Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerWinging It  by Lia RussReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
348 books — 188 voters
West with the Night by Beryl MarkhamGirls Can be Cowboys Too! Volume I by Rose MillerOut of Africa by Isak DinesenMy Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-NéelBorn Free by Joy Adamson
Trailblazing Women Adventurers
556 books — 231 voters

Refuge by Terry Tempest WilliamsA Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonWalden, or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Biographies of Place
277 books — 53 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,830 books — 4,140 voters

Nature's Metropolis by William CrononChanges in the Land by William CrononEcological Imperialism by Alfred W. CrosbyGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondTravels and Other Writings by William Bartram
Environmental History Classics
39 books — 19 voters
Revolutionary Iran by Michael AxworthyFirst Farmers by Peter BellwoodNisa by Marjorie ShostakEmpires of the Indus by Alice AlbiniaThe Epic of Gilgamesh by Unknown
Crash Course World History
47 books — 2 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake AdelsteinConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataUnderground by Haruki MurakamiThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Understanding Modern Japan
104 books — 39 voters

Outback Odyssey by Paul Rushworth-BrownOutback Odyssey by Paul Rushworth-BrownThe Last of the Nomads by W.J. PeasleyThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinWe of the Never-Never by Jeannie Gunn
Australian outback literature
79 books — 33 voters
The Fatal Shore by Robert HughesTall Man by Chloe HooperThe Future Eaters by Tim FlanneryDark Emu by Bruce PascoeIn a Sunburned Country by Bill  Bryson
Best of Australian Non-Fiction
334 books — 56 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauNature Calls Outside My Window, A Collection of Poems and Sto... by Suzanne  CottrellA Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Nature Books
1,176 books — 991 voters
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. HayekDas Kapital by Karl MarxGeneral Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard KeynesDebt by David Graeber
Best Economics Books
462 books — 538 voters


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