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Cover of In a Sunburned Country

In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson

4.0

2000

Cover of Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

John Steinbeck

4.1

1962

Cover of Blue Highways

Blue Highways

William Least Heat-Moon

4.0

1982

Cover of Seven Years in Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet

Heinrich Harrer

4.0

1952

Cover of Eat, Pray, Love

Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert

3.5

2006

Cover of The Road

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

4.0

2006

Cover of Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

3.8

1860

Cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cheryl Strayed

4.0

2012

Cover of Under the Tuscan Sun

Under the Tuscan Sun

Frances Mayes

3.7

1996

Cover of A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson

4.0

1997

Cover of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt

3.9

1994

Cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Robert M. Pirsig

3.8

1974

Cover of Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

3.9

1995

Cover of A Year in Provence

A Year in Provence

Peter Mayle

3.9

1989

Cover of The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

David Grann

3.9

2009

Cover of I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away

Bill Bryson

3.9

1998

Cover of Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

Bill Bryson

3.9

1991

Cover of The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America

Bill Bryson

3.8

1989

Cover of Boy: Tales of Childhood

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

4.1

1984

Cover of The Satanic Verses

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie

3.7

1988

Cover of Assassination Vacation

Assassination Vacation

Sarah Vowell

4.0

2005

Cover of The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

Candice Millard

4.2

2005

Cover of The Bookseller of Kabul

The Bookseller of Kabul

Åsne Seierstad, Ingrid Christopherson

3.8

2002

Cover of Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)

Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)

Jerome K. Jerome

3.9

1889

Cover of The Partly Cloudy Patriot

The Partly Cloudy Patriot

Sarah Vowell, Katherine Streeter

3.9

2002

Cover of West with the Night

West with the Night

Beryl Markham

4.2

1942

Cover of The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara March

3.8

1993

Cover of Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction

Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction

Joseph Conrad, A. Michael Matin

3.8

1899

Cover of The Complete Poems

The Complete Poems

John Keats

4.2

1820

Cover of Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal

Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal

Conor Grennan

4.3

2010

Cover of Dream Man

Dream Man

Linda Howard

4.0

1994

Cover of The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

Ilya Ilf, Eugene Petrov, Maurice Friedberg, John H.C. Richardson

4.4

1927

Cover of Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

Sarah Macdonald

3.5

2002

Cover of Grandfather's Journey

Grandfather's Journey

Allen Say

4.1

1993

Cover of Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Guy Delisle

3.9

2003

Cover of A Long Way Home

A Long Way Home

Saroo Brierley

4.1

2013

Cover of The Great Railway Bazaar

The Great Railway Bazaar

Paul Theroux

3.9

1969

Cover of Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

Charles Dickens, Patricia Ingham, Hablot Knight Browne

3.8

1844

Cover of Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes

Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes

Elizabeth Bard

3.7

2010

Cover of The Places in Between

The Places in Between

Rory Stewart

3.9

2004

Cover of The City of Falling Angels

The City of Falling Angels

John Berendt

3.5

2005

Cover of Bella Tuscany

Bella Tuscany

Frances Mayes

3.7

1999

Cover of A Year in the Merde

A Year in the Merde

Stephen Clarke

3.5

2004

Cover of Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu

Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu

J. Maarten Troost

3.9

2006

Cover of The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom

The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom

Slavomir Rawicz

4.2

1956

Cover of Istanbul: Memories and the City

Istanbul: Memories and the City

Orhan Pamuk

3.8

2003

Cover of The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City

The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City

David Lebovitz

3.9

2009

Cover of The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

Bill Bryson

3.7

2015

Cover of Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town

Paul Theroux

4.0

2002

Cover of A Walk Across America

A Walk Across America

Peter Jenkins

4.0

1979

Cover of Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

Mark Adams

3.8

2011

Cover of Breakfast with Buddha

Breakfast with Buddha

Roland Merullo

3.8

2007

Cover of The Snow Leopard

The Snow Leopard

Peter Matthiessen

4.1

1978

Cover of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found

Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found

Suketu Mehta

3.9

2004

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