Best Travel Writing - Non-Fiction

Descrição
I have loved travel books since I was a young girl. Reading about people who go on adventures is delightful. Please contribute to the list; it is for travel writing, not for guides such as Fodor's or Lonely Planet.
1
In a Sunburned Country
por Bill Bryson
9,100 membros
229 críticas
4
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, valeriepatton
Explicações
ahef1963: Australia
2
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
por Bill Bryson
16,850 membros
473 críticas
4
2 Members
ahef1963, valeriepatton
Explicações
3
Notes from a Small Island
por Bill Bryson
9,807 membros
217 críticas
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
Explicações
4
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
por Bill Bryson
7,313 membros
117 críticas
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, valeriepatton
Explicações
5
In Patagonia
por Bruce Chatwin
3,265 membros
91 críticas
½ 3.7
2 Members
Cecrow, ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Argentina
6
Seven Years in Tibet
por Heinrich Harrer
2,858 membros
43 críticas
3.9
2 Members
Cecrow, ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Tibet
7
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
por Eric Newby
1,353 membros
28 críticas
3.8
2 Members
Cecrow, ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: From London to Afghanistan
8
Sailing Alone around the World
por Joshua Slocum
1,726 membros
31 críticas
4
Member
Cecrow
9
On the road to Babadag
por Andrzej Stasiuk
194 membros
4 críticas
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Wonderfully atmospheric recounting of sporadic journeys in eastern Europe.
10
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft
por Thor Heyerdahl
4,106 membros
53 críticas
4.1
Member
Cecrow
11
Mobile
por Michel Butor
56 membros
4.1
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: The US. Good if not altogether contemporary picture of the place in a written collage of telling adverts, documents, and observations.
12
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson
por James Boswell
506 membros
9 críticas
3.8
Member
Cecrow
13
Autonauts of the Cosmoroute
por Julio Cortázar
321 membros
13 críticas
3.8
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Charming amusing quirky melancholy travel account of rest stops on a French motorway.
14
Fed, White, and Blue: Finding America with My Fork
por Simon Majumdar
42 membros
2 críticas
½ 3.3
Member
hipdeep
15
Never Cry Wolf
por Farley Mowat
2,704 membros
63 críticas
4.1
Member
Cecrow
16
By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy
por George Gissing
104 membros
1 crítica
3.9
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: A Victorian novelist's account of travels in what seems a godforsaken Calabria. Surprisingly interesting. Source of the word 'paparazzi' as well.
17
The Best American Travel Writing 2010
por Bill Buford
100 membros
6 críticas
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
18
Paris to the Moon
por Adam Gopnik
2,781 membros
32 críticas
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
19
The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
por Bill Bryson
2,469 membros
121 críticas
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
20
A Tramp Abroad
por Mark Twain
1,145 membros
23 críticas
3.9
Member
Cecrow
21
Grand Canal, Great River: The Travel Diary of a Twelfth-Century Chinese Poet
por Philip Watson
19 membros
2 críticas
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Excerpts from a journal kept during a journey via canal and the Yangtze. Not gripping but interesting, partly because the author, a poet, lived in the 12th century. Well illustrated.
22
Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
por Tim Moore
276 membros
9 críticas
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Iceland. I once read one of Moore's travel books on a bus. Won't do that again.
23
The Journals of Captain Cook
por Captain James Cook
354 membros
2 críticas
4
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Captain Cook went almost everywhere.
24
Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000 Mile Canoe Adventure
por Don Starkell
192 membros
4 críticas
4
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Canada to USA to Mexico to South America along the Orinoco & the Amazon Rivers.
25
The Shadow of the Sun
por Ryszard Kapuściński
2,073 membros
50 críticas
4.2
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Widely diverse countries in Africa
26
Eothen
por Alexander William Kinglake
459 membros
8 críticas
3.9
Member
Cecrow
27
The Voyage of the Beagle
por Charles Darwin
3,058 membros
25 críticas
4
Member
Cecrow
28
Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
por Ewan McGregor
1,220 membros
20 críticas
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Around the world London - Europe - Asia - USA - on motorcycles.
29
Long Way Down
por Ewan McGregor
660 membros
11 críticas
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: From the tip of Scotland to the tip of South Africa.
30
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
por Richard Crane
27 membros
1 crítica
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: By bicycle through Bangladesh, the Himalayas, and north to the world's geographical centre. Awe-inspiring.
31
Three Singles to Adventure
por Gerald Durrell
448 membros
8 críticas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Guyana
32
Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons: A Journey to the Flora and Fauna of a Unique Island
por Gerald Durrell
375 membros
7 críticas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Mauritius
33
The Bafut Beagles
por Gerald Durrell
682 membros
13 críticas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Cameroon
34
Catch Me a Colobus
por Gerald Durrell
458 membros
5 críticas
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Mexico, Sierra Leone (an odd combination)
35
The Whispering Land
por Gerald Durrell
655 membros
11 críticas
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Argentina
36
A Zoo in My Luggage
por Gerald Durrell
916 membros
15 críticas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Cameroon
37
Two in the Bush
por Gerald Durrell
506 membros
4 críticas
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: New Zealand and Australia
38
Homage to Catalonia
por George Orwell
6,168 membros
104 críticas
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Spain, mainly Barcelona
39
Eat, Pray, Love
por Elizabeth Gilbert
22,114 membros
858 críticas
½ 3.5
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Italy, India, Indonesia
40
Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge
por John Gimlette
153 membros
7 críticas
4
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana.
41
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
por Cheryl Strayed
8,675 membros
517 críticas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
42
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
por Hunter S. Thompson
14,391 membros
192 críticas
4
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: USA, as viewed while on drugs.