Iran 7.3 Nicolas Bouvier Is this a great piece of poetic travel writing, or has it been overly polished?
Iraq 5.3 Jean de Mandeville Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?
China 5 Stanley Stewart Is China really that quirky, or do we sometimes just want things to be a certain way?
Saudi Arabia 5.3 Ibn Battuta Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?
India 6.3 Fernão Mendes Pinto If this is one of the classics of Portuguese literature, why is it such a slow read?