3.8
USA
Serge Roetheli
How can a book about a man running around the whole world be so boring?
The 25,000 Mile Love Story | 2000 | 5 years | world | running
3.2
Xiaopeng
If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?
Ten Years Of Backpacking (背包十年) | 2001 | 10 years | China, The Netherlands, UK, France, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Maledives, Philippines, Tunesia, Canada, Tahiti, USA, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, UAE, Cambodia, South Africa, | backpacking
5.2
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Sanmao
How did this writer become an archetype for female travelers from China?
Stories of the Sahara (撒哈拉的故事) | 1974 | 1 year | Western Sahara | work
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
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
4.2
Saudi Arabia
Ibn Battuta
Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?
The Travels | 1325 | 29 years | Asia, Africa, Europe | ship, caravan
5.6
Cameroon
Nigel Barley
Can humor sometimes alienate us from our surroundings?
The Innocent Anthropologist - Notes From A Mud Hut. | 1980 | 2 years | Cameroon | research
5.8
Turkey
Johann Schiltberger
Is this guy our average Joe from the Middle Ages?
The Bondage And Travels Of Johann Schiltberger, A Native Of Bavaria, In Europe, Asia, And Africa | 1394 | 33 years | Turkey | ship, caravan, walking
5
India
Fernão Mendes Pinto
If this is one of the classics of Portuguese literature, why is it such a slow read?
Pilgrimage | 1537 | 21 years | India | ship, caravan