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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 Eat, Pray, Love

Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert

3.5

2006

Cover of The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

3.9

2015

Cover of Into the Wild

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

3.9

1996

Cover of Me Talk Pretty One Day

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

4.0

2000

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 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

4.1

2004

Cover of A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

4.2

2003

Cover of A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole, Walker Percy

3.9

1980

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 When You Are Engulfed in Flames

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

4.0

2008

Cover of A Room with a View

A Room with a View

E.M. Forster

3.9

1908

Cover of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

3.8

2013

Cover of Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

3.9

1995

Cover of In a Sunburned Country

In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson

4.0

2000

Cover of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Tom Wolfe

3.9

1968

Cover of Jewels of the Sun (Gallaghers of Ardmore, #1)

Jewels of the Sun (Gallaghers of Ardmore, #1)

Nora Roberts

4.2

1999

Cover of Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

4.4

1959

Cover of A Year in Provence

A Year in Provence

Peter Mayle

3.9

1989

Cover of We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.5

2014

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 Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

John Steinbeck

4.1

1962

Cover of Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

David Sedaris

3.8

1994

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 Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

4.5

2016

Cover of Color: A Natural History of the Palette

Color: A Natural History of the Palette

Victoria Finlay

3.7

2003

Cover of Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

Bill Bryson

3.9

1991

Cover of Bad Feminist

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

3.9

2014

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 Scarlett

Scarlett

Alexandra Ripley

3.4

1991

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 The Sorrows of Young Werther

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burton Pike

3.6

1774

Cover of Utopia

Utopia

Thomas More, Paul Turner

3.5

1516

Cover of Playing for Pizza

Playing for Pizza

John Grisham

3.4

2007

Cover of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

Patricia Schultz

3.8

2003

Cover of The Magus

The Magus

John Fowles

4.0

1965

Cover of Three Weeks With My Brother

Three Weeks With My Brother

Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks

4.0

2004

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 The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien

4.2

1942

Cover of The Pilgrimage

The Pilgrimage

Paulo Coelho, Alan R. Clarke

3.6

1987

Cover of Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

David Foster Wallace

4.3

2005

Cover of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark

3.8

1961

Cover of Walden & Civil Disobedience

Walden & Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau, W.S. Merwin

4.0

1854

Cover of The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge

W. Somerset Maugham

4.2

1944

Cover of You Shall Know Our Velocity!

You Shall Know Our Velocity!

Dave Eggers

3.6

2002

Cover of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again:  Essays and Arguments

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

4.3

1996

Cover of The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

Eric Weiner

3.8

2008

Cover of Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

Chuck Klosterman

3.9

2005

Cover of The Partly Cloudy Patriot

The Partly Cloudy Patriot

Sarah Vowell, Katherine Streeter

3.9

2002

Cover of Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell, Lionel Trilling

4.1

1938

Cover of Breath, Eyes, Memory

Breath, Eyes, Memory

Edwidge Danticat

3.9

1994

Cover of The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss

The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss

Edmund de Waal

3.9

2009

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 In One Person

In One Person

John Irving

3.6

2012

Cover of Daisy Miller

Daisy Miller

Henry James

3.4

1878

Cover of Blue Highways

Blue Highways

William Least Heat-Moon

4.0

1982

Cover of Selected Stories

Selected Stories

O. Henry, Victoria Blake

4.2

1977

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 The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

Caroline Alexander

4.3

1998

Cover of Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

4.3

2014

Cover of Last Chance to See

Last Chance to See

Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine

4.3

1990

Cover of Meant to Be

Meant to Be

Lauren Morrill

3.7

2012

Cover of Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living

Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living

Nick Offerman

3.6

2013

Cover of Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

Sarah Macdonald

3.5

2002

Cover of Binge

Binge

Tyler Oakley

4.3

2015

Cover of Grandfather's Journey

Grandfather's Journey

Allen Say

4.1

1993

Cover of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

Rolf Potts

3.9

2002

Cover of The Art of Travel

The Art of Travel

Alain de Botton

3.8

2002

Cover of Wildflower

Wildflower

Drew Barrymore

3.6

2015

Cover of The Adventures of Augie March

The Adventures of Augie March

Saul Bellow, Christopher Hitchens

3.8

1953

Cover of Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Henry David Thoreau

4.1

1995

Cover of The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

Anthony Hope

3.9

1894

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 Essays and Poems

Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Peter Norberg

4.0

1856

Cover of Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

Charles Dickens, Patricia Ingham, Hablot Knight Browne

3.8

1844

Cover of The Places in Between

The Places in Between

Rory Stewart

3.9

2004

Cover of Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World

Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World

Rita Golden Gelman

3.8

2001

Cover of The City of Falling Angels

The City of Falling Angels

John Berendt

3.5

2005

Cover of Seven Years in Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet

Heinrich Harrer

4.0

1952

Cover of Henderson the Rain King

Henderson the Rain King

Saul Bellow, Luciano Bianciardi

3.8

1959

Cover of Hotel du Lac

Hotel du Lac

Anita Brookner

3.6

1984

Cover of Bella Tuscany

Bella Tuscany

Frances Mayes

3.7

1999

Cover of Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris

Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris

Sarah Turnbull

3.7

2003

Cover of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

Harold McGee

4.5

1984

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 1421: The Year China Discovered America

1421: The Year China Discovered America

Gavin Menzies

3.6

2002

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 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 Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Bill Bryson

3.9

1994

Cover of Homo Faber

Homo Faber

Max Frisch

3.8

1957

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

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