Favorite Travel Books
200. 
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by:
Dava Sobel
3.99 avg rating — 75,022 ratings 202. 
The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels
by:
Freya Stark
3.82 avg rating — 1,175 ratings 
207. 
No Touch Monkey!: And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late (Adventura Books Series)
by:
Ayun Halliday
3.36 avg rating — 3,605 ratings 208. 
209. 
Last Chance to See: In the Footsteps of Douglas Adams
by:
Mark Carwardine
4.40 avg rating — 2,941 ratings 
212. 
Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain
by:
George Mahood
4.14 avg rating — 7,700 ratings 212. 
Signs of Life: To the Ends of the Earth with a Doctor
by:
Stephen Fabes
4.15 avg rating — 543 ratings 214. 
The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time
by:
Bob Harris
4.03 avg rating — 1,101 ratings 
216. 
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
by:
Peter Hopkirk
4.33 avg rating — 8,764 ratings 
220. 
A Time For Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea
by:
Jason Goodwin
3.69 avg rating — 116 ratings 221. 
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229. 
The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
by:
Robert D. Kaplan
4.11 avg rating — 1,511 ratings 230. 
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1)
by:
Jim Fergus
3.91 avg rating — 134,718 ratings 231. 
Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional Hedonism
by:
Thomas Kohnstamm
3.22 avg rating — 1,557 ratings 
236. 
Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City
by:
Anna Quindlen
3.31 avg rating — 1,304 ratings 237. 
It's Not About the Tapas: A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels
by:
Polly Evans
3.34 avg rating — 903 ratings 
239. 
The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
by:
Bill Bryson
3.72 avg rating — 38,063 ratings 
240. 
Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
by:
Rebecca Renner
3.80 avg rating — 3,059 ratings 
245. 
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
by:
Simon Winchester
3.84 avg rating — 4,777 ratings 246. 
Radio Shangri-la: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth
by:
Lisa Napoli
3.48 avg rating — 2,246 ratings 247. 
Grit: The Banter and Brutality of the Late-Night Cab
by:
Karl Wiggins
3.76 avg rating — 1,100 ratings 
250. 
Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China
by:
Tom Carter
3.59 avg rating — 197 ratings 
254. 
A Russian Journal (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
by:
John Steinbeck
4.09 avg rating — 4,380 ratings 254. 
American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders
by:
Richard Grant
4.06 avg rating — 874 ratings 
259. 
From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet
by:
Vikram Seth
4.03 avg rating — 2,074 ratings 
262. 
Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It: Essays
by:
Geoff Dyer
3.50 avg rating — 2,836 ratings 264. 
The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife 3.72 avg rating — 918 ratings
265. 
On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
by:
Tim Cope
4.15 avg rating — 1,969 ratings 
266. 
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s 4.06 avg rating — 2,254 ratings
269. 
America Unchained: A Freewheeling Roadtrip in Search of Non-Corporate USA
by:
Dave Gorman
3.86 avg rating — 2,131 ratings 270. 
Mediterranean Winter: The Pleasures of History and Landscape in Tunisia, Sicily, Dalmatia and the Peloponnese
by:
Robert D. Kaplan
3.92 avg rating — 363 ratings 271. 
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
by:
Michael Finkel
3.90 avg rating — 82,159 ratings 
273. 
Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
by:
Kira Salak
4.02 avg rating — 942 ratings 274. 
Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
by:
Tim Moore
3.75 avg rating — 577 ratings 
276. 
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
by:
Matthew Algeo
3.90 avg rating — 2,479 ratings 
278. 
Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
by:
Mary Morris
3.73 avg rating — 1,568 ratings 
282. 
282. 
NORTH KOREA BEHIND THE VEIL. Inside stories and private, uncensored images.
by:
Felix Abt
3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings 
282. 
Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet
by:
Will Hunt
3.81 avg rating — 2,620 ratings 282. 
THIS GUY’S ON HIS OWN TRIP : To Find His Way, He Dared To Be Lost!
by:
Neeraj Narayanan
4.60 avg rating — 163 ratings 
288. 
You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons - The World on One Cartoon a Day
by:
Mo Willems
3.80 avg rating — 962 ratings 288. 
Paul & Kiki's Guide to Vacationing in Italy: Making Your Tuscany Holiday a Treasured Memory
by:
Paul Stuart
4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings 
294. 
Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents
by:
Jim Malusa
3.66 avg rating — 557 ratings 
297. 
Moron to Moron: Two Men, Two Bikes, One Mongolian Misadventure
by:
Tom Doig
3.41 avg rating — 153 ratings 
300. 