Best Travel Writing

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Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,926 ratings
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A Time of Gifts (Trilogy, #1)
A Time of Gifts (Trilogy, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 9,324 ratings
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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 β€” 436,140 ratings
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The Kon-Tiki Expedition
The Kon-Tiki Expedition 4.16 avg rating β€” 24,592 ratings
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In Patagonia
In Patagonia 3.65 avg rating β€” 18,541 ratings
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Between the Woods and the Water (Trilogy, #2)
Between the Woods and the Water (Trilogy, #2) 4.28 avg rating β€” 3,593 ratings
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Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet 4.10 avg rating β€” 25,971 ratings
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The Songlines
The Songlines 3.96 avg rating β€” 12,123 ratings
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In a Sunburned Country
In a Sunburned Country 4.07 avg rating β€” 119,163 ratings
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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas 3.94 avg rating β€” 11,360 ratings
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From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East
From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East 4.32 avg rating β€” 4,081 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 β€” 15,570 ratings
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Yemen: The Unknown Arabia
Yemen: The Unknown Arabia 3.91 avg rating β€” 390 ratings
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The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca 3.97 avg rating β€” 8,488 ratings
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The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific 4.02 avg rating β€” 6,590 ratings
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One for the Road (Road #1)
One for the Road (Road #1) 4.71 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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The Road Less Travelled (Road, #2)
The Road Less Travelled (Road, #2) 4.42 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan
Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan 3.98 avg rating β€” 6,048 ratings
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America 3.81 avg rating β€” 63,781 ratings
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The Marsh Arabs
The Marsh Arabs 4.19 avg rating β€” 1,467 ratings
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Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating β€” 293,928 ratings
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Strangers on the Camino
Strangers on the Camino 4.48 avg rating β€” 52 ratings
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The World At Large (Carpe Diem, book 1)
The World At Large (Carpe Diem, book 1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
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Into the Glorious Unknown
Into the Glorious Unknown
by: Anna Leva
3.90 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
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Sola: One Woman's Journey Alone Across South America
Sola: One Woman's Journey Alone Across South America
by: Amy Field
4.09 avg rating β€” 182 ratings
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The Two Week Traveller
The Two Week Traveller 4.03 avg rating β€” 97 ratings
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush 3.96 avg rating β€” 6,855 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,819,862 ratings
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No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo
No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,800 ratings
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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia 3.90 avg rating β€” 21,057 ratings
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Riding the Iron Rooster
Riding the Iron Rooster 4.04 avg rating β€” 9,465 ratings
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Lost Japan
Lost Japan
by: Alex Kerr
3.79 avg rating β€” 3,855 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 β€” 56 ratings
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Paul and Kiki's Guide to Vacationing In Italy: Making Your Tuscany Holiday a Treasured Memory
Paul and Kiki's Guide to Vacationing In Italy: Making Your Tuscany Holiday a Treasured Memory 4.24 avg rating β€” 37 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 β€” 219 ratings
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θ΅°εΎ—θΆŠθΏœ,离θ‡ͺε·±θΆŠθΏ‘ The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me
θ΅°εΎ—θΆŠθΏœ,离θ‡ͺε·±θΆŠθΏ‘ The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me
by: Hong Mei
3.65 avg rating β€” 1,163 ratings
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The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,864 ratings
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Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World
Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World 4.42 avg rating β€” 109 ratings
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Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart
Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart 3.30 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star 4.06 avg rating β€” 7,308 ratings
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In Siberia
In Siberia 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,897 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 β€” 9 ratings
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The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,696 ratings
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Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah
Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,009 ratings
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Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island 3.92 avg rating β€” 117,844 ratings
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Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe 3.85 avg rating β€” 78,062 ratings
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The Hall of a Thousand Columns
The Hall of a Thousand Columns 3.80 avg rating β€” 193 ratings
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The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands
The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,745 ratings
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Shadow of the Silk Road
Shadow of the Silk Road 3.79 avg rating β€” 4,365 ratings
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Expats: Travels in Arabia from Tripoli to Tehran
Expats: Travels in Arabia from Tripoli to Tehran 3.58 avg rating β€” 53 ratings
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The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari 3.90 avg rating β€” 3,854 ratings
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Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire 4.18 avg rating β€” 53,112 ratings
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Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China
Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China 3.59 avg rating β€” 197 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 β€” 190 ratings
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في Ψ±Ψ­Ω„Ψ© Ψ§Ω„Ψ­ΩŠΨ§Ψ©
في Ψ±Ψ­Ω„Ψ© Ψ§Ω„Ψ­ΩŠΨ§Ψ© 3.96 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture
Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,940 ratings
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Glam Italia! How to Travel Italy: Secrets To Glamorous Travel (On A Not So Glamorous Budget)
Glam Italia! How to Travel Italy: Secrets To Glamorous Travel (On A Not So Glamorous Budget) 4.47 avg rating β€” 386 ratings
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Cruising the Mississippi: From New Orleans to Memphis on a Genuine Paddlewheeler
Cruising the Mississippi: From New Orleans to Memphis on a Genuine Paddlewheeler really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 116 ratings
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No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners! My Life in Japan in the 80's
No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners! My Life in Japan in the 80's 3.86 avg rating β€” 97 ratings
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galΓ : Adventures of the Most Well-Traveled Filipinos
galΓ : Adventures of the Most Well-Traveled Filipinos 3.64 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
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Adventures of a Lifetime: Travel Tales from Around the World
Adventures of a Lifetime: Travel Tales from Around the World 3.83 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
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Chance Encounters: Travel Tales from Around the World
Chance Encounters: Travel Tales from Around the World 3.71 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
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Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan
Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan 4.16 avg rating β€” 414 ratings
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Snapshots (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books)
Snapshots (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books) 4.56 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers 4.15 avg rating β€” 468 ratings
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A Leaf in the Wind: Travels in Africa
A Leaf in the Wind: Travels in Africa 3.93 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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Round Ireland with a Fridge
Round Ireland with a Fridge 3.81 avg rating β€” 20,289 ratings
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A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam 3.93 avg rating β€” 590 ratings
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Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt
Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt 4.04 avg rating β€” 1,438 ratings
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Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India 4.07 avg rating β€” 8,473 ratings
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Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sorcerer's Apprentice 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,256 ratings
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The Road to Oxiana
The Road to Oxiana 3.90 avg rating β€” 3,327 ratings
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No Place for a Lady: Tales of Adventurous Women Travelers
No Place for a Lady: Tales of Adventurous Women Travelers 3.69 avg rating β€” 214 ratings
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Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam 3.99 avg rating β€” 6,620 ratings
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Travels in Siberia
Travels in Siberia 3.92 avg rating β€” 4,614 ratings
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A Mad World, My Masters: Tales from a Traveller's Life
A Mad World, My Masters: Tales from a Traveller's Life 4.08 avg rating β€” 638 ratings
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Landfalls: On the Edge of Islam with Ibn Battutah
Landfalls: On the Edge of Islam with Ibn Battutah 4.12 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
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Finding George Orwell in Burma
Finding George Orwell in Burma 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,664 ratings
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Tales from the Queen of the Desert
Tales from the Queen of the Desert 3.86 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Travels with Charley: In Search of America 4.08 avg rating β€” 103,309 ratings
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Blue Highways
Blue Highways 4.03 avg rating β€” 24,993 ratings
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Abbey's Road
Abbey's Road 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,283 ratings
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Enchanted Vagabonds
Enchanted Vagabonds
by: Dana Lamb
4.48 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
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Travel To the G-Spot -- The Guide Book
Travel To the G-Spot -- The Guide Book 3.88 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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Railroad Semantics #1: Eugene, Portland, Pocatello, and Back!
Railroad Semantics #1: Eugene, Portland, Pocatello, and Back! 3.71 avg rating β€” 17 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 β€” 95 ratings
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Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Travels in Search of Canada
Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Travels in Search of Canada 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,380 ratings
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On Mexican Time - A New Life In San Miguel
On Mexican Time - A New Life In San Miguel 3.72 avg rating β€” 2,078 ratings
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The Teardrop Island
The Teardrop Island 3.68 avg rating β€” 146 ratings
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CHINA: Portrait of a People
CHINA: Portrait of a People 4.23 avg rating β€” 184 ratings
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Why We Fly: The Meaning of Travel in a Hyperconnected Age
Why We Fly: The Meaning of Travel in a Hyperconnected Age
by: Evan Rail
3.54 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
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The Road To Purification: Hustlers, Hassles & Hash
The Road To Purification: Hustlers, Hassles & Hash 4.16 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
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Bonjour 40: A Paris travel log (40 years. 40 days. 40 seconds.)
Bonjour 40: A Paris travel log (40 years. 40 days. 40 seconds.) 3.58 avg rating β€” 188 ratings
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A Year of Living Prayerfully
A Year of Living Prayerfully 4.25 avg rating β€” 822 ratings
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La porta proibita
La porta proibita 4.19 avg rating β€” 1,282 ratings
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Alaska - Travelogue by State: Experience Both the Ordinary and Obscure
Alaska - Travelogue by State: Experience Both the Ordinary and Obscure 3.65 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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Traveling the Two-Lane: A Memoir and Travelogue
Traveling the Two-Lane: A Memoir and Travelogue 4.07 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
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Learjets and Layovers: The Bright Side of Aviation
Learjets and Layovers: The Bright Side of Aviation 3.93 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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Adventures of a Railway Nomad: How Our Journeys Guide Us Home
Adventures of a Railway Nomad: How Our Journeys Guide Us Home 3.80 avg rating β€” 209 ratings
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Globalocity: The Adventures of Raymond
Globalocity: The Adventures of Raymond it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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