Best Travel Writing - Non-Fiction

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I have loved travel books since I was a young girl. Reading about people who go on adventures is delightful. Please contribute to the list; it is for travel writing, not for guides such as Fodor's or Lonely Planet.
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In a Sunburned Country
de Bill Bryson
9,104 membros
229 resenhas
4
Global Rank 1
3 Members
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Explicações
ahef1963: Australia
2
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
de Bill Bryson
16,851 membros
473 resenhas
4
Global Rank 2
2 Members
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Explicações
3
Notes from a Small Island
de Bill Bryson
9,807 membros
217 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 3
2 Members
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Explicações
4
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
de Bill Bryson
7,315 membros
117 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 4
2 Members
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Explicações
5
The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
de Bill Bryson
2,470 membros
121 resenhas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 19
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Explicações
6
In Patagonia
de Bruce Chatwin
3,265 membros
91 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 5
2 Members
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Explicações
ahef1963: Argentina
7
The Journals of Captain Cook
de Captain James Cook
354 membros
2 resenhas
4
Global Rank 23
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Explicações
ahef1963: Captain Cook went almost everywhere.
8
Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000 Mile Canoe Adventure
de Don Starkell
192 membros
4 resenhas
4
Global Rank 24
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Explicações
ahef1963: Canada to USA to Mexico to South America along the Orinoco & the Amazon Rivers.
9
Ébano : minha vida na África
de Ryszard Kapuściński
2,073 membros
50 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 25
Member
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Explicações
ahef1963: Widely diverse countries in Africa
10
Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
de Ewan McGregor
1,220 membros
20 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 28
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Explicações
ahef1963: Around the world London - Europe - Asia - USA - on motorcycles.
11
Long Way Down
de Ewan McGregor
660 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 29
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Explicações
ahef1963: From the tip of Scotland to the tip of South Africa.
12
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
de Richard Crane
27 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.3
Global Rank 30
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Explicações
ahef1963: By bicycle through Bangladesh, the Himalayas, and north to the world's geographical centre. Awe-inspiring.
13
Three Singles to Adventure
de Gerald Durrell
448 membros
8 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 31
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Explicações
ahef1963: Guyana
14
Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons: A Journey to the Flora and Fauna of a Unique Island
de Gerald Durrell
375 membros
7 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 32
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Explicações
ahef1963: Mauritius
15
The Bafut Beagles
de Gerald Durrell
682 membros
13 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 33
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Explicações
ahef1963: Cameroon
16
Catch Me a Colobus
de Gerald Durrell
458 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 34
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Explicações
ahef1963: Mexico, Sierra Leone (an odd combination)
17
The Whispering Land
de Gerald Durrell
655 membros
11 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 35
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Explicações
ahef1963: Argentina
18
A Zoo in My Luggage
de Gerald Durrell
916 membros
15 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 36
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Explicações
ahef1963: Cameroon
19
Two in the Bush
de Gerald Durrell
506 membros
4 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 37
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Explicações
ahef1963: New Zealand and Australia
20
Seven Years in Tibet
de Heinrich Harrer
2,858 membros
43 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 6
2 Members
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Explicações
ahef1963: Tibet
21
Homage to Catalonia
de George Orwell
6,169 membros
104 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 38
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Explicações
ahef1963: Spain, mainly Barcelona
22
Eat, Pray, Love
de Elizabeth Gilbert
22,114 membros
858 resenhas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 39
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Explicações
ahef1963: Italy, India, Indonesia
23
Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge
de John Gimlette
153 membros
7 resenhas
4
Global Rank 40
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Explicações
ahef1963: Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana.
24
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
de Cheryl Strayed
8,678 membros
517 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 41
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Explicações
25
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
de Eric Newby
1,353 membros
28 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 7
2 Members
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Explicações
ahef1963: From London to Afghanistan
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
de Hunter S. Thompson
14,392 membros
192 resenhas
4
Global Rank 42
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Explicações
ahef1963: USA, as viewed while on drugs.