5.4
Tanzania
David Livingstone
Should this collection of diary entries be edited into a more readable book?
Travel Diaries | 1866 | 7 years | Tanzania | caravan, missionary work
5.4
Russia
Karl Bushby
Who would have thought it was possible to cross the Bering Strait on foot?
Giant Steps | 1998 | 7 years | The Americas | walking
5.6
Peter Hessler
Why is this writer at his best when he doesn’t try to be a journalist?
Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory | 2001 | 7 years | China | driving, journalism
6.8
Italy
Johann Gottfried Seume
Why is this book still so awesome after so many years?
Stroll To Syracuse In The Year 1802 | 1802 | 1 year | Italy | walking
4.8
Bill Bryson
Should this book be read like a homecoming story or rather like a trip abroad?
The Lost Continent | 1987 | 5 months | USA | driving
4.8
Richard Wilhelm
Is this an effort in soul searching or rather a classic work about China?
The Soul Of China | 1899 | 25 years | China | missionary work
5.4
Matsuo Basho
Does true poetry only flourish in the depths of the wilderness?
The Narrow Road To The Deep North | 1689 | 6 months | Japan | walking
4.8
China
Odoric of Pordenone
Was this a 14th-century fact finding mission or just another medieval mystery tale?
The Travel | 1314 | 15 years | Silk Road | caravan
5.2
China
Sun Shuyun
Is this book more about contemplation or more about adventure?
Ten Thousand Miles Without A Cloud | 1999 | 2 months | India | backpacking
5.8
USA
John Muir
Could nature have a greater friend than this 19th century guy?
A Thousand-mile Walk To The Gulf | 1867 | 1 year | USA, Cuba | walking, ship
5.8
Camino de Santiago
Tim Moore
If this was a good writer with a good story, then why did the editors not polish it a bit?
Travels With My Donkey | 2002 | 2 months | Camino de Santiago | walking
5.6
Germany
Heinrich Heine
Why do these travel stories from 19th century Germany remain so recommendable?
Travel Pictures | 1822 | 6 years | Europe | ship, walking
3.6
Jack Kerouac
Did this book redefine travel writing, or is it essentially just a boring stream of consciousness?
On The Road | 1947 | 3 years | USA | hitchhiking
3.8
Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff
Is this guy a missionary or is he really a spy?
Journal Of Three Voyages Along The Coast Of China] | 1831 | 2 years | China | missionary work
6.4
Himalayas
Reinhold Messner
Did the best mountaineer ever write the best book about mountaineering ever?
Everest Solo | 1980 | 2 months | Himalaya | mountaineering