Winging It  by Lia RussSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
350 books — 182 voters
West with the Night by Beryl MarkhamOut of Africa by Isak DinesenMy Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-NéelBorn Free by Joy AdamsonA Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird
Trailblazing Women Adventurers
536 books — 180 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
279 books — 52 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.
1,796 books — 3,912 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
40 books — 17 voters
Revolutionary Iran by Michael AxworthyFirst Farmers by Peter BellwoodNisa by Marjorie ShostakEmpires of the Indus by Alice AlbiniaThe Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous
Crash Course World History
47 books — 2 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake AdelsteinConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataUnderground by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Understanding Modern Japan
104 books — 40 voters

The Last of the Nomads by W.J. PeasleyThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinWe of the Never-Never by Jeannie GunnFollow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonA Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Australian outback literature
76 books — 27 voters
Tall Man by Chloe HooperThe Fatal Shore by Robert HughesThe Future Eaters by Tim FlanneryDark Emu by Bruce PascoeIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Best of Australian Non-Fiction
330 books — 55 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Best Nature Books
1,153 books — 773 voters
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. HayekGeneral Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard KeynesDas Kapital by Karl MarxDebt by David Graeber
Best Economics Books
450 books — 521 voters


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