C. Zick
Pilots
54 books — 10 voters

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. SmithMunich Airport by Greg BaxterThe Chaos of Standing Still by Jessica BrodyAirports, Exes, and Other Things I'm Over by Shani PetroffKiss Me in New York by Catherine Rider
The Terminal (Stuck at the Airport)
13 books — 4 voters
Before the Fall by Noah HawleyAfter the Crash by Michel BussiBiggles Hits the Trail by W.E. JohnsMissing by Roy Conyers NesbitAlive by Piers Paul Read
Books Not To Read On An Airplane
27 books — 4 voters

The Science Behind Batman's Flying Machines by Tammy EnzThe Science Behind Batman's Tools by Agnieszka BiskupRatman and Robin by K.A. BoltonThe Science Behind Batman's Uniform by Tammy EnzThe Science Behind Batman's Ground Vehicles by Tammy Enz
The Science Behind Superheroes
9 books — 3 voters
Parachuting Folklore by Michael HoranSnowdrops by A.D. MillerCall Me Ahnighito by Pam ConradOperation Morning Light by Leo HeapsThe Bird by Oh Jung-hee
Skydruff
103 books — 3 voters

The Science Behind Batman's Tools by Agnieszka BiskupThe Science Behind Batman's Uniform by Tammy EnzThe Science Behind Batman's Ground Vehicles by Tammy EnzThe Science Behind Batman's Flying Machines by Tammy Enz
The Science Behind : Batman
4 books — 2 voters
Batarangs and Grapnels by Tammy EnzRatman and Robin by K.A. BoltonBatmobiles and Batcycles by Tammy EnzBatplanes and Batcopters by Tammy EnzBatsuits and Capes by Tammy Enz
Batman Science
5 books — 2 voters

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteGEORGE by E.L. KonigsburgWho Could That Be at This Hour? by Lemony SnicketThe Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly ClearyLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
#MGCarousel - Books with Vehicles
20 books — 2 voters
The 15 by Anthony SadlerSully by Chesley B. Sullenberger IIIAmong the Heroes by Jere LongmanAn Ordinary Man by Paul RusesabaginaFinding Me by Michelle Knight
True Stories of Facing Danger, Rescues, Escapes, Survival and Heroism
19 books — 1 voter

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