Contemporary Travel Books

1.
Blood River: The Terrifying Journey Through The World's Most Dangerous Country
Blood River: The Terrifying Journey Through The World's Most Dangerous Country 3.98 avg rating — 11,890 ratings
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The Two Week Traveller
The Two Week Traveller 4.03 avg rating — 97 ratings
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جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات
جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات 4.02 avg rating — 65 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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Spy... for Nobody!: Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence
Spy... for Nobody!: Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence 4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence
Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence 4.02 avg rating — 65 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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In a Sunburned Country
In a Sunburned Country 4.07 avg rating — 119,165 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,882 ratings
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Does it Yurt? Travels in Central Asia Or How I Came to Love the Stans
Does it Yurt? Travels in Central Asia Or How I Came to Love the Stans 3.66 avg rating — 44 ratings
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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 3.84 avg rating — 38,202 ratings
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Hokkaido Highway Blues
Hokkaido Highway Blues 3.98 avg rating — 6,049 ratings
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The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley 3.79 avg rating — 4,239 ratings
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You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons - The World on One Cartoon a Day
You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons - The World on One Cartoon a Day 3.80 avg rating — 962 ratings
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On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey
On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey 4.03 avg rating — 2,955 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 — 21,057 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 — 27 ratings
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A Portrait of Emily Price
A Portrait of Emily Price 3.79 avg rating — 3,355 ratings
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A Maverick Himalayan Way (new edition): Connect to cultures and walks in Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kashmir and Sikkim
A Maverick Himalayan Way (new edition): Connect to cultures and walks in Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kashmir and Sikkim 3.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide
Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide 3.99 avg rating — 4,138 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 — 11,360 ratings
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A Maverick New Zealand Way
A Maverick New Zealand Way 2.95 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads
Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads 3.78 avg rating — 5,798 ratings
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Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine
Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine 3.75 avg rating — 2,061 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 — 6,590 ratings
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Fragrant Heart
Fragrant Heart 3.57 avg rating — 74 ratings
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A Maverick Cuban Way
A Maverick Cuban Way 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Scar: Graphic Reportage from the US-Mexico Border
The Scar: Graphic Reportage from the US-Mexico Border 3.43 avg rating — 77 ratings
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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World 3.96 avg rating — 9,298 ratings
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown 3.99 avg rating — 15,570 ratings
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Neon Pilgrim
Neon Pilgrim 4.05 avg rating — 317 ratings
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A Maverick Inuit Way and the Vikings: How to connect with the peoples of the North
A Maverick Inuit Way and the Vikings: How to connect with the peoples of the North 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Lens on Syria: A Photographic Tour of Its Ancient and Modern Culture
Lens on Syria: A Photographic Tour of Its Ancient and Modern Culture 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
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جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات
جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات 4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Siberian Dawn: A Journey Across the New Russia
Siberian Dawn: A Journey Across the New Russia really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 93 ratings
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By Any Means: His Brand New Adventure from Wicklow to Wollongong
By Any Means: His Brand New Adventure from Wicklow to Wollongong 3.71 avg rating — 611 ratings
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A Maverick USA Way
A Maverick USA Way 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
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To Afghanistan and Back: A Graphic Travelogue
To Afghanistan and Back: A Graphic Travelogue
by: Ted Rall
3.58 avg rating — 169 ratings
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جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات
جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات 4.02 avg rating — 65 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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Right to the Edge: Sydney to Toyko by Any Means
Right to the Edge: Sydney to Toyko by Any Means 3.71 avg rating — 276 ratings
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A Maverick Pilgrim Way
A Maverick Pilgrim Way 2.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Roadstrips: A Graphic Journey Across America
Roadstrips: A Graphic Journey Across America 3.36 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Murderers In Mausoleums: Riding the Back Roads of Empire Between Moscow and Beijing
Murderers In Mausoleums: Riding the Back Roads of Empire Between Moscow and Beijing 3.78 avg rating — 130 ratings
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Extreme Frontiers: Racing Across Canada from Newfoundland to the Rockies
Extreme Frontiers: Racing Across Canada from Newfoundland to the Rockies 3.57 avg rating — 266 ratings
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A Maverick Traveller Anthology: Mary Jane Walker's first three books - A Maverick Traveller / A Maverick Cuban Way / A Maverick New Zealand Way
A Maverick Traveller Anthology: Mary Jane Walker's first three books - A Maverick Traveller / A Maverick Cuban Way / A Maverick New Zealand Way it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Birth of Bourbon: A Photographic Tour of Early Distilleries
The Birth of Bourbon: A Photographic Tour of Early Distilleries 4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel
Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel 3.84 avg rating — 281 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 — 6,620 ratings
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A Maverick Traveller: Wanna connect with the world? Join Kiwi adventurer Mary Jane Walker
A Maverick Traveller: Wanna connect with the world? Join Kiwi adventurer Mary Jane Walker 3.62 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays 4.11 avg rating — 1,950 ratings
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Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis 3.80 avg rating — 3,349 ratings
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Ant Egg Soup: The Adventures of a Food Tourist in Laos
Ant Egg Soup: The Adventures of a Food Tourist in Laos 3.84 avg rating — 201 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 — 53 ratings
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Round Ireland with a Fridge
Round Ireland with a Fridge 3.81 avg rating — 20,290 ratings
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Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island 3.92 avg rating — 117,842 ratings
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Bears in the Streets: Three Journeys Across a Changing Russia
Bears in the Streets: Three Journeys Across a Changing Russia 4.04 avg rating — 587 ratings
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One Hit Wonderland
One Hit Wonderland 3.58 avg rating — 1,273 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 — 71 ratings
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Sidetracked
Sidetracked 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea 4.02 avg rating — 943 ratings
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Couchsurfing in Iran: Revealing a Hidden World
Couchsurfing in Iran: Revealing a Hidden World 3.88 avg rating — 2,007 ratings
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Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London 3.58 avg rating — 4,032 ratings
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific 3.87 avg rating — 25,981 ratings
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Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace
Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace 3.76 avg rating — 1,604 ratings
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A Way To See The World: From Texas To Transylvania With A Maverick Traveler
A Way To See The World: From Texas To Transylvania With A Maverick Traveler 3.44 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future
The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future 4.17 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
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The Village of Waiting
The Village of Waiting 3.92 avg rating — 468 ratings
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze 4.28 avg rating — 13,671 ratings
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The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze & Back in Chinese Time
The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze & Back in Chinese Time 3.93 avg rating — 1,843 ratings
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Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table
Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table 3.96 avg rating — 411 ratings
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Lonely Planet Sean & David's Long Drive
Lonely Planet Sean & David's Long Drive 3.60 avg rating — 225 ratings
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Tripping the World Fantastic: A Journey Through the Music of Our Planet
Tripping the World Fantastic: A Journey Through the Music of Our Planet 3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Places in Between
The Places in Between 3.98 avg rating — 20,034 ratings
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Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future
Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future 4.23 avg rating — 295 ratings
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The Summer of My Greek Taverna
The Summer of My Greek Taverna
by: Tom Stone
3.25 avg rating — 574 ratings
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The Wet and the Dry: A Drinker’s Journey
The Wet and the Dry: A Drinker’s Journey 3.42 avg rating — 697 ratings
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Travels in Siberia
Travels in Siberia 3.92 avg rating — 4,614 ratings
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Cambodia Fire: The true story of one's man's solo mission to help put out the fires in cambodia from his home half-way around the world.
Cambodia Fire: The true story of one's man's solo mission to help put out the fires in cambodia from his home half-way around the world. 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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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 3.85 avg rating — 20,596 ratings
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Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums
Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums 3.84 avg rating — 301 ratings
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The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
by: Pico Iyer
3.80 avg rating — 2,467 ratings
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Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe
Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe 3.90 avg rating — 1,411 ratings
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City Squares: Eighteen Writers on the Spirit and Significance of Squares Around the World
City Squares: Eighteen Writers on the Spirit and Significance of Squares Around the World 3.72 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Along the Ganges
Along the Ganges 3.35 avg rating — 107 ratings
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The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer: Close Encounters with Strangers
The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer: Close Encounters with Strangers 3.92 avg rating — 687 ratings
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Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins 4.04 avg rating — 3,303 ratings
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Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia 3.86 avg rating — 710 ratings
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Sunny's Nights: Lost and Found at a Bar on the Edge of the World
Sunny's Nights: Lost and Found at a Bar on the Edge of the World 3.99 avg rating — 508 ratings
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Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff
Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff 3.67 avg rating — 1,617 ratings
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The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places
The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places 3.58 avg rating — 304 ratings
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The Impossible Country: A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia
The Impossible Country: A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia 4.11 avg rating — 404 ratings
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Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World 4.27 avg rating — 2,176 ratings
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death 4.30 avg rating — 45,189 ratings
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In Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon
In Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon 3.97 avg rating — 1,569 ratings
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Naked at Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist's Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World
Naked at Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist's Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World 3.75 avg rating — 513 ratings
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Iron & Silk
Iron & Silk 3.97 avg rating — 3,551 ratings
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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found 3.94 avg rating — 11,197 ratings
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The Wisdom of Donkeys: Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World
The Wisdom of Donkeys: Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World 3.73 avg rating — 535 ratings
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The Pillars of Hercules
The Pillars of Hercules 3.95 avg rating — 5,096 ratings
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