UK

order:
Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"
3.2

Xiaopeng

If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?

Tony Hawks' "Round Ireland With A Fridge"
3.4
Ireland

Tony Hawks

How far can humor carry a boring (and narcissist) story?

Gunther Plüschow's "The Adventures of the Aviator of Tsingtao"
5
China

Gunther Plüschow

Can we really read about warfare as if it was just an adventure?

William Lindesay's "Alone on the Great Wall"
5.8
China

William Lindesay

Is this book just about a physical feat, or is there something more to it?

Laurie Lee's "As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning"
5.4
Spain

Laurie Lee

Aren’t less words sometimes better, even if the words are beautiful?

Heinrich Heine's "Travel Pictures"
5.6
Germany

Heinrich Heine

Why do these travel stories from 19th century Germany remain so recommendable?

Jehan de Mandeville's "The Travels"
4.2
Iraq

Jean de Mandeville

Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?

Karl Philipp Moritz' "Journeys of a German in England in 1782"
5.8

Karl Philipp Moritz

What makes this book such a pleasant read after more than two centuries?