Escaping the Grind--Books About Leaving It All Behind!

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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,115 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,795 ratings
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The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,768 ratings
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The Travelers Within: Into The Unknown
The Travelers Within: Into The Unknown really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 134 ratings
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In a Sunburned Country
In a Sunburned Country 4.07 avg rating — 119,156 ratings
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,911 ratings
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Happiness for Beginners
Happiness for Beginners 4.04 avg rating — 71,656 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,472 ratings
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Travels with Charley: In Search of America 4.08 avg rating — 103,297 ratings
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Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide 4.02 avg rating — 11,607 ratings
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,452 ratings
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The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,322 ratings
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The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World.
The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World. 3.74 avg rating — 9,062 ratings
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 727,825 ratings
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Signs of Life: To the Ends of the Earth with a Doctor
Signs of Life: To the Ends of the Earth with a Doctor 4.15 avg rating — 543 ratings
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Don't Stop the Carnival
Don't Stop the Carnival 3.93 avg rating — 3,892 ratings
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A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean
A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean 3.93 avg rating — 2,891 ratings
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Tales from Margaritaville
Tales from Margaritaville 3.92 avg rating — 3,401 ratings
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A Salty Piece of Land
A Salty Piece of Land 3.77 avg rating — 7,302 ratings
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Promise of Departure
Promise of Departure 3.87 avg rating — 115 ratings
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The Wild Woman's Guide to Traveling the World
The Wild Woman's Guide to Traveling the World 3.84 avg rating — 843 ratings
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Friction in Motion
Friction in Motion 4.81 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Summer Hours
Summer Hours 3.83 avg rating — 2,787 ratings
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Driftwood: Stories from the Margarita Road
Driftwood: Stories from the Margarita Road 4.34 avg rating — 240 ratings
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Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía 3.84 avg rating — 18,044 ratings
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The Road Less Travelled (Road, #2)
The Road Less Travelled (Road, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Two Week Traveller
The Two Week Traveller 4.03 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Happier Than A Billionaire: Quitting My Job, Moving to Costa Rica, and Living the Zero Hour Work Week
Happier Than A Billionaire: Quitting My Job, Moving to Costa Rica, and Living the Zero Hour Work Week 3.88 avg rating — 1,505 ratings
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Out of the Cage (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books)
Out of the Cage (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,613 ratings
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A Pirate Looks at Fifty
A Pirate Looks at Fifty 3.87 avg rating — 4,611 ratings
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13 Years in America
13 Years in America 4.01 avg rating — 166 ratings
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Wondering, the Way is Made: A South American Odyssey
Wondering, the Way is Made: A South American Odyssey 3.89 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Dancing with Death: An Inspiring Real-Life Story of Epic Travel Adventure
Dancing with Death: An Inspiring Real-Life Story of Epic Travel Adventure 4.12 avg rating — 219 ratings
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One for the Road (Road #1)
One for the Road (Road #1) 4.71 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Land of the Free
Land of the Free 4.11 avg rating — 46 ratings
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13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1)
13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 83,552 ratings
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Billy Connolly's Route 66: The Big Yin on the Ultimate American Road Trip
Billy Connolly's Route 66: The Big Yin on the Ultimate American Road Trip 3.95 avg rating — 766 ratings
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A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure
A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure 3.85 avg rating — 7,256 ratings
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Blue Highways
Blue Highways 4.03 avg rating — 24,992 ratings
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My First Summer in the Sierra
My First Summer in the Sierra
by: John Muir
4.06 avg rating — 7,229 ratings
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Madeline
Madeline 4.26 avg rating — 217,180 ratings
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Travels with My Aunt
Travels with My Aunt 3.80 avg rating — 16,567 ratings
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The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World 4.23 avg rating — 4,079 ratings
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Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki 4.16 avg rating — 24,591 ratings
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The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars 3.95 avg rating — 69,777 ratings
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West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating — 40,231 ratings
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Karma Gone Bad: How I Learned to Love Mangos, Bollywood, and Water Buffalo
Karma Gone Bad: How I Learned to Love Mangos, Bollywood, and Water Buffalo 3.51 avg rating — 777 ratings
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Jumping Ship
Jumping Ship 4.29 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Vagabond Dreams
Vagabond Dreams 4.10 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Life After Joe
Life After Joe 3.96 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Paris (My Globetrotter Book): Global adventures...in the palm of your hands!
Paris (My Globetrotter Book): Global adventures...in the palm of your hands! it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Quest and Crew (Quest and Crew #1)
Quest and Crew (Quest and Crew #1) 4.17 avg rating — 422 ratings
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Snapshots (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books)
Snapshots (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books) 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Mai Tai Butterfly
Mai Tai Butterfly 3.86 avg rating — 641 ratings
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The Woefield Poultry Collective
The Woefield Poultry Collective 3.87 avg rating — 3,368 ratings
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The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2
The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2 3.94 avg rating — 2,137 ratings
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Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy 3.77 avg rating — 329,139 ratings
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An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude 3.96 avg rating — 5,629 ratings
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Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea
Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea 3.99 avg rating — 1,635 ratings
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No Touch Monkey!: And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late (Adventura Books Series)
No Touch Monkey!: And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late (Adventura Books Series) 3.36 avg rating — 3,605 ratings
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Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe 3.85 avg rating — 78,055 ratings
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The Great Alone
The Great Alone 4.45 avg rating — 1,075,629 ratings
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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,341 ratings
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Songs You Know by Heart -- Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hits: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Songs You Know by Heart -- Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hits: Piano/Vocal/Chords 4.30 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town 3.99 avg rating — 15,570 ratings
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Once Upon An Island
Once Upon An Island 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea 4.14 avg rating — 20,353 ratings
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The African Queen
The African Queen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,132 ratings
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The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France
The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France 3.87 avg rating — 4,915 ratings
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Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness
Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness 3.80 avg rating — 1,016 ratings
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The Baron in the Trees
The Baron in the Trees 4.02 avg rating — 51,055 ratings
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Light at the Edge of the World
Light at the Edge of the World 4.22 avg rating — 823 ratings
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Book of Peoples of the World: A Guide to Cultures
Book of Peoples of the World: A Guide to Cultures 4.10 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Last Drop of Living: A Minimalist's Guide to Living the High Life on a Low Budget
The Last Drop of Living: A Minimalist's Guide to Living the High Life on a Low Budget 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Wanderlove
Wanderlove 3.90 avg rating — 8,713 ratings
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Alcoholica Esoterica: A Collection of Useful and Useless Information as it Relates to the History and Consumption of All Manner of Booze
Alcoholica Esoterica: A Collection of Useful and Useless Information as it Relates to the History and Consumption of All Manner of Booze 4.11 avg rating — 197 ratings
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Baptism for the Dead
Baptism for the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 132 ratings
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Friend of the Devil
Friend of the Devil 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Missives from Maravida: A Family's Caribbean Sailboat Adventure
Missives from Maravida: A Family's Caribbean Sailboat Adventure 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Best Man (Blue Heron, #1)
The Best Man (Blue Heron, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 31,106 ratings
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Jupiter's Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph
Jupiter's Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph
by: Ted Simon
4.19 avg rating — 4,951 ratings
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Mystic Fool
Mystic Fool
by: Andy Hill
3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Rainbow Colored Eyes (Playland of the Kings #1)
Rainbow Colored Eyes (Playland of the Kings #1) 4.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Ten Thousand Miles by Freight Train: A Memoir of Beauty and Freedom on the Rails
Ten Thousand Miles by Freight Train: A Memoir of Beauty and Freedom on the Rails 3.48 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Smoke and Mirrors
Smoke and Mirrors really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Adelante
Adelante 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Vroom with a View: Milan to Rome on a '61 Vespa
Vroom with a View: Milan to Rome on a '61 Vespa 3.96 avg rating — 1,016 ratings
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A Beard in Nepal
A Beard in Nepal 3.61 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Road to Somewhere
Road to Somewhere 4.11 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Out of Oregon
Out of Oregon 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Knight of the Purple Ribbon
Knight of the Purple Ribbon 3.56 avg rating — 36 ratings
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I See by My Outfit
I See by My Outfit 4.09 avg rating — 422 ratings
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Running with the Moon
Running with the Moon 4.24 avg rating — 195 ratings
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Good Life Lab: Radical Experiments in Hands-On Living
Good Life Lab: Radical Experiments in Hands-On Living 3.69 avg rating — 494 ratings
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Passport Diaries
Passport Diaries 3.83 avg rating — 300 ratings
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Depression Carpenter
Depression Carpenter 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Ipanema Turtles: A South American Adventure by Bike
Ipanema Turtles: A South American Adventure by Bike 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia
The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia 3.75 avg rating — 190 ratings
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Now You See It...
Now You See It... 3.74 avg rating — 42 ratings
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