4.6
Tuvia Tenenbom
Is this how a cynic gets outsmarted by an even bigger cynic?
I Sleep In Hitler's Room - An American Jew Visits Germany | 2010 | several months | Germany | public transport
2.2
Rewi Alley
Did this guy just hate China or did he want to show how much can you brown nose a dictator?
Travels In China | 1966 | 5 years | China | work
4.6
Yu Chunshun
Could this adventure story have been edited into a good book?
A Hero's Travels Through China (壮士中华行) | 1988 | 8 years | China | walking
3.6
Oliver Lutz Radtke
Is China absurd, or does absurdity reside in those who are always looking for it?
"Welcome to Presence" - Adventures In Everyday Life In China | 2000 | 10 years | China | long-term stay
3
Austria
Andrew McCarthy
Is it possible to write a whole a book like a Roxette song, and should anyone read it?
The Longest Way Home - One Man's Quest For The Courage To Settle Down. | 2011 | 5 months | world | backpacking
3.8
China
Volker Häring
Where exactly is the dividing line between the cultural expert and the ignorant visitor?
A Bus Called Wanda - Adventures In Everyday Life Along The Mekong River | 2003 | 6 years | China | cycling, hitchhiking
5.8
Italy
Dennis Gastmann
Should travel writers deliberately look for interesting stories or just go with the flow?
Walk To Canossa - One Man, One Goal, One Adventure | 2012 | 3 months | Italy | walking
4.8
Graham Earnshaw
If someone knows China so well, how can they fail to write a decent book about it?
The Great Walk Of China - Travels On Foot From Shanghai To Tibet | 2004 | 6 years | Sichuan | walking
6.2
China
Fritz Mühlenweg
If this is partly fabricated, why is it still so good?
Strangers On The Path Of Pensiveness | 1927 | 4 months | China | walking, caravan
5.8
Iran
Nicolas Bouvier
Is this a great piece of poetic travel writing, or has it been overly polished?
The Way Of The World | 1953 | 2 years | Afghanistan | driving
4.6
Polly Greeks
Why is this book so much better than the one written by the travel partner?
Embracing The Dragon | 2002 | 2 months | China | walking
5.2
China
Régis Evariste Huc
What is it that’s weighing down this great adventure story?
Remembrances Of A Journey In Tartary, Tibet, And China | 1844 | 2 years | Lhasa | caravan
6
Russia
Wolfgang Büscher
Will the search for the “Russian soul” ruin an otherwise great book?
Berlin - Moscow | 2001 | 3 months | Russia | walking
3.4
China
Nathan Hoturoa Gray
Why does esotericism so often go hand in hand with ignorance?
First Pass Under Heaven | 2000 | 2 years | Great Wall | walking
4.2
Reginald Fleming Johnston
Who better to tell stories about China than the Emperor’s tutor?
From Peking to Mandalay | 1906 | 5 months | Southwestern China | caravan, ship