The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Family Sagas
619 books — 673 voters
Kon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlSailing Alone around the World by Joshua SlocumEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Endurance by Caroline AlexanderMaiden Voyage by Tania Aebi
Sailing Cruising
280 books — 198 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,122 books — 1,849 voters
Playing Ball by Vernon DavisThe Last Folk Hero by Jeff PearlmanThrough My Eyes by Tim TebowThe League by John EisenbergAmerica's Game by Jerry Rice
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,307 books — 912 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,245 books — 4,417 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Foreign Lands
2,348 books — 2,192 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,824 books — 6,352 voters


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